2. 1. What is the main occupation of the people of Dantrai?
1.Animal rearing
2.Farming
3.Lumbering
4.Agro forestry
3. 2. What is the drainage pattern of grid 6828? ?
a.Radial drainage pattern
b.Dendritic drainage pattern
c.Disappearing drainage pattern
d.Trellis drainage pattern
4. 3. What is the meaning of 3r printed on the map extract?
a. The relative height of the tank is 3 m.
b. The relative height of the embankment of the dry tank is 3 m.
c. The relative depth of the tank is 3 m.
d. The relative depth of the embankment of the dry tank is 3 m.
5. 4. Two manmade features in grid 4333 are –
a.Overhead tank and temporary huts.
b.Ayurvedic hospital and police station.
c.Cart- track and police station.
d.Agricultural land and post – office.
6. 5. This water – body is a man- made feature
that is found near the agricultural lands and
that stores water from a canal.
a.Well b. Diggi
b.River d. Tank
6. The black curved lines in grid square 6726 are
a.Sand dune
b.Rock outcrop
c.Broken ground
d.well
7. 7. Which grid receives scanty rainfall/ it
has less fertile soil/ underground water
table is at a greater depth?
a.6628
b.6728
c.6828
d.6726
8. What does 180 denote on the map extract?
a.Relative height of the embankment.
b.Contour line
c.Contour interval
d.Disappearing stream
8. 9. What is the black
vertical line between 43
and 44 Easting?
a.A line of latitude
b.A line of longitude
c.An Easting
d.A Northing
9. 10. What is the direction of
the river?
a.Towards South West
b.Towards South East
c.Towards North East
d.Towards North West
10. 11. How is laterite soil formed?
a.Percolation of the nutrients
b.Disintegration of crystalline rocks
c.Decomposition of organic matter
d.Breaking of metamorphic rocks
11. 12. Name the type of climate
experienced in India.
a. Tropical Cyclonic type
b.Temperate Monsoon type
c.Tropical Monsoon type
d.Subtropical Monsoon
12. Why Black soil is called self-ploughing soil?
a. Moisture retentive
b. Cracks when dry
c. Sticky when wet
d. All of the above
13. Why Black soil is called self-
ploughing soil?
a.Moisture retentive
b.Cracks when dry
c.Sticky when wet
d.All of the above
13. 14. Identify the conservation method shown in the
picture
a.Shelterbelts
b.Contour bunding.
c.Step farming
d.Crop rotation
14. 15. The Malabar coast receives very heavy rainfall in the
month of June, the Coromandel coast is dry due to
a.The Bay of Bengal Branch of South West Monsoon is
parallel to the Coromandel Coast
b.The Arabian Sea Branch of South west Monsoon loses most
of its moisture by the time it reaches Coromandel Coast
c.The North East Monsoon brings rain to the Coromandel
Coast.
d.None of the above
15. 16. Western Rajasthan receives no rainfall from
the South West Monsoon Winds Arabian Sea
Branch
a.It lies on the leeward side of Aravallis.
b.It is in the interiors
c.The South West Monsoon Winds Arabian Sea
Branch run parallel to Aravalli
d.The winds have shed their moisture in
Gujarat.
16. 17. Name the most extensive forest
of India.
a.Thorn and scrub forest
b.Deciduous
c.Evergreen
d.Tidal forest
17. 18. Red soil is red in colour due to
a.Presence of ferric oxides.
b.Abundance of magnesium.
c.presence of phosphates.
d.Accumulated humus.
18. 19. Which of the following soil is
most suitable for dry farming?
a.Laterite soil.
b.Red Soil.
c.Alluvial soil.
d.Black Soil.
19. 20. Name the forest found in the
Sundarbans.
a.Evergreen Forest
b.Littoral Forest
c.Deciduous Forest
d.Alpine Forest
20. 21. Tank irrigation is prevalent in
South India
a.The rivers are rain fed.
b.The hard rocks do not absorb water
c.The terrain of the Deccan Plateau is
uneven
d.All of the above
21. 22. Why do inundation canals have limited
use?
a.They are taken out from a perennial river.
b.They get waters only when the rivers are
in flood.
c.They are constructed to store rainwater
d.It occupies lot of space.
22. 23. Modern means of irrigation are gaining
popularity.
a.These are expensive methods of
irrigation.
b.There is no loss of water by evaporation
c.There is loss of water by seepage
d.They require low maintenance.
23. 24. What is rainwater harvesting?
a.Artificial supply of water to fields.
b.Increasing recharge of groundwater
by collecting and storing rainwater.
c.Conservation of soil and water.
d.None of the above.
24. 25. Reforestation is
a.Planting trees on land which are not
previously covered with forest.
b.Clearing or thinning of forests.
c.Practice of growing trees on farm land
to produce saleable products.
d.Re-establishing a forest by planting
trees in an area from which forest
25. Month JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Temp℃ 24.5 25.7 27.7 30.4 33 32.5 31 30.2 29.8 28 25.9 24.7
Rainfall
(cm)
4.6 1.3 1.3 1.8 3.8 4.5 8.7 11.3 11.9 30.6 35.0 13.9
26. Calculate the annual
range of the temperature.
a.5.5o C
b.6.5o C
c.7.5o C
d.5.60 C
27. Where does the region
lie?
a.East coast
b.West Coast.
c.NE India.
d.NW India
26. 28. Which of the following is not the
characteristic of Retreating Monsoon?
a.Blows from North East to South West.
b.Gives rainfall to Western coast
c.Signifies the withdrawal of South West
Monsoon
d.They are comparatively drier winds.
27. 29. Deltaic Alluvium is found in
a.Plains of Indus
b.Plains of Gujarat
c.Deltas of Ganga -Brahmaputra
d.Peninsular India.
28. 30. The South East Trade Winds deflect
after crossing the Equator to form South
West Monsoon winds due to the
phenomena
a.Carioles Effect
b.Centrifugal effect
c.Tides
d.Gravitational Pull
29. 31. Punjab gets winter rainfall from
a.North East Monsoon Winds
b.South West Monsoon Winds Arabian
Sea Branch
c.Western Disturbances
d.South West Monsoon Winds Bay Of
Bengal Branch
30. 32. Identify the method of erosion. It is the last stage
of erosion.
a.Sheet erosion.
b.Gully erosion
c.Rill Erosion
d.Shore erosion
31. 33. Red Soil is formed due to
a.Deposition of sediments by river.
b.Weathering of lava rocks.
c.Prolonged weathering of crystalline
rocks.
d.Leaching.
32. 34. Toys are made using the wood of
___________
a.Toon
b.Semul
c.Shisam
d.Deodar
33. 35. Which place in India
experiences minimum temperature
during winter?
a.Ajmer
b.Dras near Kargil
c.Kashmir
d.Darjeeling
34. 36. Which of the following types of
soil contains kankar, pebbles and
gravels?
a.Khadar
b.Bhangar
c.Black
d.Laterite
35. 37. Which soil is found in the shaded
region?
a. Alluvial Soil
b. Red Soil
c. Black Soil
d. Laterite Soil
38. How is this type of soil formed?
a.Formed by deposition of silt brought down by rivers.
b.Formed by weathering of lava rocks.
c.Formed by Leaching.
d.Formed by weathering of alluvium.
36. 39. Tropical Deserts have stunted
trees because of
a.Paucity of rainfall
b.Temperature is between 10℃ to
15℃.
c.Rainfall is above 200cm.
d.None of the above
37. 40. Inclined Plane method is a method
of lifting water from the wells, it is also
known as
a.Persian Wheel method
b.Lever Method
c.Mhote Method
d.Tube well.
