GOLDEN 50 Q MOCK TEST ON GEOGRAPHY PAPER 2 FOR NET/JRF BY NETSET CORNER

Q.1.  Which river flows through a rift valley:

(a) Narmada

(b) Tapti

(c) Krishna

(d) Cauvery

Q.2.  The average salinity of ocean water is:

(a) 35.0 %

(b) 48.0 %

(c) 37.0 %

(d) 30.0 %

Q.3. The Labrador current flows along:

(a) the coast of south west Japan

(b) the coast of north-east America

(c) the coast of north-east Canada

(d) the coast of south-east Africa

Q.4. Under the normal conditions, the temperature decreases with increasing height at the rate of:

(a) 1° C per 175 m

(b) 1 ° C per 165 m

(c) 1 ° C per 180 m

(d) 1 ° C per 170 m

Q.5. The lines joining the places of highest temperature are known as:

(a) isotherms

(b) thermal anomaly

(c) isonomals

(d) thermal equator

Q.6. The orbit which the earth traces in space has an eccentricity of about:

(a) 0.015

(b) 0.016

(c) 0.017

(d) 0.018

Q.7. Stacks is a typical feature of:

(a) Sea waves

(b) underground

(c) wind

(d) glaciers

Q.8. The streams which follow the axis of the anticlines are called:

(a) Resequent streams

(b) Obsequent streams

(c) Insequent streams

(d) subsequent streams

Q.9. The point of origin of earthquake inside the earth is called:

(a) Epicentre

(b) Seismic focus

(c) Seismogram

(d) Seismic waves

Q.10. The density of sea water at a temperature of 10°C and salinity of 35°/00 is about:

(a) 1017 kg/m³

(b) 1027 kg/m³

(c) 1037 kg/m³

(d) 1047 kg/m³

Q.11. Tides are caused primarily by the:

(a) centripetal pull of the earth and the sun

(b) centrifugal pull of the sun and the earth

(c) gravitational pull of the sun and the moon

(d) None

Q.12. The total weight of moisture content per volume of air at definite temperature is called :

(a) absolute humidity

(b) specific humidity

(c) relative humidity

(d) humidity capacity

Q.13. According to 1991 census, in which Union Territory the female literacy is highest :

(a) Delhi

(b) Pondicherry

(c) Lakshadweep

(d) Daman and Diu

Q.14. The leading producer of iron-ore in India is:

(a) Goa

(b) Orissa 

(c) Bihar 

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Q.15. In which following states of India the sex-ratio is highest:

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Assam

(c) Orissa

(d) Kerala

Q.16. The Himalayan mountains are:

(a) Old Fold Mountains

(b) Young Fold Mountains

(c) High Fold mountains

(d) Low fold mountains

Q.17. The schedule caste population is highest in:

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Bihar

Q.18. The most urbanized state of India is:

(a) Kerala

(b) Haryana

(c) Goa

(d) Punjab

Q.19. Which Among the following is cheapest source of energy:

(a) Coal

(b) Natural gas

(c) Hydroelectricity

(d) Nuclear Power

Q.20. The book ‘Anthropo-Geographic’ was written by:

(a) Huntington 

(b) E. Sample 

(c) Griffith Taylor

(d) Ratzel

Q.21. Who among the following developed the ‘Graphic Model’ known as ‘Locational Triangle’:

(a) Alfred Weber

(b) Walter Christaller

(c) Max Weber

(d) A. Losch

Q.22. Who first gave the concept of 'possibilism':

(a) Vidal-de-lablache

(b) Griffith Taylor

(c) Lucian Febre

(d) E. Sample

Q.23. Who said that ‘man is the product of earth’:

(a) Huntington

(b) E.Sample

(c) Griffith Taylor

(d) Hartshorne

Q.24. The Principle of ‘Terrestrial whole’ was given by:

(b) Lucian Febre

(a) Karl RIlter

(c) Vidal-de-lablache

(d) Heltner

Q.25. The Central Place Theory proposed by Christaller was

derived from one of the following regions:

(a) Australia

(b) Southern Germany

(c) Southern Africa

(d) North America

Q.26. Who gave the systematic classification of agriculture:

(a) Von Thunen 

(b) D.Ricardo 

(c) Whittlessy

(d) Herbertson

Q.27. The concept of ‘economic rent’ was given by:

(a) A.Losch

(b) Von Thunen

(c) Max Weber

(d) D. Ricardo

Q.28. The ‘rank size rule’ was given by :

(a) Z.K.Zipf

(b) Reilly

(c) Stouffer

(a) None

Q.29. The most important criteria for identifying an urban place is:

(a) Density

(b) Population

(c) Function

(d) Proportion of persons living in urban areas

Q.30. The percentage of energy transfer from one trophic level to another is called:

(a) Ecological niche

(b) Ecological efficiency

(c) Ecological distribution

(d) Ecological productivity

Q.31. The major contributor to air pollution in the atmosphere is

(a) Carbon dioxide

(b) Carbon monoxide

(c) Sulphur dioxide

(d) nitrogen oxide

Q.32. Which feature is produced by wind erosion;

(a) Loess Plain 

(b) Yardang 

(c) Sand dunes

(d) U-shaped valley

Q.33. Which country is the leading producer of fish in the world:

(a) China

(b) South Korea 

(c) North Korea 

(d) Japan

Q.34. Winter rains along the coast of Madras is caused by:

(a) Pre-monsoon winds 

(b)Western disturbances

(c) Mango Showers

(d) Retreating monsoons

Q.35. Which among the following is a recyclic resource :

(a) Coal

(b) Petroleum 

(c) Water 

(d) Natural Gas

Q.36. Highest density of population is found in the state of:

(a) West Bengal

(b) Bihar

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Q.37. Maximum daily range of temperature is found in:

(a) Cold deserts

(b) Hot deserts

(c) Equatorial Regions

(d) Temperature Regions

Q.38. Black Forests are examples of:

(a) Block mountains

(b) Fold mountains

(c) Relict mountains

(d) Volcanic mountains

Q.39. Transhumance is:

(a) Yearly migration

(b) Seasonal migration

(c) Daily migration

(d) Weekly migration

Q.40. The term ‘ecosystem’ was first used by:

(a) Strahler

(b) Park

(c) Fosberg

(d) Tansley

Q.41. The biosphere is a life supporting layer which surrounds:

(a) man

(b) earth 

(c) atmosphere 

(d) lithosphere

Q.42. The temperate grasslands of Eurasia are known as:

(a) Pampas

(b) Praines

(c) Steppes

(d) Dorons

Q.43. Soil erosion has resulted into the loss of:

(a) black soil

(b) red soil

(c) sandy soil

(d) fertile soil

Q.44. The statement ‘landform is a function of structure, process and stages' was put forward by:

(a) A. Penck

(b) W.M. Davis 

(c) Morgan 

(d) Tansley

Q.45. The soil which develops under cold winter conditions with an adequate rainfall is:

(a) Podzol soils

(b) Laterite soils

(c) Chestnut soils

(d) Chernozem soils

Q.46. The layer between permanents water table and temporary water table is known as:

(a) zone of saturation

(b) zone of non-saturation

(c) Intermittent zone of saturation 

(d) None of the above

Q.47. Which of the following is a cold current:

(a) EI-Nino current

(b) East Australian current

(c) Kuroshio current

(d) Peru current

Q.48. In the concentric zone theory, zone II is:

(a) Transitional zone

(b) Working men house

(c) Commuters zone

(d) Residential zone

Q.49. The geographical study of animals is called:

(a) Bio-geography

(b) Zoo-Geography

(c) Geomorphology

(d) Flora and fauna

Q.50. A perennial river is one which has:

(a) water all the year round 

(b) water during the rainy season

(c) water during the winter season 

(d) water during the summer season