PSC HSST Junior Geography Model Questions and Answers

51. The supporter of Pragmatism :
(A) Plato
(B) Raztel
(C) John Dewey
(D) Soren Kierkegaard
Answer: C

52. The book Almagest was written by :
(A) Ptolemy
(B) Huntington
(C) Semple
(D) Frobel
Answer: A

53. The ‘T-in-O’ map was constructed during the period of :
(A) Modern period
(B) Early Medieval period
(C) Ancient period
(D) Late Medieval period
Answer: B

54. The Heartland Theory is the contribution of :
(A) Ratzel
(B) Emmanuel Kant
(C) D.M. Davis
(D) Halford John Mackinder
Answer: D

55. The person who first attempted to calculate the circumference of the earth :
(A) Eratosthenes
(B) Strabo
(C) Herodotus
(D) Aristotle
Answer: A

56. The supporter Stop and Go Determinism :
(A) Blache
(B) Al-Masudi
(C) Griffith Taylor
(D) Jean Brunhes
Answer: C

57. Who invented the instrument ‘Astrolabe’ for the determination of latitudes and longitudes?
(A) Ptolemy
(B) Eratosthenes
(C) Homer
(D) Hipparchus
Answer: D

58. The approach which describes physical setting is the more dominant factor than human is:
(A) Possibilism
(B) Determinism
(C) Social Darwinism
(D) Stop and Go Determinism
Answer: B

59. The book of Thomas Kuhn :
(A) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
(B) Historical memoir
(C) Outline of geography
(D) Almagest
Answer: A

60. The father of Exceptionalism in geography :
(A) Strabo
(B) Huntington
(C) Emmanuel Kant
(D) Hutton
Answer: C

61. The lines which connect places of same rainfall :
(A) Isochrones
(B) Isohyets
(C) Isotherms
(D) Isohels
Answer: B

62. Data that describe the characteristic of spatial features :
(A) Non spatial data
(B) Colour data
(C) Discrete data
(D) Attribute data
Answer: D

63. A spatial data model that uses a grid to represent the spatial variation of a feature :
(A) Vector data model
(B) Raster data model
(C) Spatial model
(D) Relational data model
Answer: B

64. Data that provide information about spatial data :
(A) Meta data
(B) Vector data
(C) Raster data
(D) Digital data
Answer: A

65. Processes of superimposing two or more images or photographs so that equivalent geographic point coincide is called :
(A) Referencing
(B) Redundancy
(C) Registration
(D) Refraction
Answer: C

66. Which is the large scale map?
(A) Wall map
(B) Atlas map
(C) Thematic map
(D) Cadastral map
Answer: D

67. International map projections is a modification of :
(A) Bonnes projection
(B) Polyconic projection
(C) Stereographic projection
(D) Orthographic projection
Answer: B

68. The process of converting raster line into vector lines through tracing is called as :
(A) Polarization
(B) Scanning
(C) Vectorization
(D) Data formatting
Answer: C

69. The Hythergraph is used to show the distribution of :
(A) Temperature and Rainfall
(B) Humidity and Temperature
(C) Rainfall and Crops
(D) Snowfall
Answer: A

70. A sub-field of mathematic that is applied in GIS to ensure that the spatial relationships between features are expressed explicitly is known as :
(A) Taxonomy
(B) Topology
(C) Topostudy
(D) Toponomism
Answer: B

71. The term used to indicate the stage of world urbanization :
(A) Megalopolis
(B) Metropolis
(C) Ecumonopolis
(D) Tyranopolis
Answer: C

72. The hypothetical pattern of multiple nuclei theory was developed by :
(A) Harris and Ullman
(B) Homer Hoyt
(C) R.M. Hurd
(D) E.W. Burgess
Answer: A

73. The concept ‘Umland’ means :
(A) Land around industry
(B) Land around slum
(C) Land around village
(D) Land around a city
Answer: D

74. An example for ghost city :
(A) Harappa
(B) Raipur
(C) Jaipur
(D) Bhopal
Answer: A

75. According to Christaller, K 7 in the hierarchy of central places theory stands for :
(A) Marketing principle
(B) Transportation principle
(C) Administrative principle
(D) Trade principle
Answer: C