Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

RPSC Year 2012 Paper II

  1. Hadley cells develop

    Options:
    1. At the equator
    2. On the tropics
    3. Between equator and tropics
    4. On the poles

    Option: C

  2. The ocean current which is not the part of northAtlantic Ocean is

    Options:
    1. Canary current
    2. Benguela current
    3. East Greenland current
    4. Labrador current

    Option: B

  3. The earliest known map was made by

    Options:
    1. Sumerians
    2. Eratosthenes
    3. Ptolemy
    4. Aristotle

    Option: A

  4. The factor which Von Thunen did not include in his model, was

    Options:
    1. Land rent
    2. Distance to market
    3. Selling price of the product
    4. Population density

    Option: D

  5. The one which is not a type of boundary, is

    Options:
    1. Geometric
    2. Physiographic
    3. Anthropo-geographic
    4. Forced

    Option: D

  6. Success of regional planning depends mainly on

    Options:
    1. Determination of goals and their monitoring
    2. Delineation of planning region
    3. Convenience of the staff
    4. Magnitude of foreign investment

    Option: A

  7. The one which is not a Himalayan wood, is

    Options:
    1. Deodar
    2. Mahogany
    3. Spruce
    4. Silver Fir

    Option: B

  8. The name related to Paleo-magnetism is

    Options:
    1. J.A. Steers
    2. Harry. Hess
    3. Valentine and Moors
    4. Dietz and Holden

    Option: B

  9. Choose the correct statement

    Options:
    1. Temperature falls below -80°C near Mesopause
    2. Temperature remains the same through Mesosphere
    3. Temperature increases to more than 100°C in Mesosphere
    4. Temperature fluctuates in Mesosphere

    Option: A

  10. ‘Biochemical energy cycle’ refers to

    Options:
    1. Adding biochemical fertilizers in soil
    2. Reaction of solar radiation with various chemicals
    3. The energy cycle of the whole organic world
    4. Making of energy cycle by chemicals and animals

    Option: C

  11. “Man is a product of the earth’s surface. This means not merely that he is child of the earth, dust of her dust…..” this statement is of

    Options:
    1. Semple
    2. Huntington
    3. Brunhes
    4. Blache

    Option: A

  12. The concept of Rural Urban Fringe was given by

    Options:
    1. Murphy
    2. Thornbury
    3. King
    4. Pryor

    Option: D

  13. Sharply increasing pressure in land for transportation may be relieved by

    Options:
    1. Reducing number of vehicles
    2. Underground and overground parking
    3. Introducing small sized vehicles
    4. Increasing petrol price

    Option: B

  14. “Expensive and cheap houses are never built inlp the same area (in metropolitan London)”. This statement of Ambrose reflects segregation on the basis of

    Options:
    1. Race
    2. Colour
    3. Status
    4. Nationality

    Option: C

  15. The religion which began in India. but is more widespread outside, is

    Options:
    1. Hinduism
    2. Jainism
    3. Buddhism
    4. Sikhism

    Option: C

  16. Choose the correct statementSummer monsoon in India is predicted to be stronger when

    Options:
    1. 'Pull factor' develops due to La Nina near Peru coast
    2. 'Push factor' develops due to La Nina near Peru coast
    3. 'Push factor' develops due to EL Nino near Peru coast
    4. 'Pull factor' develops due to EL Nine near Peru coast

    Option: B

  17. The coast from Krishna delta. to Cape Comorin is known as

    Options:
    1. Konkan
    2. Uttar Sarkar
    3. Malabar
    4. Coromandel

    Option: D

  18. The diagram/graph in which upper and lower limits of each interval is used, is

    Options:
    1. Frequency Polygon
    2. Ogive curve
    3. Histogram
    4. Divided Circle

    Option: C

  19. If the rate of sea floor spreading in an ocean is 4 cm per year, then the total sea floor spreading is

    Options:
    1. 8 cm
    2. 4 cm
    3. 2 cm
    4. 16 cm

    Option: A

  20. The book not written by Huntington is

    Options:
    1. The Pulse of Asia
    2. Civilization and Climate
    3. American History and its Geographic Conditions
    4. Principles of Human Geography

    Option: C