KVS PGT Geography Questions and Answers
KVS 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 KVS or any others Geography related any competitive examination are described here. Geography MCQ question and answer.
1. Which one of the following tectonic plates is located between Central America and Pacific Ocean ?
A) Philippine plate
B) Arabian plate
C) Nazca plate
D) Cocos plate
Answer : D) Cocos plate
2. Which one of the following landforms is made in the form of fan at lower margins of mountains ?
A) Alluvial terrace
B) Alluvial flat
C) Alluvial fan
D) Alluvial cone
Answer : C) Alluvial fan
3. The formation of “Outwash Plains” is
A) depositional underground water
B) erosion by glaciers
C) glacio- fluvial
D) depositional landforms made by water
Answer : C) Alluvial fan
4. The age of rocks in the oceans crust is nowhere more than ----- years old.
A) 150 million
B) 200 million
C) 250 million
D) 300 million
Answer : B) 200 million
5. Which one of the following description is correct for Aw in Koppen’s world climate classification ?
A) Tropical monsoon
B) Marine west coast
C) Tropical wet & dry
D) Tropical savannah
Answer : D) Tropical savannah
6. Which one of the following description is correct for the second letter used in Koppen’s world climate classification ?
A) Temperature pattern
B) Precipitation pattern
C) Height above mean sea level
D) Seasonality of precipitation & temperature
Answer : D) Seasonality of precipitation & temperature
7. In which one of the following years, the USA banned the use of CFCs in aerosol sprays ?
A) 1917
B) 1947
C) 1957
D) 1978
Answer : D) 1978
8. Which one of the following elements isotope is widely used to study climatic change ?
A) Oxygen
B) Chlorine
C) Sodium
D) Magnesium
Answer : A) Oxygen
9. Who among the following has postulated the subsidence theory regarding the coral reef ?
A) Darwin
B) Davis
C) Dally
D) Dana
Answer: A) Darwin
10. How many world’s major terrestrial biomes have been accepted by scholars worldwide ?
A) 40
B) 30
C) 20
D) 10
Answer : D) 10
11. Which one of the following exposure is in favour of luxuriant vegetation of richer diversity ?
A) Slip-off-slope
B) Ubac slope
C) Steep slope
D) Adred slope
Answer : A) Slip-off-slope
12. Which one of the following ocean currents is cold water current ?
A) Canaries
B) Kuroshio
C) South Equatorial
D) Alaska
Answer : A) Canaries
13. “Guyot” ocean relief feature is developed on
A) Continental shelf
B) Continental slope
C) Deep ocean basin
D) Oceanic Trenches
Answer : C) Deep ocean basin
14. Salinity is expressed as the amount of salt is grams dissolved in seawater per :
A) 10 gm
B) 100 gm
C) 1000 gm
D) 10000 gm
Answer : C) 1000 gm
15. What percentage of water of the world is in the form of ice ?
A) 0.68 %
B) 1.89 %
C) 2.05 %
D) 3.45 %
Answer : B) 1.89 %
16. Which one of the following processes of atmospheric water initiates hydrological cycle ?
A) Conarbation
B) Sublimation
C) Evaporation
D) Infiltration
Answer : C) Evaporation
17. The processes of photosynthesis takes place in which of the biological cycle ?
A) Hydrological cycle
B) Carbon cycle
C) Oxygen cycle
D) Nitrogen cycle
Answer : C) Oxygen cycle
18. Which one of the following regions in the world has the richest biodiversity ?
A) Tropical rain forest
B) Tropical grasslands
C) Temperate forest
D) Temperate grasslands
Answer : A) Tropical rain forest
19. Which one of the following directions is correct to show Vindhyan range in India?
A) N to S
B) NW to SE
C) SW to NE
D) W to E
Answer : C) SW to NE
20. Zaskar mountain ranges extend in
A) Shivaliks
B) Middle Himalayas
C) Greater Himalayas
D) Trans Himalayas
Answer : D) Trans Himalayas
21. Which of the following countries shares the longest land frontier with India ?
A) Nepal
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) China
Answer : C) Bangladesh
22. Which one of the following rivers flows in a rift valley ?
A) The Yamuna
B) The Luni
C) The Narmada
D) The Sabarmati
23. Jet stream blows over India from West to East at the altitudinal range of :
A) 5-8 km
B) 9-13 km
C) 15-20 km
D) 20-25 km
Answer : B) 9-13 km
24. The Pir Panjal Range lies in which part of Himalaya ?
A) Middle Himalays
B) Trans Himalayas
C) Shivaliks
D) Greater Himalayas
Answer : A) Middle Himalays
25. In which part of India ‘ Dandakaranaya’ is situated ?
A) North- Eastern
B) South – Eastern
C) Central
D) Northern
26. According to Koppen’s scheme, the hot desert type of Indian climate is shown by the symbol :
A) Dfc
B) Cwg
C) Bwhw
D) Aw
Answer : C) Bwhw
27. National Institute of Disaster Management divided India into ------ earthquake zones.
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
Answer : C) 5
28. Which one of the following systems is useful for monitoring the movement of tectonic plates ?
A) GIS
B) GPS
C) MapInfo
D) ILWIS
Answer : GPS
29. Rainfall variability is quantitatively measured best by the :
A) Coefficient of variation
B) Standard deviation
C) Variance
D) Mean deviation
Answer : Coefficient of variation
30. Digital Number (DN) is defined in remote sensing as
A) The energy propagated through a space
B) The permanent record of a scene comprising of natural and man made features
C) An intensity value of pixel in a digital image
D) An artificially generated colour image
Answer: C) An intensity value of pixel in a digital image
31. The Disaster Management Bill was passes in Parliament of India in the year___
A) 2003
B) 2005
C) 2006
D) 2007
Answer: B) 2005
32. The centre of the Tropical cyclone is mostly characterised as :
A) Cold, high pressure without clouds
B) Cold, high pressure with clouds
C) Warm, low pressure with clouds
D) Warm, low pressure without clouds
Answer : D) Warm, low pressure without clouds
33. Which one of the following is not the approach in human geography ?
A) Spatial organisation
B) Areal differentiation
C) Explanation and description
D) Quantitative revolution
Answer : C) Explanation and description
34. Who among the following gave the principle of ‘ Unity in Diversity’ ?
A) Carl Ritter
B) Imanuel Kant
C) Alexender Von- Humboldt
D) O.H.K. Spate
Answer : A) Carl Ritter
35. Who stated, ‘ Geography is concerned with the description and explanation of the areal differentiation of the earth’s surface’ ?
A) Carl Ritter
B) Humboldt
C) Richard Hartshorne
D) Hetner
Answer : C) Richard Hartshorne
36. Who defined human geography as study of ‘the changing relationship between the unresting man and the unstable earth’ ?
A) Ratzel
B) Vidal –de-la-Blache
C) Brunches
D) E.C. Semple
Answer : A) Ratzel
37. Which one of the following options describes the expanding stage of population under demographic transition theory ?
A) High fertility, high mortality, high fluctuation
B) High fertility, low mortality, moderate fluctuation
C) Low fertility, low mortality, low fluctuation
C) Low fertility, high mortality, high fluctuation
Answer: B) High fertility, low mortality, moderate fluctuation
38. Which one of the following states in the India recorded the highest population share as per the Census 2011 ?
A) Maharastra
B) West Bengal
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Bihar
Answer : C) Uttar Pradesh
39. Which one of the following states recorded the highest percentage decadal growth of population during 2001-2011 ?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Maharastra
D) West Bengal
Answer : A) Arunachal Pradesh
40. According of Census of India, which one of the following states has the highest sex ratio ?
A) West Bengal
B) Manipur
C) Mizoram
D) Kerala
Answer : D) Kerala
41. According of Census of India 2011, the density of population is the lowest in which of the following states ?
A) Jammu & Kashmir
B) Mizoram
C) Sikkim
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer : D) Arunachal Pradesh
42. Which one of the following criteria is used by census of India to define the town?
A) Population growth
B) Population density
C) Literacy rate
D) Sex ratio
Answer : B) Population density
43. The term describing the average number of births a woman will bear in her life time, is called :
A) Crude Birth rate
B) Total Fertility rate
C) Natural Fertility rate
D) Crude Death rate
Answer: B) Total Fertility rate
44. Which one of the following authors initiated the concept of ‘Isodapanes’ in space-economy ?
A) E. Hoover
B) A. Losch
C) T. Plander
D) A. Weber
45. The process of gradual spread of ideas over space from the center of origin is known as
A) Communication
B) Diffusion
C) Innovation
D) Migration
Answer: B) Diffusion
46. In Christaller’s Central Place model for organisation of settlements over space, k = 4 principle denotes
A) Market principle
B) Administrative principle
C) Transport principle
D) Economic principle
47. If largest city has 10,00,000 popuation in a region, what would be ideal population of 5th order city following the rank size rule ?
A) 1,00,000
B) 5,00,000
C) 2,00,000
D) 4,00,000
Answer : C) 2,00,000
48. On which one of the following map projections, all parallels and meridians are straight lines and they intersect each other at right angles ?
A) Conical with one standard
B) Cylindrical equal area
C) Mercator’s projection
D) Polar zenithal
Answer : C) Mercator’s projection
49. The Environmental Protection Act in India was passed when Indian Government was headed by
A) Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi
B) Late Mr. V.P.Singh
C) Late Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri
D) Late Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
Answer : D) Late Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
50. Which one of the diagrams can be used to represent non spatial attribute data ?
A) Isopleth
B) choropleth
C) Flow diagram
D) Bars & cubes
Answer: D) Bars & cubes
51. Which one of the following values of slope gradient is correct to show the angle of two points located at an elevation of A = 1200 metre and B =600 metre with its horizontal equivalent of 3.0 km ?
A) 0.200
B) 0.525
C) 1.000
D) 1.225
Answer : A) 0.200
52. Who was the founder of Possibilism ?
A) L. Febre
B) E. Ullman
C) Vidal-de-la-Blache
D) G. Carter
Answer : C) Vidal-de-la-Blache
53. The approach of human geography which describes ‘physical setting’ as the one determining man’s mode of life is :
A) Determinism
B) Possibilism
C) Stop-go-determinism
D) Neo-determinism
Answer: A) Determinism
54. E.C. Semple belongs to which country ?
A) France
B) Britain
C) Russia
D) America
Answer: D) America
55. Who used the term ‘Chorography’ to describe Geography?
A) I. Kant
B) Verenius
C) A. Humboldt
D) Both (A) & (B)
Answer: C) A. Humboldt
56. who calculated the circumference of the earth as 25000 miles ?
A) Eratosthenes
B) Happarchus
C) Posidonius
D) Thales
Answer: A) Eratosthenes
57. The theory of Cycle of Erosion was given by :
A) H.J. Makinder
B) Mark Jefferson
C) W.M.Davis
D) jean Brunches
Answer : C) W.M.Davis
58. The mean density of rock material of the crust of earth is
A) 2.5 g/cm3
B) 2.7 g/ cm3
C) 3.0 g/ cm3
D) 3.7 g/ cm3
Answer: B) 2.7 g/ cm3
59. which one of the following land forms is made up by cooling lava on the crust?
A) Dyke
B) Laccolith
C) Sill
D) Lava plateau
Answer: D) Lava plateau
60. A drainage pattern which is not related to the structure of a region is known as
A) Superimposed
B) Trellis
C) Radial
D) Dendritic
Answer: A) Superimposed
61. In which one of the following physical landscape is plains the ‘natural levees’ are formed?
A) Bhabar lands
B) Flood plains
C) Upper plains
C) Deltaic plains
Answer: B) Flood plains
62. Which one of the following is the cause for super saturation of air ?
A) Absence of aerosols in the air
B) Absence of moisture in the air
C) Temperature not lowering to the level of saturation
D) Mixing of air due to turbulence
Answer: D) Mixing of air due to turbulence
63. In which one of the following years, All India Soil Survey Dept. was established?
A) 1955
B) 1956
C) 1959
D) 1965
Answer : B) 1956
64. In the climatic regions of India, based on Koppen’s scheme, which one of the following types is resented by the term ‘As’.
A) Tropical Savanah
B) Monsoon with Dry Summer
C) Monsoon with dry winter
D) Steppe types of climate
Answer : D) Steppe types of climate
65. Montane forests are found in which of the following states?
A) Assam
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Tripura
D) Bihar
Answer : B) Arunachal Pradesh
66. Which one of the following biosphere reserves is located in Garo Hills ?
A) Pachmarhi
B) Nilgiri
C) Nokrek
D) Agasthyamalai
Answer : C) Nokrek
67. Regur Soil is another name for the :
A) Alluvial soil
B) Laterite soil
C) Arid soil
D) Black soil
Answer : D) Black soil
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