MP Public Service Commission (Pre)-2008 Held on 11-01-2009 Solved General Knowledge Questions

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

Solved General Knowledge Questions

Q. Which of the following states of India has the highest sex ratio ?

• Chhattisgarh
• Kerala
• Tamil Nadu
• Nagaland

Q. Which one of the following Indian cities has population more than 50 lakh, as per the census of 2001 ?

• Rajkot
• Ludhiana
• Jaipur
• Hyderabad

Q. Which of the following states does not have common boundary with Madhya Pradesh ?

• Gujarat
• Rajasthan
• Jharkhand
• Bihar

Q. Which of the following landforms is not found in Madhya Pradesh ?

• Betul Plateau
• Pulicat Lake
• Bharner Mountain Range
• Kaimur Hills

Q. The ‘Bad land’ landform is found in—

• Thar desert
• Chambal valley
• Sundarban delta
• Gulf of Kachchh

Q. Which state of India is the largest producer of diamond ?

• Madhya Pradesh
• Chhattisgarh
• Jharkhand
• Rajasthan

Q. Which of the following pairs is not correct ?

• Assam—Magh Bihu
• Haryana—Tea Festival
• Punjab—Hola Mohalla
• Madhya Pradesh—Fair of Nagaji

Q. Which state is the only producer of tin in India ?

• West Bengal
• Jammu and Kashmir
• Assam
• Madhya Pradesh

Q. The total number of districts in Madhya Pradesh is—

• 25
• 48
• 47
• 37

Q. What is the name of handicrafts emporia centres of Madhya Pradesh ?

• Koel
• Mayur
• Kingfisher
• Mriganayanee

Q. Which ocean, according to Wegener, surrounded Pangaea on all sides ?

• Panthalassa
• Indian Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Arctic Ocean

Q. Many island arcs and peripheral trenches of the Pacific Ocean are the result of—

• The convergence of two continental plates
• The convergence of a continental plate and an oceanic plate
• The convergence of two oceanic plates
• None of the above

Q. Exfoliation is most active—

• in regions where frost occurs regularly
• in limestone areas
• at high altitudes
• in arid or semi-arid regions, which have a large diurnal range of temperature

Q. Which of the following landforms is not formed by weathering ?

• Rift valley
• Crevasses
• Talus
• Yardang

Q. Which of the following is not a process of river erosion ?

• Hydraulic action
• Deflation
• Corrosion
• Attrition

Q. Which of the following landforms is formed by glacier ?

• Tarn
• Lagoon
• Lappies
• Doline

Q. With what are the Inselberg and Hamada associated ?

• Glacial erosion
• Wind erosion
• River erosion
• Wind deposition

Q. Which of the following is a Caldera lake ?

• Lake Chilka
• Lake Pulicat
• Lake Toba
• None of these

Q. Which instrument is used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake ?

• Seismograph
• Hythergraph
• Altimeter
• None of these

Q. Which of the following pairs is correct ?

• Alfred Wegener—Plate Tectonics
• Archdeacon pratt—Continental Drift Theory
• William Moris Davis—Geographical Cycle of Erosion
• Walter Penck—Theory of Isostasy

Q. Which of the following is an example of volcanic mountains ?

• Rockies
• Fujiyoma
• Salt range
• Caucasus

Q. The example of an intermontane plateau is—

• The Plateau of Bolivia
• The Plateau of Antrim
• The Deccan Plateau
• The Plateau of Pantagonia

Q. Monadnocks are situated in—

• Mountain
• Fold mountain
• Peneplain
• Loess plain

Q. That layer of the atmosphere, where ozone gas is found—

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

Q. Radiant energy from the sun that strikes the earth is called—

• Solar constant
• Insolation
• Heat budget
• Terrestrial radiation