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(1) Which of the following occupation is classified as a secondary activity ?
(1) Carpenter
(2) Coal mixer
(3) School teacher
(4) Farmer
Answer: Carpenter
(2) Which of the following does not fall under Intensive subsistence rice cultivation ?
(1) South East Asia
(2) Southern China and Japan
(3) Nile valley and delta
(4) Coastal and delta areas of India
Answer: Nile valley and delta

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(3) Which one of the following group of activities are appropriately labelled for Gold-collar worker ?
(1) Increasing the value of commodities by changing their form
(2) Financial, health, entertainment, education, information and data processing services; middle management administrative services; government bureaucrats
(3) Chief executive officers and other top management executives in both government and private service
(4) Exchanging services and ideas by telecommunication and satisfying the needs of people by changing their location
Answer: Chief executive officers and other top management executives in both government and private service
(4) The concept of Lebensraum became popular in the discipline of Political Geography after the publication of :
(1) Political Geography : World Economy, Nation - State and Locality
(2) Politische Geographic
(3) Geographical Pivot of History
(4) Making Political Geography
Answer: Politische Geographic
(5) Who propounded the ‘Theory of Heartland’ in Political Geography ?
(1) Smith
(2) Spykman
(3) Mackinder
(4) Haushoffer
Answer: Mackinder
(6) Cephalic index , used to classify human races is calculated as :
(1) Ratio between the length and breadth of the nose
(2) Ratio between the flatness and length of the head
(3) Ratio between breadth and length of the head
(4) Ratio between the length of the head and weight of the human body
Answer: Ratio between breadth and length of the head
(7) Which of the following statements is not true about a state ?
(1) It always has a social or cultural base
(2) It has a territorial base
(3) It claims internal sovereignty
(4) It claims sovereignty in external relations
Answer: It always has a social or cultural base
(8) Who coined the term Geopolitics ?
(1) Mackinder
(2) Haushoffer
(3) Kjellen
(4) Spykman
Answer: Kjellen
(9) Which one of the following regions does not constitute the Damodar Valley Region ?
(1) Deltaic Plain of West Bengal
(2) Deltaic Plain of Padma River
(3) Chotanagpur Plateau
(4) Palamau Plateau
Answer: Deltaic Plain of Padma River
(10) Which one of the following proposed the definition of regional planning : “ Regional planning is the process of formulating and classifying social objectives in the ordering of activities in supra-urban space” ?
(1) Charles L. Leven
(2) Antoni Kuklinski
(3) H.W. Richardson
(4) John Friedman
Answer: John Friedman
(11) Which one of the following does not belong to the Exploitive Model of Urban Structure propounded by William Bunge ?
(1) City of Superfluity
(2) City of Death
(3) Central Business District
(4) City of Need
Answer: Central Business District
(12) National Highway No. 48 in India passes through which of the places ?
(1) Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai
(2) Pune, Goa, Coimbatore
(3) Agra, Bhopal, Mumbai
(4) Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad
Answer: Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad
(13) In which one of the following states of India the maximum Teak forest is found ?
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Bihar
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Karnataka
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
(14) Which one of the following passes connects Arunachal Pradesh with Tibet ?
(1) Banihal Pass
(2) Chang La Pass
(3) Bom Dila Pass
(4) Aghil Pass
Answer: Bom Dila Pass
(15) The decadal growth rate of Indian population between 2001 and 2011 census was :
(1) 16.64%
(2) 17.64%
(3) 18.64%
(4) 19.64%
Answer: 17.64%

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