PSC HSST Junior Geography Model Questions and Answers
26. A researcher studies the effect of anxiety on students’ achievement. Which category of variable is anxiety?
(A) Control
(B) Dependent
(C) Independent
(D) Intervening
Answer: C
27. If a researcher sends a Questionnaire to every 5th person from the sample frame, sampling technique is :
(A) Cluster sampling
(B) Judgemental sampling
(C) Stratified sampling
(D) Systematic sampling
Answer: D
28. Qualitative research is characterized by :
(A) Context specificity
(B) Deductive
(C) Generalizability
(D) Hypotheses testing
Answer: A
29. What is ISSN?
(A) International Specific Series Number
(B) International Standard Serial Number
(C) International Standard Subscriber Number
(D) International Subscriber Standard Number
Answer: B
30. A research result that cannot be generalized is lacking in :
(A) External criticism
(B) External validity
(C) Internal criticism
(D) Internal validity
Answer: B
31. The person who enunciated the principle of Uniformitarianism
(A) James Hutton
(B) Penk
(C) V.M. Davis
(D) Huss
Answer: A
32. The largest division of the Geologic time scale :
(A) Division
(B) Eons
(C) Periods
(D) Epochs
Answer: B
33. The person associated with the concept of Isostasy :
(A) Airy
(B) Wegner
(C) W.M. Davis
(D) Hess
Answer: A
34. The process of temperature decrease due to the expansion of rising air is called as :
(A) Adiabatic cooling
(B) Inversion of temperature
(C) Adiabatic heating
(D) Latent heat of condensation
Answer: A
35. The percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere :
(A) 30%
(B) 25%
(C) 24%
(D) 21%
Answer: D
36. A line which connects points of equal wind speed :
(A) Isobar
(B) Isotach
(C) Isohaline
(D) Isopycnal
Answer: B
37. Which is the high cloud?
(A) Cirrus
(B) Altocumulus
(C) Altostratus
(D) Stratocumulus
Answer: A
38. The Humboldt Current is the ocean current of :
(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Atlantic Ocean
(C) Arctic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean
Answer: D
39. A sand or gravel bar that connect an island with another island or the mainland :
(A) Haffs
(B) Spits
(C) Hook
(D) Tombolo
Answer: D
40. The place or set of environmental condition in which a particular organism lives is called:
(A) Mutation
(B) Habitat
(C) Epiphyte
(D) Locality
Answer: B
41. The country which shares shortest border with India :
(A) Bangladesh
(B) China
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Nepal
Answer: C
42. A tributary of Krishna River :
(A) Musi
(B) Kolar
(C) Sabari
(D) Jonk
Answer: A
43. Which year is called ‘Demographic Divide’ in India?
(A) 1924
(B) 1921
(C) 1923
(D) 1920
Answer: B
44. The headquarter of North Eastern Railway Zone :
(A) New Delhi
(B) Guwahati
(C) Gorakhpur
(D) Kolkata
Answer: C
45. The plant TISCO located :
(A) Bihar
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Chattisgarh
(D) West Bengal
Answer: B
46. The land share of Kerala in India :
(A) 1.25%
(B) 1.66%
(C) 1.18%
(D) 2%
Answer: C
47. The largest coffee producing state in India :
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Assam
Answer: B
48. The Manchester of South India :
(A) Chennai
(B) Salem
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Coimbatore
Answer: D
49. The least populated district in Kerala according to 2011 Census :
(A) Wayanad
(B) Idukki
(C) Kasargod
(D) Alappuzha
Answer: A
50. The longest river in South India :
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Krishna
(C) Godavari
(D) Cauvery
Answer: C
