Geography previous Year Questions 2014

1. With reference to ‘Changpa Community of India, consider the following statement: (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. They live mainly in the State of Uttarakhand.
2. They rear the Pashmina goats that yield fine wool.
3. They are kept in the category of Scheduled Tribes.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the vegetative propagation of plants? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. Vegetative propagation produces clonal populations.
2. Vegetative propagation helps in eliminating the virus.
3. Vegetative propagation can be practised most of the year.

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3. The seasonal reversal of winds is the typical characteristic of (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

4. Consider these pairs(UPSC/ IAS 2014)

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

5. Consider the following rivers: (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. Barak
2. Lohit
3. Subansiri

Which of the above flows / flow through Arunachal Pradesh?

6. Which one of the following pairs of islands is separated from each other by the ‘Ten Degree Channel’? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

7. Which of the following phenomena might have influenced the evolution of organisms? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. Continental drift
2. Glacial cycles

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8. Turkey is located between (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

9. What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following cities in South-East Asia as one proceeds from south to north? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. Bangkok
2. Hanoi
3. Jakarta
4. Singapore

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10. Consider the following pairs

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

11. Consider the following pairs :

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

12. Which of the following adds/add carbon dioxide to the carbon cycle on the planet Earth? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. Volcanic action
2. Respiration
3. Photosynthesis
4. Decay of organic matter

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13. If you travel through the Himalayas, you are likely to see which of the following plants naturally grow there? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. Oak
2. Rhododendron
3. Sandalwood

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14. Which of the following are some important pollutants released by the steel industry in India? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. Oxides of sulphur
2. Oxides of nitrogen
3. Carbon monoxide
4. Carbon dioxide

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15. Recently, a series of uprisings of people referred to as ‘Arab Spring’ originally started from (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

16. With reference to two non-conventional energy sources called ‘coalbed methane’ and ‘shale gas’, consider the following ‘statements: (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

1. Coalbed methane is the pure methane gas extracted from coal seams, while shale gas is a mixture of propane and butane only that can be extracted from fine-grained sedimentary rocks.
2. In India, abundant coalbed methane sources exist, but so far no shale gas sources have been found.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

17. Consider the following pairs :

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? (UPSC/ IAS 2014)

18. Consider the following pairs :

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?