March 30, 2020

India & World – Geography – WBCS Main Question Paper

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India & World - Geography - WBCS Main Question Paper

wbcs main geography question paper

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2019

20. The southernmost point of India is ______, located at 6045′ N.

(A) Indira Point

(B) Kanniya Kumari

(D) Chennai

21. The National Air Monitoring Program was initiated by

(Central Pollution Control Board)

(A) National Disaster Management Agency

(B) State Pollution Control Board

(D) Indian Meteorological Department

25. The longest border of India is with ________ (4096 kilometers)

(A) Nepal

(B Bhutan

(D) Bangladesh

30. The famous earthquake of January 26, 2001 took place at _______

(Magnitude 7.7 Mw)

(A) Uttar Kashi

(B) Bhuj (Gujrat)

(D) Kinnaur

31. In the year _____ tsunami occurred in coastal areas of India.

(A) 2003

(B) 2006

(D) 2005

32. IMD has defined severe drought when deficiency of rainfall exceeds ______ of normal rainfall

(A) 25%

(B) 40%

(D) 75%

33. ________ is not a drought prone area.

(A) Kalahandi (Orrisa)

(B) Purulia (West Bengal)

(D) Assarm Valley (Assam)

34. In 2005, the Indian government enacted an act for prevention and mitigation of disaster. It is known as

(A) Disaster Prevention Act

(B) Disaster Mitigation Act

(D) None of the above

35. The National Fire Service college is located at

(1956)

(A) Ahmedabad

(B) Chennai

(D) Allahabad

36. _____ has one of the four training centers of National Disaster Response Force.

(A) Delhi

(B) Hyderabad

(D) Bhopal

83. India Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.

(A) 6 hours 30 minutes

(B) 4 hours 30 minutes

(D) 6 hours 15minutes

94. The Marwar plain is found in

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Gujrat

(D) Uttar Pradesh

98. ______ coastal plain stretches from Daman to Goa.

(A) Kerela

(B) Konkan

(D) Gujrat

108. India and Pakistan have boundary dispute over _____ creek.

(A) Sir

(B) Kari

(D) None of the above

121. ____ forecast flood in India.

(Central Water Commission)

(A) Indian Meteorological Department

(B) Central Flood Forecasting Organization

(D) None of the above

10. In the year 1988, India launched the first remote sensing satellite,

(sun-synchronous orbit)

(A) IRS-1A

(B) INSAT-1D

(D) None of the above

18. The basic objective of ______ is to provide all-weather connectivity to all villages.

(A) SGSY

(B) IAY

(D) PMGSY

38. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was launched in the year

(86th Amendment)

(A) 2000

(B) 2001

(D) 2003

109. By ______ amendment constitutional status was given to the Panchayat system.

(A) 74th

(B) 73th

(D) 62th

81. ‘100 Smart Cities Mission’ was launched by Indian Government in the year

(A) 2014

(B) 2015

(D) 2013

110. Integrated Urban Development Project was initiated during five-year plan.

(A) Fourth

(B) Fifth

(D) Seventh

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2018

151 A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses is called

(A) Strait

(B) Peninsula

(D) Isthmus

154. The longest sea beach in India is

(Chennai)

(A) Chapora beach

(B) Diu beach

(D) Marina beach

176. The famous Lagoon lake of India is

(A) Dal Lake

(B) Chilika Lake

(D) Manas Sarover

177. Where is Panzseer Valley situated?

(A) Lebanon

(B) Afghanistan

(D) Syria

178. Which of the following cities lies to the Western-most longitude?

(A) Jaipur

(B) Nagpur

(D) Hyderabad

180. Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands?

(A) Sn Lanka

(B) Myanmar

(D) Pakistan

181. 82 ¹/₂⁰ E longitude is geographically significant to India because

(A) it determine the Indian Standard time.

(B) it has a hearing on the tropical climate of India.

(D) it enables determining local lime in eastern India

183. Which of the following processes is responsible for producing the sand dunes in Western Rajasthan?

(A) Wind erosion

(B) Erosion by water

(D) Mechanical weathering

185. The standard time of a country differs from the GMT in multiples of

(A) Two hours

(B) One hour

(D) Four minutes

188. The approximate length of the coastline of India

(A) 5500km

(B) 6000km

(D) 7000km (7517 km)

190. which of the following cities/towns lies to the northern most latitude?

(A) Patna

(B) Allahabad

(D) Ahmedabad

191. The Andaman and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each other by

(A) Ten degree channel

(B) Great channel

(D) Andaman Sea

192. which of the following Indian state has the largest coastline?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Maharashtra

(D) Tamil Nadu

196. The coast that belongs to Kerala is known as

(A) Konkan coast

(B) Malabar coast

(D) Canara coast

197. The palk strait lies between

(A) Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar

(B) Andaman and Nicobar islands

(D) Lakshadweep and Maldives

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2017

135.Which one of the following is correctly matched in terms of hot springs in India?

(Parvati Valley)

(A) Manikaran – Himachal Pradesh

(B) Puga Valley – Jharkhand

(D) Sahasradhara – Madhya Pradesh

116. MacMohan Line is a boundary between

(A) India and China

(B)India and Bangladesh

(D) India and Afghanistan

137. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following states

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Chattisgarh

(D) Jharkhand

139.The shape of India is approximately a

(A) square

(B) triangular

(D) circular

140. Locationally India roughly occupies the central part of

(A) the western hemisphere

(B) the eastern hemisphere

(D) the southern hemisphere

124.Which pair of the following are twin-cities in India?

(A) Mumbai-Pune

(B) Hyderabad- Secunderabad

(D) Bengaluru – Mysuru

128. Which one of the following is a volcanic island in India?

(A) Amindivi

(B) Dadra

(D) Minicoy

134. In terms of relief the maximum area of India is covered under

(A) mountains

(B) hills

(D) plains

138.The Eight Degree Channel forms the boundary between

(A) Lakshadweep and Maldive islands

(B) Andaman and Nicobar islands

(D) The Arabin Sea and the Indian Ocean

167. A cold desert of India is

(A) Shillong Plateau

(B) Thar

(D) Laddakh

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2016

53. The largest area under waste land is in the state of :

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Rajasthan

69. The channel which separates Rameshwaram dwip from Indian main land :

(A) 9⁰ Channel

(B) 10⁰ Channel

(D) Pamban Channel

91. Which of the following coast has greatest number of lagoons ?

(A) Malabar coast

(B) Konkancoast

(D) Kathiawarcoast

96. Which one of the following is backwater port in the western coast of India ?

(A) Kandla

(B) Marmagaon

(D) Cochin

100. The state which has longest coastline is

(1215 km)

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Gujarat

(D) Kerala

105. Which one of the following channel divides Minicoy from Maldives ?

(A) 90 Channel

(B) 100 Channel

(D) Grand Channel

113. Lakshadweep is a

(A) barrier reef island

(B) fringing reef island

(D) volcanic island

129. McMohan Line is in between

(A) India and Pakistan

(B) India and Afghanistan

(D) Pakistan and Afghanistan

135. Pullicat lake is which type of lake ?

(2nd largest brackish water)

(A) Crater lake

(B) Salt lake

(D) Lagoon lake

139. ______ is a volcanic island of India.

(A) Narcadam

(B) New Moore

(D) Rameshwaram

148. Pulicut Lake is situated at the coast of

(A) Malabar coast

(B) Konkan coast

(D)None of the above

156. Palk Strait separates India from

(A) Pakistan

(B) China

(D) Maldives

158. Southern most point of Indian territory is :

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Lakshadeep

(D) Andaman and Nicobar islands

163. Which one of the following is the boundary between India and Sri Lanka ?

(1974, agreement)

(A) Gulf of Mannar

(B) Paik bay

(D) Malacca Strait

165. Which is the largest Salt water lake in India?

(A) Lonar Lake

(B) Pulicat Lake

(D) Wular Lake

188. Which one is the land locked state ?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Bihar

198.The channel which separates Car Nicobar from little Andaman is

(A) 90 Channel

(B) 80 Channel

(D) 70 Channel

147. ‘Diego Garcia’ is an island in the ocean

(A) Atlantic

(B) Pacific

(D) Arctic

43. On the basis of evidences emerging from the site of Kodumanal the beginning of urbanization in Tamil Nadu goes back to

(A) 800 BCE

(B) 500-400 BCE

(D) CE 200

52. Isogonic lines is the line of equal:

(A) Earth inclination

(B) Magnetic declination

(D) Magnetic inclination

200. Isohyets lines shows the distribution of on map.

(A) Temperature

(B) Rainfall

(D) Humidity

197. Who prepares the topographical maps of India ?

(1767)

(A) Geological Survey of India

(B) Survey of India

(D) Geographical Survey of India

161.The longest highway (N.H.) of India is

(NH 44, Leanth – 3,745 km)

(A) N.H.-2

(B) N.H.-1

(D) N.H.-7

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2015

33. Which one among the following statements is incorrect ?

(Now a, b, c are incorrect)

(a) Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir are having boundary touching maximum no. of Countries

(b) West Bengal has the highest population density

(d) Bihar has the lowest literates

34. Among the following cities which one is the nearest to the tropic of Cancer ?

(a) Delhi

(b) Kolkata

(d) Nagpur

38. Wular Lake of Kashmir is :

(fed by the Jhelum River)

(a) Ox-bow Lake

(b) Lake formed by tectonic activity

(d) Lake formed by continuous deposition of silt

80. The States which have common borders with China are :

1. Jammu & Kashmir

2. Sikkim

3. Arunachal Pradesh

4. Himachal Pradesh

(a) 1 & 3

(b) 2, 3 & 4

(d) 1, 2, 3 & 4

96. which of the following Islands of India has volcanic origin ?

(a) Car-Nicobar

(b) Barren

(d) Little Nicobar

1. Which of the following is not the agencies for carrying out the aerial Photography in India’?

(a) National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad

(b) Air survey Company (Private) Limited, Calcutta

(d) None of the above

21. Which one of the following is at the lowest height above the Mean Sea Level ?

(a) Delhi (216m)

(b) Jodhpur (231m)

(d) Nagpur (310m)

32. Which one of the following statements incorrect ?

(a) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambat

(b) Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India

(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under French Colonial Rule till 1954

(d) Goa attained full statehood in 1987

35. The World’s highest ground based Telescopic Observatory is located in .

(Atacama Desert, 5,640 m)

(a) Columbia

(b) India

(d) Chile

48. Vector and Raster data are used for

(a) Remote sensing application

(b) Geographical information system application

(d) All of the above

83. Which one of the following regions of the World is called ‘the bread basket of the world’?

(a) Temperate Grassland

(b) Tropical monsoonal region

(d) Mediterranean region

84. Which of the following percentage of solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere?

(a) 23%

(b) 16%

(d) 20%

90. How many kilometers are represented by 1 degree of latitude ?

(a) 211

(b) 111

(d) 131

91. The approximate Circumference of the Earth is :

(a) 23,000km

(b) 20,000 km

(d) 35,000km

92. The speed of rotation of the Earth is the highest :

(a) Along the Equator

(b) At the North Pole

(d) Along the Arctic Circle

2. The map in which distribution of different objects are shown by letter symbols are called

(a) Choroschematic maps

(b) Chorochromatic maps

(d) All of the above

49. Pie-diagram is best example of representation of

(a) Land use

(b) Distribution of population

(d) Crop production

50. The most appropriate symbol for representing urban centres on maps is

(a) Dots

(b) Circles

(d) None of the above

79. Which one of the following is not a GIS Software?

(a) ARCVIEW

(b) OAIRIS

(d) IMAGE ANALYST

93. Ecosystem has components :

(a) Plants and animals

(b) Weeds and trees

(d) Frogs and man

5. Dry point settlements are common in

(a) Deltas

(b) Mountain regions

(d) Plains

7. Settlements which grow along the road, river or a canal are

(a) Square settlements

(b) Rectangular settlements

(d) None of the above

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2014

55. The Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea came into being during

(a) Cretaceous of early tertiary period

(b) Middle or upper pleistocene period

(d) Pleistocene to Quatermary period

79. What is the difference of time between GMT and IST?

(a) 4 hours

(b) 4.30 hours

(d) 6.30 hrs.

60. Which ocean deeps is located in Indian Ocean?

(Sunda Trench – 7,450 m)

(a) Murray

(b) Tonga

(d) Mariana

72. Sustainable development was first clearly defined by the

(1983)

(a) Brundtland Commission

(b) Rio Conference

(d) World Bank

90. Which one is not a Green House Gas?

(a) Carbon dioxide

(b) Methane

(d) Hydro Oxide

91. When did India became a member of WTO?

(a) 1991

(b) 1994

(d) 1996

97. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

(a) PMGSY was initiated in 2000

(b) It is a part of rural infrastructure development programme

(d) It aims to connect all habitation in rural area