Civil Services Exam 2012-General Studies free model test 4- Part 2

Civil Services Exam 2012-General Studies Model Test 4- Part 2

GEOGRAPHY FULL TEST

 26. Find out the correct order of the states according to their decreasing orders of area

a) Haryana, Kerala, Nagaland, Manipur       

b) Haryana, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland

c) Kerala, Haryana, Nagaland, Manipur       

d) Kerala, Haryana, Manipur, Nagaland

Answers: A

27. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?

a) Agulhas Current    - Indian ocean

b) Benguela current  - Pacific ocean

c) Sargasso sea       - South Atlantic ocean

d) Gulf stream           - North American coast

Answers: C

28. Identify the wrong statement.

1. A warm front produces heavy rainfall in a short duration of time      

2. A cold front never produces rainfall         

3. Warm fronts develop in the vicinity of ITCZ

a) 1 and 2        

b) 2 and 3      

c) 1 and 3       

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answers: D

29. Find out the correct order of arrangement of the islands of Japan from North to South

a) Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu       

b) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kysushu

c) Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku        

c) Kyushu, Shikoku, Hokkaido, Honshu

Answers: B

30. The counter equatorial current in the Indian Ocean develops during.

a) South West monsoon period                 

b) North East monsoon season

c) Never develops                            

d) Present through out the year

Answers: D

31. Consider the following statements.

1. The Bhabar plain is located to the south of Shiwalik range.

2. The Tarai plain lies south of the Bhabar plain and is a marshy plain.

Which among the following statement is/are correct?

a) 1 only     

b) 2 only   

c) Both  

d) None of the above      

Answers: C

32. Match the following:

        Part 1                                part 2

A.   Narmada                     1. Bird foot delta

B    Mahanadi                    2. Estuarine delta

C    Mississippi                  3. Arcuate delta

D    Ebor                            4. Cuspate delta 

      A     B    C    D     

a)   2    1     4    3       

b)  2     3     1    4            

c)  1     3     4    2           

d)  3    2     1    4                    

Answers: B

33. Consider the following statements

1. The sea enclosed between a Spit and a Main land becomes a Lagoon

2. Vembanad lake, Pulikat lake, Chilka lake are the famous lagoons in India.

Which among the following statement is/are correct?

a) 1 only     

b) 2 only   

c) Both

d) None of the above

Answers: C

34. Consider the following statements:

1. The Narmada and Tapi River flows in a rift valley.  

2. The Aravalis and the Nallamala mountains are of same age

Which among the following statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only         

b) 2 only         

c) Both                       

d) None of the above

Answers: C

35. Match the following:

        List I                          List II

A. Saramathi             1. Mizo Hills

B. Blue Mountain       2. Satpura Range

C. Guru Sikhar          3. Naga Hills

D. Dhupgarh              4. Aravali

      A    B    C    D      

a)  2     3     1    4        

b)  2    1      4    3                 

c)  3    4      1     2               

d) 3    1      4     2

Answers: D

36. Which among the following statement is wrong?

a) Duncan Passage is in between South Andaman and Little Andaman          

b) Port Blair is situated in the eastern coast of Middle Andaman          

c) Saddle Peak the highest point in Andaman is situated in the North Andaman        

d) The Ten Degree Channel separates Andaman and Nicobar group of islands

Answers: B

37. Consider the following statements:

1. The Meghalaya Plateau is the extension of the Peninsular plateau separated by Garo Rajmahal gap.

2. The Garo-Rajmahal gap is a down faulted region in to which the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra deposited its sediments.

Which among the following statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only         

b) 2 only         

c) Both                       

d) None of the above

Answers: C

38. Consider the following statements:

1. Wular Lake is the largest fresh water lake in the country        

2. River Jhelum meanders in the Kashmir valley and leaves the valley through Baramula pass.     

Which among the following statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only         

b) 2 only         

c) Both                       

d) None of the above

Answers: B

39. The Calcareous nodules present in the Bhangar is called as

a) Duars        

b) Dhrian       

c) Kankar      

d) Khadar

Answers: C

40. Arrange the following Union Territories according to the decreasing order of their size:

a) Delhi, Pondicherry, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep    

b) Pondicherry, Delhi, Lakshadweep, Chandigarh

c) Pondicherry, Delhi, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep    

d) Delhi, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry, Chandigarh

Answers: A

41. Which among the following State / U.T. has no tribal population?

1. Haryana    

2. Punjab       

3. Chandigarh           

4. Delhi

a) 1, 2 and 3 

b) 2, 3 and 4 

c) 1, 2, 3 and 4         

d) 3 and 4

Answers: C

42. Match the following list I with list II:

   List I                                                  List II

A. Forest Research

             Institute                                  1. Allahabad

B. Institute of wood science

   and Technology                              2. Dehradun

C. Institute of Forest

  Genetics and Tree Breeding         3. Bangalore

D. Centre for Social Forestry

     and Environment                          4. Coimbatore

   

     A    B    C    D       

a) 1     3     4    2        

b) 1     4     3    2                  

c) 2     4     3     1                

d) 2    3     4     1

Answers: D

43. River Saraswati lost its water and became extinct due to

1. River Yamuna captured the river Saraswati by Lateral erosion                     

2. Slight upward tilting of the Rajasthan plain diverted the river water               

3. Indus river captured the Saraswati river

Which among the following statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only         

b) 2 only         

c) Both                       

d) None of the above

Answers: D

44. Consider the following statements:

1. India is the only country to produce all the four types of silk.   

2. Karnataka is the largest producer of Mulberry silk

Which among the following statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only         

b) 2 only         

c) Both           

d) None of the above

Answers: C

45. Find out the correct order of the following mountains from north to south:

a) Palkonda, Nallamala, Shevaroy hills, Javadi hills. 

b) Nallamala, Palkonda, Javadi hills, Shevaroy hills

c) Nallamala, Palkonda, Shevaroy hills, Javadi hills  

d) Palkonda, Nallamala, Javadi hills, Shevaroy hills

Answers: B

46. Manikaran, Puga valley and Tatapani are known for their

a) Wind mills       

b) Tidal energy potential     

c) Solar power plants     

d) Geo-Thermal energy

Answers: D

47. The Main causes for the occurrence of Earth Quakes are,

a) Volcanic Eruptions          

b) Plate Tectonics    

c) Dam construction 

d) All the above

Answers: D

48. Identify the wrong statement

1. Black soils are also called Regur soil and Black cotton soil.      

2. Black soils were   continued to the Deccan plateau    

3. Black soils are called as self ploughed soil due to its wide cracks during winter Season

a) 1 only         

b) 2 only         

C) 3 only        

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answers: C

49. Identify the wrong statement

1. Pune have more rainfall than Mumbai during South West Monsoon

2. Easterly   jet Stream helps to bring the Tropical cyclone into India

a) 1 only         

b) 2 only         

c) Both           

d) None of the above

Answers: A

50. Which of the following statements is / are correct?

1. Narmadha and Damodhar flows in the Right Valley    

2. River Hiran in the Left Bank tributary of Narmadha               

3. Narmadha is the largest of all west flowing rivers

a) 1 and 2      

b) 2 and 3      

c) 1 and 3      

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answers: A