Geography – WBPSC Miscellaneous Preliminary Question Paper

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)

22. 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

 

52. Jhelum is an important river of

(A) Jammu and Kashmir        

(B) Punjab       

(C) Haryana       

(D) Rajasthan

 

58. The river Ajoy flows between

(A) Damodar and Rupnarayan

(B) Rupnarayan and Kangsabati

(C) Subarnarekha and Rupnarayan

(D) Damodar and Mayurakshi

 

67. The highest peak in India is

(A) Nandadevi        

(B) Kanchenjunga        

(C) Karakoram      

(D) Everest

 

70. The largest town on the river Ganga is

(A) Kanpur         

(B) Delhi       

(C) Lucknow         

(D) Kolkata

 

72. The highest plateau in India is

(A)  Tibet       

(B) Pamir       

(C) Ladakh       

(D) Pirpanjal

 

76. Rourkela iron and steel industry is located on the river

(A) Mahanadi       

(B) Godavari       

(C) Koel       

(D) Brahmani

 

96. 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

 

98. The largest steel plant in India is

(A) Jamshedpur       

(B) Bokaro       

(C) Durgapur        

(D) Bhilai

 

 

Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2011

25. The Government of India proposes to establish the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in which State?      

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Chhattisgarh

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Jharkhand

 

27. The word ‘Bergschrund‘ is associated with the

(A) Works of rivers

(B) Works of winds

(C) Works of glaciers

(D) Works of waves

 

33. Tungabhadra is a tributary of      

(A) Krishna river

(B) Cauvery river

(C) Godavari river

(D) Mahanadi river

 

40. The nearest planet to the Sun is      

(A) Mars

(B) Venus

(C) Mercury

(D) Saturn

 

47. The Siachen Glacier is situated in which mountain range?      

(A) Himalayan Range

(B) Pamir Range

(C) Karakoram Range

(D) Pir Panjal Range

56. Between Elburz and Zagroslies   

(A) Arabian Plateau

(B) Tibetan Plateau

(C) Anatolian Highland

(D) Iranian Plateau

 

58. True desert in Rajasthan  is known as

(A) Bagar

(B) Khadar

(C) Marusthali

(D) Rohilkhand

 

67. 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

 

81. Which of the following states was previously known as NEFA?

(A) Nagaland

(B) Manipur

(C) Mizoram

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

 

86. Aphelion position of the earth occurs on

(A) July 4

(B) January 3

(C) March 21

(D) September 23

 

98. 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

8. Duncan Passage lies between

(A) Andaman and Nicobar

(B) South Andaman and Little Andaman

(C) Amindivi and Lakshadweep Islands

(D) Little Andaman and Nicobar

 

9. ‘Marusthali’ is situated in

(A) Karnataka

(B) Gujarat

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Madhya Pradesh

 

11. Which of the ports of India is the main outlet for tea export?

(A) Mumbai

(B) Kolkata

(C) Cochin

(D) Paradeep

 

12. The Indian Peninsula is getting narrower and narrower losing itself into

(A) Cochin

(B) Rameswaram

(C) Visakhapatnam

(D) Kanyakumari

 

13. Geostationary satellite revolves round the earth from

(A) East to West

(B) West to East

(C) North to South

(D) South to North

 

42. Which of the following has the oldest rocks in India?

(A) The Himalayas 

(B) The Indo-Gangetic Plains

(C) The Aravallis

(D) The Shiwaliks

 

43. Which of the following soils is favourable for the cultivation of cotton?

(A) Red soil

(B) Regur

(C) Alluvial soil

(D) Laterite

 

69. Which of the following pairs is correct?

(A) Maharashtra-Paradip

(B) Tamil Nadu-Mangalore

(C) Gujarat-Kandla

(D) Karnataka-Tuticorin

 

70. McMohan Line demarcates the boundary between

(A) India and Pakistan

(B) India and China

(C) India and Nepal

(D) India and Bangladesh

 

98. ‘Chhatimtala’ is a famous spot in

(A) Banaras Hindu University

(B) Burdwan University

(C) University of Calcutta

(D) Visva Bharati University