MAHA SET 2018 Question Paper 3 Geography

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GEOGRAPHY
Paper III

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Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150
Note : This paper contains Seventy Five (75) multiple choice questions. Each
question carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(75) (2)

1. In which rock type areas, petroleum 1.

reserves are found ?

(A) Sedimentary (A)

(B) Metamorphic (B)

(C) Igneous (C)

(D)
(D) Volcanic

2. “ ................ is the interaction of kinetic 2.

energy by the moving material to

the surface along which it moves.”

(A) Weathering (A)

(B) Mass movement (B)

(C) Transport (C)

(D) Erosion (D)

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3. In humid areas, ............... accelerates 3.

stream erosion.

(A) Relatively flat flood plains (A)

(B) Stream flow (B)

(C) Natural leeves (C)

(D) Steep gradients (D)

4. Karst topography is developed due 4.

to ................... erosion.

(A) Glacial (A)

(B) Groundwater (B)

(C) Stream (C)

(D) Wave (D)

5. ................. is not associated with 5.

stream landscapes in arid areas.

(A) Alluvial fans (A)

(B) Arroyos (B)

(C) Ox bow lakes (C)

(D) Wadies (D)

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6. Who worked where ? Match the 6.
following :

Scientists
(a)
(a) W. M. Davis
(b)
(b) Karl Gilbert
(c)
(c) L. C. King
(d)
(d) W. Penck

Areas
(1)
(1) Alps Mountain
(2)
(2) New England
(3)
(3) Henry Mountains
(4)
(4) South Africa

Which one of the following is the

correct sequence of the pairs ?

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (1) (2) (3) (4) (A) (1) (2) (3) (4)

(B) (2) (3) (4) (1) (B) (2) (3) (4) (1)

(C) (3) (2) (1) (4) (C) (3) (2) (1) (4)

(D) (4) (3) (2) (1) (D) (4) (3) (2) (1)

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7. How many supercontinents were 7.

formed and separated before

Pangea ?
(A)
(A) Zero

(B)
(B) One

(C)
(C) Three

(D)
(D) More than three

8. As glaciers retreat, they leave 8.

behind large hills of debris known

as .................. .

(A) Glacial till (A)

(B) Outwash deposit (B)

(C) Drumlins (C)

(D) Moraine (D)

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9. Condensation occurs when the air 9.

temperature reaches dew point.
0º

When the dew point is below 0ºC,

it is referred to as ................ .
(A)
(A) Supercooled point temperature

(B)
(B) Frost point temperature

(C)
(C) Ice temperature

(D)
(D) Cooler temperature

10. The uneven distribution of insolation 10.

on the earth surface is maintained

by ................... .
(A)
(A) Spherical shape of the earth

(B)
(B) Distribution of land and water

(C)
(C) Direction of winds

(D) Pressure belts on the earth (D)

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11. Electromagnetic waves transfer 11.

energy between two bodies, without

the necessary aid of an intervening

material is termed as ................. .

(A) Radiation (A)

(B) Convection (B)

(C) Conduction (C)

(D) Current (D)

12. The summer monsoon normally sets 12.

in over the extreme south of Indian

Peninsula on ................... .
(A)
(A) First of June

(B)
(B) Fifteenth of May

(C) Twentieth of May (C)

(D) Fifth of June (D)

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13. List of types of precipitation (List I) 13. I

and their characteristics (List II) are II
given.

Match the List-I and List-II and
select the correct answer from the
I
codes given below :
(a)
List I
(b)
(a) Snow
(c)
(b) Hail

(c) Dew (d)

(d) Rime II

List II (1)

(1) Condensation droplets on the
ground surface or grass (2)
(2) Clear crystalline or granular ice (3)
(3) Ice crystals falling in branched
clusters as snow flakes
(4)
(4) Hard pellets, balls or irregular
lumps of ice

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (3) (2) (1) (4)
(A) (3) (2) (1) (4)
(B) (2) (1) (4) (3)
(B) (2) (1) (4) (3)
(C) (3) (4) (1) (2)
(C) (3) (4) (1) (2)

(D) (4) (3) (2) (1) (D) (4) (3) (2) (1)

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14. Assertion (A) : 14. (A)

The height of the tropopause at any

point is correlated with sea-level

temperature and pressure.

Reason (R) :
(R)

Sea level temperature and pressure

are related to factors of latitude,

season and daily changes in surface

pressure.

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below.

Codes : (A) (A) (R)

(R) (A)
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) is correct explanation of (A) (B) (A) (R) (R)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (A)

(R) is not correct explanation (C) (A) (R)

of (A)

(C) (A) is true and (R) is false (D) (A) (R)

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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15. Thermal efficiency index was 15.

deviced by .................. .

(A) Koeppen (A)

(B) Strahler (B)

(C) Trewartha (C)

(D) Thornthwait (D)

16. Fall in sea level is caused 16.

by .................... .

(A) Loss of ocean water through
(A)
evaporation

(B)
(B) Isostatic rebound

(C)
(C) Melting of ice sheets

(D) Hydroisostasy (D)

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17. Assertion (A) : 17. (A)

Phytoplanktons are also considered
as grazing grounds for zoo-
planktons.
(R)
Reason (R) :

Zooplanktons are not grazers.

Select the correct alternative using
the codes below :

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

of (A)

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false (D) (A) (R)

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

18. ............... is not observed in equatorial 18.
rainforest.

(A) Ebony (A)

(B) Mahogany (B)

(C) Bamboo (C)

(D) Rosewood (D)

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19. Which one of the following factors 19.

is responsible for variations in the

flora and fauna in different parts of

the earth.

(A)
(A) Changes in physical

environment (B)

(B) Changes in social and cultural

environment
(C)
(C) Changes in technology

(D) (B) (C)
(D) Both (B) and (C)

20. Ocean gyres are mainly the result 20.

of ................... .

(A) Prevailing winds and Coriolis
(A)
effect
(B)
(B) Ocean current diversion

(C)
(C) Conveyor belt

(D) Salinity of the ocean (D)

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21. .................... is associated with sunken 21.

reef.

(A) Abyssal reef (A)

(B) Fringing reef (B)

(C) Atoll (C)

(D) Barrier reef (D)

22. Which of the following is not an 22.

island arc ?
(A)
(A) Aleutian
(B)
(B) Hawaiian
(C)
(C) Philippine

(D)
(D) Japanese

23. ................... are vascular plants. 23.

(A) Algae (A)

(B) Fungi (B)

(C) Pteridophyta (C)

(D) Lichens (D)

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24. Which of the following isms was 24.
greatly influenced by mythological
literature ?
(A)
(A) Determinism
(B)
(B) Possibilism
(C)
(C) Catastrophism

(D) Environmentalism (D)

25. “The senile man talked about the 25.
senile landscape.” This criticism
was levelled against W. M. Davis
by .................... .
(A)
(A) R. J. Choreley
(B)
(B) L. C. King
(C)
(C) Penk
(D)
(D) Wouldridge
26. Which of the following is incorrect 26.
pair ?

(A) Ellsworth Huntington : (A)
Determinism

(B) Richard Hartshone : Areal (B)

differentiation
(C)
(C) Yi-Fu Tuan : Humanistic
Geography
(D)
(D) Richard Peet : Possibilism
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27. Which of the following statements 27.
is incorrect about contribution of

Arab Geographers ?
(A)
(A) Al Battam measured the circum-

ference of the earth

(B) Al Masudi described Indian (B)

monsoon

(C) Sun was considered as the (C)
centre of the universe

(D) Tides are caused due to the
(D)
gravitational pull of the sun and

the moon

28. The concept of ‘deep ecology’ is 28.

associated with whom of the

following ?
(A)
(A) James Lovelock
(B)
(B) Arne Naess

(C)
(C) D. Hughes

(D) J. Emel (D)

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29. Which of the following statements
29.
is not correct ?
(A)
(A) Quantitative revolution leads to

quantification

(B) Quantitative revolution has
(B)
changed the language of

expression

(C) Quantitative revolution
(C)
discarded the descriptive

method

(D) Quantitative revolution does (D)
not have much scope for

mathematical applications

30. Who among the following was 30.

influenced by Charles Darwin in

model proposed by him ?
(A)
(A) L. C. King
(B)
(B) W. M. Davis

(C) Walter Penk (C)

(D) James Dana (D)

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31. Which of the following is not an 31.

approach in population geography ?

(A) Behavioural (A)

(B) System (B)

(C) Histo-genetic (C)

(D) Systematic (D)

32. Who used the concept of “Outlying 32.

Business District” in Urban Landuse

Theory ?
(A)
(A) E. Burges
(B)
(B) Harris and Ullman
(C)
(C) Homer Hoyt

(D) E. Burges and Homer Hoyt (D)

33. Dry point rural settlement are 33.

commonly found in .................. region.

(A) Desert (A)

(B) Plateau (B)

(C) Mountainous (C)

(D) Riverine (D)

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34. Match the following and select the 34.
correct answer from the codes given
below :
I
List-I
(a)
(a) Transhumance
(b)
(b) Emigration
(c)
(c) Commuting

(d) Immigration (d)

List-II II

(1) Daily movement to urban areas (1)

(2) Seasonal movement with (2)
animals
(3)
(3) Movement from a country
(4)
(4) Movement into a country

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (3) (2) (1) (4)
(A) (3) (2) (1) (4)
(B) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(B) (1) (2) (3) (4)

(C) (2) (3) (1) (4) (C) (2) (3) (1) (4)

(D) (4) (3) (2) (1) (D) (4) (3) (2) (1)

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35. Renewal and rebuilding of 35.

deteriorating areas of cities by influx

of high class and professional groups

is called as .................. .
(A)
(A) Counter urbanisation
(B)
(B) Gentrification
(C)
(C) Necropolis

(D)
(D) Corbunation

36. According to Christaller’s theory, In 36.

marketing principle, if the 18,000
population of the region is 18,000,

what will be the population served

by the central place and the

complementary region ?
(A) 6,000 12,000

(A) 6,000 and 12,000
(B) 4,000 14,000
(B) 4,000 and 14,000
(C) 3,000 15,000
(C) 3,000 and 15,000

(D) 8,000 and 8,000 (D) 8,000 8,000

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37. “Umland” is also called as ............ . 37.

(A) Urban continuum (A)

(B) Peri-urban (B)

(C) City-region (C)

(D) Central business district (D)

38. Considering the Crude Birth rate is 38. 15/1000

15/1000 and the crude death rate is 12/1000

12/1000, then the country is in the

.................. stage of demographic

transition.
(A) I
(A) I

(B) II (a)
(B) II (a)

(C) II (b)
(C) II (b)

(D) III
(D) III

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39. Alfred Weber introduced theory of 39.

industrial location in the book

entitled .................... .

(A) The theory of industrial

location (A)

(B) The location and theory of (B)

industries
(C)
(C) Least-cost location theory

(D)
(D) Industrial location

40. Which of the following mode of 40.

transport has higher fixed costs ?

(A) Bus (A)

(B) Truck (B)

(C) Railway (C)

(D) Ship (D)

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41. Which of the following is not 41.

variable cost of railway transport

system ?
(A)
(A) Depreciation and interest
(B)
(B) Labour cost
(C)
(C) Servicing and maintenance
(D)
(D) Fuel cost

42. Nomadic herding is practised by the 42.

................... in East Africa.

(A) Fulani (A)

(B) Bantu (B)

(C) Nuba (C)

(D) Masais (D)

43. Ladang is a type of agriculture 43.

practised in ................... .

(A) Brazil (A)

(B) Mexico and Central America (B)

(C) Indonesia and Malaysia (C)

(D) North-Eastern States of India (D)

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44. Which one of the following 44.
statements is incorrect ?
(A)
(A) Plantation crops require heavy

outlay

(B) Economy of livestock ranchers (B)

is commercial

(C) Shifting cultivation is
(C)
characterised by field rotation

rather than by crop rotation

(D) In intensive subsistence
(D)
agriculture animal farming is

more developed

45. The concept of ‘Spread’ and 45.

‘Backwash’ effect was introduced

by :
(A)
(A) Gunnar Myrdal
(B)
(B) A. O. Hirschman

(C)
(C) Gunder Frank

(D) Sameer Amin (D)

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46. The Mormorn culture region has 46.

been studied first by which

geographer ?
(A)

(A) Meinig

(B)
(B) Kniffen

(C)
(C) Jackson

(D)
(D) Simon

47. Which is not a variable of cultural 47.

needs ?

(A) Security (A)

(B) Shelter (B)

(C) Recreation (C)

(D) Education (D)

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48. “Who gets what, where and how” is 48.

the focus of which sub-branch of

human geography ?

(A) Radical geography (A)

(B) Humanistic geography (B)

(C) Welfare geography (C)

(D) Theoretical geography (D)

49. The United Kingdom includes : 49.

(A) English
(A)
(B) English and Scottish

(B)
(C) English, Scottish and Welsh

(C)
(D) English, Scottish, Welsh and

Ulster (D)

50. Mestizo is a .................. found in Latin 50.

America.

(A) Language (A)

(B) Religion (B)

(C) Group of People (C)

(D) Script (D)

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51. Who proposed ‘Three ages of 51.

geopolitics’ ?
(A)
(A) Agnew
(B)
(B) Kjellen
(C)
(C) Natter

(D) Sharp (D)

52. Which among the following is not 52.

a force of cohesion for a nation ?

(A) Common language (A)

(B) Sense of ethnic kinship (B)

(C) Demographic homogeneity (C)

(D) Fear of a common enemy (D)

53. The Tharus are inhabitants 53.

of ............... .

(A) Coastal region (A)

(B) Thar desert (B)

(C) Deccan plateau (C)

(D) Tarai region (D)

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54. The techniques usually employed for
54.
actual delineation of functional

regions are :

(A) Ranking coefficient method
(A)

analysis

(B)
(B) Flow and gravitational analysis

(C) Composite index method (C)

analysis

(D)
(D) Simple correlation analysis

55. Which is not a social indicator of 55.

Human Development ?

(A) Employment (A)

(B) Education (B)

(C) Economic growth (C)

(D) Infrastructure (D)

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56. Which of the following is an example 56.
of economic planning ?

(A) Integrated watershed

development (A)

(B) Multi-purpose river valley (B)

project
(C)
(C) Management of scarce resources

(D)
(D) Town planning

57. Arrange the level in a bottom-up 57.

hierarchy of planning region :

(1) Mesolevel (1)

(2) Macro level (2)

(3) Micro-minor level (3)

(4) Minor level (4)

(A) (1) (2) (4) (3) (A) (1) (2) (4) (3)

(B) (1) (2) (3) (4) (B) (1) (2) (3) (4)

(C) (2) (1) (4) (3) (C) (2) (1) (4) (3)

(D) (3) (4) (1) (2) (D) (3) (4) (1) (2)

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58. Assertion (A) :
58. (A)

Regional modelling helps achieving

a scientific understanding of cities

and regions.

Reason (R) : (R)

Model building can provide solution

to a variety of both urban and

regional problems.

Read the statements given above

and choose the correct option from

the following :
(A) (A) (R)
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) is proper explanation of (A) (R) (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true (B) (A) (R)

but (R) is not the correct
(R) (A)
explanation of (A)

(C) (A) (R)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true (D) (A) (R)

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59. Each region constitutes a subsystem 59.

of the regional system whole is called

the principle of ................... .

(A) Ecological equilibrium (A)

(B) Comprehensive development (B)

(C) Horizontal spatial unity (C)

(D) Vertical unity of phenomena (D)

60. Which of the following five year 60.

plans aimed at the removal of

poverty and attainment of self-

reliance ?
(A)
(A) Second

(B)
(B) Third

(C)
(C) Fourth

(D) Fifth (D)

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61. All phenomena that operate in a 61.

regional space are fully integrated

with each other is called principle

of .................. .
(A)
(A) Vertical unity

(B)
(B) Horizontal spatial unity

(C)
(C) Space-time continuum

(D) Ecological equilibrium (D)

62. Between which of the two following 62.

ranges Kashmir valley is located ?

(A) Pir Panjal and Greater
(A)
Himalaya

(B)
(B) Pir Panjal and Zanskar

(C)
(C) Zanskar and Ladakh

(D) Pir Panjal and Karakoram (D)

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63. Which of the following pair include
63.

two of the mountain peaks that are

also syntaxes ?

(A) Nanga Parbat and K2 (A) K2

(B) K2 and Namcha Barwa
(B) K2
(C) Nanga Parbat and

Kanchenjunga (C)

(D) Namcha Barwa and Nanga
(D)
Parbat

64. Which of the following states has 64.

highest number of major dams ?

(A) Punjab (A)

(B) Maharashtra (B)

(C) Karnataka (C)

(D) Uttar Pradesh (D)

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65. Match the List I with List II and 65. I II

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List I I

(a) Black soil (a)

(b) Red soil (b)

(c) Alluvial soil (c)

(d) Mountain soil (d)

List II II

(1) Rice (1)

(2) Cotton (2)

(3) Fruits (3)

(4) Coffee (4)

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (2) (4) (3) (1) (A) (2) (4) (3) (1)

(B) (2) (3) (1) (4) (B) (2) (3) (1) (4)

(C) (2) (4) (1) (3) (C) (2) (4) (1) (3)

(D) (1) (2) (3) (4) (D) (1) (2) (3) (4)

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66. Which one of the following rivers has 66.

the largest basin area ?

(A) Narmada (A)

(B) Tapi (B)

(C) Pannar (C)

(D) Kaveri (D)

67. Which tributary of Godavari system 67.
flows in East to West direction ?

(A) Wainganga (A)

(B) Pranahita (B)

(C) Indravati (C)

(D) Manjara (D)

68. Tropical thorney vegetation is 68.
observed in ................. .

(1) Rajasthan (1)

(2) Gujrat (2)

(3) Karnataka (3)

(4) Telangana (4)

(A) Only in (1) and (2) (A) (1) 2)

(B) Only in (3) and (4) (B) (3) (4)

(C) Only in (2) and (4) (C) (2) (4)

(D) In all the above states (D)

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69. Data related to point locations and 69.

assumed to be in raster format is

generally represented on .............. .

(A) a choropleth map (A)

(B) a chorochromatic map (B)

(C) an isopleth map (C)

(D) a choroschematic map (D)

70. The image co-ordinate system starts 70.

at .................. .

(A) Bottom left corner (A)

(B) Bottom right corner (B)

(C) Top left corner (C)

(D) Top right corner (D)

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71. Georeferencing involves ................ . 71.

(A) Assigning spatial data to the (A)

mapped units

(B) Assigning geographical
(B)
co-ordinates to the mapped

units
(C)
(C) Assigning attribute data to the

mapped units

(D)
(D) Assigning real time data to the

mapped units

72. A mean of the squares of deviation 72.

scores means ................... .
(A)
(A) Arithmetic mean
(B)
(B) Standard deviation

(C)
(C) Mode

(D) Variance (D)

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73. na a2 * a3 * ....... an
1* ? 73. na a2 * a3 * ....... an
1* ?

(A) Arithmetic mean (A)

(B) Absolute mean (B)

(C) Geometric mean (C)

(D) Harmonic mean (D)

74. Which one of the following would be 74.

shown on the map with pictorial

form ?
(A)
(A) Rainfall distribution
(B)
(B) Population distribution
(C)
(C) Monuments

(D)
(D) Elevation

75. ..................... is called tuple or record 75.

in database.

(A) Column (A)

(B) Row (B)

(C) Table (C)

(D) Attribute (D)

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