Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

RPSC Year 2013 School Lecturer

  1. The Glacial Control Theory of the origin of Coral reefs waspropounded by

    Options:
    1. RA. Daly
    2. Charles Darwin
    3. Sir John Murray
    4. W.M. Davis

    Option: A

  2. 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) : Westerlies are stronger in the northern hemisphere thanin the southern hemisphere

    Reason (R) : Northern hemisphere has more land area than the southern hemisphere

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)
    3. (A) is false but (R) is true
    4. (A) is true but (R) is false

    Option: C

  3. Who had first used the word ‘Possiblism’?

    Options:
    1. Febvere
    2. Blache
    3. Brunhes
    4. Carl Sauer

    Option: A

  4. The first philosopher of deterministic thought was

    Options:
    1. Thales
    2. Strabo
    3. Hecataeus
    4. Eratosthenes

    Option: B

  5. Which of the following is not a correct match?

    Options:
    1. Bowman - Possibilism
    2. Humboldt - Environmentalism
    3. Demangeon - Determinism
    4. G. Taylor - Neo-determinism

    Option: C

  6. The factor causing migration from Myanmar to Bangladesh is

    Options:
    1. Religious
    2. Overpopulation
    3. Political
    4. Economic

    Option: C

  7. “Zones and Strata theory” of distribution of human races was propounded by

    Options:
    1. Huntington
    2. Taylor
    3. Saur
    4. Trewartha

    Option: B

  8. Which is not an economic cause of the migration of population?

    Options:
    1. Unemployment
    2. Heavy pressure on the land resources
    3. Economic poverty
    4. Overpopulation

    Option: D

  9. Which one of the following area is of mongoloid race?

    Options:
    1. Northern Africa
    2. Pacific Island
    3. Eastern Europe
    4. Australia

    Option: B

  10. The coniferous forests in Europe is also known as

    Options:
    1. Selva
    2. Taiga
    3. Veld
    4. Downs

    Option: B

  11. The agricultural region not classified separately by Whittlesey is :

    Options:
    1. Nomadic herding region
    2. Dry farming region
    3. Mediterranean agricultural region
    4. Specialized horticulture region

    Option: B

  12. In world, Japan is the leading industrial country. because –

    Options:
    1. It has high technology capacity.
    2. Industrial revolution was originated in Japan.
    3. It has plenty of bio-fuel resource.
    4. It has plenty of mineral resources.

    Option: A

  13. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

    Options:
    1. New England Industrial Region- U.S.A.
    2. Rhine Industrial Region-France
    3. Yorkshire Industrial Region-United Kingdom
    4. Nagoya Industrial Region - Japan

    Option: B

  14. Which one of the following is not an agricultural region of the world

    Options:
    1. Commercial grain farming region
    2. Plantation agriculture region
    3. Intensive subsistence agriculture region
    4. Irrigated intensive agriculture region

    Option: D

  15. Who defines geography as a science of synthesis?

    Options:
    1. Acherman
    2. P. Haggett
    3. David Harvey
    4. Hartshorne

    Option: B

  16. Carl Saur given his important contribution in which branch of geography?

    Options:
    1. Oceanography
    2. Cultural geography
    3. Political geography
    4. Geomorphology

    Option: B

  17. The number of volumes in which Cosmos was published is :

    Options:
    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 2
    4. 19

    Option: A

  18. The industrial region known as black country is :

    Options:
    1. Midland
    2. Chicago - Gary
    3. Tokyo - Yakohama
    4. Ruhr

    Option: A

  19. The inter-relation between altitude and climate was established by :

    Options:
    1. Hartshorne
    2. Ratzel
    3. Humboldt
    4. Ritter

    Option: C

  20. The book ‘Anthropogeography’ was written by :

    Options:
    1. Brunhes
    2. Blache
    3. Ellen Semple
    4. Ratzel

    Option: D