Geography – WBPSC Miscellaneous Preliminary Question Paper
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WBPSC Miscellaneous Preliminary Question Paper
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2019
11. Which of the archaeological site is situated in West Bengal?
(A) Ahicchatra
(B) Sisupalgarh
(C) Bamangaon
(D) Mogolmari
18. From which part of Myanmar do the Rohingyas originally belong to?
(A) Rakhine
(B) Kachin
(C) Chin
(D) None of the above
22. Hemis National Park is situated in
(A) Shimla
(B) Darjeeling
(C) Guwahati
(D) Ladakh
42. Which of the following countries does not share a land border with India?
(A) China
(B) Myanmar
(C) Afghanistan
(D) None of the Above
44. Which river enters India from Numcha Barwa?
(A) Ganga
(B) Yamuna
(C) Brahmaputra
(D) Jalangi
48. Which of the following water body is not attached to any sea?
(A) Aral Sea
(B) Black Sea
(C) Mediterranean Sea
(D) Red Sea
70. Which of the following is not a part of the Himalayas?
(A) Shivalik
(B) Sahyadri
(C) Himadri
(D) Himachal
72. Dasht-e-Margo, also known as ‘Desert of Death’ is related to which country?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Iraq
(D) Afghanistan
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2018
72. Tungabhadra river flows in which of the following states?
(A) Assam
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
73. How many dialects are prevailing in the State of Arunachal Pradesh?
(A) 60 dialects
(B) 55 dialects
(C) 50 dialects
(D) 45 dialects
74. Which State in India is the meeting point of Mongoloids and Caucasoids?
(A) Jammu & Kashmir
(B) Assam
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Karnataka
75. In which state the ‘Udanti Sanctuary’ is situated?
(A) Assam
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Odissa
76. The Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is situated in which state?
(A) Haryana
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Assam
77. In which State the ‘Wular Lake’ is situated?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Assam
(C) Gujarat
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
78. The Annamalai mountain is situated in which state?
(A) Telangana
(B) Kerala
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
79. The mountain ‘Susunia Hills’ is situated in which state?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Odissa
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2012 (S-1)
- Which Dam is currently at the centre of a controversy between Kerala and Tamil Nadu ?
(A) Nagarjunasagar Dam
(B) Mullaperiyar Dam
(C) Perunchani Dam
(D) Mettur Dam
- Jhelum is an important river of
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Punjab
(C) Haryana
(D) Rajasthan
- The river Ajoy flows between
(A) Damodar and Rupnarayan
(B) Rupnarayan and Kangsabati
(C) Subarnarekha and Rupnarayan
(D) Damodar and Mayurakshi
- The highest peak in India is
(A) Nandadevi
(B) Kanchenjunga
(C) Karakoram
(D) Everest
- The largest town on the river Ganga is
(A) Kanpur
(B) Delhi
(C) Lucknow
(D) Kolkata
- The highest plateau in India is
(A) Tibet
(B) Pamir
(C) Ladakh
(D) Pirpanjal
- Rourkela iron and steel industry is located on the river
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Godavari
(C) Koel
(D) Brahmani
- The Wular lake is situated to the
(A) North east of Srinagar
(B) North west of Srinagar
(C) South east of Srinagar
(D) South west of Srinagar
- The largest steel plant in India is
(A) Jamshedpur
(B) Bokaro
(C) Durgapur
(D) Bhilai
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2012 (S-2)
1. Bhilai is situated in the state of
(A) Chhattisgarh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Orissa
(D) Andhra Pradesh
10. Westernmost district of West Bengal is
(A) Bankura
(B) Paschim Medinipur
(C) Purulia
(D) Burdwan
11. Which country is the largest importer of Gold?
(A) USA
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) India
13. Jamshedpur is located on the river
(A) Damodar
(B) Subarnarekha
(C) Ajoy
(D) Rupnarayan
16. The highest peak of the Deccan plateau is
(A) Anaimudi
(B) Kalsubai
(C) Mahabaleswar
(D) Nilgiri
23. Shillong is located to the ___ of Garo, Khasi and Jayantiya hills.
(A) South
(B) North
(C) East
(D) West
41. Name the telescope from NASA that recently discovered 26 new planets.
(A) Galileo Telescope
(B) Copernicus Telescope
(C) Kepler Telescope
(D) Bose Telescope
74. Durgapur is situated on the river
(A) Ajoy
(B) Kangsabati
(C) Mayurakshi
(D) Damodar
79. Subarnarekha is a river of the district of
(A) Bankura
(B) Paschim Medinipur
(C) Purba Medinipur
(D) Purulia
93. Naini Tal lake is situated in the state of
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
99. Which one of these is a sanctuary?
(A) Corbett
(B) Gorumara
(C) Sundarban
(D) Mudhumalai
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2011
- The Government of India proposes to establish the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in which State?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Jharkhand
- The word ‘Bergschrund‘ is associated with the
(A) Works of rivers
(B) Works of winds
(C) Works of glaciers
(D) Works of waves
- Tungabhadra is a tributary of
(A) Krishna river
(B) Cauvery river
(C) Godavari river
(D) Mahanadi river
- The nearest planet to the Sun is
(A) Mars
(B) Venus
(C) Mercury
(D) Saturn
- The Siachen Glacier is situated in which mountain range?
(A) Himalayan Range
(B) Pamir Range
(C) Karakoram Range
(D) Pir Panjal Range
- Between Elburz and Zagroslies
(A) Arabian Plateau
(B) Tibetan Plateau
(C) Anatolian Highland
(D) Iranian Plateau
- True desert in Rajasthan is known as
(A) Bagar
(B) Khadar
(C) Marusthali
(D) Rohilkhand
- What is a Jainsem?
(A) An Assamese dress
(B) The ethnic dress of Meghalaya women
(C) The ethnic dress of Mizo women
(D) The ethnic dress of Manipuri women
- Which of the following states was previously known as NEFA?
(A) Nagaland
(B) Manipur
(C) Mizoram
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
- Aphelion position of the earth occurs on
(A) July 4
(B) January 3
(C) March 21
(D) September 23
- Wagah Border check point is located in.
(A) Indo-Pak border
(B) Indo-Nepal border
(C) Indo-Bangladesh border
(D) Indo-Sri Lankan maritime border
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2010
- Duncan Passage lies between
(A) Andaman and Nicobar
(B) South Andaman and Little Andaman
(C) Amindivi and Lakshadweep Islands
(D) Little Andaman and Nicobar
- ‘Marusthali’ is situated in
(A) Karnataka
(B) Gujarat
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Madhya Pradesh
- Which of the ports of India is the main outlet for tea export?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Cochin
(D) Paradeep
- The Indian Peninsula is getting narrower and narrower losing itself into
(A) Cochin
(B) Rameswaram
(C) Visakhapatnam
(D) Kanyakumari
- Geostationary satellite revolves round the earth from
(A) East to West
(B) West to East
(C) North to South
(D) South to North
- Which of the following has the oldest rocks in India?
(A) The Himalayas
(B) The Indo-Gangetic Plains
(C) The Aravallis
(D) The Shiwaliks
- Which of the following soils is favourable for the cultivation of cotton?
(A) Red soil
(B) Regur
(C) Alluvial soil
(D) Laterite
- Which of the following pairs is correct?
(A) Maharashtra-Paradip
(B) Tamil Nadu-Mangalore
(C) Gujarat-Kandla
(D) Karnataka-Tuticorin
- McMohan Line demarcates the boundary between
(A) India and Pakistan
(B) India and China
(C) India and Nepal
(D) India and Bangladesh
- ‘Chhatimtala’ is a famous spot in
(A) Banaras Hindu University
(B) Burdwan University
(C) University of Calcutta
(D) Visva Bharati University
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2009
1. ‘Todas’ from a tribal group of :
(A) Nilgiri Hills
(B) Satpura range
(C) Kanya Kumarika
(D) Chota Nagpur Plateau
31. The black soil of Western India is called :
(A) Regur
(B) Terra Rosa
(C) Terja
(D) Laterite
32. Nagarjunasagar Multipurpose Project included the construction of a dam across
(A) River Ganga
(B) River Son
(C) River Jhelum
(D) River Krishna
51. ‘Sal’ is a type of :
(A) Coniferous tree
(B) Evergreen tree
(C) Mangrove
(D) Deciduous tree
52. ‘Green Revolution’ in India was first introduced in :
(A) Rice Producing area of West Bengal
(B) Wheat producing area of Punjab
(C) Millet producing area of western Ghats
(D) Sugar producing area of Bihar
71. River Narmada flows through a
(A) Fault trough
(B) Lagoon
(C) Delta
(D) Fold mountain
72. Amongst the states of India lowest sex ratio is found in :
(A) Bihar
(B) Orissa
(C) Punjab
(D) Madhya Pradesh
100. Cyclones of Bay of Bengal are studied with the help of :
(A) Topographical Maps
(B) Satellite Imageries
(C) GIS
(D) Oxford Atlas
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2008
25. The following is not a member of the European Union :
(A) Turkey
(B) Cyprus
(C) Slovakia
(D) Ireland
29. Which of the following organisations has set the target of reducing Greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by the year 2050 ?
(A) United Nations
(B) UNDP
(C) G-8
(D) SAARC
30. Which of the following countries has recently signed the Kyoto Protocol ?
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) China
(D) Australia
32. Which of the following States has the largest size of population ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) West Bengal
(D) Maharashtra
34. Which State is regarded as the land of five rivers ?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Assam
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Punjab
37. The most populous city of India in 2001 is :
(A) Kolkata
(B) Chennai
(C) Delhi
(D) Mumbai
42. The largest rice producing State in India is :
(In 2024)
(A) West Bengal
(B) Punjab
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Haryana
47. The oldest oil field in India is :
(A) Moran
(B) Makum
(C) Digboi
(D) Dibrugarh
87. The proposed site for private port in West Bengal is :
(A) Falta
(B) Kakdwip
(C) Kulpi
(D) Sagar Island
88. The native land of “Jim Corbett” is:
(A) England
(B) India
(C) Germany
(D) France
93. Which city is called Gateway of India ?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Chennai
(C) Mumbai
(D) Delhi
99. Density of population is highest in which State of India ?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Bihar
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2007
31. In which continent Pangolins are found ?
(A) Africa
(B) Asia
(C) Australia
(D) Africa & Asia
66. Which of the following has lost its status as a planet among the scientists ?
(A) Pluto
(B) Neptune
(C) Saturn
(D) Mercury
73. The Ranns are
(A) Deserts
(B) Gulfs
(C) Playa lakes
(D) Sand dunes
78. Seifs are
(A) Deserts
(B) Gulfs
(C) Playa lakes
(D) Sand dunes
83. Shorea Robusta is the Latin name of
(A) Sal
(B) Sishu
(C) Segun
(D) Sandalwood
88. Rudraprayag is at the confluence of
(A) Alakananda-Bhagirathi
(B) Alakananda-Mandakini
(C) Mandakini-Songanga
(D) Mandakini-Ganga
93. Regur is
(A) red soil
(B) lateritic soil
(C) black soil
(D) alluvial soil
94. Sugarcane is grown mainly in the
(A) Bhabar
(B) Bhangar
(C) Regur
(D) Laterite
98. The largest producer of iron ore is
(A) Jharkhand
(B) Karnataka
(C) Orissa
(D) Chhattisgarh
99. The state with the highest population density is
(A) Kerala
(B) West Bengal
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttaranchal
