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World Geography - 2 (Gen. Studies)

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Directions: The following question consists of two statements, one labelled as 'assertion' and the other labelled as 'reason'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion and the reason are individually true and if so, whether the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. Assertion: Sand has very low water retaining capacity. Reason: The pore spaces, in sands, are large enough to transmit water downwards rapidly.

Select your answer to this question using the codes given below.

  1. If both assertion and reason are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation for statement 1.

  2. If both assertion and reason are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation for statement 1.

  3. If assertion is true but reason is wrong.

  4. If reasoning is correct but assertion itself is wrong.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Soil texture determines the water retaining capacity of the soil. The larger the pore spaces in the soil, the lesser is its water retaining capacity and vice-versa.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals.

  2. The common rock; granite is a combination of the quartz, feldspar and biotite minerals.

  3. The scientific study of rocks is called pedology, which is an essential component of geology.

  4. The proportion of silica in rocks and minerals is a major factor in determining their names and properties.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The scientific study of rocks is called petrology; pedology is the scientific study of soils.

The spring tide occurs when the moon, the sun and the earth make an angle of

  1. 180°

  2. 90°

  3. 45°

  4. 33°


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The spring tide occurs when the moon, the sun and the earth make an angle of 180°

The longest inland waterways in the world is

  1. Mississippi River System

  2. The Great Lakes

  3. Saint Lawrence River

  4. River Rhine


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Mississippi River System

The Taiga belt lies between the

  1. temperate grasslands and tundra

  2. mediterranean climate and tundra

  3. monsoon climate and tundra

  4. Tibet-type climate and tundra


Correct Option: A

The ecological equilibrium in mined areas can be achieved by

  1. preventing soil erosion

  2. developing a vegetational cover

  3. preventing overgrazing

  4. introducing agriculture


Correct Option: B

Which among the following is not a method to conserve land?

  1. Afforestation

  2. Check on overgrazing

  3. Regulated use of fertilizers

  4. Overuse of fertilizers and chemical pesticides


Correct Option: D

Mulching helps in

  1. moisture conservation

  2. weed control

  3. improvement of soil structure

  4. increasing soil fertility


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mulching helps in moisture conservation. As these mulches slowly decompose, they provide organic matter which helps keep the soil loose.

What is Willy Willy?

  1. Cyclone in South East Carribean region.

  2. Cyclone in Philippines islands, Eastern China and Japan.

  3. Cyclone around South East Africa coast, Madagascar, Mauritius Islands and North West Australia.

  4. Violently rotating storm, characterised by funnel shaped cloud in which winds whirl around a small area of extremely low pressure.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is Willie Willies.

What is Insolation?

  1. It is a luminous phenomenon in the northern hemisphere.

  2. It is a luminous phenomenon in the southern hemisphere.

  3. It is the radiant energy that reaches the surface of the earth from the sun.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Insolation is the radiant energy that reaches the surface of the earth from the sun.

In which of the following layers of the atmosphere is ozone gas found?

  1. Stratosphere

  2. Ionosphere

  3. Troposphere

  4. Mesosphere


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The stratosphere is layered in temperature because ozone (O3) absorbs high energy UVB and UVC energy waves from the sun and are broken down into atomic oxygen (O1D) and diatomic oxygen (O2) at wavelengths below 1180 nm.

Shifting cultivation is practiced in

  1. tropical Africa, South-East Asia and Amazon basin

  2. Sahara, Tundra region and North America

  3. tropical areas, river basins and in Australia

  4. Gobi Desert, Alaska and Tibet Plateau


Correct Option: A

Most of the Japanese industries are located on the

  1. Hokkaido coast

  2. Honshu coast

  3. Shikoku coast

  4. Kyushu coast


Correct Option: B

‘Estancias’ are

  1. vast cattle farms in Argentina

  2. smaller estates in Brazil

  3. plantation farms in Malaysia

  4. commercial grain farms in western USA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Estancias’ are vast cattle farms in Argentina.

In which of the following natural regions is subsistence farming taken as the main occupation?

  1. Mediterranean region

  2. Steppe region

  3. China region

  4. Monsoon region


Correct Option: C

'Maitri’ is associated with

  1. HYV of rice

  2. SAARC

  3. Indo-Russian Treaty

  4. Antarctica Research Centre


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements is/are true?

  1. Crossing of the international date line entails repeating one day when traveling eastwards
  2. International date line divides the Pacific ocean into two equal parts
  3. Internationally date line is an internationally agreed line drawn parallel to the 180 degree meridian.
  4. Crossing of the international date line entails repeating one day when traveling westwards.
  1. 4 alone

  2. 1 alone

  3. 2,3 and 4

  4. 1,2 and 3


Correct Option: D

Which of the following waterways does not pass through the Panama Canal?

  1. London-Honolulu

  2. New York-San francisco

  3. New York-Buenos Aires

  4. New York-Sydney


Correct Option: C

The Suez Canal connects the

  1. Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

  2. Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

  3. Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

  4. Red Sea and the Indian Ocean


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option (3) is the correct answer. 

Which of the following is not a tropical type of soil?

  1. Brown soil

  2. Red soil

  3. Black soil

  4. Peaty soil


Correct Option: A

The greatest deposits of loess are found in

  1. New Zealand

  2. Central Europe

  3. China

  4. Argentina


Correct Option: C

The depositional feature, formed due to the coalescence of several illuvial cones in an arid region is called

  1. Pediment

  2. Bolson

  3. Deflation basin

  4. Bajada


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correc answer is (2). 

Glaciation is associated with

  1. areas where undecomposed or partially decomposed organic matter accumulates in a swampy environment.

  2. areas where decomposition proceeds slowly.

  3. areas which have experienced recent glacial deposition and have deranged drainage pattern.

  4. highly acidic and oxygen-poor soils.


Correct Option: C

______ are extensive plains that lie between the continental margins and mid-ocean ridges.

  1. Abyssal plains

  2. Ridge plains

  3. Continental plains

  4. Reep plains


Correct Option: A

Playas are depressions formed due to

  1. deflating action of winds

  2. glacial erosion

  3. river erosion

  4. marine erosion


Correct Option: A

Which of the following instruments is used to measure earthquakes?

  1. Barometer

  2. Seismometer

  3. Hydrometer

  4. Altimeter


Correct Option: B

Gondwanaland does not include _____.

  1. India

  2. Vietnam

  3. China

  4. Australia


Correct Option: C

The approximate radius of Earth is

  1. 3452 km

  2. 1290 km

  3. 6371 km

  4. 5400 km


Correct Option: C

What is lithosphere?

  1. The combination of continental and oceanic crust

  2. The combination of lower mantle and outer core

  3. The combination of lower crust and upper mantle

  4. The combination of inner and outer core


Correct Option: C

In reference to the 'theory of plate tectonics', where does the Nazca Plate lie?

  1. West of the North American Plate

  2. West of the South American Plate

  3. East of the Eurasian Plate

  4. East of the North American Plate


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Figure: The Earth's main plates

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