State Psc-Test Series: Geography and Environment

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UPPCS/B-01/09/2019/02
Test No.
STATE PSC- TEST SERIES
GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 02
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1. Which of the following factors does not 6. Which of the following is the rst and only
inuence the biological diversity of a region? UNESCO Mixed Heritage site of India?
(a) Latitude (a) Sundarbans National Park
(b) Longitude
(b) Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
(c) Altitude
(c) Jim Corbett National Park
(d) Energy
(d) Khangchendzonga National Park
2. Match List I with List II and select the correct 7. Which among the following is not an
answer from the code given below the lists: exhaustible resource?
(List-I) Rivers (List-II) Drainage
(a) Minerals
pattern
A. Ganga 1. Trellis (b) Tidal power
B. Brahmaputra 2. Radial (c) Natural vegetation

C. Son 3. Centripetal (d) Wildlife
D. Loktak Lake 4. Dendritic
8. Which among the following is/are the indirect
Codes: source of information about the interior of the
A B C D Earth?
(a) 4 1 2 3
(a) Gravitation
(b) 4 2 3 1
(b) Seismic Activity
(c) 1 2 3 4
(c) Magnetic eld
(d) 3 2 1 4
(d) All of the above
3. Which of the following is/are the causes of
9. Which of the following human activities
algal bloom?
accelerates soil erosion?
(a) Cold water
(a) Deforestation
(b) Nutrient enrichment
(b) Farming
(c) Both a and b
(d) Neither a nor b (c) Human settlements
(d) All of the above.

4. Which of the following rivers is an east-owing
river? 10. Venus is known as earth’s twin due to
proximity in
(a) Periyar
1. Size
(b) Narmada
(c) Koyna 2. Mass (weight)
(d) Juari 3. Density
5. Ganga Expressway has been constructed Select the correct answer using the codes given
between: below:
(a) Bijnor to Mahoba (a) 1 and 2 only
(b) Greater Noida to Ballia (b) 1 only
(c) Kanpur to Varanasi (c) 2 and 3 only
(d) Saharanpur to Lucknow (d) 1, 2 and 3
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11. Which of the following soil is most suitable for 16. Which of the following processes is/are involved
production of Rice? in the heating and cooling of the atmosphere?
(a) Podzolic Soil (a) Radiation
(b) Clay Soil
(b) Advection
(c) Black Soil
(c) Convection
(d) Alluvial Soil
12. Which of the following is/are the focus area of
Global Environment Facility?
17. Carbon Trading is an outcome of which of the
(a) Biological diversity
following?
(b) Climate change
(a) Kyoto Protocol
(c) International waters
(b) Montreal Protocol
(c) Vienna Convention
13. Which of the following is/are the evidences in
support of the Continental Drift Theory? (d) Bonn Convention
(a) Tillite
18. Formosa Strait is situated between:
(b) Placer Deposits
(a) Japan Sea and Pacic Ocean
(c) Distribution of Fossils
(d) All of the above (b) South China Sea and East China Sea
14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct (c) Gulf of Hudson and Atlantic Ocean
answer from the code given below the lists:
(d) Black Sea and Marmara Sea
(List-I) (List-II)
Rivers Types of Delta 19. Which of the following is a cash crop as well as
both rabi and kharif crop?
A. Nile 1. Estuarine
B. Mississippi 2. Arcuate (a) Sugarcane

C. Yellow 3. Cuspate
(b) Wheat
D. Tiber 4. Bird’s foot
(c) Jute
Codes:
A B C D (d) Cotton
(a) 1 2 3 4
20. Consider the following statements regarding
(b) 3 4 2 1 the food chain:
(c) 2 4 1 3
1. In an aquatic ecosystem, a more energy
(d) 2 3 1 2
ows through the grazing food chain
than the detritus food chain.
15. Black Sea is bordered by which of the following
countries: 2. In a terrestrial ecosystem larger fraction
(a) Azerbaijan of energy ow through detritus food chain
(b) Armenia than grazing food chain.
(c) Georgia
3. 90% of energy is lost in energy ow across
(d) Serbia trophic levels.
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Which of the above statements is/are correct? 23. Which of the following sources of irrigation has
the highest share in India?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(a) Canals
(b) 3 only
(b) Tanks
(c) 2 and 3 only
(c) Tube-wells
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) Other Wells
terrestrial radiation:
24. Which of the following are the objectives of
1. The insolation received by earth is in the Rashtriya Gokul Mission?
form of short waves. 1. Enhance milk production and productivity
2. The radiations emitted from earth’s of indigenous bovine breeds.
surface is in long wave form. 2. To upgrade nondescript cattle using elite

indigenous breeds
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? 3. Arrange quality Articial Insemination (
A.I) services at farmers’ doorstep
(a) 1 only
Codes:
(b) 2 only
(a) 1 and 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) 1 and 3
22. Match List I with List II and select the correct (d) 1, 2 and 3
answer from the code given below the lists:
25. Which scheme was awarded the “Public Water
List I List II
(Headquarters) (Organizations) Agency of the Year” at the Global Water
A. Bird Life 1. Gurugram Summit?
International (a) Kelashwaram Lift Irrigation Project

B. Intergovernmental 2. Nairobi
Panel on Climate (b) National Mission for Clean Ganga
Change
(c) Yamuna Action Plan for cleaning
C. United Nations 3. Cambridge
Environment Programme Yamuna
D. International Solar 4. Geneva (d) Godavari-Krishna-Cauvery river-linking

Alliance project
Codes: 26. Which among the following is not a cause of

A B C D desertication?
(a) 2 3 4 1 (a) Removal of natural vegetation cover
(b) 1 2 4 3 (b) Climatic shifts.
(c) 1 2 3 4 (c) Overgrazing
(d) 3 4 2 1 (d) None of the above
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27. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly 31. Which of the following city is/are NOT included
matched? in the Buddhist Circuit?
Desert Country 1. Sravasti

A. Gibson Australia 2. Lucknow
B. Karakum Uzbekistan 3. Jhansi
C. Sonoran USA 4. Kaushambi
D. Taklamakan China 5. Sarnath
28. Which of the following is a warm current? Codes:
(a) Canary Current (a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) Benguela Current (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 and 4 only

(c) Agulhas Current
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(d) North Atlantic Drift
the structure of atmosphere:
29. Which is the largest Sugarcane producing
state? 1. Thickness of the troposphere is greatest
at the equator than at the poles.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
2. Stratosphere is the most important layer
(b) Maharashtra for all biological activity.
(c) Karnataka Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(d) West Bengal
(b) 2 only
30. Consider the following statements:
(c) Both 1 and 2
1. They are found between latitude 25oN
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
and 25oS.
2. Their presence can save lives and 33. Which one of the following is the largest
property during natural hazards like reservoir of carbon on the planet?
cyclones, storm surges, and erosion. (a) Forest
3. They are adapted to the low oxygen (b) Fossil Fuel

(anoxic) conditions. (c) Ocean
4. They are also salt tolerant. (d) Lake
Which of the following plant species has been

34. What is the succession that occurs in water
best described by the given above statements?
bodies like ponds and lakes called?
(a) Corals
(a) Xerarch succession
(b) Mangroves (b) Hydrarch succession
(c) Cactus (c) Sere succession
(d) Seagrass (d) None of the above
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35. It requires a temperature of 25-30 degrees, 38. The process through which the gases were
Rainfall of 300 cm well distributed throughout outpoured from the interior is called?
the year, well drained loamy soil and Kerala is
(a) Tail Gas Treating
its major producing state.
Which crop is being described in the above (b) Adsorption Process
paragraph? (c) Cryogenic Process

(a) Tea
(d) Degassing
(b) Coffee
39. Which of the following action is not a threat to
(c) Rubber the biodiversity of a region?
(d) Sugarcane
(a) Developing metro railways tracks
through R A Colony, Mumbai.
36. Which of the following is/are considered as
abiotic components of an ecosystem? (b) Practicing Jhum cultivation.
1. Dead organic matter (c) Reintroduction of a lost species in its

2. Sunlight original ecosystem.
3. Soil texture topography (d) A large but unmanaged ecosystem is

fragmented into smaller ones.
Select the correct answer using the code given
below: 40. Consider the following statements regarding
ocean salinity:
(a) 2 only
1. Salinity is measure of total content of
(b) 1 and 2 only
salts in sea water.
(c) 1 and 3 only
2. Sea water with salinity of 24.7% is
(d) 1, 2 and 3 demarcated as brackish water.
37. With reference to the earth’s crust, consider Which of the above statements is/are correct?
the following statements:
(a) 1 only
1. Oceanic crust is thicker as compared to
(b) 2 only
the continental crust.
(c) Both 1 and 2
2. Conrad Discontinuity separates upper
crust from lower crust. (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Select the correct answer using the codes given 41. Which of the following sites was never a part
below: of Montreux Record?
(a) 1 only (a) Chilka Lake
(b) 2 only (b) Keoladeo national park
(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) Loktak Lake
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Vembanad Lake
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42. Consider the following statements regarding 46. Consider the following statements regarding
Western Ghats: the Interiors of the Earth:
1. Unlike the Himalayas, Western Ghats do 1. Earth’s density increases gradually from
not have any gap/pass. crust to core.
2. Mantle is the largest layer according to
2. Eastern side of the Western Ghat falls
mass and volume.
under the rain-shadow area.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
47. Village Phayeng, of which state, has been tagged
43. Which of the following countries has the
as India’s rst carbon-positive settlement?
maximum number of time zones?
(a) Sikkim
(a) Russia
(b) Manipur
(b) France
(c) Assam
(c) China
(d) Nagaland
(d) Canada
44. Match List I with List II and select the correct 48. From which of the following state, Tropic of
Cancer does not pass?
answer from the codes given below the lists:
List I (State Birds) List II (States) (a) Tripura
A. House Sparrow 1. Bihar (b) Manipur
B. Sarus Crane 2. Uttar Pradesh
(c) Jharkhand
C. Great Indian 3. Jharkhand
Bustard (d) Mizoram
D. Asian Koel 4. Rajasthan
49. Konaseema is a large delta. It is formed by
Codes:
which river?
A B C D
(a) Narmada
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) Godavari
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) Krishna
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) Mahanadi
(d) 3 2 1 4
45. Which of the following factors affect the 50. The Kharif crop season largely coincides with
intensity and direction of the winds? which of the following monsoon systems?
(a) Pressure Gradient (a) South-East monsoon
(b) Coriolis Force (b) North-East monsoon
(c) Both (a) and (b) (c) South-West Monsoon
(d) Neither (a) nor b (d) North-West monsoon
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51. Consider the following pairs regarding the 55. Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary is located in which
measurement of biodiversity: district?
1. Alpha diversity: Species richness
(a) Mirzapur
2. Beta Diversity: Ecological diversity
(b) Varanasi
3. Gamma Diversity: Overall diversity
within a region (c) Meerut
Which of the given above pairs is/are (d) Unnao

incorrectly matched?
(a) 1 only 56. Which of the following best describes the
(b) 1 and 2 only ‘Stratication’?
(c) 2 and 3 only (a) Vertical distribution of species occupying

(d) None of the above at different levels
52. Which of the following statement is/are correct (b) Break down of complex organic matter
about Dudhwa National Park? into inorganic substances
1. It is located in Lakhimpur Kheri district.
(c) Movement of nutrient elements through
2. The northern edge of the reserve lies
the various components of an ecosystem
along the Indo-Nepal border.
(d) The sequence of communities that
3. A large number of rhinos are also found
here. successively change in a given area
Codes:
57. When is the next Maha Kumbh going to be
(a) 1 and 2 only
held?
(b) 2 and 3 only
(a) 2020
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) All of the above. (b) 2022
53. Which of the following pairs regarding India’s (c) 2025

extreme points is incorrectly matched?
(d) 2028
(a) Southernmost point: Pygmalion Point
(b) Easternmost point: Kibithu 58. Match the following constellations with their
(c) Westernmost point: Kuttanad Indian names:
(d) Northernmost point: Indira Col Constellations Indian Names
54. In regard to the goals achieved by Uttar A. Ursa Major (1) Mriga
Pradesh Population Policy, 2000, consider the B. Orion (2) Saptarishi
following statements and nd the INCORRECT C. Ursa Minor (3) Kaleya
option: D. Draco (4) Dhruv Matsya
(a) The total fertility rate (TFR) has reduced Codes:
to 2.1 in 2016.
A B C D
(b) Infant mortality rate (IMR) has increased
from 61 to 85. (a) 1 2 3 4
(c) Increased the age of marriage for women (b) 1 3 4 1
from 16.4 years in late 1990s to 19.5
years by 2016. (c) 2 1 4 3
(d) None of the above (d) 1 4 3 4
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59. Match List I with List II

List I (Events) List II (Dates) 62. The formation of Ground level Ozone involves
A. International day 1. 5 June which of the following?
on Biodiversity
(a) Sunlight
B. World Environment Day 2. 22 May
C. Earth Day 3. 2 February (b) Nitrogen Oxide
D. World Wetlands day 4. 22 April (c) Hydrocarbons
Codes: (d) All of the above
A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2 Biomes:
(b) 2 1 4 3 1. No two biomes are alike.
(c) 3 2 1 4 2. The climate determines the boundaries
of a biome.
(d) 3 1 4 2
60. Regarding Volcanoes, consider the following
statements: (a) 1 only
1. The shield volcanoes are the steepest of (b) 2 only

all the volcanoes on the earth. (c) Both 1 and 2
2. Composite Volcanoes are characterized (d) Neither 1 nor 2
by eruptions of cooler and more viscous
lavas than basalt. 64. Which of the following is a cold wind?
Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) Loo
(a) 1 only (b) Foehn
(b) 2 only (c) Chinook
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Mistral
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

65. What percentage of total value of resources in
61. Which among the following is/are lagoon? the country is found in Uttar Pradesh?
1. Ashtamudi lake (a) 2%
2. Chilka lake (b) 2.8%
3. Periyar lake (c) 3%
4. Pulicat lake (d) 10%
Codes:
66. Match the following minerals with their
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
regions:
(b) 1, 2, 3 Mineral Region
(c) 1, 2, 4 A. Diamond 1. Shankargarh,

Prayagraj
(d) 2, 3, 4 B. Bauxite 2. Banda,Mirzapur
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C. Cement 3. Bandi,Varanasi, 70. One “Light Year” in Meter is:

Lalitpur
(a) 9.461 X 1015
D. Silica Sand 4. Kannach-Basuhari
(b) 9.461 X 1017
Codes:
(c) 9.461 X 1016
A B C D
(d) None of these
(a) 2 3 4 1
71. Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-
(b) 2 4 3 1
rehabilitation is situated at
(c) 1 3 4 2
(a) Allahabad
(d) 4 2 3 1
(b) Jodhpur
67. Which of the following pollutants are parts of
National Ambient Air Quality Standard? (c) Dehradun
(a) Arsenic (d) Jabalpur
(b) Nickel 72. Arrange the following components of a food

(c) Benzene chain in the correct order?
(d) All of the above 1. Crustaceans
68. Which among the following is/are Digital 2. Diatoms

India Land Record Modernization Programme
(DILRMP)? 3. Herrings
(a) Bhoomi Select the correct answer using the code given
below:
(b) HimBhoomi
(c) Mee-Seva (a) 1-2-3
(d) All of the above. (b) 2-1-3
69. Consider the following statements regarding a (c) 3-2-1

river:
(d) 2-3-1
1. It is a perennial trans-boundary river
originating in the Tibetan Plateau near 73. Consider the following statements:
Manasarovar Lake.
1. It connects the South Atlantic Ocean
2. It is the longest river in Nepal. with the Mediterranean Sea.
3. Its tributary is a river which forms the 2. It separates Spain and Morocco.
Indo-Nepal border.
The statements given above refer to which of
The above statements are about which one of
the following?
the following rivers?
(a) Suez Canal
(a) Kosi
(b) Karnali (b) Strait of Gibraltar
(c) Gandak (c) Red Sea
(d) Kali (d) None of the above
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74. Consider the following statements: 78. Which became the fourth and recent African
1. These are the most widespread forests in nation to joins global coalition to protect
India. pollinators?
2. They spread over regions which receive (a) Burundi

rainfall between 70-200 cm.
(b) Ethiopia
3. These forests are also found in the north-
eastern states along the foothills of (c) Nigeria
Himalayas. (d) Rwanda
The above statements are related to which of
79. Which of the following districts of Uttar
the following:
Pradesh does not touch Nepal?
(a) Semi Evergreen forests
(a) Pilibhit
(b) Tropical Deciduous Forests
(c) Tropical Thorn forests (b) Maharajganj
(d) Montane forests (c) Kushinagar

75. Arrange the following in south to north
(d) Shravasti
direction:
1. Periyar Tiger Reserve 80. Macaronesia is a collection of four archipelagos
in the North Atlantic Ocean. Which of the
2. Nagarhole Tiger Reserve
following is not a part of it?
3. Pench Tiger Reserve
(a) Azores
4. Valmiki Tiger Reserve
Select the correct answer using the code given (b) Madeira
below:
(c) Cape Verde
(a) 1-2-3-4
(d) Saint Helena
(b) 2-1-4-3
(c) 3-2-1-4 81. Which of the following is/are classied as
secondary pollutant?
(d) 4-3-2-1
76. If a clock at 550N600W shows 12 AM, then what (a) DDT
will it show at 750S600E at the same time?
(b) Plastic
(a) 6 AM
(c) Peroxyacetyl nitrate
(b) 8 AM
(c) 6 PM (d) All of the above
(d) 8 PM 82. Synodic Month is related to which of the

77. Which of the following seas does not touch the following terrestrial object?
Russian border?
(a) Earth
(a) Black sea
(b) Moon
(b) Aral sea
(c) Sun
(c) Baltic sea
(d) White sea (d) Mars
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83. Who was the rst scholar who tried to measure 88. Consider the following statements about an
the Earth? Island in the Indian Ocean.
(a) Anaximander 1. It is a militarized atoll and is the largest

(b) Plotemy of the many small islands comprising the
Chagos Archipelago.
(c) Thales
2. It Is just below the Equator.
(d) Eratosthenes
3. It is under control of the United Kingdom.
84. Clark Bavin Award is awarded in which of the
following eld? Which of the following territories these
(a) Climate Change statements are about?
(b) Disaster Management (a) Christmas Island
(c) Wildlife Laws Enforcement (b) Reunion island
(d) All of the above (c) Diego Garcia

85. Which of the following is a NOT a non-food (d) Comoros
crop among the following?
89. Arrange the following list of capitals in the
(a) Asparagus
north-south direction and select the correct
(b) Castor order from the options given below the list:
(c) Flax A. Bogota
(d) Jute B. Quito

C. Caracas
86. Select the decreasing order of states for
production of Pulses from among the following? D. Lima
1. Uttar Pradesh Codes:
2. Madhya Pradesh (a) A-B-C-D

3. Maharashtra (b) C-A-B-D
4. Chhattisgarh
(c) B-C-D-A
Codes:
(d) C-B-A-D
(a) 1-2-3-4
90. Which of the following is a profundal zone?
(b) 2-1-3-4
(a) Shallow water zone around the edge of
(c) 1-3-2-4
the lake that supports rooted vegetation.
(d) 2-3-1-4
(b) Open water zone beyond the littoral
87. Pneumatophores, an adaptation found in zone where the phytoplankton grows in
Mangroves are abundance.
(a) Respiratory roots
(c) The dark zone where the light does not
(b) Props penetrate.
(c) Germination of seeds while on tree (d) Sediments at the bottom of lakes and
(d) None of the above. ponds.
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91. Seonath, Jonk, Hasdo, Mand, etc are Codes:

tributaries of which river?
(a) 1 only
(a) Godavari
(b) 2 only
(b) Brahmani
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Baitarni
95. Arrange the following in the increasing order
92. Consider the following pairs. of their proportion in the universe.
Hill Ranges Location
1. Dark matter
1. Shevaroy Hills Eastern Ghats
2. Dark Energy
2. Baba Budangiri Hills Balaghat Range
3. Cardamom Hills Western Ghats 3. Visible Matter
Which of the given above pairs is/are correctly Codes:

matched?
(a) 1-2-3
(a) 1 only
(b) 2-1-3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 3-2-1
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 3-1-2
96. Consider the following statements:

93. Consider the following list:
1. Sundalands 1. A niche may contain many ecological
habitats.
2. Western Ghats
3. Himalayas 2. A habitat may contain many ecological
niches.
4. Indo-Burma region
Which of the given above is/are Biodiversity Which of the above statements is/are correct?
hotspots in India?
(a) 1 only
(a) 3 only
(b) 2only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) 2, 3, and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, and 4 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
97. The state of Uttar Pradesh has highest road

94. Which of the following statements is/are correct network after which state?
regarding the crops in the Mediterranean
climate? (a) Rajasthan
1. Wheat is the leading food crop in this (b) Maharashtra

climate.
(c) Madhya Pradesh
2. The wheat grown here is suitable for
bread making. (d) Gujarat
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98. Houses are built at one point but they are Select the correct answer using the codes given
scattered over a large area. It is known as: below:
(a) Dispersed Settlement (a) 4-3-1-2
(b) Fragmented Settlement (b) 3-4-2-1
(c) 1-2-3-4
(c) Nucleated Settlement
(d) 2-1-4-3
(d) Hamlet
102. Match the following with their respective
99. Match the following minerals with their locations:
largest producers in the world:
Thermal Power Location stations
(List-I) Mineral (List-II) Area
A. Harduaganj 1. Sambhal
A. Mercury 1. Indonesia
B. Anpara 2. Jhansi
B. Mica 2. China
C. Parichha 3. Sonbhadra
C. Nickel 3. Mexico D. Chandausi 4. Aligarh
D. Silver 4. Spain Codes:
Codes: A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
A B C D
(b) 4 2 3 1
(a) 4 2 1 3
(c) 2 3 4 1
(b) 4 3 1 2 (d) 3 4 1 2
(c) 3 4 2 1 103. How many Bio-geographic zones are

present in India?
(d) 3 2 4 1
(a) Ten
100. Headquarter of North central railways is
(b) Five
situated at:
(c) Twenty
(a) New Delhi
(d) Six
(b) Allahabad 104. Consider the following statements.
(c) Gorakhpur 1. The second highest peak in the world,

Mount Godwin Austin is situated in the
(d) Jaipur Karakoram Range.
101. Arrange the following gases in descending 2. Patkai, Naga and Lushai ranges are part
order, on the basis of their greenhouse gas of eastern Himalayas.
Potential? Which of the given above statements is/are
correct?
1. CH3
(a) 1 only
2. CO2
(b) 2 only
3. SF6 (c) Both 1 and 2
4. PFCs (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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105. Which of the following lake is NOT a part Which of the given above statements about
of Great Lakes region of North America? hill ranges is/are correct?
(a) Lake Superior (a) 1 only
(b) Great Slave Lake (b) 2 only
(c) Michigan Lake (c) Both
(d) Lake Huron (d) None
106. Consider the following statements: 109. The use of plants to remove contaminants
from soil and water is called?
1. It is a marine wildlife sanctuary located
between Dhamra River and Brahmani (a) Phytoremediation
river.
(b) Phytostabilization
2. It is very famous for its nesting beach for
(c) Phytoextraction
olive ridley sea turtles.
(d) Rhizoltration
Which of the following site has been best
described by the given above statements? 110. Which one of the following mountain ranges
is spread over only one state in India?
(a) Bhitarkanika
(a) Aravalli
(b) Gahirmatha
(b) Satpura
(c) Chilika lake
(c) Ajanta
(d) Rann of Kutch
(d) Sahaydri
107. Which of the following factors inuence the
rainfall pattern in India? 111. Miyako strait is located between
(a) Scarborough Shoal and Spratly Islands

1. Mountain relief
(b) Paracel Islands and Okinawa Island
2. Pressure belts
(c) Miyako Island and Paracel Islands,
3. Seasons
(d) Miyako Island and Okinawa Island
4. Wind direction
112. Farkhor Air force base is the rst overseas
Select the correct answer using the codes given
base of India. In which country is it
below:
situated?
(a) 1,2 and 3 only
(a) Oman
(b) 2 and 4 only
(b) Tajikistan
(c) 1 and 4 only (c) Qatar
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) Iran
108. Consider the following statements: 113. As per Economic Survey 2017-18, what is the
1. Garo and Khasi hills are extensions of contribution of Uttar Pradesh in the Indian
eastern Himalayas in Meghalaya forming economy?
water divide between Brahmaputra and (a) 24%
Lohit River.
(b) 24.6%
2. Rajmahal Hills are formed due to rock
breaking,dating from the Jurassic Period, (c) 28%
which lies in the eastern Jharkhand. (d) 30%
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114. Consider the following statements 117. According to Census 2011, which among the
regarding Carbon Offsetting: following is the district with lowest urban
population in the state of Uttar Pradesh?
1. Carbon offsets are credits for reductions
(a) Shravasti
in greenhouse gas emissions made at
another location. (b) Sultanpur
(c) Kushinagar
2. It is often the fastest way to achieve the
deepest reductions within businesses. (d) Maharajganj
Which of the above statements is/are correct? 118. Which of the following given pairs is
incorrect?
(a) 1 only
(a) Project Tiger: 1973
(b) 2 only
(b) Project Snow leopard: 2009
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Project Crocodile: 1975
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Project Elephant: 1972
115. Arrange the following districts with 119. A Hadley cell is formed between:
reference to its Schedule Caste (SC) (a) ITCZ and sub-tropical high pressure
population in descending order: region
(a) Bareilly > Balrampur > Rampur > (b) Sub-tropical high pressure region and
Kaushambi sub polar low pressure region
(b) Kaushambi > Rampur > Balrampur > (c) Sub polar low pressure region and polar
high pressure region
Bareilly
(d) ITCZ and polar high pressure region
(c) Balrampur > Kaushambi> Rampur >
Bareilly 120. Which of the following rivers is NOT a
tributary of the Cauvery River?
(d) Kaushambi > Balrampur > Bareilly >
(a) Amaravathi
Rampur
(b) Periyar
116. Match List-I from List-II and select the
(c) Bhavani
correct answer from the code given below
the lists: (d) Kabini
(List-I) River island (List-II) Location 121. Which of the following statement is/are
A. Bhavani Island 1. Assam correct regarding the agriculture in South
India and North India?
B. Sagar Island 2. Andhra Pradesh
1. Temperate crops are cultivated during
C. Umananda Island 3. Odisha
summer in Northern India.
D. Abdul Kalam Island 4. West Bengal
2. Tropical crops can be grown during any
Codes: period of time in Southern India.
A B C D Codes:
(a) 1 2 3 4 (a) 1 only
(b) 1 4 2 3 (b) 2 only
(c) 4 3 1 2 (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

(d) 2 4 1 3
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122. For the purpose of inland water transport, 125. Basic Slag, a by-product of steel plants, is a
the National Inland Navigation Institute good fertilizer with rich content of:
has been established at: (a) Phosphorus
(a) Patna (b) Nitrogen
(b) Udaipur (c) Potassium

(d) None of the above.
(c) Varanasi
(d) Noida 126. Which of the following pressure belts is/are

dynamically induced?
123. Match the following companies with their
(a) Equatorial low pressure belt
plant locations:
(b) Sub polar low pressure belt
Company Location
(c) Both a and b
A. Security Paper Mills 1. Renukoot(UP) (d) Neither a nor b
B. Hindustan Aluminium 2. Hoshangabad
127. Which volcano is known as the Light House
C. Hindustan Fertiliser 3. Bhidanbag of the Mediterranean?
corporation (W.Bengal)
(a) Mauna Loa
D. Bharat Aluminium 4. Barauni (b) Stromboli
Co. Ltd. (BALCO) (c) Mt. Vesuvius
Codes: (d) Mt. Etna
A B C D
128. Clean Technology Fund is maintained by?
(a) 2 1 4 3 (a) IMF
(b) 1 2 3 4 (b) World Bank
(c) 2 3 1 4 (c) World Economic Forum

(d) UNFCCC
(d) 3 2 4 1
124. Consider the following statements: 129. Which of the following is not a type of soil
erosion by water?
1. Man and the Biosphere Programme
(a) Siltation
(MAB) is an intergovernmental scientic
program, launched in 1971 by UN (b) Rill erosion
Environment. (c) Sheet erosion
2. The latest World Congress of Biosphere (d) None of the above
Reserves took place in Lima, Peru in
2016. 130. On the basis on density, arrange the
following states/UTs in descending order.
3. 11 of the biosphere reserves of India have
been included in the World Network of (a) Lakshadweep > Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Biosphere Reserves. > Goa > Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli >Lakshadweep
Which of the above statements is/are
> Goa > Andaman and Nicobar Islands
incorrect?
(c) Lakshadweep > Andaman and Nicobar
(a) 1 only Islands > Dadra and Nagar Haveli >
(b) 2 and 3 only Goa
(d) Goa > Lakshadweep > Andaman and
(c) 1 and 3 only
Nicobar Islands > Dadra and Nagar
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Haveli
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131. Who was the founder of Global Wind Energy 136. Consider the following statements
Council and a Greenpeace warrior? regarding wetlands:
(a) Jennifer Morgan 1. Wetlands are the low-lying areas covered
(b) Steve Sawyer by shallow water with characteristic soils
and water-tolerant vegetation.
(c) Dorothy Stowe
2. Swamps are the regions where trees or
(d) Irving Stowe
shrubs dominate.
132. In accordance with Biomass power Which of the above statements is/are correct?
generation, which is the leading state in
(a) 1 only
the country?
(b) 2 only
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Gujarat
137. Which of the following National Highway
133. Where does the famous Great Bitter Lake passes through Lucknow and Shivpuri (via
and Small Bitter Lake located? Kanpur and Jhansi)?
(a) Egypt
(a) NH-27
(b) Saudi Arabia
(b) NH-25
(c) Israel
(c) NH-26
(d) Iraq
(d) NH-28
134. Consider the following statements
regarding distribution of insolation:
138. The total number of species in the ecotone
1. Tropics receive maximum annual than in the adjoining communities is
insolation. often:
2. Insolation gradually decreases from (a) More
equator towards pole.
(b) Less
(c) Does not vary
(a) 1 only
(d) None of the above
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 139. Match the following tribes with their
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 regions and select the correct option from
135. The city of Sonbhadra is famous for which the codes given below:
of the following? (List-I) Tribes (List-II) Region
A. Pygmies (i) Spain
(a) Aluminium
B. Basque (ii) Zaire basin
(b) Art metal Brassware
C. Dayak (iii) Tanzania
(c) Cement D. Swahili (iv) China
(d) Glass Manufacturing Codes:
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A B C D Codes:
(a) 1 2 3 4 (a) Kali
(b) 2 1 4 3 (b) Gomti
(c) 1 2 3 4 (c) Ramganga East

(d) 2 3 4 1 (d) Ramganga West
140. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly 143. Which among the following is NOT a
matched?
Schedule tribe of Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Forest Act 1928
(a) Dhanuk
(b) Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972
(b) Ojha
(c) National Forest Policy 1988
(c) Saharia
(d) Water (Prevention and 1974
Control of Pollution) Act (d) Kol
144. National Waterway-1 that’s runs from

141. Consider the following statements
Haldia to Prayagraj runs across which of
regarding the Core of the earth?
the following water systems?
1. The core is made up mainly of iron with
some nickel. (a) Ganga, Bhagirathi and Hooghly
2. The outer core is in liquid state while the (b) Ganga, Hooghly and Yamuna
inner core is in solid state.
(c) Bhagirathi, Yamuna and Hooghly
3. Lehman Discontinuity separates the
outer core from the inner core. (d) Bhagirathi, Ganga and Yamuna
145. Which of the following state has launched
(a) 1 and 2 only the awareness campaign ‘Save Green, Stay
(b) 1 only Clean’?
(c) 2 and 3 only (a) West Bengal
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) Uttar Pradesh
142. Consider the following statements (c) Madhya Pradesh

regarding a river and select the correct
name from the codes given option below: (d) Kerala
1. It originates from Uttarakhand 146. A solar eclipse occurs when

Himalayas.
(a) Earth Falls between Moon and Sun
2. It passes through a national park.
3. It ows entirely in Uttar Pradesh and (b) Sun Falls between Earth and moon
Uttarakhand and nally joins Ganga.
(c) Moon falls between Sun and Earth
4. Bijnor, Moradabad, Bareilly, are situated
on its bank. (d) Moon falls between Earth and Venus
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147. ‘Horse Latitudes’ could be found at: 149. The length of Indian coastal line is?
(a) 30° N (a) 7516.6 km
(b) 45°S (b) 8516.6 km
(c) 6516.6 km
(c) 60° S
(d) 9516.6 km
(d) 23 ½ N
148. Which of the following is famous for game 150. Which of the following organizations
park land type of vegetation? maintains the World Database on Protected
Areas?
(a) Equatorial Region
(a) IUCN
(b) West European Region
(b) UN Environment
(c) Savanna Region
(c) UNESCO
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
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B. Brahmaputra 2. Radial (c) Natural vegetation

(d) All of the above.

(d) Juari 3. Density

(a) Bijnor to Mahoba (a) 1 and 2 only

(b) Greater Noida to Ballia (b) 1 only

(c) Kanpur to Varanasi (c) 2 and 3 only

(d) Saharanpur to Lucknow (d) 1, 2 and 3

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2. The radiations emitted from earth’s of indigenous bovine breeds.

surface is in long wave form. 2. To upgrade nondescript cattle using elite

A. Bird Life 1. Gurugram Summit?

International (a) Kelashwaram Lift Irrigation Project

D. International Solar 4. Geneva (d) Godavari-Krishna-Cauvery river-linking

Codes: 26. Which among the following is not a cause of

(a) 2 3 4 1 (a) Removal of natural vegetation cover

(b) 1 2 4 3 (b) Climatic shifts.

(c) 1 2 3 4 (c) Overgrazing

(d) 3 4 2 1 (d) None of the above

Desert Country 1. Sravasti

(a) Canary Current (a) 1, 2 and 3 only

(b) Benguela Current (b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 and 4 only

(c) Karnataka Which of the above statements is/are correct?

3. They are adapted to the low oxygen (b) Fossil Fuel

Which of the following plant species has been

(c) Cactus (c) Sere succession

(d) Seagrass (d) None of the above

Which crop is being described in the above (b) Adsorption Process

paragraph? (c) Cryogenic Process

1. Dead organic matter (c) Reintroduction of a lost species in its

3. Soil texture topography (d) A large but unmanaged ecosystem is

(a) 1 only (a) Chilka Lake

(b) 2 only (b) Keoladeo national park

(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) Loktak Lake

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Vembanad Lake

(a) Pressure Gradient (a) South-East monsoon

(b) Coriolis Force (b) North-East monsoon

(c) Both (a) and (b) (c) South-West Monsoon

(d) Neither (a) nor b (d) North-West monsoon

Which of the given above pairs is/are (d) Unnao

(c) 2 and 3 only (a) Vertical distribution of species occupying

53. Which of the following pairs regarding India’s (c) 2025

(d) None of the above (d) 1 4 3 4

59. Match List I with List II

D. World Wetlands day 4. 22 April (c) Hydrocarbons

Codes: (d) All of the above

1. The shield volcanoes are the steepest of (b) 2 only

(a) 1 only (b) Foehn

(b) 2 only (c) Chinook

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Mistral

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

(c) 1, 2, 4 A. Diamond 1. Shankargarh,

C. Cement 3. Bandi,Varanasi, 70. One “Light Year” in Meter is:

(a) Arsenic (d) Jabalpur

(b) Nickel 72. Arrange the following components of a food

(d) All of the above 1. Crustaceans

68. Which among the following is/are Digital 2. Diatoms