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(1) Which one of the following is a fluvio-glacial deposit ?
(1) Pediplain
(2) Kame terrace
(3) Floodplain
(4) Loess plain
Answer: Kame terrace
(2) Who among the following scholars has given the Subsidence Theory relating to coral-reefs ?
(1) Dally
(2) Davis
(3) Dutton
(4) Darwin
Answer: Darwin

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(3) The UVI (Ultra Violet Index) was developed in :
(1) 1950s
(2) 1990s
(3) 2000s
(4) 2010s
Answer: 1990s
(4) Which one of the following regions is with high ocean water salinity ?
(1) Equatorial
(2) Polar
(3) Subtropical
(4) Subpolar
Answer: Subtropical
(5) Which one of the following is responsible for the greatest movements of all the tides ?
(1) Size of the Ocean
(2) Shape of the continents
(3) Gravitational attraction
(4) Salinity of the Ocean
Answer: Gravitational attraction
(6) Which one of the following percentages of distance from earth surface is correct for ‘perigee’ of Moon than ‘apogee’ ?
(1) 2%
(2) 5%
(3) 8%
(4) 12%
Answer: 12%
(7) Which one of the following terms is appropriate for the mixing zone of two biomes ?
(1) Environment
(2) Ecology
(3) Ecosound
(4) Ecotones
Answer: Ecotones
(8) Who among the following defined Geography as human ecology ?
(1) Hartshorne
(2) Schaefer
(3) Barrows
(4) Richthofen
Answer: Barrows
(9) Who among the following defined Geography as discovery of predictive patterns during Quantitative revolution period ?
(1) P. Hagget
(2) W. Bunge
(3) D. Harvey
(4) R.J. Chorley
Answer: W. Bunge
(10) Who among the following correlated the colour of ocean water and its salinity ?
(1) Al Masudi
(2) Al Maqdisi
(3) Ibn - Khaldun
(4) Ibn - Sina
Answer: Al Masudi
(11) Which one of the following Total Fertility Rate is required to maintain the world’s existing population ?
(1) 3.4
(2) 2.1
(3) 1.2
(4) 4.2
Answer: 2.1
(12) Which one of the following is not included in the Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration ?
(1) Most migrants proceeds step by step
(2) Most migrants go for short distance
(3) Most migrants move from Urban to Rural areas
(4) Most migrants are adults
Answer: Most migrants move from Urban to Rural areas
(13) Which one of the following is correct statement for Patna city in Bihar and Kolkata city in West Bengal ?
(1) Edge City
(2) World City
(3) Post Industrial City
(4) Primate City
Answer: Primate City
(14) Which one of the following principles denotes K-4 of Christaller’s Model of central places ?
(1) Market
(2) Administrative
(3) Transport
(4) Economic
Answer: Economic
(15) Transportation Cost does not play a major role in the location of textile industry because :
(1) Cotton is a weight loosing material
(2) Cotton is a weight gaining material
(3) Cotton is a pure material more or less equal to the finished material
(4) Weight loss in cotton during manufacturing is high
Answer: Cotton is a pure material more or less equal to the finished material

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