Wed. Jan 8th, 2025

SET 2013 Paper III

  1. The South Pacific ocean current, which is not a part of its circum-flow, is –

    Options:
    1. West Australian
    2. Antarctica drift
    3. Humboldt
    4. South Equatorial

    Option: A

  2. The one, which is not a mega city of Latin America, is –

    Options:
    1. Sao Paulo
    2. Seoul
    3. Rio de Janeiro
    4. Buenos Aires

    Option: B

  3. The one which is not a connectivity network index used in transport geography, is –

    Options:
    1. Beta index
    2. Alpha index
    3. Cephalic index
    4. Cyclometric index

    Option: C

  4. North sea oil and gas field is not shared by –

    Options:
    1. Spain
    2. Netherlands
    3. Denmark
    4. Norway

    Option: A

  5. In the study of religions, the explanation which is not sought by social geographers, is –

    Options:
    1. Functional
    2. Genetic
    3. Scientific
    4. Philosophical

    Option: D

  6. Match the following

    List-I List-II
    (a) Vidal de la Blache (i) American
    (b) E. C. Semple (ii) French
    (c) Sten De Geer (iii) Denmark
    (d) Malte – Brun (iv) Swedish
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    2. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
    3. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
    4. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

    Option: B

  7. Match the following

    List-I List-II
    (a) Determinism (i) Huntington
    (b) Possibilism (ii) Blache
    (c) Neo-determinism (iii) Taylor
    (d) Cultural determinism (iv) Ullman
    Options:
    1. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
    2. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
    3. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    4. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

    Option: C

  8. If sea level falls, a river in that region will have –

    Options:
    1. Rise in its base level
    2. Rise in the rate of deposition
    3. Reduction in erosional capacity
    4. Rejuvenation

    Option: D

  9. Grand Bank lies in –

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

    Option: B

  10. If correlation between two variable is perfect negative, the scattering of points in the corresponding scatter diagram will be –

    Options:
    1. Uniform
    2. Parallel to Y-axis
    3. From upper left to lower right
    4. From lower left to upper right

    Option: C

  11. The 1000 km long urban corridor from Boston to Washington D.C. is called –

    Options:
    1. Metropolis
    2. Megalopolis
    3. Conurbation
    4. Ecumenopolis

    Option: B

  12. Match the following –

    List-I List-II
    (a) Coal (i) Chittaldurg
    (b) Mineral oil (ii) Beladila
    (c) Iron ore (iii) Bassein
    (d) Manganese (iv) Jharia
    Options:
    1. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
    2. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    3. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
    4. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

    Option: A

  13. The result of lava deposits is –

    Options:
    1. Sill
    2. Dyke
    3. Volcanic plateau
    4. Phacolith

    Option: C

  14. Demographic dividends is –

    Options:
    1. Provision for financial assistance to people
    2. Accelerated economic growth as a result of reducing population growth rate
    3. Provision of reservation to economically backwards
    4. Reduction of taxes

    Option: B

  15. If the distribution of settlements is uniform, its nearest neighbour analysis index would approximate be

    Options:
    1. 1
    2. 0.5
    3. 2.15

    Option: D

  16. The aspect, which is not related with regional planning, is –

    Options:
    1. Foreign aid
    2. Identification of regional problem
    3. Identification of pressure regions
    4. Identification of backward regions

    Option: A

  17. Quartzite is a__________rock.

    Options:
    1. Sedimentary
    2. Metamorphic
    3. Igneous
    4. Plutonic

    Option: B

  18. The role of polar vortex in climate of India is –

    Options:
    1. It does not affect directly
    2. It affects directly
    3. It affects only during summers
    4. It weakens south-west monsoon

    Option: A

  19. Long surface earthquake waves are –

    Options:
    1. P - waves
    2. S - waves
    3. P and S - waves
    4. L - waves

    Option: D

  20. Belt of doldrums is –

    Options:
    1. Sub-tropical high pressure
    2. Polar high pressure
    3. Equatorial low pressure
    4. Sub-polar low pressure

    Option: C