KAS (P) Exa min atio n, 2009

GEOGRAPHY
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1. Mini indus trial estate s of Keral a ha\re 6. Whic h is the corre ct seque nce of the
been succ<'sful, becau se they are follo wing range s from uorth to souU l ?
(a) scnall (a) Ka.rakorcUn-7anskar-Laddakh
(b) in ｶｩｬ｡ｧ･ｾ＠ Grea ter l lima.laya ·
(c) mark et orien ted (b) KMa koram -l.nd dakh - Zans kar -
(d) linked to raw mate rials Grea ter Hima laya
(c) Kara koram -Grea ter llima lava -
2. Vehe ment oppo sition to chemical Zan sknr -Lad dakh
.
indus try in coast al lowla nds of Goa 1S
(d) Kara koram-7..anskar- Grca lcr
due to fear of
Hima layas -Lad dakh
(a) envir onme ntal ､｣ｾｲ｡ｴｩｯｮ＠
(b) comp etitio n 7. Idenl ify de-;c<?nding S<'qu<?ncc of ... tatcs
by litera cy
(c) domi nanc e of Mr\C :;
(a) Kl•rala, Tami l Nadu , Goa,
(d) socia l pollu tion
vlizo ram
3. India n popu lation pyram id (b) Kera la, Goa, Tami l 1\.adu,
is
trian gular becau.<;c of ｍｩ［ｾｯｲ｡ｭ＠

{a) high birth and death rates (c) Kcra la, Tami l '\l'ndu, Mizo rarn,
(b) high bi:rth rate but low death rate Goa
(c) low birth rate but high death rate (d) Kcrala, Mizo ram, Goa, "lamil
Nadu
(d) k1w birth and death rates
8. U nguis lic 1;tatc s of India have been
4. Identify the odd pair of locat ion and nuvc d out using the princ iple
river
(a) one langu agc 011c state
(a) Cutta ck- Mnha nadi
(b) onc state one langu age
(b) Sriran gam - Kav<.'li
(c) otw state many languaj!,cS
(c) Rajam undr i- Goda vari
(d) one state one scnp t
(d) Vijay wada - Vaiga i
9. In Kum aun Hima layas , hou..scs in a
5. TI1e nvcr s Bhagirath i and Alakn anda settle ment form linea r band<; at
meet at different level s because> of
(a} Vish nupr ayag (a) comp etitio n for light
(b) Nand apray ag (b) comp etitio n for fresh au
(c) Deva praya g (c) inade quate flat land at one level
(d) Kam apray ag (d) locat ion along maJor road

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 ton textile
ng the 15. Inw ard shi ft of ind ian col
10. In Kc rala , rur al set tlem ent s alo ind ust ry is the ｾ｣ｳｵｬ＠ of
＠ ｳ ｵ ｡ ｣ ｾ ｢
sho re for m Lin ear patt<•rn,
the y are (a) cha nge in ma rke t loc atio n
(b) nea rne ss to cot ton pro duc
tio n
(a) loc ate d on dun es
(b) spr ead alo ng roa ds (c) che ap lab our

(c) sitL'<i alo ng riv ers (d) govcmrnt•n.t sub sid ies
ing is a
(d) pla nne d 16. Wh ich am ong the follmv
mi sm atc h?
fou nd
11. Oil and nat ura l gab in lnd ia arc (a) As soc iate d Ce me nt - ｾＱ｡､ｨｹ＠
m Pra des h
(a) ign eou s roc k (b) Da lmi n Ce mc nt - Tnm il Na
du
(b) sed ime nta ry roc k (c) JK Cc m< 'nt- Jam mu & Ka shm ir
(c) me tam orp hic roc k (d) Am buj a Ce me nt - Gu jara
t
(d) we ath ere d roc k tec tion J\c l
17. Th e first Env tro nm ent a\ Pro
Oduet'd
12. ·'Ir on ore dep ost ts of tnd m arc of ind cpe nd< 'nl lnd 1a wa:-. intT
associated wit h wh1ch (,ro up of in the yea r
roc ks? (a) 195 0
(a) Arc hae an (b) 1938
(b) Vin dhy an (c) 1986
(c) Cu dap pah (d) 2006
(d) Dh arw ar r oil
18. l'ertili:r.cr pla nts ar<! site d nea
pro v1d e
mis ma tch ? ref ine ries bec aus e ｲ･ｦｩｮ｣ｾ＠
13. Wh ich of Lhe fol low ing is a
(a) pow er
(a) Ku dre mu kh - Iro n ore
(b) Ch ital dur g - .Manganese (b) mf ras lrm.tur c

(c) Dw ara ka - Mona:r.ite (c) ma rke t

(d) Kolar - Go ld
(d) raw ma le rial
in Ind ia nn•
14. Whtch 1s the firs t mu lti- pur
pos e 19. Majority of ste el pla nts
project of Ind ia ori ent ed tc'
(a) Da mo dar Va llcy Co rpo rat ion (a) ma rke t
(b) tra nsp ort inf ras tru ctu re
(b) Bh akr a-N ang al
(c) inp uts
(c) Hir aku d
(d) ext ens ive spa ce
(d) Koyna

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 20. llindustan Cables Ltd. ｾｰ｣ｩ｡ｬｳ･＠ in 26. Aqun culture is comn1on in ('nst India
because of
(a} electric cables
(a) nwncrous lakes
(b) ophcal fibre cables (b) cheap labour
(c) telephone cables (c) tradition
(d) high tension wires (d) high productivity

21. Rubber cultivation is ｲ･ｾｴｩ｣､＠ to 27. Which district docs NOT have
Kerala because of deposits of copper ore?
(a) moist climate .;
(a) Singhbhum
(b) cheap labour
(b) North Coa
(c) nearness to market •',
(d) productive soil {c) Balaghat
(d) Jhunjhunu
22. llighest productivity of r ice is found in
(a) Andhra Pradesh
28. l3auxitc is not fow1d in K<Jshmir
(b) West Bengal
because it is formed
(c) Punjab
(a) in hot, humid climat<'
(d) ａｾｳ｡ｭ＠

(b) only on basalt

23. Indian fish having a premium m
foreign market ib (c) on plateau
(a) Bombay Duck (d) ncar sea
(b) Prawn
(c) Rohu 29. Which coasts have ilmcitc deposits
(d) Pomfret
(a) Gujarat and Maharashtra
24. Collen is grown on north Kamataka (b) Andhra Pradesh and Muharashlra
plateau because of
(a) historical ties with Mumbai mills (c) Wcsl Bengal and I amil Nadu
(b) cheap labour (d) Kcrala and Tamil Nadu
(c) irrigation
(d) rcgur soib 30. ldcnhfy the correct dcsccndmg
sequence of production in India
25. Agricultural sector provides about----
% of GDP in h1dia . (a) nuclear, hydel, thermal
(a) 15 (b) hydcl, thermal, nuclear
(b) 25 (c) thermal, hyde!, nuclear
(c) 35
(d) nuclear, thermal, hyde!
(d) 45

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 31. Which of the following is correct? 36. Common soils of 'l'clangana plate<
(a) The mountains of Peninsular arc
India are about 40m years old (a) sandy
' {b) The Eastern Ghats extend as a {b) regur
continuous range (c) peaty
(d) lateritic
(c) The ｗ･ｳｴｾｯＱｭ＠ Ghats arc
discontinuous hills 37. Which one is the MOST valuab
.. (a) The Sivalik lS hogback in forests in Peninsular India?
appearance (a) evergreen
(b) scrru-evergrccn
ＳＲｾ＠ •Which one is a glacier m Jammu ana
Knsluni.r? (c) deciduous
(d) scrub
(a) Pindari
{b) Siachen 38. Which is a typical Indian conifer ?
(c) Gangotri {a) casuarina
(b) deodar
(d) Yamnotri
{c) sal
ｾＮ｟ｊｨ･＠ retreating south-west monsoon (d) banj
docs not affect
39. 'The river flowing through rift valley i
(a) Tamil Nadu
(a) Narmada
{b) Orissa
(b) Subamarekha
(c) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kaveri
(d) Uttar Pradesh {d) Krishna
34. Nainital experiences hail even during 40. In dry areas, Hw contcmporar
sununer due to approach is to develop watershcci
(a) frontc1l acltvity rather than digging wells, because of
{b) index cycle of jet stream (a) its imcg-rat<!d nature
(c) strong convection (b) its quick benefit
(c) its low cost
(d) shift of westerly jet
(d) local tradtlion
35. Agriculturally, the MOST important
property of regur soils is lh.at they are 41. Population of towns w1U1 a larg
variation is shown by
(a) ill-drained
(a) bars
{b) black
{b) circles
(c) easy to plough (c) spheres
(d) self-ploughing (d) block piles

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 42. The following statement is not 47. Identify the mismatch among items in
applicable for GIS lists I and II
(a) GIS is a map making tool List-I List-11
(b) GIS helps spatial decision making (a) J. Brunhes - human geographer
(c) GIS can work without computer (b) Strabo explanation in
geography
(d) GIS is a spatial database system
(c) Ptolemy - map projection

43. Who brought in the concept of 'cycle of {d) Ibn 13atuta- remarkable lrilvellcr
erosion' 1
(a) W. Penck
48. Radical approach !o Geography i"J a
reaction against ',
(b) L. c. King (a) Traditional Geography
(c) A. Wood (b) Regional Geography
(d) W. M. Davis (c) Quantitative Geography
(d) Welfare Geography
44. Alexander von Humboldt founded
(a) systematic gcogTaphy 49. Who of the following was a subscriber
to Ｇｐｯｾ｢ｩｬｳｭ＠ ?
(b) regional geography
(a) V. de la Blachc
(c) physical geography (b) L. Febvre
(d) human geography (c) J. Brunhes
(d) C. Sauer
45. Which concept is the contnbution of
Eratosthenes ?
50. ''"lhe Nature of Geography'' is the book
(a) map projection written by

(b) ccumene (a) Gnffith Taylor

(b) Emanuel Kant
(c) latitude and longitude
(c) David Harvey
(d) geographic dualism
(d) Richard llartshomc
46. Which of the following docs NOT 51. Industry in post-globalisalion world is
represent a dichotomy in geography ? oriented to
Ｈ＼ｾＩ＠ physical and human (a) raw material
(b) political and historical (b) labour
(c) systematic and regional (c) energy
(d) qualitative and quantitative (d) point of break-of-bulk

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 52. Vvhich one of lhc following is a 58. 1\ map drawn to a ｾ＾ｃ｡ｬ｣＠
of 1:50,000 is
tropical gras,.land ? enlarged four times. The scale of the
(a) Campos enlarged m.'lp would be
(b) Steppe:-. (a) 1:100,000
(c) Prairies
(b) 1:200,000
(d) Pnmpru;
(c) 1:25,000
53. Which one is a footloose industry ?
(d) 1:12,5(XJ
(a) sugar
(b) clc'<:tmnic goods
59. In a climatic graph, temperature i:;
ＨｾＩ＠iron and :-.tccl represented by
(d) ship building
(a) a line graph
54. Identify thc mismatch (b) a semi-log graph
(a) Ricardo - Rent 'theory (c) simple bars
(b) Christallcr - Central Place 1heory
(d) pic graph
(c) Deavnl.'l Trade Theory
{d) Weber - Industrial Location 60. Spatial distribution of lnndusc of
TI1cory
J & K would be shown by
55. The representative fraction of 1 mch = (a) choroschematic
4 miles scale ｩｾ＠
(b) choruchromatic
(a) 1:63360
(c) choroplcth
(b) 1: 10560
(c) 1: 15840 (d) isopleth
(d) 1 : 253440 61. 'lhe study of cultural land scapc in
geography was contributed by
56. The projection of (ndian toposheets is
(a} C. Danvin
(a) Mt'rcat0r
(b) Polyconic (b) R. Hart ｓｨｯｲｮｾ＠
(c) Albers Conic (c) C. Sauer
{d) lambert Conformal Conic (d) I I. Barrow

57. An inset showing details of a crowded 62. Who advocated the concept of
area is drawn to a scale - - that of the environmental ､･ｴｾｲｭｩＡ＿＠
main map. (a) Immanuel Kant
(a) equal to
(b) Friedrich Ratzcl
(b) larger than
(c) smaller than (c) Vidal de 1a Blache

(d) twice (d) Eratosthenes

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 68. The shallow continental shelf in the
63. The theory that population increases
North Sea, £avowed by fishermen, is
in geometric progression while food
production increases in arithmetical called
progression is associated 'with (a) Dogger Bank
(a) Karl Marx (b) Grand Bank
(b) T. R. Malthus
(c) Danish Bank
(c) G. T. Trewartha
(d) Nordic Bank
(d) D. W. 7k!l1nsky

69. Which fruits arc produced arow1d

64. The industrial Revolution took place Mediterranean sea ?
around
(a) grape and banana
(a) 1550
(b) 1650 (b) orange and pineapple
(c) 1750 (c) pineapple and grape
(d) 1780 (d) grape and orange

65. Migration is NOT selective with 70. Which one is an exhaustiblc''encrg y

respect to source?
(a) age
(a) wind
(b) sex
(b) runrung water
(c) nationality
(c) coal
(d) skill
(d) solar
66. The main population problem in
Scandinavian countries is 71. Which one is associated with K<Jrst
topography ?
(a) high birth rate
(a) mushroom dome
(b) very low birth rate
(b) cirque
(c) lugh death rate
(c) stalactite
(d) high fertility rate
(d) stack
67. The urban population ol the
developing countries is growing faster 72. Lignite is ---- rock.
than 1ts rural population because of
(a) an ignet>us
(a) high birth rate in towns
(b) a sedimentary
(b) low death rate in towns
(c) a metamorphic
(c) high death rate in rural area
(d) a weathered
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 73. Which belts arc associated with high
78. Main cause of surface circulation <
piessure cells ? oceans is
(a) 'equatori al
(a) temperat ure difference
.:....,,
(b) tropical (b) salinlty differenc e
{c) subtropic al (c) density differenc e
Ｈ､ｾ Ｇ＠ •tempera te (d) planetary winds

74. The highest concentr ation of ozone is 79. . .... is called 'unprodu ctive occupatim
•f6urld in of the soil'.
·(a5 ｾ ｴｲｯｰｳｨ･＠ (a) Settleml' nt
Ｎ ｾＩ＠ ,l)tratosphere (b) Agricultu re
(c) ionosphe re (c) Mining
(d) exospher e (d) Ranching

75. titehte soils are found in the areas of

' ' .
(a) nigh temperat ure and high
80. l{ural settlemen ts in dry areas al'(
usually called as
rainfall (a) dry-point aud compact
(b) high temperat ure and low rainfall (b) dry-point and loose
f (c) low temperat ure and high rainfall
t (c) wet-poin t and compact

I (d) low temperat ure and low rainfall (d) wet-poin t and lO<>s<'

76. Which soil is rich in organic material ? 81. In which rcg10n, wine making is an
(a) Grey importan t activity ?

(b) Red (a) Taiga

(b) East European
(c) Black or dark brown
(c) South Astan
(d) Yellow
(d) Mcditcm mcan
77. Most diversifie d vegetatio n is found in
82. Which ｴｲｩｾ＠ is NOT found in Selvas?
(a) equatoria l
(a) Pigmy
(b) monsoon . '
(b) Sakai
(c) temperat e (c) Bushman
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 83. The cur ren t ecological pro ble
m of the 89. Wh ich of the foll owi ng is cor red :?
Pra irie s is
(a) dus t bow l form atio n (a) The Eur ope an clu ster of
(b) acid rain pop ula tion is ind ustr ial ｢｡ｾ Ｎ ､＠
(c) gully ero sio n (b) 1hc Am eric an ､ｵｳｴｾ＠ of
(d) low erin g of wat er lev el pop ula tion is sub sist enc e
agr icu ltur e bas ed . :
84. Wh ich one is mo st Tsu nam (c) The Eas t Asian ｣ｬｵｾｴｲ＠
i pro ne of
reg ion ? pop ula tion is hav mg low birt h
(a) Atl anti c Oce an rate
(b) Ind ian Oce an (d) The Sou th Asi an ｣ｾｲ＠
.. Ｌ ｾ ［＠

of
(c) Pacific Oce an pop ula tion is lug hly urb ani ;,cd
1 f ... '
(d) Arctic sea
90. Low erin g of birt h rate in Chi rla' ts
85. The farm ing pra ctic e of Ste ppe due
s is of to
(a) sub sist enc e typ e (a) pol icy
(b) mix ed typ e (b) pop ula r rest rain t
(c) inte nsiv e typ e (c) low fcrtilily am ong the ＹＧｾｮ｣ｳ＠
(d) exte nsiv e typ e (d) i\l-a ffor dab ility for a ｬ｡ｲｾ｣＠ family
86. The Aus tral ian grasslands are
called as 91 . The Ap pal ach ian b
(a) Do wn s
(a) a you ng fold mo unt ain·' ·'·
(b) Carnpo.o.;
(b) an old fold mo unt ain
(c) Pam pas
(c) a vol can ic mo unt am . ,
(d) Lla nos
(d) a blo ck mo unt am
87. Reg ion sho win g rem ark abl e
pop ula tion gro wth rate is 92. Wh ich of the following is an Adr iati
c
(a) Past Asi a coa st?
(b) Sou th Asi a (a) ria
(c) Eastem Eur ope (b) lago on
(d) Western Eur ope (c) dal ma tian
(d) fior d
88. Pop ula tion of the dev elo ped cou ntri
es
is in whi ch stag e of dem ogr aph
ic 93. Cli mat e of the cquatoriill reg
tram;ition ? ion is
des crib ed as
(a) firs t
(a) ene rge tic
(b) sec ond
(b) mo tiva ting
(c) thir d ,•
(c) ple asa nt
(d) fou rth
(d) non e of the abo ve
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 94. lVhich one is ｾｏｔ＠ a hot ､ｬｾｯ［｣ｲｴ＠ ? 100. Which one is located in Mediterranean
region?
(a) Gobi
(a) <..ape I tom
(b) Sah.'lra
(b) Cape of Good IIope
(c) J,<alahari
(c) Cape Comonn
(d) Atacama
(d) Cape Hom1u:t.
95. Tht- soils of the temperate grasslands
<1tV known as Which cow1lry is the largest prod\lccr
101 .
＼ｾＩ＠Ｈ st!rozem of millets .in the world ?
(b) podzol (a) Indta
(c) regur (b) Myanmar
(d) chemozcm (c) China
(d) U.S.A.
96. Ihe t-:ile delta is called as
(a) arcuate
102. Increasing concem to saVl' tropic.:al
(b) digitate for<'sts, is due to
(c) e::;tuari.ne (a) exhaustion
(d) cuspate
(b) need to maintain biodiversity
97. \'Vhich region posscssc!'. ｬ｣｡ｾｴ＠ diversity (c) acid rain
in its vegetation ? (d) ｦｵｴｮｾ＠ source of wood
(a) Hudson Bay
(b) Iberian coast 103. Wh ich of the following has th<• IWS'I'
(c) ｋｬｾｮｹ｡＠ plains man ifestation of the Hindu-Buddhist
(d) Amazon basin culture?
(n) Sumatra
98. Plartts of the South Asia arc BEST
(b) Kalimantan
dcscnbt.!d a::;
(a) hydrophytes (c) Sulawesi

(b) xerophytes (d) Bali

(c) tropophyles
104. The area aroW'\d the meeting pomt of
(d) megaphytes
M yan.mar, Ihailand and I ,JO!> ts
99. Taiga' represents p()pularly referred to a::;
(a) tropical rain forests (a) the golden triangle

(b) coniferous forests (b) M ll. tria.nyc

(c) med.tterraneart forests (c) rice triangle
(d) temperate mixed forest!'. (d) opium triangle

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105. Lake Victona in Africa is spread over 111 . Low density oi population il1 ｃＮｾｩ｜＠ b
the result of
(a) Kenya and Tam.ania
(a) low carrying capacity
(b) Tanzania and Uganda
(b) low birth rate
(c) Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
(c) newly settled empty arc.'t
(d) Kenya, Uganda and Burundi
(d) high death rate '••
106. Which one of th(' following is the
112. Europeans belong to whi.cLi racial
largest gas reserve in lran ?
group?
(a) near Caspian St'a
(a) Mongoloid '•
(b) near Tnbriz
(b) Caucasoid
(c) ncar the Persi.1n Gulf head (c) .:--fcgroid
(d) near Abadan t. I
1
I I

107. Niagara falls arc situated between

(d) Australoid
..
113. Much of the culturnl rC'.1Im 1s
(a) Huron and Ontario lakes associated with Australia ? ,. ·:·
(b) Michigan and llul'on lakes (a) West European . .
(c) Huron and Eric lakt'..., (b) Indic ·:
(d) Eric and Ontario lakes (c) Southeast Asian
(d) East As1an
108. Which city of Canada hru, the most of
French Population ? 114. Ccph.ili.c Index is a r«Clitl trait rdatl•d
(a) Toronto to
(b) Montreal (a) nose (b) hair
(c) Winnipeg (c) skin (d) hc.1J
(d) Quebec
115. 1he main factor behind n signifit:dttt
109. China became a cummun.iststatc in change in economy of th(' Southw<'"t
Asia is
(a) 1948
(a) extensive irrigation
(b) 1949
(b) gams from oil
(c) 1950
(c) heavy investment in I IRD
(d) 1951
(d) development of industncs
110. The oldest and largest industrial
region of the former U.S.S.R. is located 116. Which delta is known for pwduclion
in and export of rice ?
(a) The KW!bas region (a) The Mckcmg
(b) lhe Moscow-Gorki region (b) 'Ihe Irrawady
(c) The Ukraine n•gion (c) The 1'\ile
(d) The Ural region (d) The \rtissi'i:-.ippi

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 ｾ＠ 17. An ideal energy source for Australia is · 119. Peti:oleum refineries of Western
(a) lignite Europe have a-------- orientation.
(b) running water (a) field (b) market
(c) tides (cl port (d) least cost
(d) sunlight
120. The major fishing grm. mds of the
ｾ＠ 18. High agricultural productivity in world are concentrated in :--.lurthcm
Asian countries has been achieved by Hemisphere because of
(a) extension {a) high demand for fish
(b) mechanization (b) broad continental shelves
(c) intensification (c) broken coast line
(d) organic farming practices (d) cool dimate and convergence of
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