Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

RPSC Year 2015 School Lecturer

  1. The world’s largest uranium producers in decreasing order are

    Options:
    1. Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia
    2. Niger, U.S.A., Canada
    3. U.S.A., Australia, Canada
    4. U.S.A., South Africa, Kazakhstan

    Option: A

  2. “Unified Field Theory” unifies

    Options:
    1. Three different regions
    2. Ideas of Jackson, Pounds and Whittlsey
    3. Ideas of Hartshorn, de Blij and Jackson
    4. Ideas of Whittlesey, Hartshorne and Gottman

    Option: D

  3. Idea-Area Chain’ explains the theory

    Options:
    1. Heartland
    2. Rimland
    3. Unified field
    4. Evolution of boundaries

    Option: C

  4. A zone separating two sovereign states is known as a

    Options:
    1. Frontier
    2. Boundary
    3. Buffer state
    4. Legal line

    Option: A

  5. The concept of geological structure in the evolution of landforms was given by

    Options:
    1. E.H. Brown
    2. R.J.Chorley
    3. W.D. Thornbury
    4. A.N. Strahler

    Option: C

  6. The factor not assumed by von Thunen in influencing the type of agricultural production at a location, is

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

    Option: B

  7. The earthquake epicentre is located at

    Options:
    1. 90° from focus
    2. 45° from focus
    3. Centre of the focus
    4. Parallel to the focus

    Option: A

  8. Which one of the following is not a type of earthquake ?

    Options:
    1. Volcanic
    2. Tectonic
    3. Collapse
    4. Composite

    Option: D

  9. Which is not a correct match ? Land forms Formed by

    Options:
    1. Alluvial Fan - River
    2. Moraine - Glacier
    3. Blowouts - Wind
    4. Eskers - Wind

    Option: D

  10. The term albedo’ implies :

    Options:
    1. Capacity to absorb heat
    2. Capacity to modify path of sun rays
    3. Amount of solar radiation reflected by surface
    4. Amount of heat transferred to air by the surface

    Option: C

  11. The highest height of the tide in the world has been recorded at:

    Options:
    1. Gulf of Fundi
    2. Gulf of Mexico
    3. Bay of Bengal
    4. North Sea

    Option: A

  12. In which state/union territory is the southernmost point of India located ?

    Options:
    1. Kerala
    2. Tamil Nadu
    3. Nicobar Island
    4. Lakshadweep Island

    Option: C

  13. Which one of the following area is not having mangrove forests ?

    Options:
    1. Andman and Nicobar Islands
    2. Sunderbans in West Bengal
    3. Mahanadi and Godavari delta
    4. Coastal area of Kerala

    Option: D

  14. Which is not a correct match ? .Soil Type State/Area

    Options:
    1. Laterate soil - West Bengal
    2. Black soil - Andhra Pradesh
    3. Alluvial soil - Middle Ganga Plain
    4. Peaty soil - Coastal areas of Odisha

    Option: D

  15. Which one of the following is not a branch of human geography ?

    Options:
    1. Environmental geography
    2. Social geography
    3. Political geography
    4. Settlement geography

    Option: A

  16. Which type of scale can be used universally?

    Options:
    1. Graphical scale
    2. Statement scale
    3. Representative fraction
    4. Diagonal scale

    Option: C

  17. When a very long distance is shown on a small map, its scale is called

    Options:
    1. Large scale
    2. Small scale
    3. Universal scale
    4. Ordinary scale

    Option: B

  18. The percentage of carbon dioxide in atmospheric gases is :

    Options:
    1. 0.002
    2. 0.001
    3. 0.036
    4. 0.93

    Option: C

  19. Which of the following is not a result of orogenetic movement ?

    Options:
    1. Faulting
    2. Folding
    3. Warping
    4. Submergence

    Option: D

  20. Which is not a planetary winds ?

    Options:
    1. Trade winds
    2. Westerly winds
    3. Monsoon winds
    4. Polar winds

    Option: C