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Miscellaneous Geography

📆 October 29, 2024

Total Questions: 50

11. The Peneplain is related to: [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (d) river
Solution:

The Peneplains are formed by rivers. Peneplain is almost featureless gentle undulating plain produced by fluvial erosion and deposition and in course of time reduce the land almost to base level, leaving so little gradient that essentially no more erosion could occur. Peneplain' word was first coined by Morris Davis.

12. What is meant by the term 'Umland'? [U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

Correct Answer: (c) Area surrounding a town
Solution:

The Umland can be defined as the geographical region which surrounds a city maintains in flow and outflow relationships with the city.

13. Among the following whose name is associated with migration theory? [U.P. P.C.S. (mains) 201]

Correct Answer: (c) Lee
Solution:

Among the given options, Everett Lee is related to Migration Theory. Lee has considered migration as a permanent or semi permanent change of residence.

14. Given below are two statements: [U.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 2019]

Assertion (A): Indian Ocean has become the Military bases of many big powers.

Reason (R): There is strong geo-political benefits in Indian Ocean and adjacent countries.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

Correct Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Solution:

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A). However, UP- PSC has accepted option (b) as the answer.

15. Which of the following statement is not true? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (a) Species diversity increases from equator towards poles.
Solution:

Tropics harbour more species than temperature areas is a correct statement.

Greatest biodiversity occurs in the Amazonian rain forest is a correct statement.

Species diversity decreases from temperate areas towards poles is also a correct statement.

Species diversity increases from the equator towards pole is an incorrect statement, as species diversity decreases from the equator towards poles.

So, the correct answer is option (a).

16. The word 'Denisovan' is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to [I.A.S. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (b) an early human species
Solution:The first evidence for Denisovan Denisova hominins was first discovered in 2008 in a cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia Analysis of a fossil jawbone containing motors recovered from Baishiya Karst cave in Xiahe, Gansu, China Shows Denisovans lived in the Tibetan Plateau some 1,60,000 years ago. This is the first time evidence of Denisovan presence has been found outside the Denisova Cave.

17. The line joining the areas having the same rainfall is called [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Isohyet
Solution:A line on a map or chart connecting areas of equal rainfall is known as Isohyte. Whereas Isobar is a line on map connecting points having the same atmospheric pressure at a given time. Isotherm is a line on map connecting point having the same temperature at a given time and Isohalines are lines (or contour) that join point of equal salinity in an aquatic system.

18. Geostationary satellite revolves at: [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

Correct Answer: (b) At fixed height
Solution:A Geostationary satellite is at an altitude of approximately 35,786 km. above mean sea level. It is directly over the equator and revolves in the same direction the Earth rotates (west to east).

19. The most important fishing grounds of the world are found in the regions where: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (c) Warm and cold oceanic currents meet
Solution:At about 40° N and 60° S latitudes on the eastern margins of the continents, the cold and warm Ocean currents converge. On the contrary, at the same latitude, along the western coast of the continents, the cold currents flowing from the polar seas and the warm currents from the low latitudes meet with each other. Thus, there is a strong mixing of ocean waters. In such areas, the nutrients essential for marine organisms are in abundance. So, the marine life is rich in such areas. The most important fishing grounds in the world are located in shallow water close to the land where there is a mixing of Cold and Warm Currents from different regions. The favorable conditions for fishing are plankton concentrations, warm and cold Oceanic currents joints, the depth of water, its salinity & shallow sea etc.

20. Grand Bank is located at: [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (c) Eastern coast of North America
Solution:Grand Banks portion of the North American continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean lying Southeast of Newfoundland island, Canada. It as an international fishing ground. The cold Labrador Current and the relatively warm Gulf Stream meet in the vicinity of the Grand Banks. The mingling of the cold and warm water produces favourable conditions for the growth of plankton, on which fish depend directly or indirectly for their food supply. It consists of a number of separate banks, which are St. Pierre; Georges Bank, etc.
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