PUMDET 2018 Question Paper Geography

PUMDET-2018 82210001

Subject: Geography (Booklet Number)

Duration: 90 minutes Full Marks: 100

Instructions
1. All questions are of objective type having four answer options for each. Only one option is
correct. Correct answer will carry full marks 2. In case of incorrect answer or any
combination of more than one answer, ½ marks will be deducted.
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A, B, C, or D.
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Geography

1. The discourse in Geography is mainly of
(A) Science (B) Humanities
(C) Interdisciplinary (D)Multidisciplinary

2. The debate of nomothetic versus idiographic approach in geography primarily concerns to
(A) Generalization overruling uniqness of spatial attributes
(B) Selection of temporal scales
(C) Selection of spatial scales
(D) Geographical model building

3. Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to a vernier constant?
(A) It has a unit
(B) It has a constant value in all scales
(C) It depends on the length of the main scale
(D) It is the difference of distance between the least count of the main scale and the smallest
division of the attached vernier.

4. Consider the following tables and find out the correct match.
Table – I Table –II
(a) Arenaceous rocks (i) Graphite
(b) Agrillaceous rocks (ii) Quartzite
(c) Calcarious rocks (iii) Schist
(d) Carbonaceous rocks (iv) Marble
(A) (a) and (iii) (B) (b) and (iv)
(C) (c) and (ii) (D) (d) and (i)

5. What will be the number of the SOI topographical sheet immediately south of the sheet no. 73 A/16
?
(A) 73 B/4 (B) 73 B/1 (C) 73 A/15 (D) 72 B/12

6. If we want to erect watch towers, which type of the following profiles drawn from a topographical
sheet may be helpful?
(A) Longitudinal profile (B) Cross-Sectional profile
(C)Composite profile (D) Projected profile

7. ‘Research and innovation’ will represent the type of economic activity under
(A) Secondary (B) Tertiary (C) Quaternary (D) Quinary

8. ‘Spatial Demand Cone’ is a concept in industrial location theory propounded by
(A) Weber (B) Loseh (C) Isard (D) Myrdal

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9. Which one of the following is not a characteristics feature of intensive rice farming?
(A) It has adopted the techniques of green resolution
(B) It is a subsistence type of farming
(C) It has low yield per capita
(D) Wet paddy is the principal crop.

10. The equal area property in the Cylindrical Equal Area Projection is maintained as
(A) RSF < TSF (B) RSF > TSF
(C) RSF =TSF (D) RSF = 1/ TSF
Where RSF stands for Radial Scale Factor and TSF stands for Tangential Scale Factor.

11. Which one of the following statements is true with regard to UTM Projection?

(A) It is a non conformal projection
(B) It is used to map the whole world
(C) Position on earth in this projection is defined on the basis of UTM zone number and
Easting and Northing.
(D) It divides the earth into sixty zones of uniformly 6-degree band of longitudes.

12. Reduced Level (RL) in Dumpy Level Survey is defined as the difference of elevation between
(A) Bench Mark (BM) and Staff reading (SR) (B) Collimation line (CL) and SR
(C) BM and CL (D) Back sight (BS) and Fore sight (FS)

13. The forward magnetic bearing of fore bearing of line AB with a reading of 0 (zero) degree taken by a
prismatic compass will be written as

(A) ∠ NAB = 0 (B) ∠ BAN = 0 (C) ∠ ANB = 0 (D) ∠ ABN = 0
Where N is indicating the magnetic North

14. The theory of plate Tectonics is regarded as a ‘unified theory’ because
(A) It unifies all theories concerning development of landforms.
(B) The plates are theoretically unified since their origin
(C) It explains the origin of most of the structural forms associated with the earth’s crust.
(D) It was developed to replace the Continental Drift Theory.

15. Penck’s landscape evolution model advocates
(A) Slope retreat (B) Slope replacement
(C) Slope development (D) Slope evolution

16. With reference to the ‘Demographic Transition Model’, India’s present position is at
(A) Pre transitional stage (B) Early transitional stage
(C) Mid transitional stage (D) Post transitional stage

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17. According to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, among short journey migration
(A) Females appear to predominate (B) Males appear to predominate
(C) There is no gender selectiveness (D) Workers appear to predominate

18. The types of rural settlements can be determined quantitatively on the basis of

(A) Settlement density (B) Settlement hierarchy
(C)House types (D) Nearest Neighbour Analysis

19. ‘Rank size Rule’ provides a measure of

(A) Density of urban settlements (B) Connectivity of urban settlements

(C) Privacy of regional settlement hierarchy (D) Nature of urban morphology

20. What will be the radius (before reduction to an appropriate scale for drawing) of the sphere to
represent the population size (P) of a town?
P P P 3P
(A) (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 3
π π 4πr 2 4π

21. A ‘Ternary Diagram’ is prepared to represent
(i) Soil texture classes (ii) Occupational structure of population

(A) only (i) (B) Only (ii) (C) Both (i) and (ii) (D) Neither (i) nor (ii)
22. ‘ Relative Relief’of a region can be best represented with the help of
(A) An isopleths map (B) A choropleth map (C) Contour lines (D) Spot heights

23. Which one of the following is a product of deep weathering?
(A) Core stone (B) Soil (C) Bornhardt (D) Drip stone

24. ‘Knick Point’ indicates
(A) Presence of a dyke (B) Change in the base level
(C)Existence of a waterfall (D)Interruption to the fluvial cycle

25. Glacial deposits can be differential from fluvial deposits by
(A) Their size (B) Their shape
(C) Their shape and assortment (D) Their size and shape

26. Which one is the correct sequence of landforms types found from the land to the sea side on an ideal
beach?
(A) Sand ripples, Runnel, Berms (B) Berms, Sand ripples, Runnel
(C) Runnel, Berms, Sand ripples (D) Sand ripples, Berms, Runnel

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27. The earth’s latitudinal heat balance is maintained due to
(A) The planetary winds (B) The Ocean Currents
(C) Both planetary winds and ocean Currents (D) The atmospheric windows

28. Condensation of atmospheric moisture depends on
(A) Height (B) Temperature (C) Humidity (D) Saturation

29. Which one of the statements with regard to the Tropical Cyclones (TC) is not correct?
(A) The Bay of Bengal is a breeding ground of the TC
(B) High sea surface temperature (SST) produces TC
(C) TC requires coriolis deflection
(D) The mean annual frequency of TC is more in the Bay of Bengal than in the Arabian Sea.

30. Which one of the following is not associated with a raster data?
(A) It appears as a pixel
(B) An aerial photograph is an example of raster data.
(C) When a map is scanned an image produced is a raster data.
(D) Raster data of very small pixel size becomes a vector data.

31. While preparing a map in the scale of 1: 10 million, the Hooghly river will be digitized as
(A) A point (B) A line
(C) A polygon (D) None of the above

32. On which of the following surfaces run off is expected to be the maximum?
(A) Bare earth (B) Crop land (C) Pasture (D) Forest

33. ‘Unit Hydrograph’ is a graphical representation of direct run off from
(A) One unit of effective rainfall, e.g. 1 cm falling uniformly over a watershed.
(B) Rainfall occurred in one unit of time, e.g. 1 hour falling uniformly over a watershed.
(C) one cm of effective rainfall uniformly occurring in one hour period over a watershed.
(D) One unit of effective rainfall occurring uniformly over a watershed at a uniform rate
during a unit period of time.

34. Much of the floor of the pacific ocean is made up of
(A) Mid oceanic ridges (B) Abyssal plains
(C) Oceanic deeps (D) Islands

35. Radiolarian ooze is mainly found on
(A) The continental shelf areas of the Temperate region
(B)The continental slope areas of the Antarctic region
(C) The deep seas of the Tropical region
(D) The shallow seas of the Tropical region

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36. Which one of the following soils has the maximum ‘field capacity’?
(A)Lateritic soil (B) Alluvial soil
(C) Chernozen soil (D) Black soil

37. The difference of acidity between pH of 5 and pH of 7 of two soils is
(A)2 units (B)2 times (C) 10 units (D) 100 times

38. A tribal group does not posses
(A)Social ties (B) Common language
(C) Cultural hegemony (D) Territorial homeland

39. ‘Social distance’ is exhibited by
(A) Inter caste marriage (B) Social interaction
(C) Residential segregation (D) Occupational shift

40. Which one of the following is historically considered as a primary ‘Cultural Hearth’?
(A)The Narmada Valley (B)The Ganges Valley
(C) The Brahmaputra Valley (D) The Godavari Valley

41. Currently the maximum share of speakers among the world language families is
(A) Indo European (B) Sino Tibetan (C) Niger Congo (D)Afro Asiatic

42. The term ‘Lebensraum’ in political Geography was first used by
(A) Oscar Peschel (B) Friedrich Ratzel
(C) Karl E. Haushofer (D) Carl Ritter

43. The concept of ‘World island’ in H.J. Mackinder’s Heartland Theory consists of
(A) Europe (B) Asia
(C) Europe and Asia (D) Europe, Asia and Africa

44. Consider the below mentioned data series and state which one of the following measures of Central
tendencies will be the most representative for this?
Data series : 10,40,39,10,110
(A)Arithmatic Mean (B) Geometric Mean
(C)Median (D) Mode

45. Under what circumstance a frequency polygon becomes a frequency curve?
(A) When the points representing the respective frequencies of the classes are joined by free
hand.
(B) When class intervals are very short
(C) When the plotting is done of the basis of frequency densities.
(D) None of the above.

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46. Which one of the following is not a characteristics feature of Satellite Remote Sensing?
(A) It has space before sensors.
(B) It can be either geo-stationary or gun - synchronus.
(C) It is a passive kind of remote sensing.
(D) The sensing is based on solar electromagnetic radiation.

47. In a false colour composite (FCC) for visual interpretation young and dense mangrove forest should
appear as
(A) smooth and dark green (B) coarse and light green
(C) smooth and dark red (D) coarse and light red

48. What will be the scale (RF) of an aerial photograph if the focal length of the camera (lens) is 8.5 cm
and the flying height of aircraft taking the photograph is 7 km above the mean sea level (datum)?
Height of the surface for which the photograph has been taken is 1900 m above the datum.
(A) 1:50000 (B) 1:55000
(C) 1:58500 (D) 1:60000

49. In terms of Net Primary Productivity (NPP in g/m2/Yr) the maximum production biomass type is
(A)Forests (B)Cultivated lands (C)Estuaries (D) Grasslands

50. Which one of the following statements is true about phosphorous cycle?
(A) It is hugely present in the atmosphere.
(B) It has a prolonged gaseous phase.
(C) Exchange of phosphorous is very fast between the continents and the oceans.
(D) Much of it is stored as phosphate in sedimentary rocks.

51. Most of the major river courses in India are controlled by their associated
(i) Structure (ii) Relief (iii) Human Activities (iv) Climate
(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (i),(ii) and (iii)
(C) (i),(ii) and (iv) (D) (i), (ii),(iii) and (iv)

52. ‘Adi’ tribe is indigenous to the state of
(A) Nagaland (B) Mizoram (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Assam

53. What was the average (Median) age of India’s population as per 2011 census?
(A) 20 years (B) 24 years (C) 28 years (D) 32 years

54. Which city remarked the first in the first round of selection (in January 2016) of the ‘Smart Cities
Mission’ in India, 2015?
(A) Bhubaneswar (B) Ahmadabad (C) Surat (D) Jaipur

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55. ‘Empiricism’ advocates
(A) Collection of evidences from the real world
(B) Experiments in the laboratories
(C) Application of rational knowledge in the society.
(D) Use of experimental theories in the real world.

56. The famous book ‘ Explanation in Geography’ was written by
(A) Carl o’ Saucer (B) David Harvey (C) Richard Hartshorne (D) B.J.L Berry

57. Which one of the following issues can be appropriately explained by the concept of ‘Stop and go’
Determinism?
(A) Industrial growth (B) Population Change
(C) Environmental degradation (D) None of the above.

58. Identification of an unconformity on a geological map is usually possible if
(A) Strike lines of different formations usually intersect.
(B) ? of older series cover the younger series.
(C) ? of younger series rest at higher altitude.
(D) Strike lines of different formations are parallel to each other and are equally spaced.

59. Which one of the following types of climatic diagrams is required to set up a smoke emitting
industrial unit and for the purpose of its monitoring?
(A) rainfall Temperature Graph (B) Barograph
(C) Wind Rose (D) Climograph

60. Suppose 30 samples out of 300 households of different socio economic status of a village need to be
selected through door to door survey. The appropiate sampling technique(s) will be
(A) Quota (B) Random (C) Purposive (D) Purposive and then Random

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