Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

RPSC Year 2020 Paper I Assistant Professor

  1. The famous script Civilization and Climate” is written by

    Options:
    1. Ptolemy
    2. Strabo
    3. Ellsworth Huntington
    4. Richard Hartshorne

    Option: C

  2. Concept of Spatial Organization was presented by

    Options:
    1. French School
    2. German School
    3. British School
    4. American School

    Option: B

  3. Which medieval geographer extensively improved Ptolemy’s works?

    Options:
    1. Al-Idrisi
    2. Al-Biruni
    3. Ibn-Battuta
    4. Ibn-Khaldun

    Option: A

  4. Who among the following is known as father of modern geography ?

    Options:
    1. Kant
    2. Ritter
    3. Humboldt
    4. Hecataeus

    Option: C

  5. Which among the following groups represents possibilism?

    Options:
    1. Blache, Brunhes, Sauer
    2. Ratzel, Semple, Sauer
    3. Huntigton, Ratzel, Semple
    4. Strabo, Sauer, Kant

    Option: A

  6. The principle in which the effect of natural environment on humans is considered paramount

    Options:
    1. Determinism
    2. Possibilism
    3. Neo-determinism
    4. Probabilism

    Option: A

  7. Who among the following is known as the founder of Modern Human Geography ?

    Options:
    1. Friedrich Ratzel
    2. A.V. Humboldte
    3. Elseworht Huntigton
    4. Carl O Sauer

    Option: A

  8. The study of ‘who gets what,where and how is

    Options:
    1. Radical Geography
    2. Areal differentiation
    3. System Analysis
    4. Welfare Geography

    Option: D

  9. There are no necessities, but everywhere possibilities.’ Credit is given to this statement-

    Options:
    1. Brunhes
    2. Blache
    3. Febrre
    4. Ritter

    Option: C

  10. Which of the following ‘Puranic Dwipas (Mythological islands) belongs to the continent of Australia ?

    Options:
    1. Jambu Dwipa
    2. Saka Dwipa
    3. Puskara Dwipa
    4. Salmali Dwipa

    Option: B

  11. Which one from the following was the largest volcanic eruption in the 20th century ?

    Options:
    1. Novarupta
    2. Mount St. Helensis
    3. Mauna Kea
    4. Yellowstone

    Option: A

  12. Which one of the following statements is NOT an evidence proposed by Wegner ?

    Options:
    1. Paleontological evidences
    2. Jig-Saw-fit setting of continents
    3. Paleoclimatological evidences
    4. Extinction of lemmings

    Option: D

  13. The minor plate “Caroline plate lies between

    Options:
    1. Antarctic and Pacific plate
    2. Philippine and Indian plate
    3. South America and Pacific plate
    4. Central America and Pacific Plate

    Option: B

  14. Find out the incorrect sentence from the followings :

    Options:
    1. The release of energy,causing an earthquake,usually occurs along a fault.
    2. Epicentre is the nearest point on the surface, to the focus.
    3. All natural earthquakes take place in the Asthenosphere.
    4. The focus of an earthquake is also called as Hypocenter.

    Option: C

  15. Which one of the followings has slowest rate of movement ?

    Options:
    1. East Pacific rise
    2. Arctic Ridge
    3. Nazca plate
    4. Cocos plate

    Option: B

  16. Which of the followings is NOT an example of Divergent Boundaries ?

    Options:
    1. Boundary between Indian and Antarctic plates
    2. Boundary between Nazca and Pacific plates
    3. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
    4. Boundary between Pacific plate and Philippine plate

    Option: D

  17. Find out the incorrect sentence from the followings :

    Options:
    1. Tectonic earthquakes originate due to sliding of rocks along a fault plane.
    2. The body waves generate surface waves.
    3. P-waves vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave
    4. S-waves are similar to sound waves

    Option: D

  18. Exfoliation is mainly a type of weathering.

    Options:
    1. Chemical
    2. Biological
    3. Physical
    4. Human caused

    Option: C

  19. Which of the following is NOT an example of young fold mountain ?

    Options:
    1. Himalayas
    2. Alps
    3. Andes
    4. Appalachians

    Option: D

  20. Which one of the following is a fault mountain ?

    Options:
    1. Alps mountains
    2. Appalachians mountains
    3. Ural mountains
    4. Vosges mountainst

    Option: D