ASSERTION (A) : The sea water is more saline in tropical areas.RE

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11.

ASSERTION (A) : The sea water is more saline in tropical areas.

REASON (R) : Salinity of seawater is dependent on temperature and fresh-water mixing.

  • (A) is true , (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true .

  • Both (A) and (R) are true

  • Both (A) and (R) are wrong


C.

Both (A) and (R) are true


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12.

Which one of the following is different from the other three on the basis of their location ?

  • Canaries current

  • Benguala current

  • Guinea current

  • Labrador current


13.

LIST I

(Concept)

LIST II

(Propounder/Author)

(a) Erdkunde (i) Humboldt
(b) Kosmos (ii) Ritter
(c) Chorology (iii) Hettner
(d) Areal differentiation (iv) Richtofen
  • a-i , b-ii , c-v , d-iv

  • a-ii , b-i , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iv , d-v

  • a-ii , b-i , c-v , d-iii


14.

LIST I

(Books)

LIST II

(Authors)

(a) Explanations in Geography (i) R.J. Johnston
(b) Principles of Geomorphology (ii) W.D. Thornbury
(c) Geography & Geographers (iii) D.M. Smith
(d) Where the grass is greener (iv) David Harvey
  • a-iv , b-ii , c-i , d-iii

  • a-ii , b-iv , c-iii , d-i

  • a-iii , b-iv , c-ii , d-i

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv


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15.

ASSERTION (A) : The work on Geography of Strabo was largely an encyclopedic description of the world known to the Greeks.

REASON (R) : Strabo's book had laid down a clear foundation for chorological writing in geography .

  • Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  • Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  • (A) is true but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true.


16.

The correct sequence of the advent of the following geographers :

  • Ritter - Humboldt - Richtofen - Ratzel

  • Humboldt - Ritter - Ratzel - Richtofen

  • Humboldt - Ritter - Richtofen - Ratzel

  • Ritter - Humboldt - Ratzel - Richtofen


17.

Which one of the population theories / models postulates a necessary casual link between modrenisation on the one hand and fertility and mortality reduction on the other ?

  • Malthusian model

  • Communist-Socialist theory

  • DEMOGRAPHIC Transition theory

  • Neo-Malthusian model


18.

The regularity between the sizes of cities and their rank was the first noted by

  • Jefferson

  • Zipf

  • Christaller

  • Auerbach


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19.

The zones and strata theory pertaining to the origin and diffusion of human races was propounded by

  • Ripley

  • Taylor

  • Huntington

  • Baker


20.

According to Burgess , which of the following sequences of the concentric zones of cities from the centre to the outer limit is correct ?

  • CBD , Zone of transition , Residential zone , Zone of worker's home , Commuters zone

  • Residential zone , CBD , Zone of transition , Commuter's zone , Zone of worker's home

  • Residential Zone , Zone of transition , CBD , Zone of worker's home , Commuter's zone

  • CBD , Zone of transition , Zone of worker's home , Residential zone , Commuter's zone


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