TNPSC Exam-Group II Free Model Test Paper- Geography Paper 1-Part 1

TNPSC Exam-Group II Free Model Test Paper-Geography Test

1.  Which one of the following needs us to locate a place?

1)         Longitude

2)         Latitude

3)         Altitude

4)         Mean Sea Level

Choose the correct Answer from the codes given below

a)         1  and 3 only

b)         1, 3 and 4 only

c)         2, 3 and 4 only

d)         1 and 2 only

Answer: D

2. India trades with Europe through Suez Canal and similarly India does with China, Japan and Australia through

a)         Panama Canal 

b)         Malaccan Strait

c)         English Canal

d)         Palk Strait 

Answer: B

3.         Consider the following

      1.   The east-west extent of India is about 30 degrees of Longitude

      2. Sun rises two hours earlier in the eastern most point than in the western most point    

      3. India’s centrally located Longitude 82 degree 30’ E has been selected as IST to avoid confusion

      4. IST established before Indian Independence

Choose the correct Answer using the codes given

a)         1, 2 and 3 only

b)         2, 3 and 4 only

c)         1, 2 and 4 only

d)         All the above

Answer:  a

4.         The southern tip of the Indian Peninsula is

a)         Indira Point

b)         Nicobar Islands

c)         Kanyakumari

d)         Andaman Islands

Answer:  c

5.         When did Tamil Language made official Language of Tamil Nadu?

a)         14.01.1953

b)         14.01.1956

c)         14.01.1957

d)         14.01.1958

Answer:  d

6.         Whose  period was consider as “Golden Era of Tamil Nadu”

            1) Cheran                   2) Cholen                   3) Pallavan     4) Pandian

a)         1, 2 and 4 only

b)         All the above

c)         1, 3 and 4 only

d)         1, 2 and 3 only

Answer:  b

7.         Which one of the following is wrongly matched regarding Tamil Nadu

a)         Panchayat Unions     - 385

b)         Town Panchayats      - 529

c)         Municipalities            - 115

d)         Corporations             - 10

Answer:  c

8.         Which one of the following district of Tamil Nadu does not have border with kerala

a)         Dindigul

b)         Theni

c)         Virudhunagar

d)         Madurai

Answer:  d

9.         If you travel from north to south, which of the following rivers, you cross in order

a)         Palar, Cheyyar, Pennar, Vellar

b)         Palar, Cheyyar, Vellar, Pennar

c)         Palar, Vellar, Cheyyar, Pennar

d)         Palar, Pennar, Cheyyar, Vellar

Answer:  a

10.       Which one of the following is correctly matched?

a)         Salem – Kalvarayan Hills

b)         Trichy - Pachamalai

c)         Villupuram – Javvadu Hills

d)         Vellore – Servarayan Hills

Answer:  b

11.       Chhattisgarh doesn’t have common border with

a)         Odisha

b)         Madhaya Pradesh

c)         Jharkand

d)         Bihar

Answer:  d

12.       Which is the largest state of India in area?

a)         Uttar Pradesh

b)         Maharashtra

c)         Rajasthan

d)         Madhya Pradesh

Answer:  c

13.       Consider the following

                        State                         Capitals

1)         Sikkim           -           Gangtok

2)         Mizoram         -           Imphal

3)         Tripura            -           Agartala

4)         Nagaland       -           Shillong

Which one of the above is/are correctly matches?

a)         1 and 2 only

b)         1 and 3 only

c)         1, 2 and 3 only

d)         1, 3 and 4 only

Answer:  b

14.       Millions of years ago, there was only one large land mass, it was called

a)         Pangea         

b)         Panthasala

c)         Angara land

d)         Gondwana land

Answer:  a

15.       Oldest mountain range of India is

a)         Himalayas

b)         Vindhyas

c)         Satpura

d)         Aravalli Range

Answer:  d

16. Which one of the following is wrongly matched?

a)         Bhavanisagar            -           Bhavani

b)         Vaigai                         -           Vaigai

c)         Pennar                        -           Satanur

d)         Thamirabarani           -           Perunjani

Answer:  d

17.       Which one of the districts in Tamil Nadu gets rainfall in both south west monsoon and north east monsoon?

a)         Nilgiris

b)         Kanyakumari

c)         Tirunelveli

d)         Theni

Answer:  b

18.       Assertion (A): Coimbatore district receive less rainfall during south west

                                          Monsoon

            Reason (R)     : Coimbatore falls in the leeward side of mountain

a)         Both A & R are true and R is the correct explanation to A

b)         A & R are true but R is the correct Explanation to A

c)         A is true R is false

d)         A is false R is true

Answer:  a

19.       Monsoon word derived from “Mausim” is

a)         Latin word

b)         Greek word

c)         Arabic word

d)         Hindi word

Answer:  c

20.       Read the following

1)         Ilavenil             -           Chithirai & Vaikasi

2)         Karkalam       -           Avani, Purattasi

3)         Munpani         -           Margazhi, Thai

4)         Kulirkalam      -           Masi, Panguni

Which of the above is/ are true

a)         1, 2 and 4 only

b)         2, 3 and 4 only

c)         1, 2 and 3 only

d)         All the above

Answer:  c

21.       One travels by flight from west to east over Himalays what is the ordin of peaks he/she will see

a)         K2, Nagaparbat, Mt. Everst, Nandadevi

b)         K2, Nagaparbat, Nandadevi, Mt. Everst

c)         Nagaparbat, K2, Nandadevi, Mt. Everst

d)         Nagaparbat, K2, Mt. Everst, Nandadevi

Answer:  c

22.       What is the order of central Himalayas from north to south?

a)         Himadri, Himachal, Siwaliks

b)         Himadri, Siwaliks, Himachal

c)         Siwaliks, Himadri, Himachal

d)         Himadri, Siwaliks, Himachal

Answer:  a

23.       Which one of the range is the not one of the Hills in the Eastern Economy?

a)         Mizo hills

b)         Kashi hills

c)         Garo hills

d)         Pirpanjal

Answer:  d

24.       Tamil Nadu gets maximum rainfall by

a)         South West monsoon

b)         North East monsoon

c)         Cyclone

d)         Summer season

Answer:  b

25.       Which one of the following districts is not a beneficiary of south west monsoon?

a)         Coimbatore

b)         Dharmapuri

c)         Salem

d)         Vellore

Answer:  d