KUET 2022 Question Paper M.Sc. Geoinformatics

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KUET 2022 Question Paper M.Sc. Geoinformatics

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ENTRANCE TEST!2022
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES

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2. OMR A,nswer Sheet has an Original Copy and a Candidate's CoDy slued beneath it ar t}le toD, While
making entries in the Original Copy, canCidaLe should ensure thar'thi two copies are alisnedbrooerlv
so tbar the enries made in the Original Copy against each item are exactly cbpied in th; Can'didaters
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7. There-will be 'Negative Marking' f^or wrong answers. Each wrong answer will lead to the deduction
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L Which of the following UNS SDGs focuses on 6. The largest glacier in Kashmir Valley is ,
sustainable cities and corununities ?
(A) Kolahoi
(A) Goal9
(B) Thajiwas
(B) Goal 10 (C) Nehnar
(C) Goal 11
(D) Shishram
@) Goal 12 '1. The largest wetland ofUT of J&K is :
How many nation-states have signed UNFCCC ?
(A) Wular
(A) 145
(B) Hokersar .

@) l5s (C) Shallabug
(c) 165
@) Mansar
(D) l7s
8. Map scale is :
3. Disaster Management Act was pass€d by Rajya
Sabha in :
(A) The ratio between a distance on a map and
the corresponding distance on the ground
(A) 200s
(B) The ratio between a distance on the ground
@) 2006 and tlle conesponding distance on a map
(c) 2007
(C) The ratio between a distanca on the ground
(D) 2008 and the conesponding distance on a GPS
Which of the following Acts .was passed by the
@) All of these
Indian Parliament in wake of the Bhopal Gas
9. Eutxophication of lake ecosystems is due to :
Tragedy ?

(A) Envirorunedal Protection Act
(A) High DO and bactelia
(B) Nitogen and phosphorous
(B) Disaster Management Aat
(C) Chromium and mercury
(C) Air (Prevention and Control ofPollution) Act
(D) Lead and hydrogen sulphide
(D) Water Pollution Act
10. Which of the following regions has the highest
5. Which one ofthe following is the largest National
biodiversity ?
Park ?

(A) Kazinag National Park (A) Tundra
(B) Dachigam National Park (B) Taiea
(C) Mangroves
(C) Hemis National Park
(D) Tropicalruin-forest
(D) Desert National Park

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The frnal stable community in an ecological 16. Which ofthe following prcvents tle entry offood
succession is called : into the windpipe ?
(A) Seral commwity (A) Trachea
@) Final communif @) Larynx
(C) Ultimate communig (C) Epiglottis

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(A) Vefialisation (A) Cosmic rays
(B) Scarification (B) X-rays
(C) Stratification (C) Microwaves
@) None ofthe above (D) Radiowaves
13. Which of the following is a state bird of UT of 18. The speed of light in vacuum
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(B) Black-necked crane
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19. When a cricket ball is throun up vertically, the
14. Which ofthe following natural regions is known force of gravity acting on it :
as the 'Land ofBig Games' ?
(A) Is opposite to the direction of motion of the
(A) Temperategrassland ball
@) Tropical monsoon region (B) Is in the same dircction ofmotion as the ball
(C) Tropical savannah region (C) Increases as it rises up

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I 21. Th€ density ofwater is maximum at:
(A) 0'c

26, How does the concentation ofcafton dioxide in
the atnosphere afect climale ?

(A) As carbon dioxide concenhation increases,'
(B) l"c tempentues decreases
(c) 2"c (B) As carbon dioxide concentxation increases,
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rcmperanlres ncreases

(c) carbon dioxide concentmtions do not affect
22, who was tle firstto propose theAtomic Theory ?
(A) J.J. Thomson @) As carbon dioxide concentations increase,
(B) John Dalton tempeiafures become more random

(C) Neils Bohr 27, Which process releases nitrogen gas (Nr) back into
the atnosphere ?
(D) T.A. Edison (A) Denitrification
23. Which oftle following givenelements is tlle most (B) Nitrogen fixation
electropositive ?
(C) Decay
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(c) Me following spheres ?
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(A) Lithosphere
(B) AtrnosPhere
24, The equation ofstate for an ideal gas is represented
as:
(C) Biosphere

(A) PV=R/T @) Geosphere
@) P,/]/=RT 29. Although direct measurcments of atmosphedc
(c) P/V=nRT carbon dioxide have only been taken consistently
since the 1950s, scientists have been able to
(D) Pv=nRI
retrieve data ftom tle proxies that'include :
25. Ca6on is a common component of
(A) Ice cores ftom ice sheets
(A) Limestone
(B) Sediment cores ftom the ocean
@) All organisms
(C) Volcanic gases (C) Tree rings

(D) All ofthe above @) All of the above

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40. The main key difference between AND gate and 45. Wlfch of the following is the longest glacier
OR gate is that : outside the polar regions ?

(A) AND gate gives a true output only when all (A) Fedchenko Glacier
the inputs are true whereas the OR gate gives (B) Siachin Glacier
a Aue output when at least one of the inputs
(C) Gangotd Glacier
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(B) AND gate gives a true output only when one (D) Hispa! Glacier
ofthe inputs is true whereas the OR gate gives 46. Mohorovi0iC discontinuity marks the boundary
a aue output when all the inputs are true between :

(c) Both (A) and @) (A) Crust and Man e
@) None of the above (B) Mantle and Core
41. The decimal equivalent of 101010 is : (C) Imer and Outer Cole
(A) 38 (D) None
(B) 40
Continenlal drift theory was proposed by :
(c) 42
(D) 44 (A) Alfied Wegener
42. The binary equivalent of 323 : @) Thomas Alva Edison
(A) 101000111 (C) tuthur Holmes
(B) r01000010 (D) Eduard Suess
(c) 10100000r
48. Holocene is tlrc name given to the geological epoch
(D) r0r000011
that began :
43. The firll folm of HTTP is :
(A) H]?erText Transfer Package (A) 5,650 years BP
(B) H)?€rTransfer Text Package (B) 11,650 yea$ BP
(C) HlperText Tmnsfer Protocol (C) 15,650 years BP
p) HlperText Transfer Pmctice @) 20,650 years BP
44. The location ofa resource on the intemet is given
by: 49. Gully erosion is an advanced stage of :
(A) URL (A) Rill ercsion
(B) Email (B) Splash erosion
(c) rP (C) Sheet erosion
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is generally implemented in the coastal and dry the :
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(A) Contour ploughing
(B) Flatter the land surface
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52. Karewas arc formd. in :
@) None of the above
(A) West Bengal
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