Physical & World Geography – WBCS Main Question Paper

Physical Geography WBCS Main Question Paper

Physical Geography WBCS Main Question Paper

WBCS Main Question Paper – 2020

130. With reference to Indian forests, consider the following pairs:

1. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest: Sandalwood (Santalum album)

2. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests: (Shorea robusta)

3. Tropical Thorn Forests : Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo)

    Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(A) 1 only

(B) 1 and 2

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 2 and 3

135. Which of the following is known as placer deposits?

(A) Metals that occur as sandy deposits in sands of sea floor.

(B) Minerals that occur as alluvial deposit in sand of valley floor.

(C) Metals that occur as sandy deposit in sand of land floor.

(D) None of the above

177. Site refers to the

(A) external features of a place.

(B) precise location of the centre of a city.

(C) proximity to natural resources or transportation routes.

(D) internal locational attributes of place.

181. The minimum forest cover necessary to maintain ecological balance is

(A) 50% of the total land area.

(B) 40% of the total land area.

(C) 33% of the total land area.

(D) 25% of the total land area.