World Geography Model test paper For KVS PGT TGT Teachers exam and UPSC Civil Services and IES Exam

World Geography Model test paper For KVS PGT TGT Teachers exam and UPSC Civil Services and IES Exam
Geography objective questions
1. The longest inland waterways in the world is at
(A) Mississippi river system
(B) The Great Lakes
(C)  St. Lawrence
(D) River Rhine


2. Which   one   of   the   following countries has the highest average of road length on per thousand
square kilometers of area basis ?
(A) India
 (B) Japan
(C)US.A.
 (D) France

3. Who said, "Similar locations lead to similar mode of life" ?
(A) F.Ratzel
(B) CarlRitter
(C) Alexander Von Humboldt
(D) E C Semple


4. The Red Indians or American Indians belong to the
(A) Mongolian race
(B) Caucasoid race
(C) Australoid race
(D) Negrito race

5.   Which of the following States was formed exclusively by the migrants in the 20th Century ?
(A)  Maldives
(B)   Mauritius
(C)  Israel
(D)  Myanmar

6.   Which one of the following regions practising most intensive subsistence farming ?
(A)  Pampas region
(B)   Murray-Darling Basin
(C)  California Valley
(D)  Monsoon Asia

7.   The 'Hottentots' are the
(A)  Pigmies of Congo basin
(B)   Negrito of Sri Lanka having brown colour
(C)   Yellow skin colour of Southwest Africa
(D)  Negritoes of Eastern-Africa


8.   The determining factor of population region is”
(A)  Birthrate
(B)   Death rate
(C)  Density of population
(D)  Above all

9.   By which theory does the population increase geometrically ?
(A)  Optimum Population Theory
(B)   Malthusian Theory of Population
(C)   Logestic Curve Theory
(D)  Theory    of   Demographic Transition

10.   Hunting Instrument Harpoon is used by
(A) Bushman
(B) Eskimo
 (C)  Papuan
  (D) Vedda

11.  The leading sulphur producing country in the world is
(A) U.S.A.
 (B) Russia
 (C) Japan
(D) U.K.

12.   'Craal 'is a house of
(A) Bushman
 (B) Beddo
(C) Masai
(D) Semang

13.   Optimum Population Theory is propounded by
(A)  Edwin Cannon
(B)   Malthus
 (C)  Clarke
 (D) Talber

14.   What is 'Karaganda' ?
(A)  An animal
(B)   A mountain
 (C) A coalfield
 (D)  An ocean deep

15.   What is'Hebrew'?
(A) An animal
 (B) A language
(C)  A river
 (D) A plant

16.   Which of the following is called the Plateau Continent ?
(A)  South America
(B)   Asia
(C)  Africa
(D)  Europe

17.   Which industry is most important in South-West Asia ?
(A)   Iron and Steel Industry
(B)   Petro-chcmical Industry
(C)   Heavy Engineering Industry
(D)  Textile Industry

18.   In general the most fertile layer of the soil is”
(A)   'B'Layer
(B)   'A'Layer
(C)   'C' Layer
(D) None of the above

19.   The most important factor to control the growth and types of forests is?
(A)  Soil types
(B)   Climate
(C)   Underground water
(D)   Soil fertility

20.  'Mediterranean Sea Forests' are found in the areas?
(A)   Between I0°N to 10°S latitudes
(B)   Between 208N to 30°N latitudes
{C)  Between 30° to 45" latitudes in the western parts of continents
(D) Between 60° to 65* latitudes

Answers:
1.   (A)
2.   (C)
3.(D)
4. (A)
5.(B)
6.  (D)
7.  (D)
8.(C)
 9.(B)
10.  (B)
11. (A)
12. (C)
 13. (A)
14.   (C)
15.   (B) 'Hebrew' is Spoken in Israel.
16.   (C)
17. (B)
18. (B)
19. (B)
20. (C)

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UPSC Geography Solved Model Question Paper

UPSC  Geography Solved Model Question Paper

GK Geography Objective Sample Test

1. In which one of the following districts, have large reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past?

(a) Hoshangabad

(b) Raipur

(c) Sambalpur

(d) Warangal

Answer (b)

2. Match the following:

       Minerals                     Place

 A. Mica                        1.Chindwara

 B. Diamond                 2. Bellary

 C. Manganese              3. Panna

 D. Copper                    4. Hazaribagh   

    A  B  C  D

(a) 1  2  3  4

(b) 1  3  2  4

(c) 4  3  2  1

(d) 4  2  3  1    

Answer (c)

3. Match the following:

A. Mayurakshi                           1. Uttar Pradesh

B. Sharda Sahayak                    2. West Bengal

C. Bhima                                   3. Maharashtra

D. Kosi                                     4. Bihar

    A  B  C  D

(a) 2  1  3  4

(b) 4  3  2  1

(c) 3  4  1  2

(d) 1  2  3  4

Answer (a)

4. The ‘Grand Trunk Road’ connects:

(a) Kolkata and Mumbai

(b) Delhi and Chennai

(c) Kolkata and Amritsar

(d) Tirupati and Ludhiana

Answer (c)

5. Which from the following towns is not on the “Golden Quadrilateral" being created for the roads-infrastructure of the country?

(a) Ajmer

(b) Ahmadabad

(c) Jabalpur

(d) Gaya

Answer (c)

6. Put the following states in the decreasing order by length of surfaced roads:

1. Maharashtra

2. Karnataka

3. Tamil Nadu

4. Uttar Pradesh

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4

(b) 4, 1, 3, 2

(c) 1, 3, 4, 2

(d) 1, 3, 2, 4

Answer (c)

7. Which one of the following is not situated along the Grand Trunk Road?

(a) Kanpur

(b) Agra

(c) Allahabad

(d) Lucknow

Answer (d)

8. India’s railway network is the fourth largest in the world standing next to:

(a) Germany, Italy and France

(b) Russia, USA, Canada

(c) Japan, China, UK

(d) Japan, Russia, Germany

Answer (b)

9. A man wants to travel from Delhi to Hyderabad. The shortest route will pass over from the following states?

(a) Haryana, UP, Maharashtra, Rajasthan

(b) UP, Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra

(c) UP, MP, Rajasthan, Maharashtra

(d) Haryana, UP, MP, Maharashtra

Answer (d)

10. Consider the following places:

1. Shimla

2. Gangtok

3. Mumbai

4. Delhi

Arrange these places in decreasing order of their atmospheric pressure on their ground surface using the codes given below:

(a) 3, 4, 1, 2

(b) 4, 3, 2, 1

(c) 3, 1, 4, 2

(d) 2, 4, 1, 3

Answer (b)

11. Which of the following States is least developed in rail routes?

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Manipur

(d) Uttaranchal

Answer (c)

12. Which one among the following has the maximum number of National Parks?

(a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Assam

(d) Meghalaya

Answer (a)

13. Which one of the following statements on biosphere reserves is not correct?

(a) In 1973, UNESCO launched a world-wide programme on man and biosphere

(b) Biosphere reserves promote research on ecological conservation

(c) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh

(d) Biosphere reserves are multipurpose protected areas to preserve the genetic diversity in ecosystems

Answer (c)

14. Match the following:

A. Bandipur Sanctuary               1. Kashmir

B. Dachigam Sanctuary             2. Assam

C. Manas Sanctuary                  3. Karnataka

D. Periyar Sanctuary                  4. Rajasthan

                                                5. Kerala

    A  B  C  D

(a) 1  2  3  5

(b) 3  1  2  5

(c) 5  4  3  2

(d) 3  2  1  4

Answer (b)

15. Which National Highway connects Chennai and Visakhapatnam?

(a) NH 4

(b) NH 5

(c) NH 6

(d) NH 8

Answer (b)

16. Which one of the following National Highways passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa?

(a) NH 4

(b) NH 5

(c) NH 6

(d) NH 7

Answer (c)

17. Match the following:

Tiger Reserves                 States

A. Bandipur                   1. Maharashtra

B. Balpakram                2. Tamil Nadu

C. Melghat                    3. Meghalaya

D. Simplipal                  4. Orissa

                                    5. Karnataka

    A  B  C  D

(a) 3  2  1  4

(b) 5  3  1  4

(c) 5  1  4  3

(d) 2  3  4  5

Answer (b)

18. Match the following:

    National          Highway Route

A. NH-9             1. Pune-Machhilipatnam

B. NH-12           2. Pathankot-Samakhiali

C. NH-15           3. Panvel-Edapally

D. NH- 17          4. Jabalpur-Jaipur

    A  B  C  D

(a) 1  2  4  3

(b) 1  4  2  3

(c) 3  2  4  1

(d) 3  4  2  1

Answer (b)

19. Consider the following statements

I. Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest National Park of India.

II. It was one of the nine Tiger Reserves created at the launch of the Project Tiger in 1973.

III. Initially it was named as ‘Hailey National Park’.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) I and II

(b) I, II and III

(c) II and III

(d) I and III

Answer (b)

20. The Indian Wild Ass (Ghor-Khur) is found in:

(a) Sunderbans

(b) Assam forests

(c) The Rann of Kachch

(d) Cauvery delta

Answer (c)

21. Which among the following National Highways of India is the longest?

(a) NH 1

(b) NH 2

(c) NH 3

(d) NH 4

Answer (b)

22. If a truck has to carry goods from Delhi to Bhopal via Gwalior, by National Highways (NH) following the shortest route, which one of the following groups of National Highways it has to go by?

(a) NH 2, NH 11, NH 12

(b) NH 2, NH 3, NH 12

(c)NH 8, NH 3, NH 11

(d) NH 2, NH 25, NH 11

Answer (b)