PU CET PG 2019 Question Paper Master in Geo-informatics

Master in Geo-informatics

1. Which of the following is most critical reason for increase in global temperatures?
A) Excessive burning of fossil fuels
B) Water pollution
C) Soil degradation and erosion
D) Degradation of wetland ecosystems

2. The term ‘Remote Sensing’ was coined by
A) Evelyn Salt
B) Evelyn Pruitt
C) Henry Ford
D) George Joseph

3. Biome refers to a group of:
A) Mammals
B) Ecosystems
C) Insects
D) Reptiles

4. Chipko Movement for the conservation of trees was started by:
A) Jagat Singh Jungli
B) Rajendra Singh
C) Sunderlal Bahuguna
D) Balbir Singh Seechewal

5. Which of the following area is associated with Asiatic Lion?
A) Great Himalayan National Park
B) Sundarbans Delta
C) Gir Forests
D) Nilgiri Hills

6. Nitrogen constitute nearly ____per cent of the Earth’s atmosphere:
A) 20
B) 42
C) 68
D) 78

7. The lowest layer of earth’s atmosphere is known as:
A) Magnetosphere
B) Troposphere
C) Ionosphere

D) Stratosphere

8. Harike wetland and bird sanctuary in Punjab is facing the problem of weed called:
A) Lantana
B) Ageratum
C) Water hyacinth
D) Parthenium

9. Tobacco contains which of the following:
A) Nicotine
B) Caffeine
C) Alcohol
D) Ethene

10. Which of the following is not an Indian satellite
A) Resourcesat
B) Cartosat
C) Oceansat
D) Radarsat

11. Which of the following is Indian satellite
A) LANDSAT
B) RISAT
C) SPOT
D) IKONOS

12. Which one of the following area in India is a designated biodiversity hotspot?
A) Western Ghats
B) Gulf of Mannar
C) Siwalik Hills
D) Western Rajasthan

13. The infamous Bhopal Gas Tragedy occurred in the year:
A) 2004
B) 1980
C) 1984
D) 1961

14. Mangrove vegetation is found in which of the following regions:
A) Sunderban Deltaic Region
B) Western Ghats
C) Thar Desert
D) Deccan Plateau Region

15. Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) is mainly generated by:
A) Burning of wood for cooking
B) Refrigeration System
C) Dumping of garbage
D) Burning of waste paper

16. The terms ‘Savanna’ represents:
A) Tropical Grassland
B) Arctic Desert
C) Boreal Forests
D) Australian Desert

17. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) is situated in which Indian City?
A) Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Dehradun
D) Nainital

18. Which of the following is the largest desert in the world?
A) Gobi Desert
B) Mojabe Desert
C) Kala Hari Desert
D) Sahara Desert
19. Which of the following is not a ‘primary producer’ in an ecosystem?
A) Forest
B) Grassland
C) Fish
D) Phytoplankton

20. A trained and professional map maker is known as:
A) Photographer
B) Cartographer
C) Map Designer

D) Photo Designer

21. June 5 is globally celebrated as:
A) World Environment Day
B) World Health Birthday
C) World Population Day
D) World Peace Day

22. Which gas in the atmosphere screens out the harmful radiation from the sun?
A) Neon
B) Carbon
C) Ozone
D) Helium

23. The First type of technology based remote sensing includes:
A) Aerial photographs
B) Landscape Paintings
C) TV remote control systems
D) Sketches by a German Cartographer

24. ‘GAIA’ Theory was propounded by which of the following scholar?
A) Hartshorne
B) James Lovelock
C) Humboldt
D) Derek Gregory

25. Remote Sensing Sensors that detect temperature signature are called:
A) Thermal Infrared Sensor
B) Microwave Sensor
C) Radar Sensing
D) Sonar Sensing

26. Energy from the natural heat produced within the earth is known as:
A) Hydropower
B) Geothermal Energy
C) Tidal Energy
D) Solar Energy
27. Select the non-renewable resource amongst the following:
A) Water
B) Timber
C) Coal
D) Oxygen

28. The practice of Organic farming includes cultivation using:
A) Pesticides
B) No chemical fertilizers and pesticides
C) Insecticides
D) Saline water

29. As per the Government of India, the minimum forest cover necessary to maintain
ecological balance is:
A) 33% of the total land area
B) 45% of the total land area
C) 50% of the total land area
D) 15% of the total land area

30. Microwave Remote Sensing uses which part of electromagnetic spectrum?
A) Short waves
B) Thermal waves
C) Sound waves
D) Very long waves

31. What type of sensing uses Sound waves?
A) Microwave
B) Sonar
C) Infrared
D) Radar

32. Bermuda Triangle is located in:
A) Arctic Ocean
B) Atlantic Ocean
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Indian Ocean

33. Which of the following is the oldest civilization in the world?
A) Indus Valley
B) Mayan
C) Sumerian
D) Inca

34. Which of the following river is called as the sorrow of China:
A) Hwang Ho
B) Amazon
C) Brahmaputra River

D) Indus River

35. The term GIS refers to?
A) Generic Information System
B) Geographical Information System
C) Generic Intelligent System
D) Geological Intelligent System

36. The famous man-made Palm Islands are located in:
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Dubai
D) France

37. Cartography is a science and art of:
A) Map Making
B) Computer designing
C) Engine Designing
D) Currency Printing

38. San Andreas fault is located in:
A) Western USA
B) Southern Australia
C) Western Africa
D) Eastern China

39. Which of the following rivers is older than the Himalayan Mountains:
A) River Yamuna
B) River Gandak
C) River Sutlej
D) River Kosi

40. Which one of the following is not an active remote sensor
A) RADAR
B) LIDAR
C) THERMAL SCANNER
D) SAR

41. Which one of the following is a geostationary satellite
A) INSAT
B) IRS
C) QUICKBIRD
D) SPOT

42. Visible-reflected IR region has wavelength range between:
A) 0.4-0.5 µm
B) 3.0-5.0 µm
C) 0.4-3.0 µm
D) 10-14 µm

43. What are the two general data formats used in GIS?
A) Digital and Analogue Map
B) Point and Line
C) Raster and Vector
D) Attribute and Feature

44. GIS deals with which kind of data:
A) Numerical data only
B) Binary data only
C) Attribute data only
D) Spatial and attribute data

45. Metadata is:
A) Data about data
B) Geological data
C) Hydrological data
D) Elevation data

46. Which out of the following mountain ranges is known as the Outer Himalayas?
A) Siwalik Range
B) Pir-Panjal Range
C) Zanskar Range
D) Karakoram Range

47. Which of the following is a data collection technique?
A) Editing
B) Analysis
C) Interview
D) Tabulation

48. The output Device of computer system is:
A) Mouse
B) Printer

C) Scanner
D) Monitor

49. Survey which deals with landed property is called:
A) Topographical Survey
B) Geodetic Survey
C) Ecological Survey
D) Cadastral Survey

50. GPS refers to:
A) Global Positioning System
B) Global Petroleum Survey
C) Global Policy System
D) Global Public System

51. ‘Kangra earthquake’ of 1905 occurred in which Indian state?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Sikkim

52. ‘Spatial database’ is also known as:
A) Tabular databases
B) Binary databases
C) Geodatabase
D) None of the above

53. The arrival of Monsoon in North India takes place in:
A) Late December and early January
B) Early to mid-April
C) Late June and early July
D) Late October and early November

54. Summer Capital of ‘British ruled India’ was:
A) Dehradun
B) Shimla
C) New Delhi
D) Allahabad

55. Which of the following rivers does not flow through Indian Punjab?
A) Beas

B) Satluj
C) Ravi
D) Kosi

56. Which of the following city of India is known as ‘the City Beautiful’?
A) Kolkata
B) Chennai
C) Chandigarh
D) Delhi

57. Which of the following is a GIS packages?
A) ILWIS
B) ArcGIS
C) Q-GIS
D) All of the above

58. The ‘Disaster Management Cycle’ includes:
A) Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness
B) Disaster Response and Monitoring
C) Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
D) All of the above

59. Which was the first Indian state to enact the Disaster Management Act in 2003?
A) Punjab
B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra
D) Madhya Pradesh

60. As the magnitude of an earthquake increases, it’s potential for damage:
A) Increases
B) Decreases
C) Remains the same
D) None of the above

61. The scientific study of earthquakes is known as:
A) Hydrogeology
B) Seismology
C) Entomology
D) Epistemology

62. Which of the following, which is not a natural hazard?
A) Earthquake
B) Tsunami
C) Tropical Cyclone

D) Nuclear Accident
63. The techniques in cartographic by which points on the sphere of the Earth are
transferred to points on the plane surface of a map is known as:
A) Intersection
B) Projection
C) Interpolation
D) Approximation

64. A compass bearing of 155 degrees describes a
A) Northwesterly direction
B) Northeasterly direction
C) Westerly direction
D) Southeasterly direction

65. In which months of a year, northern India receives maximum floods?
A) January-February
B) July-September
C) April-May
D) October-November

66. Lines of latitude are:
A) Diagonal
B) Parallels
C) Meridians
D) None of the above
67. The maximum annual rainfall in India takes place at:
A) Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir
B) Mawsyngram, Meghalaya
C) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
D) Nagpur, Maharashtra

68. The Radcliffe line is a boundary between
A) India and Nepal
B) India and Bhutan
C) India and Pakistan
D) India and Afghanistan

69. Which Indian state is the only producer of Saffron (Kesar)?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) West Bengal

C) Bihar
D) Jammu and Kashmir

70. The oldest mountains in India are:
A) Nilgiri Hills
B) Siwalik Hills
C) Aravalli Hills
D) Karakoram
71. Which of the following Indian States has the maximum percentage of mangrove cover?
A) West Bengal
B) Goa
C) Gujarat
D) Jharkhand

72. The ‘International day for Biodiversity’ is celebrated on:
A) 22 May
B) 15 August
C) 26 January
D) 2 October

73. Greenhouse effect refers to:
A) Ability of atmosphere to retain moisture
B) Ability of atmospheric dust to reflect electromagnetic radiation
C) Ability of atmosphere to form clouds
D) Ability of atmospheric to trap heat and maintain the temperature balance

74. Energy sources that do not increase carbon emissions include:
A) Coal
B) Petroleum
C) Nuclear energy
D) All of the above

75. Which Indian city is the capital of two states?
A) Bhopal
B) Allahabad
C) Ahmedabad
D) Chandigarh
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