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Question Booklet No. : .............................

ENTRANCE TEST-2025
SCHOOL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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GEOGRAPHY
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Total Questions : 60 Question Booklet Series

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1. In a satellite system, the total width of the area on the 6. Which among the following continents border the
ground covered by the scanner is called: Pacific Ocean?
(A) Synoptic View 1. Asia
(B) Nadir Point 2. North America
(C) Swath 3. South America
(D) Path 4. Africa
2. What is meant by transhumance with respect to 5. Australia
migration? Select the correct code from the options given below:
(A) Permanent migration (A) Only 1, 3 & 5
(B) Seasonal migration (B) Only 1, 2 & 3
(C) Daily migration (C) Only 1, 2, 3 & 5
(D) Long term migration (D) 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
3. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature 7. Which one of the following weather condition is
of temperate cyclone? indicated by a sudden fall in the barometer reading?
(A) Fogginess and Poor visibility (A) Stormy
(B) Unsettled weather (B) Cloudy and dry
(C) Movement from west to east (C) Calm
(D) Torrential rainfall (D) Hot and sunny
4. In which among the following countries does the ship 8. The report entitled “Our Common Future” was
building industry is the most advance? submitted in1987 by :
(A) Japan (A) Brundtland Commission
(B) China (B) Food and Agricultural Organisation
(C) Germany (C) World Meteorological Organisation
(D) Canada (D) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
5. Which among the following salts has the highest (IPCC)
percentage in ocean water? 9. Tropical black soils have been formed by:
(A) Magnesium chloride (A) Deposits by river
(B) Sodium chloride (B) Volcanic activity
(C) Calcium sulphate (C) Decay and decomposition of vegetation
(D) Calcium carbonate (D) Chemical activity

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16. Match the List I with List II:
(A) Erosional work of a river List I List II
(B) Depositional work of a river
1. Isohels a. Rainfall
(C) Depositional work of a glacier
2. Isonephs b. Sunshine
(D) Erosional work of a glacier
3. Isohyet c. Snow depth

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(A) Global Positioning System
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(B) Remote Sensing
Southern hemisphere?
(C) Geographical Information System
(A) Temperature

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(D) All the above
13. Who defined Geography as human ecology?
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(C) Richtofen a 18. The Radical school of geography was established by:
(D) Barrows
(A) B.J. Alberry
14. Which among the following has the highest albedo?
(B) R. Peet
(A) Forests
(C) G.Taylor
(B) Deserts
(C) Fresh snow (D) E. Sample

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(B) Tundra region
(C) Mediterranean region
(D) None
(D) Equatorial region

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20. An intermontane plateau is situated: 25. The concept of paradigm was propounded by:

(A) Amidst the mountain ranges (A) Kant

(B) Near the sea coast (B) Peet

(C) On a cliff (C) Kuhn
(D) Hagget
(D) On the edge of a plain
26. Who among the following pleaded that history be
21. Carl Sauer is best identified for his classic work related
treated geographically and geography be treated
to:
historically?
(A) Cultural landscape
(A) Homer
(B) Economic landscape (B) Thales
(C) Social landscape (C) Heatacus
(D) Physical landscape (D) Herodotus
22. Which of the following is not a graphic representation ? 27. Thornthwaite’s modified climatic classification is based
(A) Pie Chart on the concept of:
(A) Effective temperature
(B) Frequency Table
(B) Precipitation Index
(C) Bar Chart
(C) Potential Evapotranspiration
(D) Histogram
(D) Potential Precipitation
23. In the subcontinent of India the region frequently
28. In Koppen’s classification of climate the symbol Aw
affected by tropical cyclone is:
refers to:
(A) Gujarat Coast
(A) Tropical Savanna Climate
(B) Coromandel Coast (B) Monsoon Climate
(C) Konkan Coast (C) Tropical rainforest Climate
(D) Malabar Coast (D) Steppe
24. Which one of the following techniques is not suitable 29. Which of the following earthquake waves are more
for showing Urban population on the map? destructive at epicentre?
(A) Circles (A) S waves

(B) Divided Circles (B) P waves

(C) Spheres (C) R waves
(D) L waves
(D) Hachures

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30. Which one of the following is formed due to tectonic 35. According to Christaller’s Central Place Theory
forces? k = 4 stands for :
(A) Hanging valley (A) Administrative principle
(B) U-shaped valley (B) Market principle
(C) Blind valley (C) Transport principle
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(B) Sector theory- Human Hoyt
(B) Arid region
(C) Central Place Theory- Christaller
(C) Coastal region
(D) Multiple Nuclei Theory- Harris and Ullman
(D) Cool temperate region
37. For his model of industrial location, Weber marks use
32. Which one of the following is not a sedimentary rock?
of :

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33. Which of the following is a warm ocean current?
38. Which of the following is a footloose industry ?
(A) Canary
(A) Electronics
(B) Gulf Stream
(B) Leather
(C) Labrador
(C) Paper
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40. Which one of the following can be categorized as a 45. Which of these continents contains a by part of the
primary activity? cryosphere?

(A) Coal mining (A) Antarctica

(B) Teaching (B) Artic
(C) Australia
(C) Handicrafts
(D) South America
(D) Car manufacturing
46. __________ is the frozen water part of the Earth
41. Growth Pole theory was originally developed by :
water system.
(A) Glasson
(A) Lithosphere
(B) Perroux (B) Troposphere
(C) Thirwal (C) Mesosphere
(D) Hirschman (D) Cryosphere
42. Which one of the following is an example of a 47. Which of the following is a gas released when
Nodal Region ? permafrost thaws?

(A) Damodar Valley Region (A) Oxygen

(B) Upper Ganga Yamuna Doab Region (B) Methane

(C) Western Ghats Region (C) Hydrogen
(D) Nitrogen
(D) National Capital Region
48. Rainfall with an intensity of 6 mm/hr is classified as :
43. The city region is an example of :
(A) Trace rain
(A) Formal region
(B) Moderate rain
(B) Functional region
(C) Heavy rain
(C) Compact region
(D) Light rain
(D) Adhoc region
49. When rainfall intensity is greater than infiltration
44. Which of the following is not part of the capacity indicated by the infiltration curve, the excess
Cryosphere? water contributes to :
(A) Glaciers (A) Ground water charge

(B) Rivers (B) Evapotranspiration

(C) Iceberg (C) Surface run off
(D) Evaporation
(D) Permafrost

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56. Which element is most useful for identifying tall building
(A) When the permanent wilting point is reached in an aerial photograph?
(B) When gravity drainage has ceased
(A) Size
(C) Capillary fringe reaches the root zone of
plants (B) Shadow
(D) None of the above (C) Shape
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(D) All the above
(C) Circular test
52. Which one of the following is not a part of spatial
information technique? (D) Parametric test
(A) GIS 58. Which type of sampling technique is used to draw a
(B) GPS sample from a heterogeneous universe?
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(D) Map designing
54. Which one of the following characteristics separate (A) Measures of Deviation
GIS from other systems? (B) Ways of Sampling
(A) Map making and generalised output
(C) Measure of Central Tendency
(B) Linking spatial and attribute data
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