Odisha CPET 2022 Question Paper Geography

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COMMON P.G. ENTRANCE TEST–2022 (CPET-2022)

Subject Code : 64 Test Booklet No.:

Entrance Subject : Geography Hall Ticket No.:

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1. Which of the following is a peninsular river of India?

(A) Gandak

(B) Kosi

(C) Krishna

(D) Sutlej

plains of India?

(A) Alluvial soils

(B) Black soils

(C) Laterite soils

(D) Red soils

3. Which of the following groups accounts for over 90 per cent of India’s annual coal
production?

(A) Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal

(B) Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh

(C) Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

(D) West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

4. Which of the following important rivers of India does not originate from the Western
Ghats?

(A) Cauvery

(B) Godavari

(C) Krishna

(D) Mahanadi

5. The oldest mountains in India are

(A) Aravalis

(B) Vindhyas

(C) Satpuras

(D) Nilgiri hills

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6. Which of the following union territories of India has the highest density of population
per Sq. km?
(A) Pondicherry
(B) Lakshadweep
(C) Delhi
(D) Chandigarh
7. Which atomic power station in India is built completely indigenously?
(A) Kalpakkam
(B) Narora
(C) Rawat Bhata
(D) Tarapore
8. The year ________ is called a Great Divide in the demographic history of India.
(A) 1901
(B) 1921
(C) 1941
(D) 1951
9. The Radcliffe line is a boundary between
(A) India and Pakistan
(B) India and China
(C) India and Myanmar
(D) India and Afghanistan
10. Which among the following is/are the major factor/factors responsible for the monsoon
type of climate in India?
I. Location
II. Thermal contrast
III. Upper air circulation
IV. Inter-tropical convergence zone
(A) I
(B) II, III
(C) II, III and IV
(D) I, II, III and IV
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11. The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as
(A) Ganga
(B) Indus
(C) Brahmaputra
(D) Mahanadi
12. Which of the following cities has the largest population?
(A) Chennai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Mumbai
13. The earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Apehelion) on ________
(A) June 21st
(B) January 3rd
(C) July 4th
(D) September 23rd
14. The light of Sun takes how much time to reach to Earth
(A) 8 hours 20 seconds
(B) 8 minutes 20 seconds
(C) 8 seconds
(D) 20 seconds
15. Who proposed Continental drift theory?
(A) Alfred Wegener
(B) Alfred Worwick
(C) Alfred Hanks
(D) Alfred Mane
16. For a time difference of two hours, the longitudinal distance will be equal to ________.
(A) 15°
(B) 30°
(C) 45°
(D) 60°
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17. When the Moon completely covers the Sun, it is known as?

(A) The Antumbra

(B) The Umbra

(C) The Penumbra

(D) None of these

18. Which of the following pair is Correct?

I. Prime Meridian – Longitude

II. Tropic of Cancer – Latitude

III. Equator – Latitude

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D) All options are correct

19. The Mohorovicic (Moho) Discontinuity separates

(A) Outer core and Mantle

(B) Inner and Outer core

(C) Sima and Nife

(D) Crust and Mantle

(A) Society islands

(B) Hawaii

(C) Aleutian Islands

(D) All the above

21. The process of water getting evaporated from the surface of leaves is known as

(A) Evaporation

(B) Evapo-transpiration

(C) Transpiration

(D) Transportation

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22. Antipodes are ________
(A) Lines joining places having a time difference of 12 hours
(B) Places diametrically opposite on earth’s surface
(C) Places located at a point where degree of latitude is equal to degree of longitude
(D) Lines joining places having the same depths
23. Sandstone is a/ an
(A) Sedimentary rock
(B) Plutonic rock
(C) Igneous rock
(D) Metamorphic rock
24. Which of the following pairs is wrong?
(A) Isohyet – Precipitation
(B) Isobar – Pressure
(C) Isohale – Humidity
(D) Isotherm – Temperature
25. The word “Isoneph” represents the lines of equal
(A) Cloudiness
(B) Salinity
(C) Rain
(D) Pressure
26. The tide at its maximum height is known as ________
(A) Equinox
(B) Neap tide
(C) Spring tide
(D) Tsunami
27. The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the Earth’s surface through which a Jet
of hot water and steam is forced out at irregular intervals is called
(A) Hot spring
(B) Geyser
(C) Cyclone
(D) Volcano
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28. The instrument to measure the area on maps is called
(A) Planimeter
(B) Ideograph
(C) Pantograph
(D) Opisometer
29. The surface of Earth that lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
is called ________
(A) North Temperate Zone
(B) Frigid Zone
(C) South Temperate Zone
(D) Torrid Zone
30. Which of the statements given are correct?
1. Coriolis effect is zero at the Equator,

2. Coriolis effect is more towards the Poles,

3. Coriolis effects are related to the decreasing rotational velocity with increasing latitudes,

4. Coriolis effects are related to the increasing rotational velocity with increasing latitudes.

(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 2 and 4 only

(A) Barysphere
(B) Mesophere
(C) Mohorovic discontinuity
(D) Asthenosphere
32. The point below the surface where an earthquake originates is called ________.
(A) Tsunamis
(B) Focus

(C) Epicentre

(D) Eye of the Earthquake
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(A) UV radiations sent out by the SUN
(B) A substance contained in the upper atmospheric layers of the earth which is

(C) Celestial bodies in earth’s atmosphere which add to the greenhouse effect

clouds and ice-covered areas of the Earth’s surface.
34. Warm dry winds blowing down the east slopes of Rockies are known as ________
(A) Mistral
(B) Nor’ westers
(C) Foehn
(D) Chinook
35. What is true with regard to Jet Streams?
1. High velocity winds, 2. Blow from west to east,
3. Blow in upper troposphere near the tropopause, 4. Blow in the mesosphere
(A) 2 and 3
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 4
36. The amount of actual water vapour of air is known as ________
(A) Absolute humidity
(B) Dew point
(C) Relative humidity
(D) Condensation point
37. Which one of the following is the cloud that is dark-grey or black, found at very low
height and brings the real rain?
(A) Altocumulus
(B) Cirrus
(C) Cirrostratus
(D) Nimbostratus
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for Jet aircraft?

(A) Mesosphere

(B) Thermosphere

(C) Stratosphere

(D) Troposphere

39. Doldrums are ________

(A) High latitudes with heavy snow

(B) Equatorial zone with low pressure

(C) High pressure areas on mountains

(D) Sub-polar zone with high pressure

40. What is the major role of a greenhouse gas that contributes to temperature rise of the
Earth’s surface?

(A) Transparent to both incoming sunlight and outgoing infrared radiation

(B) Stops both incoming sunlight and outgoing infrared radiation

(C) Lets outgoing infrared radiation pass through but stops incoming sunlight

(D) Lets incoming sunlight pass through but stops outgoing infrared radiation

41. The instrument used for measuring relative humidity in air is ________

(A) Hygrometer

(B) Hydrograph

(C) Pantograph

(D) Barograph

42. Which are of the following is wrongly characterised?

(A) Chinook- Canada – winter – warm

(B) Khamsin – Egypt – spring – hot

(C) Sirocco – Sahara – spring – hot

(D) Mistral – Rhone Valley – summer – cold

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43. In the atmosphere of the primitive earth there was no ________

(A) Oxygen

(B) Carbon dioxide

(C) Nitrogen

(D) Ammonia

44. Beaufort Scale is used to measure ________

(A) Air pressure

(B) Wind velocity

(C) Wind direction

(D) Humidity

45. Which one of the following is not a landform which results due to rejuvenation of a
river?

(A) Incised meander

(B) Knick point

(C) Oxbow Lake

(D) Rive terrace

46. The Panama Canal links ________

(A) Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea

(B) Atlantic Ocean with Indian Ocean

(C) Indian Ocean with Mediterranean Sea

47. The ideal conditions for coral growth are:

1. Water temperature around 20°C, 2. Tropical waters (between 30°N and 30°S),

3. Highly saline water, 4. Adequate oxygen

(A) I II and IV

(B) I III and IV

(C) I II and III

(D) II III and IV
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48. When almost all the elevated portions are worn down by river erosion reducing an
area to almost a plain region, it is termed as

(A) Fanplain

(B) Panplain

(C) Pediplain

(D) Peneplain

49. Which of the following is meant by an archipelago?

(A) Group of Lakes

(B) Group of Islands

(C) Group of Mountains

(D) Group of Plateaus

50. Synclines and anticlines are the terms associated with ________

(A) Earthquakes

(B) Folding

(C) Faulting

(D) Volcanoes

51. The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is called

(A) Continental shelf

(B) Abyssal plains

(C) Continental rise

(D) Submarine ridges

52. Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of
midocean ridge?

(A) Divergent movement

(B) Convergent movement

(C) Transform fault movement

(D) Parallel movement

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53. In India, the state with highest density of population is
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) West Bengal
(D) Haryana
54. The Growth rate of population means
(A) Difference between the growth of male and female
(B) Difference between the population of urban and rural areas
(C) No. of births per thousand persons
(D) Difference between birth rate and death rate
55. There is no Scheduled Tribe population in
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Punjab
(D) Rajasthan
56. The Indian state with lowest sex ratio is
(A) Haryana
(B) Punjab
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
57. Direction: Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other
labelled as Reason (R). In the context of these two statements which of the following
is correct?
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true; but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true and R is False
(D) R is true and A is False
Assertion (A) : Gnomonic Polar Zenithal Projection is mostly used in charts for
navigation.
Reason (R) : All great circles appear as straight lines
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58. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I (River) List – II (Type of Delta

(A) Nile 1. Esturine

(B) Mississippi 2. Arcuate

(C) Ganga 3. Bird Foot

(D) Tiber 4. Cuspate

Codes:

(A) A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4

(B) A-4 B-2 C-1 D-3

(C) A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3

(D) A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4

59. Which of the following is associated with the issue of control and phasing out of use
of Ozone Depleting Substances?

(A) Kyoto Protocol

(B) Nagoya Protocol

(C) Montreal Protocol

(D) Bretton Woods Conference

60. The most important strategy for the conservation of biodiversity together with
traditional human life is the establishment of

(A) Biosphere Reserve

(B) Botanical Garden

(C) National Parks

(D) Wildlife Sanctuaries

61. Identify the ecosystem in which the pyramid of biomass is inverted

(A) Pond

(B) Forest

(C) Desert

(D) Grassland
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62. A teacher asks students to identity their favourite reality television show. What type
of measurement scale do the different television shows make up?

(A) Nominal

(B) Ordinal

(C) Interval

(D) Ratio

63. In a linear regression equation, Y=a + bX, what is the b denote?

(B) The intercept with the Y-axis.

(D) The score on the variable X.

64. Death of a newly born child before reaching one year of age is called as

(A) Neonatal Mortality

(B) Perinatal Mortality

(C) Infant Mortality

(D) None of the above

65. Remote Sensing techniques make use of the properties of ______________ emitted,

(A) Electric waves

(B) Sound waves

(C) Electromagnetic waves

(D) Wind waves

66. The median of a frequency distribution is found graphically with the help of

(A) Histogram

(B) Frequency Curve

(C) Frequency Polygon

(D) Ogive

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67. In which district of Odisha Balimela Reservoir is located?

(A) Sundargarh

(B) Khorda

(C) Malkangiri

(D) Kandhamal

68. According to 2011 Census, which district of Odisha had the minimum literacy rate?

(A) Khordha

(B) Ganjam

(C) Nabarangapur

(D) Sambalpur

69. Environment presents a range of opportunities and man is free to choose between
them. This basic premise in Geography is known as

(A) Determinism

(B) Neo-determinism

(C) Possibilism

(D) Probabilism

70. Which concept is used by Carl Ritter to refer the cohesion among diverse things?

(A) Man-land relationship

(B) Geopolitics

(C) Zusammenhang

(D) Interconnections

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