DPPGE: 11 March

1. Which place is surrounded by Seshchalam hills at  its north, Melagiris range at its south, Baba Budan hills at west and Nagari hills at its east

(a)    Kaveri falls
(b)    Hogennakkal falls
(c)    Banglore Plateau
(d)     Nandyal Valley

2. Match the following:

List-l                                         List-I}

A. Semang                      I .     Temperate grassland
B. Masai                       2.     Savannah grassland
C.  Bushmen                    3.     Equatorial forests
D. Kirghiz                       4~     Hot deserts

Codes:
A          B             C            D
(a) 1             4             2             3
(b) 3             2             4             1
(c) 2             2             4             3
(d) 3             4.            2             1

3. Consider the following tribes:
1.     Masai                         2. Kirghiz
3 .    Bore
Which of the above are nomadic herders?
(a) 1 and 2 only               (b)    2 and 3 only
(c) 1  and 3 only               (d)    1, 2 and 3

4. Which  one  of  the  following  pairs  is  not  correctly matched?

(a)  Bandung                    :        Java Island
(b) Bangkok                     :       Mekong River
(c) Denpasa                     :       Bali Island
(d) Mandalay                   :       Irrawady River

5. When river is  overloaded with fine  sediments and river water is lighter than the seawater, which type of  delta  is  formed?

(a) Arcuate  delta
(b) Bird-foot  delta
(c) Truncated delta
(d) Estuarine  delta

6. Boulder clay is a feature associated with which one of the  following?

(a)  Mechatlical  weathering
(b) Mass  movement
(c) River  deposition
(d) Glacial  deposition

7. From  east  to  west,  which  one  of  the  following sequences  of  cities  of  Canada  is  correct?

(a) Quebec- Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto
(b) Montreal-Quebec- Ottawa,Toronto
(c) Quebec-Montreal-Toronto- Ottawa
(d) Montreal-Quebec-Toronto-Ottawa

8. San  Andreas  fault  passes  through  which  of  the following?

(a) Beaufort  Sea and Rocky Mountains
(b) Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco and Gulf of  California
(c) Bering Strait and Alaska Range
(d) Mackenzie Mountains and Western Cordillera

9. Consider the following  statements:

1. Intrusive  igneous  rocks tend to have  larger mineral  crystals  than  extrusive  igneous  rocks.
2. Vast. majority of sedimentary rocks are nonelastic.
3. Shale  is  the finest  grained elastic  sedimentary rock.
Which  of  the  statements  given  above  is / are correct ?
(a) 1  only                        (b)  2 and 3  only
(c) 1  and  3  only            (d)  1, 2 and  3

10. Which of the following set of rivers which flow to west coast of Karnataka?

(a)    Kalindi, Redti, Shravati, Sita
(b)     Chanora, Manavi, Kalindi, Redti
(c)    Netravati, Kumarraadhar, Pavasuini, Kabana
(d)     Kalindi, Sita, Pulantod , Gayatri