Wed. Jun 19th, 2024

RPSC Year 2013 Paper II

  1. Who wrote the book, ‘De-Chorographia’?

    Options:
    1. Pomponius Mela
    2. Pliny
    3. Strabo
    4. Ptolemy

    Option: A

  2. Deflection force of winds is maximum:

    Options:
    1. At the equator
    2. Between 60° - 65° latitudes
    3. At the poles
    4. Between 30° -- 35° latitudes

    Option: C

  3. The number of standard deviation unit/s explaining almost all of the normal distribution is/are:

    Options:
    1. 4
    2. 3
    3. 2
    4. 1

    Option: B

  4. The region having maximum quantity of coking coal in India, is :

    Options:
    1. Chhota Nagpur Plateau
    2. Telangana
    3. Assam Valley
    4. Tamil Nadu

    Option: A

  5. The most appropriate method for showing the distribution of soils is :

    Options:
    1. Isopleth
    2. Dot
    3. Choropleth
    4. Chorochromatic

    Option: D

  6. Destructive plate margins are :

    Options:
    1. Convergent
    2. Divergent
    3. Transcurrent
    4. Shear

    Option: A

  7. Isotherms are less zig-zag in southern hemisphere due to :

    Options:
    1. Absence of high mountains
    2. Huge oceanic expanse
    3. Absence of deserts
    4. Effect of Antarctica

    Option: A

  8. Cold and dry local winds are :

    Options:
    1. Brickfieder
    2. Harmattan
    3. Mistral
    4. Chinooks

    Option: C

  9. The industry for which Mazgaon Dock is famous :

    Options:
    1. Iron and Steel
    2. Sugar
    3. Ship-building
    4. Cement

    Option: C

  10. If the pressure belts do not shift, the Koppen’s nomenclature for the climatic region that would cease to exist is :

    Options:
    1. Af
    2. Am
    3. ET
    4. Cs

    Option: D

  11. In social geography, the element not assumed to be possessed by humangroups, is :

    Options:
    1. Sentiments
    2. Symbolism
    3. Social space
    4. Passive adapters

    Option: D

  12. Plate-like deposition of magma is :

    Options:
    1. Laccolith
    2. Lapolith
    3. Phacolith
    4. Sill

    Option: B

  13. In southern hemisphere, the westerlies blow towards :

    Options:
    1. south east
    2. north west
    3. south west
    4. north east

    Option: A

  14. If the earth’s rotational speed is doubled, the delay in the occurrence of the next indirect tide at a place will be :

    Options:
    1. 13 minutes
    2. 26 minutes
    3. 52 minutes
    4. 60 minutes

    Option: B

  15. Calcareous ooze is :

    Options:
    1. Globigerina
    2. Radiolarian
    3. Diatom
    4. Red clay

    Option: A

  16. Mattern Horn is made by :

    Options:
    1. Winds
    2. Rivers
    3. Underground water
    4. Glaciers

    Option: D

  17. Which type of Delta river Yang-te-se-Kiang makes :

    Options:
    1. Lobate
    2. Truncated
    3. Growing
    4. Blocked

    Option: C

  18. If the distribution of settlements is highly clustered, its nearest neighbour analysis index will approximate be –

    Options:
    1. 2.15
    2. 1
    3. 10

    Option: B

  19. The ocean in which Socotra ridge is located :

    Options:
    1. Indian
    2. Atlantic
    3. Pacific
    4. Arctic

    Option: A

  20. Air mass prevailing over Mojave desert in south western U.S.A. is indicated by :

    Options:
    1. mP
    2. cP
    3. mT
    4. cT

    Option: D