DSSSB PGT Geography previous years questions and answers

DSSSB PGT Geography previous years questions with answers are discuss here. Only some of the selected questions from previous years which helps us to prepare for DSSSB, KVS or Geography related any others competitive examination are described here. Geography MCQ question and answer.

 

1. The sum total of weather conditions and variations over a large area for a long period of time is called
A. Weather
B. Climate 
C. Hot weather
D. Cold weather

Ans: B. Climate

2. Which of the following climatic controls is the most important?
A. Latitude 
B. Altitude
C. Pressure and wind system
D. Continentality

Ans: C) Pressure and wind system

3. What is a mango shower?
A. Premonsoon rainfall in Karnataka and kerala
B. Rainfall in june to September
C. Rainfall in winter days
D. Rainfall caused by western disturbances

Ans: A) Premonsoon rainfall in Karnataka and kerala

4. In which climate zone is rainfall low, highly variable and undependable?
A. Mid latitude western continental margin
B. Tropical
C. Humid mid latitude
D. Polar

Ans: A) Mid latitude western continental margin

5. Which type of climate classification scheme uses vegetation patterns as a prominent feature?

A. Tropical

B. Koppen
C. Mcclatchy
D. Maxfield

Ans: B) Koppen

6. Which of these conditions leads to cyclogenesis?

A. Upper level divergence being equal to lower level convergence

B. Upper level divergence being weak than lower level convergence
C. Upper level divergence being greater than lower level convergence
D. Upper level divergence being constant

Ans: C) Upper level divergence being greater than lower level convergence

7. Which of the following climate zones is typically subject to the greatest diurnal variation in temperature?
A. Humid subtropical
B. Arctic
C. Arid 
D. Mediteranean

Ans: C) Arid

8. The “weather layer” of the atmosphere is the

A. Mesosphere
B. Ionosphere
C. Troposphere
D. Stratosphere

Ans: C) Troposphere

9. The ------- features a relatively high concentration of electrically charged particles
A. Troposphere
B. Stratosphere
C. Mesosphere
D. Ionosphere

Ans: A) Ionosphere

10. The aurora borealis (northern lights) is most likely to be visible
A. Near the equator
B. During daylight hours
C. At high latitudes
D. Far from equator

Ans: C) At high latitudes

11. An example of a secondary air pollutant is
A. Automobile exhaust
B. Sulphur dioxide from coal burning
C. Photochemical smog
D. Oxygen

Ans: C) Photochemical smog

12. The electrical output of a solar cell depends on the
A. Intensity of solar radiation
B. Heat component of solar radiation
C. Ultraviolet radiation
D. Infrared radiation

Ans: A) Intensity of solar radiation

13. A solar pond is a combination of which of the following combinations?
A. Solar energy collection and heat storage
B. Solar energy storage and heat collection
C. Solar energy collection and energy storage
D. None of the above

Ans: A) Solar energy collection and heat storage

14. Which of the following appliance use solar photovoltaic technology  
A. Solar lantern
B. Biogas plant
C. Solar water heater
D. Solar air heater

Ans: A) Solar lantern

15. The value of solar constant is approximately 
A. 6.5 kw/m2
B. 1.36 kw/m2
C. 3.64 k/m2
D. 10kw/m2

Ans: C) 3.64 k/m2

16. the planet with a great greenhouse effect whose surface temperature averages 480degree c
A. earth 
B. venus
C. mars
D. pluto

Ans: B) venus

17. identify the correct  sequence of the given processes regarding rainfall
A. unsatuarated air, condensation, dew point, precipitation
B. dew point, condensation, unsatuarated air, precipitation
C. unsatuarated air, dew point, condensation,  precipitation
D. dew point, precipitation, condensation, unsatuarated air,

Ans: C) unsatuarated air, dew point, condensation, precipitation

18.  ---------- processes is responsible for weathering of rocks in the karst region
A. Scree formation
B. Carbonation
C. Oxidation
D. Hydrolysis

Ans: B) Carbonation

19. Bad land topography is the product of the combined action of 
A. Wind and glacier
B. Wind and water
C. Water and glacier
D. Water and temperature

Ans: B) Wind and water

20. Which of the following would likely to have the lowest albedo?
A. Mirror
B. Fresh snow in the arctic
C. Moist ploughed soil
D. Thick cloud

Ans: A) Moist ploughed soil

21. All history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically – who  wrote this?
A. Herodotus
B. Ratzel
C. Blache 
D. Davis

Ans: A) Herodotus

22. The location of paper industries is highly influenced by which one of the following factors?
A. Availability and nearness of raw mineral
B. Nearness of market
C. Available of capital
D. Transport connectivity

Ans: A) Availability and nearness of raw mineral

23. Which of the following was the earliest regional planning exercise in india ?
A. National capital region planning
B. Dandakaranya area plan
C. Damodar valley project
D. Bhakra nangal project

Ans: C) Damodar valley project

24. To which racial groups the Eskimos belong to?
A. The Negroids
B. The Mongoloids
C. The Caucasoids
D. The Australoids

Ans: B) The Mongoloids

25. Which of the following glacial features is believed to have formed in the bed of a sub glacial stream?

A) An Esker

B) Morane

C) Drumlin

D) Kame

Ans : C) Drumlin

26. Who defined geography as discovery of Predictive Patterns during quantitative revolution period ?

A) Hagget

B) Harvey

C) Stewart

D) Bunge 

Ans : D) Bunge 

27. Which of the following is not a Quantitative Distribution Map ?

A) Choroschematic map

B) Isopleth Map

C) Dot Map

D) choropleth Map

Ans : A) Choroschematic map

28. Salinity of water bodies increase with 

A) increase in evaporation and decrease in admixture of fresh water

B) decrease in evaporation and increase in admixture of fresh water

C) decrease in evaporation and no change in admixture of fresh water

D) increase in evaporation and increase in admixture of fresh water

Ans : A) increase in evaporation and decrease in admixture of fresh water

29. Energy that is reflected by the atmosphere

A) does not heat the atmosphere

B) has a different wavelength than the incoming energy 

C) is usually short energy like visible light which does not penetrate the atmosphere

D) heats the atmosphere by absorbtion  

Ans: A) does not heat the atmosphere

30. The term Panplane refers to

A) A level surface formed in the old age of fluvial cycle

B) A level surface formed by wind erosion

C) A plain formed by marine action

D) A plain formed by joining of flood plains

Ans : D) A plain formed by joining of flood plains

31. Who among the following expound the concept that “ the present is the key to the past” ?

A) Hutton 

B) Lyell

C) Button

D) Playfair

Ans : A) Hutton 

32. The concept of the Geographical Pivot of History was proposed by

A) Makinder

B) Martin

C) Kropotkin

D) Ratzel

Ans : A) Makinder

33. Overland flow is increase by 

A) Heavy forest cover

B) Lightest forest cover

C) Low intensity precipitate

D) High intensity Precipate

Ans : B) Lightest forest cover

34. The suspended load of a stream consists of particles that

A) Are held aloft in the flow of water

B) Move by traction

C) Move by saltation

D) Are dissolved in water

Ans : D) Are dissolved in water

35. The place located at the confluence of Alakananda and Pindar rivers is

A) Rudraprayag

B) Karnaprayag

C) Devaprayag

D) Vishnuprayag

Ans : B) Karnaprayag

36. Which of the following latitudes passes through India ?

A) Equator 

B)  Arctic Circle

C) Tropic of Capricorn

D) Tropic of Cancer

Ans : D) Tropic of Cancer

37. Production of goods in large quantities after  processing from raw materials to more aluable products is called

A) Primary activity

B) Secondary activity

C) Tertiary activity

D) Quaternary activity

Ans :  B) Secondary activity

38. Which one of the following causes acid rain ?

A) Carbon Dioxide

B) CFC

C) Sulphur Dioxide

D) Hudro carbon

Ans : C) Sulphur Dioxide

39. If 5 millimeter on a map represents 5 k.m distance on the ground, the R.F of the map will be

A) 1: 1,00,000

B) 1: 8,00,000

C) 1: 10,00,000

D) 1: 20,00,000 

Ans : C) 1: 10,00,000

40. National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) was established in ?

A) 1950

B) 1965

C) 1954

D) 1961

Ans : A) 1950

41. Nathpa Jhakri hydel power project is located on 

A) Ganga

B) Brahmaputra

C) Satluj

D) Yamuna

Ans : C) Satluj

42. Temperature and amount of precipitation are used to describe

A) Latitude

B) Clouds

C) Surface currents

D) climate

Ans - D) climate

43. When air is nearly saturated and temperature drops what is reached ?

A) Dew point

B) Precipitation

C) Condensation

D) Humidity

Ans : A) Dew point

44. what part of the atmosphere shields earth’s surface from harmful ultraviolet radiation ?

A) Troposphere

B) Tropopause

C) Mesosphere

D) Ozonosphere

Ans: D) Ozonosphere

45. The total solar radiation received at any point on the earth’s surface is termed as

A) Insulation

B) Insolation

C) Radiation

D) Insulated radiation

Ans : B) Insolation

46. In which Season is the North Atlantic Oscillation most evident ?

A) Autumn

B) Winter

C) Summer

D) Spring

Ans )  B) Winter

47.  In which kind of rocks are the minerals deposited and accumulated in the strata’s ?

A) Igneous rocks

B) Metamorphic rocks

C) Sedimentary rocks

D) None of these

Ans: C) Sedimentary rocks

48. Nagarcoil and Jaisalmer are well known for the effective use of 

A) Tidal energy

B) Geothermal energy

C) Wind energy

D) Biogas

Ans : C) Wind energy

49. At what type of plate boundary do shallow focus earthquakes occurs ?

A) Convergent

B) Divergent

C) Transform

D) All of these

Ans : B) Divergent

50. Which of the following are not associated with convergent plate margins ?

A) Deep focus earthquake

B) Rift Valleys

C) Island Arcs

D) Deep sea trenches

Ans : B) Rift Valleys

51. Deserts with pebbles surface are called

A) draas

B) Barchans

C) Regs

D) Ergs

Ans : C) Regs

52. Geological processes powered by the wind are called -------- processes.

A) Barchans

B) Coriolis

C) Eolian

D) Yardang

Ans : C) Eolian

53. Which one of the following is the example of subsistence farming ?

A. Shifting Cultivation

B. Commercial farming

C. Extensive and intensive farming

D. Organic farming

Ans : A. Shifting Cultivation

54. which one of these statements best describes a theoretical situation where the number of resourses match the population of an area ?

A) Over population

B) Optimum population

C) Under Population

D) Dense Population

Ans : B) Optimum population