SSB Odisha Lecturer 2016: Lecturer recruitment for non-government aided colleges, Geography
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LECTURERS IN NON-GOVERNMENT
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GEOGRAPHY
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1 The word 'Lithosphere' means : (C) Formation of folds and faults
(A) Upper Grust plus Lower Crust (D) Mountain building
(B) Cruq! plus uppermost solid 5. lnternal heat responsible for Earth
Mantb movement is generated by:
(C) Asthenosphere plus Crust (A) Radioactive decay
(D) lnnersolid coreplusouterliquid (B) Rotationalortidalfriction
core
(C) Primordialheat
2. What is isopeistic level ? (D) Alloftheabove
(A) Shallowest depth below the
6. This is not associated with fissure
Earth's surface at which
lava flows :
pressure is equal everywhere
(A) Volcanic Dykes
(B) Shallowest depth at which (B) Volcanic Plateau
salinity of sea water is equal
(C) Volcanic neck
(C) Shallowest depth at which (D) Horizontallavaflows
temperature within the Earth is
equal
7. What is the physical identifoing factor
in granite gneiss ?
(D) Shallowest depth at which
pressure is unequal
(A) Very large crystals
everywfiere
(B) Banding or layering of crystals
(C) Large and small crystals
3. Normalgravity: randomly arranged
(A) ls negative in continentalareas (D) Very small crystals
and positive in oceanic areas
(B) ls negative in oceanicarea and 8. Weatheringinvolves:
positive in continental areas (A) Climate
(C) ls very high in continential areas (B) !n situ break down of earth
(D) ls very low in oceanic areas materials
(C) Bulk transfer of rock masses
4. Orogenesis deals with :
from one place to another place
(A) Continentaldrift
(D) Making ofArid landforms
(B) Origin of Ocean basins
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9. Mass wasting fundamentally needs (B) On the sides of a glacialvalley
this: (c) Atthe snouts of the glaciers
(A) Slope (D) Allof the above
(B) Water
14. The word 'Pedon' is associated with :
(C) Gravity
(A) Weathering
(D) Wind
(B) Alluvium
10. This is the basic requirement for
Davis'cycle of erosion : (c) Soils
(A) Tectonic Stability (D) Colluvium
(B) Tectonicinstability 15. Wild life is abundant in :
(C) Arid Climate (A) TropicalRain Forest
(D) GlacialClimate (B) Tropical Grasslands
11. This is indicator of high rate of uplift :
(c) BorealForest
(A) Convex slope (D) Temperate Grasslands
(B) Concave slope
16. Match the following correctly :
(C) Straight slope
(a) Bateleur Bir(i) lndian Subcon-
(D) Concave-Convexslopes
tinent
12. This is very odd :
(b) Bison (ii) Amazon Basin
(A) Sand dunes along rivers
(c)Piranhas (iii)Africa
(B) Terraces along rivers
(d) Bustard (iv) NorthAmerica
(C) Flood plains along rivers
(D) Horn like peaks in soft rocks (A) a-3, b4, c-2,d-1
under humid climate (B) a-2,b-1, c-3, d-4
13. Lateral moraines occur : (C) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
(A) ln the middle of a glacialvalley (D) a-1,b-2, c-4, d-3
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17. Which of the following can be (B) Water Vapour
addressed as global environmenta! (C) Sulphur Dioxide
backlash ? (D) Tropospheric Ozone
(A) Greenhouse effect
20. The Temperate Grassland Biome is
(B) Acid rain
commonly known as :
(C) Oilspills
(a) Steppe in CentralAsia
(D) Drought
(b) Prairie in NorthAmerica
18. Consider the following statements
(c) Veld in SouthAmerica
and selectthe answer:
(d) Tundra in NorthAmerica
(a) Radioactive compounds,
Choose the correct option.
oxides of sulphur and
nitrogen are primary (A) (a) and (b)
pollutants. (B) (b) and (c)
(b) Peroxyacylnitrate (PAN) and (c) (b) and (d)
Ozone are secondary (D) (c) and (d)
pollutants.
21. Corals are :
Select the correct answer from the
(A) Precious stones
following codes.
(B) Plants
(A) only (a)
(C) Organisms living in rivers
(B) only(b)
(C) Both (a) and (b) (D) Organisms living in sea
(D) Neither (a) nor (b) 22. Corals thrive in :
19. Which among the following is the (A) Arcticzone
most abundant greenhouse gas in (B) Tropicalzone only
the earth's atmosphere ? (C) Tropicalandequatorialzones
(A) Carbon dioxide (D) Temperate climates
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23. Daly's theory on the origin of coral 27. Thermohaline circulation of ocean
reefs in basically: waters in influenced by:
(A) Connected with subsidence of (A) Density of sea water
sea floor
(B) Low salinity of sea water
(C) Temperature of sea water
(B) Connected with glaciation
(D) Globalwindcirculations
(C) Connected with emergence of
sea floor
28. Generally in a wave water particles/
molecules move:
(D) Connected with tectonics
(A) Along with through and crest of
24. Which one is more in concentration thewave
in sea water ? (B) Vertically up and down
(A) Chloride (C) ln circles
(D) Horizontally
(B) Magnesium
(C) Sulphate 29. Waves break:
(A) When the depth of water is less
(D) Sodium
than half the wavelength
25. Salinity is more : (B) When the depth of water is
(A) OfftheAmazonestuary exactly the same as the
wavelength
(B) In the Mediterranean sea
(C) When the depth of water is
(C) ln the lndian Ocean
more than the waveiength
(D) ln the Pacific Ocean (D) ln shallow seas
26. Thermocline in seas is normally 30. Semidiurnaltides are :
observed: (A) Two low tides and one high tide
(A) Between 2000-30d0 m (B) Two high tides and two low
(B) Between 1000-2000 m tides of different heights
(C) Between 0-200 m depth (C) One high tide and one lowtide
(D) Two high tides and two low
(D) Between 200-1000 m depth
tides
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31. What are we adding to the 35. This body reflects radianton well
atmosphere ? (A) Fresh snow
(A) Oxpen (B) Clouds
(B) Nitrogen (C) Water
(C) Garbondioxide (D) Drywhitesand
(D) Hydrogen 36. in middte and higher latitudes
32. Tropopause, stratopause and insolation over oceans ig :
mesopause are : (A) Same as over land
(A) Sharp boundaries (B) Remain the same always
(B) Definiteboundaries (C) Higher
(C) Trasitionalboundaries (D) Lower
(D) !ndefiniteboundaries 37. Air pressure away from the surface
of the Earth :
33. Scattering is more:
(A) lncreasesexponentially
(A) ln blue radiation
(B) Decreasesexponentially
(B) ln green radiation
(C) Decreasesuniformly
(C) ln red radiation
(D) lncrease uniformly
(D) ln infrared radiation
38. Localand regionalwind systems are
U. Wind normattyshould move across basically:
the isobars from high to low pressure.
(A) lnfluenced by revolution of the
But the wind that moves along the Earth
isobars is called :
(B) lnfluenced by rotation of the
(A) Gradient wind Earth
(B) Geostrophicwind (C) Circulations because of
(C) Friction layerwind coriolis force
(D) Pressuregradientwind (D) Thermalcirculations
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39. lf earth is homogeneous in surface (B) J. M. Keynes
composition temperature distribution (C) Ratzel
would be: (D) Humboldt
(A) Strictlylatitudinal 44. The largest food gain producer
(B) Not very strictly latitudinal country in theworld is :
(C) Strictlymeridional (A) Brazil
(D) Not very strictly meridional (B) Japan
40. Specipic mass of warter vapour (C) lndia
relative to the mass of allothergases (D) China
for a sample of air is :
45. The conceptof neodeterminismwas
(A) Atmospheric humidity
put forward by :
(B) Relative humidity (A) Vidalde la Blache
(C) Maxing ratio
(B) Griffith Taylor
(D) Saturation mixing ratio
(C) Al-Masudi
41 . Who among the following is known as (D) ElsworthHuntington
realfounderof human geography ?
46. A geographical area with a certain
(A) Griffith Taylor
functionalcoherence is called :
(B) Frederick Ratzel
(A) Naturalregion
(C) Vidalde la Blache
(B) Functionalregion
(D) Jean Brunhes
(C) Economic region
42. Munda tribe is mostly found in :
(D) FormalRegion
(A) Uttar Pradesh
47. The industrial location theory
(B) Jharkhand postulated by Alfred Weber was
(C) Odisha based on :
(D) Bihar (A) Market area analysis
43. "Resources as means of attaining (B) Profit maximization approach
given ends" is given by: (C) Least cost approach
(A) Zimmerman (D) Cost-revenueapproach
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48. ln Walter Christaller's hierarchy of (B) lntensity of croPping
central places the K value has been (C) Pattern of cropping
grouped into: (D) Land capability
(A) 5
52. Based on geogaphical and
(B) 6 agricultural regions the Planning
(c) 7 Commission of lndia has divided the
(D) 8 country into the following number of
geoecological regions :
49. In Christaller's hierarchy system, the
ranking of K value for transporting (A) 10
principle is : (B) 12
(A) 2 (c) 15
(B) 3 (D) 17
(c) 4 53. As on March 26,2016 the population
(D) 6 of lndia is :
50. Red soils in tropical regions are (A) 1.32 billion
formed by: (B) 1.20 billion
(A) Weathering of iron bearing (C) 1.15 billion
metamorphic rocks (D) 1.00 billion
(B) Weathering of lgneous rocks 54. The Hindusthan Steel Limited at
(C) Weathering of basaltic rocks Rourkela in Odisha is established in
(D) Leaching outtop layerof soil collaboration with :
51 . The ratio of gross cropped are to the (A) United Kingdom
net area sown expressed in per- (B) Germany
centage is known as : (C) Russia
(A) Capability of cropping (D) United States of America
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55. The concept of continentality was 59. The inhabitants of Nicobar lslands
given by: belong to this race : :
(A) Ritter (A) Caucasoid
(B) Ratzel (B) Astroloid
(C) Humboldt (C) Mongoloid
(D) Hettner (D) Proto-astroloid
56. Which one of the following 60' Von Thune's theory related to :
approaches is related to historical (A) Agriculture
prespective of rural settlement (B) lndustries
studies ? (C) Ruraldevelopment
(A) Behaviouralapproach (D) Urban development
(B) Spatial approach 61. Mangroves are abundant along :
(C) Ecologicalapproach (A) West Bengalcoast
(D) Restrogressiveapproach (B) Tamilnadu coast
57. Sectoralgrovuth model is related to : (C) Maharashtra coast
(A) Compactsettlement (D) Gujarat coast
(B) Scattered settlement 62. ln general, the coast of Odisha is a :
(C) Fragmentedsettlement (A) Deltaic coast
(D) Linearsettlement (B) Sedimentarycoast
58. The concept sustainable develop- (C) Rocky coast
ment for regional growth came into (D) Estuarine coast
being in : 63. Marmagao port is located :
(A) 1e80 (A) ln Maharashtra
(B) 1e87 (B) ln Karnataka
(c) 1eeo (C) At Goa
(D) 1e70 (D) ln Gujarat
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il. Tropical rain forest climate iS found (B) Assam
along the coast of :
(C) Southern states of lndia
(A) Odisha (D) West Bengal
(B) Andhra Pradesh
69. Who is the first to work on the
(C) West Bengal
physiographic divisions of lndia ?
(D) Kerala
(A) R. L. Singh
65. This one is the largest river basin :
(B) S. P. Chatterjee
(A) Mahanadi
(C) B. N. Sinha
(B) Godavari
(D) EnayatAhmad
(C) Krishna
(D) Cauvery 70. Doda Betta is the highest peak in :
66. This state is covered moslty by (A) Nilgiris
Archaen rocks: (B) Westem Ghats
(A) Maharashtra (C) Eastern Ghats
(B) Rajathan (D) Aravallis
(C) Odisha 71. Southern Odisha is endowed with :
(D) Madhya Pradesh
(A) Coaldeposits
67. Red and yellow soils predominate (B) Limestone deposits
in:
(C) Oil and gas deposits
(A) North-westOdisha
(D) Bauxite deposits
(B) South-westOdisha
(C) Eastern Odisha 72. This is an example of lagoonal lake :
(D) Northeast Odisha (A) Chilika
(B) Wular
68. Tanks are popularsour@ of inigation
in:
(C) Sambhar
(A) Kashmir (D) Lonar
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73. Semi arid and Steppe climate is 77. Chilka lake owes its origin to :
found in : (A) Marine activity
(A) Parts of Karnataka and (B) Karst activity
Maharashtra (C) Glacialactivity
(B) Tamilnadu (D) Fluvialactivity
(C) Madhya Pradesh
78. Rushikulya beach is a famous site
(D) Odisha
because:
74. Montane wet temperate vegetation (A) Of atourism potential
is found in :
(B) lt is the widest beach
(A) Kashmir Himalayas
(C) Olive Ridley turtles visit it for
(B) Eastern Himalayas
nesting
(C) Southern Peninsular lndia
(D) The beach sands contain rich
(D) CentralHimalayas
monozite deposits
75. Among the large physiographic
79. ln the Eastern Ghats in odisha, this
divisions leaving the coastal plains
is the highest peak:
Odisha Gomes under:
(A) Potangi
(A) CentralHighlands
(B) PeninsularPlateaus (B) Deomali
(C) The Great Plains (C) Gajapati
(D) East Coastal Plains (D) Galikonda
76. Mahanadi surface delta deposits 80. Odisha figures in the technical name
belong to: of this crop :
(A) Cambrian (A) Rice
(B) Mesozoic (B) Wheat
(C) Cenozoic (C) Sugarcane
(D) Holocene (D) Maize
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81. Cartography: 85. A longitude is defined by:
(A) ls an art (A) A vertical angle
(B) ls an art as wellas science (B) Angulardistance
(C) Horizontallines
(C) lstechnology
(D) A horizontalangle
(D) ls a tool
86. What is the point of origin for
82. Amapis: longitudes and latitudes ?
(A) Atrue representation of the real (A) Centre of the Earth
world (B) Suface of the Earth
(B) An abstract representation of (C) Mean sea levelof the Earth
the realworld (D) Datum level
(C) A false representation of the 87. The length of one degree longitude :
realwortd (A) ls same everywhere
(D) Representation of the real (B) Depends upon latitudeswhere
it is measured
world on 1 to 1 scale
(C) ls differenteverywhere
83. One centimetre to a kilometre : (D) Depends upon equator
(A) ls a statement scale 88. Geoid is determined by:
(B) ls a representative fraction (A) Tidallevels
(C) ls a graphic scale (B) Spheroid
(D) ls a time scale (C) Mean sea level
(D) Gravity
84. A Survey of lndia topographic map
89. GIS is a system because :
on 1: 50,000 scale :
(A) lt has interconnected and
(A) ts a guide map interdependent parts
(B) ls a thematic maP (B) ltworks in a certain order
(C) ls a generalpurPose maP (C) ltworks in a sequence
(D) ls a specialPurPose maP (D) lt is a single unitwith no Parts
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90. Using geographical knowledge to 94. Urban heat island studies are part
slove practicalproblems is : of:
(A) Economic geography (A) Pure climatology
(B) Regionalgeography (B) Pure meteorology
(C) Applied geography (C) Applied Geography
(D) Systematicgeography (D) Whetherdatacollection
91. A map is :
95. ln optical remote sensing to get land-
(A) An orthographic projection water contrastwhich band is good ?
(B) A perspaective projection (A) Blue band
(C) Similarto remote sensing data (B) Green band
(D) Similartoaerialphotos (C) Red band
92. There is no relief displacement: (D) RlRband
(A) ln a map
96. Geometric average can be
(B) ln aerialphotos simplified by:
(C) Radar remote sensing data
(A) Change of origin
(D) Opticalremote sensing data
(B) Change of scale
93. lFOVdetermines: (c) Both (A) and (B)
(A) The pixelin remote sensing (D) Change of area
data
97. Value of the variate which has the
(B) The total east-west coverage of
maximum frequency is :
remote sensing data
(C) The total north-south coverage (A) Mode
of remote sensing data (B) Median
(D) The scale of remote sensing (C) Mean
data (D) Both (B) and (C)
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98. Lorentz curve has : (B) Mathemitical
(A) Cumulative percentage (C) Positional
(B) Exponentialpercentage (D) Allof the above
(C) Simple percentage 100. lf thefequenrycurve has a longertail
(D) Both (A) and (B) to the right, skewness will be
(A) Negative
99. Karl Person's coefficient of (B) Zero
correlation is:
(C) Positive
(A) Graphic (D) Uncertain
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