DSSSB Year 2014 PGT Tier I

Which of the following would likely to have the lowest albedo ?
Options:
1. Mirror
2. Fresh snow in the Arctic
3. Moist ploughed soil
4. Thick cloud
Option: C
In describing the patterns and processes of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with
Options:
1. Accessibility and Connectivity
2. Density and Dispersion
3. Diffusion and Pattern
4. Pedestrian Cities
Option: A
“All history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically.” Who wrote this ?
Options:
1. Herodotus
2. Ratzel
3. Blache
4. Davis
Option: A
The location of paper industries is highly influenced by which one of the following factors ?
Options:
1. Availability and neamess of raw material
2. Nearness of market
3. Availability of capital
4. Transport connectivity
Option: A
Which of the following was the earliest reglonal planning exercise in India ?
Options:
1. National Capital Region Plan
2. Dandakaranya Area Plan
3. Damodar Valley Project
4. Bhakra-Nangal Project
Option: C
To which racial groups the Eskimos belong to?
Options:
1. The Negroids
2. The Mongoloids
3. The Caucasoids
4. The Australoids
Option: B
Given below are two statements, one labelled as assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A) : Himalayan rivers are perennial.

Reason (R) : The region gets rainfall from the South West monsoon season only.

Options:
1. (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
2. (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A)
3. (A) is correct, but (R) is false
4. (a) is false, but (R) is correct
Option: C
If the variability of rainfall is to be measured, which of the following techniques will be used ?
Options:
1. Mean deviation
2. Standard Deviation
3. Coefficient of Variation
4. Interquartile Range
Option: C
Which one of the following statements about the polar jet stream is not true ?
Options:
1. It moves northwards during Summer
2. It supplies energy to the circulation of surface storms
3. Its location roughly coincides w that of the polar front
4. Its velocity is greater duris summer
Option: D
One of the proponents of the turbidity current theory of the origin of submarine canyons was
Options:
1. Daly
2. Dana
3. Salis
4. Geogory
Option: A
The vertical air flow in an anticyclone results in
Options:
1. diversion aloft
2. conversion aloft
3. diversion both aloft and at the surface
4. convergence at the surface and divergence aloft
Option: B
In the hydrological cycle evaporation is preceded by
Options:
1. Clouds
2. Precipitation
3. Heat
4. Condensation
Option: C
Which of the following occupies Tropic Levell in food chain ?
Options:
1. Bacteria
2. Camivores
3. Primary consumers
4. Plants
Option: D
Who among the following geographers emphasized the predominant role of climate in human life?
Options:
1. Geddes
2. Jefferson
3. Huntington
4. Brunhes
Option: C
Which one of the following indicates “Random’ distribution of settlements ?
Options:
1. 0.49
2. 1
3. 1.59
4. 2.15
Option: B
Which one of the following sequences of land use according to Von Thunen’s model is correct?
Options:
1. Market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming
2. Firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk
3. Intensive crop tarming, market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber
4. Market gardening and fresh milk intensive crop farming, firewood and lumber
Option: A
Who among the following developed the sequential expansion transport network model ?
Options:
1. De Souza and Porter
2. Brown and Bracey
3. Myrdal, Seers and Rostow
4. Taaffe, Morrill and Gould
Option: D
Which category of regions does metropolitan region belongs to ?
Options:
1. Formal region
2. Functional region
3. Single purpose region
4. Natural region
Option: B
Which one of the following is a relative measure of dispersion ?
Options:
1. Standard deviation
2. Quartile deviation
3. Coefficient of variation
4. Range
Option: C
If a map is drawn on RF 1/5500, which one of the following representative fractions will be correct if the map Is reduced to half ?
Options:
1. Jan-50
2. 1/11000
3. Jan-00
4. 1/33000
Option: B

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DSSSB Year 2014 PGT Tier I

Which of the following would likely to have the lowest albedo ?

Options:

In describing the patterns and processes of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with

Options:

“All history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically.” Who wrote this ?

Options:

The location of paper industries is highly influenced by which one of the following factors ?

Options:

Which of the following was the earliest reglonal planning exercise in India ?

Options:

To which racial groups the Eskimos belong to?

Options:

Given below are two statements, one labelled as assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:

Options:

If the variability of rainfall is to be measured, which of the following techniques will be used ?

Options:

Which one of the following statements about the polar jet stream is not true ?

Options:

One of the proponents of the turbidity current theory of the origin of submarine canyons was

Options:

The vertical air flow in an anticyclone results in

Options:

In the hydrological cycle evaporation is preceded by

Options:

Which of the following occupies Tropic Levell in food chain ?

Options:

Who among the following geographers emphasized the predominant role of climate in human life?

Options:

Which one of the following indicates “Random’ distribution of settlements ?

Options:

Which one of the following sequences of land use according to Von Thunen’s model is correct?

Options:

Who among the following developed the sequential expansion transport network model ?

Options:

Which category of regions does metropolitan region belongs to ?

Options:

Which one of the following is a relative measure of dispersion ?

Options:

If a map is drawn on RF 1/5500, which one of the following representative fractions will be correct if the map Is reduced to half ?

Options: