Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

RPSC Year 2012 Paper III

  1. The Hydrological action is associated with

    Options:
    1. Physical weathering
    2. Chemical weathering
    3. Biological weathering
    4. Anthropogenic weathering

    Option: B

  2. Benguela current flow along :

    Options:
    1. West coast of South Africa
    2. East coast of South America
    3. South-West coast of South America
    4. South East coast of Africa

    Option: A

  3. Cephalic index is

    Options:
    1. The shape of the Head
    2. Colour of skin
    3. The shape of the nose
    4. Hair form

    Option: A

  4. Organic theory of state was propounded by :

    Options:
    1. Mackinder
    2. Haushofer
    3. Demangeon
    4. Ratzel

    Option: D

  5. Sahastradhara Karst topography is located near

    Options:
    1. Banswara
    2. Dehradun
    3. Bangalore
    4. Pachmadi

    Option: B

  6. Alfred Wigner was basically a

    Options:
    1. Geologist
    2. Geographer
    3. Botonist
    4. Meteorologist and Geophysist

    Option: A

  7. Which of the features is not related to maturity of normal cycle of erosion?

    Options:
    1. Meanders
    2. Ox-bow lakes
    3. Natural levees
    4. Flood plains

    Option: B

  8. Humbolt current is:

    Options:
    1. California current
    2. Peru current
    3. Brazil current
    4. Falkland current

    Option: B

  9. Who formulated the concept of probabilism?

    Options:
    1. Thomas Griffith Taylor
    2. Cari O Sour
    3. O.H.K. Spate
    4. Paul vidal de La Blache

    Option: C

  10. Kudumukh mining area has been developed to export iron ore to :

    Options:
    1. Japan
    2. China
    3. Iran
    4. Sri Lanka

    Option: A

  11. The correct sequence of development stages of wave cyclone is

    Options:
    1. Open -- early - occluded - dissolving
    2. Early - open - dissolving - occluded
    3. Early - open -- occluded - dissolving
    4. Early - occluded - open- dissolving

    Option: C

  12. Horse latitudes is

    Options:
    1. 30° 35°
    2. 0° - 5°
    3. 35° 60°
    4. 60° 65°

    Option: A

  13. An area of origin of a cultural group is called

    Options:
    1. Cultural landscape
    2. Cultural area
    3. Cultural realm
    4. Cultural hearth

    Option: D

  14. Marketing principal of Christaller’s is

    Options:
    1. K = 4
    2. K = 3
    3. K = 7
    4. K = 5

    Option: B

  15. Which is not a biological modifier of ecosystem?

    Options:
    1. Cropping pattern
    2. Population
    3. Mining
    4. Species density

    Option: C

  16. The capital of Libya, Ghana and Kenya respectively are :

    Options:
    1. Lagos, Nairobi, Accra
    2. Lagos, Accra, Nairobi
    3. Lagos, Nairobi, Oslo
    4. Tripoli, Accra, Nairobi

    Option: D

  17. Swamps are seen in the Siberian rivers because

    Options:
    1. The rivers are too narrow
    2. Freezing of rivers near the mouth prevents water to flow in sea
    3. Rivers are heavily drained by the large network of canals
    4. Railway bridges built across the rivers obstruct the flow

    Option: B

  18. Which one of the following countries has prorupt shape?

    Options:
    1. Poland
    2. Sudan
    3. Japan
    4. Myanmar

    Option: D

  19. Rosewood is found in

    Options:
    1. Evergreen forests
    2. Monsoon forests
    3. High altitude forests
    4. Mangrove forest

    Option: A

  20. States of India having highest population in descending order are :

    Options:
    1. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra
    2. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra
    3. Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar
    4. Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal

    Option: D