TNPSC GROUP – II - Subject wise analysed questions and Answers- Geography - part 2

TNPSC GROUP – II - Subject wise analysed questions and Answers- Geography - part 2

26.       Palaeontology is related with

            A)        Plants                         B)        Animals

            C)        Fossils                       D)        Bacteria

            Ans : (C)

27.       The largest share of mineral resources is account by

            A)        Odisha                       B)        Maharashtra

            C)        Fossils                       D)        Tamil Nadu

            Ans : (A)

28.       Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes        given below:

                        List I                                                   List II

 A)        Isothermal process      1)     V constant P and T change

 B)        Adiabatic process        2)    T constant P and V change

C)        Isochoric process          3)    Heat is neither allowed to enter nor leave the system

 D)        Isochoric process         4)   P constant T and V change

            Codes :

                        a          b          c          d

            A)        3          2          1          4

            B)        2          3          4          1

            C)        4          3          2          1

            D)        1          4          3          2

            Ans : (B)

29.       The deepest point in the pacific ocean is

            A)        Mariana trench                     B)        Tonga trench

            B)        Phillippine trench                D)        Kurile trench

            Ans : (A)

30.       If the earth stops rotating, the apparent value of g on its surface will

            A)        Increase everywhere

            B)        Decrease everywhere

            C)        Remain the same everywhere

            D)        Increase at some places and remain the same at some other places

            Ans : (A)

31.       Terrestrial planets are

            A)        Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

            B)        Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter

            C)        Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

            D)        Earth, Mars. Jupiter and Saturn

            Ans : (A)

32.       Which one of the following pairs in incorrect?

            A)        Sandstone                -           Cuddalore

            B)        Terisand                    -           Dharmapuri

            C)        Limestone                 -           Ariyalur

            D)        Alluvium                    -           thanjavur

            Ans : (B)

33.       Kennelly Heavyside layer is present in the

            A)        Mesosphere              B)        Troposphere

            C)        Ionosphere                D)        Stratosphere

           

       

            Ans : (C)

34.       Acid rain is caused by

            A)        Water pollution         B)        Noise pollution

            C)        Air pollution              D)        Land pollution

            Ans : (C)

35.       The age of the earth is about

            A)        4.5 billion years        B)        1.8 billion years

            C)        2250 million years   D)        1950 million years

            Ans : (A)

TNPSC GROUP – II  2012

Geography (April – 2010)

36.       Where is the Hindustan Shipyard located ?

           

           A)         Vishakhapatnam                 B)        Chennai

            C)        Kochi                                      D)        Mumbai

Ans : (A)

37.       Female literacy rate is below 30% (2001 Census) is select districts of

            A)        Kerala                                    B)        Tamil Nadu

            C)        Uttar Pradesh                       D)        Karnataka

Ans : (C)

38.       Following relief zones are the characteristics of ocean basins:

            I.          Continental slopes

            II.         Continental shelf

            III.        Deep sea plain

            IV.       Oceanic trench

            A)        II, I, IV and III                         B)        I, II, IV and III

            C)        II, I, III and IV                         D)        I, II, III and IV

Ans : (C)

39.       India’s best quality sheep rearing is done in which of the following regions?

            A)        North – West region

            B)        Temperate Himalaya

            C)        Semi – arid southern region                                 

            D)        Humid – arid eastern region

Ans : (B)

40.       Which is the only ape found in India ?

            A)        Gorilla                                     B)        Orange - utan

            C)        Gibbon                                   D)        Hylobate

Ans : (C)

41.       Punjab and Haryana receive rainfall from

            A)        Westerly disturbances                   

B)        Cyclones in Bay of Bengal

            C)        South – west monsoon

D)        Retreating monsoon

Ans : (A)

42.       The topmost atmospheric layers is called

            A)        Troposphere                         B)        lonosphere

            C)        Mesosphere                          D)        Stratosphere

Ans : (B)

43.       Lead is considered as

            A)        Air pollutant                          B)        Water pollutant

            C)        Soil pollutant                        D)        all of these

Ans : (D)

44.       Basalt and granite belong to which type of rocks?

            A)        Igneous rocks                       B)        Metamorphic rocks

            C)        Sedimentary rocks               D)        None of these

Ans : (A)

TNPSC GROUP – II  2009 (March)

Geography

45.       The population of Tamil Nadu as per 2001 Census was

            A)        62.4 million                           B)        60.3 million

            C)        64.4 million                           D)        61.5 million

            Ans : (A)

46.       Coal mine is situated in Tamil Nadu at

            A)        Cuddalore                             B)        Neyveli

            C)        Mettur                                     D)        Kalpakkam

            Ans : (B)

47.       Bokaro Steel plant is located is the state of

            A)        West Bengal                         B)        Orissa

            C)        Jharkhand                             D)        Karnataka

            Ans : (C)

48.       The Nilgiris are part of the

            A)        Eastern Ghats

            B)        Western Ghats

            C)        Vindhya – Satpura range              

D)        Hima;ayan range

            Ans : (B)

49.       Consider the following statements :

            Assertion (A)  :  Drought is a creeping Phenomenon, Which makes an

      accurate prediction of its onset a difficult task.

Reason (R)     :   Deficiency in rainfall and over exploitation of ground water

                            aggravates the situation.

            Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:

A)    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 
B)    Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C)   (A) is true, but (R) is false 

D)    (A) is false, but (R) is true.

            Ans : (B)

50.       Math List – I with List – II correctly and select your answer using the codes given bwlow:

                        List – I                                               List – II

            a)         Chennai                                1)         Poles

            b)         Frigid zones                          2)         Rotation

            c)         Earth axis                              3)         100 minutes

            d)         Lunar eclipse                        4)         13 ^°N, 81^° E

            Codes:

                        a          b          c          d

            A)        1          2          4          3

            B)        3          4          1          2

            C)        4          3          2          1

            D)        4          1          2          3

            Ans : (D)