madhya pradesh psc general knowledge model question papers, mppsc general knowledge sample questions

MP Public Service Commission (Pre)-2008
Held on 11-01-2009

Solved General Knowledge Questions

Q. The maximum annual range of temperature occurs over—

• Poles
• Near the equator
• Coastal regions
• Asia and North America at latitude 60°N

Q. Which of the following are horse latitudes ?

• 30°to 35°latitudes in both the hemispheres
• 10°North latitude
• 60°latitude
• None of the above

Q. Which of the following statements is not true ?

• When the temperature of air increases, the pressure of air decreases
• When the temperature of air decreases, the pressure of air increases
• A rising thermometer shows a falling barometer
• When air rises, the pressure of air increases

Q. Which pair is incorrect ?

• Fohn—Dry and warm wind
• Chinook —Snow eater
• Mistral —Winter season
• Bora —North America

Q. Which of the following is not a cyclone ?

• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Typhoon
• Sirocco

Q. Which one of the following is not erosional land form of wind ?

• Cirque
• Inselberg
• Mushroom rock
• Zeugen

Q. Which type of rainfall occurs over north-west India during winter season ?

• Cyclonic rainfall
• Orographic rainfall
• Convectional rainfall
• Anticyclonic rainfall

Q. In which of the spheres of the atmosphere temperature decreases at the rate of 6.5° centigrade with a height of one thousand meters ?

• Mesosphere
• Ionosphere
• Ozonosphere
• Troposphere

Q. Ratio between water and land on the earth is —

• Q : 22
• 71 : 29
• Q : 20
• 20 : Q

Q. The northern hemisphere is called as—

• The land hemisphere
• The water hemisphere
• Water planet
• None of these

Q. The ocean’s greatest depth is—

• Aleutian Trench
• Japan Trench
• Mariana Trench
• Java Trench

Q. The zone of highest salinity is—

• The tropical zone of the sea
• The temperate zone of the sea
• The polar zone of the sea
• None of the above

Q. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current ?

• Kurushio current
• California current
• Okhotsk current
• Falkland current

Q. Which one of the following is an example of coral island ?

• Ellice
• Barren
• Krakatao
• Sandwich

Q. Which one of the following is an activity of the Eskimos and Lapps ?

• Agriculture
• Plantation agriculture
• Hunting and fishing
• None of these

Q. Bushman is associated with—

• Kalahari desert
• Congo basin
• Himalaya mountains
• Malwa plateau

Q. Which one of the following is not a habitat of the Santhals ?

• West Bengal
• Orissa
• Jharkhand
• Punjab

Q. Which state of India has the highest percentage of scheduled tribe population ?

• Mizoram
• Nagaland
• Meghalaya
• Assam

Q. Which continent has the highest growth of population ?

• Africa
• South America
• Europe
• Asia

Q. Which is not a sparsely populated area ?

• Cold Polar Region
• Sahara
• South-Eastern Asia
• Kalahari

Q. Which one of the following has maximum farm-houses ?

• India
• United States of America
• China
• Japan

Q. Which one of the following is a mining city ?

• Kalgoorlie
• Oxford
• Singapore
• Islamabad

Q. Which one of the following pairs is correct ?

• Concentric Zone Theory—E.W. Burgess
• Sector Theory—Alfred Weber
• Multi-Nuclei Theory—Homer Hoyt
• Fused Growth Theory—Griffith Taylor

Q. The largest producer of rice in the world is—

• India
• Sri Lanka
• China
• Bangladesh

Q. Which one of the following geographical conditions is not favorable for wheat cultivation ?

• 10°C temperature at the time of sowing
• Loamy soils
• More than 250 cm annual rainfall
• Level land