Codes : List-I (A) Duration of winds only

(a) (b) (c) (d) (Soil) (B) Flows between central places
(A) 2 3 4 1 (a) Red and loamy soils and dependent places
(B) 2 4 3 1 (b) Calcareous sierozemic soil (C) Wind direction and duration
(C) 1 4 3 2 (c) Grey and brown soils (D) Direction of winds only
(D) 1 3 4 2 (d) Laterite soil 20. Construction of a comfort
11. Kurnool-Cuddapah canal is taken List-II diagram requires which of the
off from which one of the follo- (Region) following data ?
wing rivers ? (A) Monthly temperature and
1. Nagaland, Arunachal Pra-
(A) Cauvery rainfall
desh and the Sahyadri
(B) Penneru (B) Monthly temperature and
2. Gujarat and adjacent areas
(C) Palar relative humidity
3. Punjab, Haryana and Malwa
(D) Tungabhadra (C) Monthly relative humidity
4. Western parts of the and rainfall
12. Which one of the following is not Western Ghats
a landform which results due to (D) Monthly temperature, rain-
rejuvenation of a river ? Codes : fall and relative humidity
(A) Incised meander (a) (b) (c) (d) 21. Which one of the following state-
(B) Knick point (A) 1 3 2 4 ments is not correct ?
(C) Oxbow lake (B) 1 2 3 4 (A) A cylindrical projection with
(D) River terrace (C) 3 1 4 2 two standard parallels is particu-
13. Match List-I with List-II and (D) 3 4 1 2 larly useful for representing the
select the correct answer using low-latitude zone straddling the
16. Taking into account the amount equator between the pair of
the code given below the lists
of rainfall occurring from June to standard parallels
List-I List-II September, which one of the
(Mineral) (Place) (B) In a Mercator projection, the
following is the correct order of spacing of parallels decreases
(a) Mica 1. Chindwara cities in terms of rainfall ? towards the poles
(b) Diamond 2. Bellary (A) Kolkata > Ahmedabad > (C) A straight line on planar
(c) Manganese 3. Panna
Allahabad projection is the shortest route
(d) Copper 4. Hazaribag
(B) Kolkata > Allahabad > between two points on earths
Codes : surface
Ahmedabad
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(C) Allahabad > Kolkata > (D) On a conic projection, meri-
(A) 1 2 3 4
Ahmedabad dians are shown as straight lines
(B) 1 3 2 4 that converge towards the poles
(C) 4 3 2 1 (D) Ahmedabad > Kolkata >
Allahabad 22. What is the thermal band region
(D) 4 2 3 1 of Landsat Thematic Mapper
14. Consider the following state- 17. Which type of climate(s) pre- Sensor ?
ments : vail(s) in the long corridor (A) 063069 micrometre
1. In the wet temperate forests (Leeward side) of the Western
(B) 076090 micrometre
at above 1500 m on the Ghats and the Nilgiri Hills ?
Nilgiris and Anaimalais, the (C) 208235 micrometre
(A) Tropical wet and dry climate
Magnolias and Rhododen- (D) 10401250 micrometre
(B) Tropical wet and dry with
drons are commonly found. 23. Consider the following state-
winter rain
2. Tropical dry everygreen ments :
forests are mostly found in (C) Tropical semi-arid steppe
Andhra Pradesh, Chhattis- 1. The seawater temperature of
(D) Subtropical monsoon rain
garh and Orissa. Red Sea is higher than that
forest
of Persian Gulf.
Which of the statements given 18. Diagonal scales are generally
above is/are correct ? 2. The Baltic Sea water is more
used for which of the following ?
(A) 1 only saline than that of Black Sea.
(A) Wall maps
(B) 2 only Which of the statements given
(B) Cadastral maps above is/are correct ?
(C) Both 1 and 2
(C) Small-scale maps (A) 1 only
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
(D) Medium-scale maps (B) 2 only
15. Match List-I with List-II and
select the correct answer using 19. A star diagram is used to repre- (C) Both 1 and 2
the code given below the lists sent which of the following ? (D) Neither 1 nor 2

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