Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

RPSC Year 2020 Paper II Assistant Professor

  1. According to Global Forest Resources Assessment-2020, the total forest area of the world is

    Options:
    1. 4.84 billion hectares
    2. 5.21 billion hectares
    3. 4.06 billion hectares
    4. 5.18 billion hectares

    Option: C

  2. The country having highest forest area in the world in 2020 is

    Options:
    1. Brazil
    2. Canada
    3. U.S.A
    4. Russian Federation

    Option: D

  3. Top three crude oil producing countries in the world in 2019 are

    Options:
    1. U.S.A., China, Saudi Arabia
    2. U.S.A., Saudi Arabia, Russia
    3. Saudi Arabia, Canada
    4. Saudi Arabia, Russia, China

    Option: B

  4. Among the following which is NOT a technique of soil conservation ?

    Options:
    1. Protective afforestation
    2. Terracing
    3. Control of Gullies
    4. Control over urbanization

    Option: D

  5. Which one of the following is NOT a major regional trade block of the world?

    Options:
    1. Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
    2. UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
    3. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    4. European Union (EU)

    Option: B

  6. Which is NOT correctly matched ?(Region) (Shifting Cultivation Name)

    Options:
    1. Sudan - Ngasu
    2. Sri Lanka - Chena
    3. Malaya - Milpa
    4. Philippines - Caingin

    Option: C

  7. It is man’s husbandry of land like animal husbandry. Said by –

    Options:
    1. D. Grigg
    2. L. Symons
    3. E.W. Zimmermann
    4. H. Bernhard

    Option: B

  8. Who described the major agricultural regions of the earth in 1936?

    Options:
    1. Chisholm
    2. Whittlesey
    3. Stewart
    4. Weaver

    Option: B

  9. Which is NOT an approach of the study of agriculture geography as described by G. Chisholm ?

    Options:
    1. Commercial approach
    2. Theoretical approach
    3. Regional approach
    4. Systematic approach

    Option: A

  10. Under IGU commission, who developed the scheme of agricultural typology ?

    Options:
    1. Symons
    2. Whittlesey
    3. Bernhard
    4. Kostrowicki

    Option: D

  11. Which type of agriculture is common in Central Chili ?

    Options:
    1. Commercial grain farming
    2. Mediterranean type
    3. Subsistence agriculture
    4. Shifting agriculture

    Option: B

  12. Among the following, which is NOT an area of plantation agriculture ?

    Options:
    1. South-east Brazil
    2. Eastern USA
    3. Malaysia-Indonesia
    4. West Indies Harvested Land

    Option: B

  13. Arable Land x 100 The above formula is used to · determine

    Options:
    1. Crop rotation
    2. Crop land use
    3. Crop intensity
    4. Crop combination

    Option: C

  14. Who first introduced statistical method for crop combination analysis ?

    Options:
    1. Kiku.Kazu Doi
    2. D. Thomas
    3. B.L.C. Johnson
    4. J.C. Weaver

    Option: D

  15. The maximum positive deviation method of crop combination was given by

    Options:
    1. S.M. Rafiulla
    2. N.P. Ayyar
    3. R.K. Banerjee
    4. S.M. Shafi

    Option: A

  16. Which is NOT a correct match? (Methods of Calculation of Agricultural Productivity) (Proposer)

    Options:
    1. Output per unit area - G.K. Ziff
    2. Ranking Co efficient method - Kendall
    3. Carrying capacity of land in terms of population - Stamp
    4. Productivity index - S.M. Shafi

    Option: A

  17. Among the following, who is NOT associated with the delimitation of agricultural regions ?

    Options:
    1. K. Kawachi
    2. Rakitnikov
    3. J.L. Buck
    4. Helburn

    Option: C

  18. Which statement is NOT true regarding crop-diversification ?

    Options:
    1. It reflects competition between different crops.
    2. It is opposite to crop specialization.
    3. It is also known as crop concentration.
    4. Bhatia & Jasbir gave formulas to calculate it.

    Option: C

  19. According to Von Thunen, which facts determined the production in a regional set-up?

    1. Distance between market and hinterland
    2. Labour availability
    3. Market price and cost
    4. Transport cost
    Options:
    1. A, B and C
    2. A, C and D
    3. B, C and D
    4. A, B, C and D

    Option: C

  20. The credit of the beginning of “Green Revolution in the world goes to

    Options:
    1. William Goud
    2. Norman Borlaug
    3. M.S. Swaminathan
    4. H. Clark

    Option: B