CSP-2015: World Geography Test-3 Dt.28.02.2015

CSP-2015: World Geography Test-3 Dt.28.02.2015

Instructions

1.    Attempt all 50 questions.

2.    All questions carry equal marks

3.    Maximum marks:100

4.    Time allowed: 60 minutes

5.    Negative marking as per UPSC rules 

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1. Consider the following statements 

          1. The highest population density in North American continent is found in Cuba.

          2. Canada is the most populous State in North America 

          3. The North Eastern part of USA makes up highest density of population due to heavy

              Industrialization, fertile soil and suitable climate. 

          4. In the North America, the lowest population density is found in Canada

Which of the above are major fishing zones of North America?

a.    1 and 3            b. 1, 2 and 3                   c. 1, 3 and 4              d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 

2. Consider the following pairs

	Tribe	Habitat/Distribution
1	Bedouins	South West Asia
2	Berber	North Africa
3	Fulani	West Africa
4	Masai	East Central Africa

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1 and 2              b. 1 and 3          c. 1, 2, 3 and 4              d. 2, 3 and 3           

3. Consider the following pairs

	Tribe	Habitat/Distribution
1	Maoris	Australia
2	Arunta	New Zealand
3	Semang	Malaysia
4	Dayak Tribe	Singapore

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1 and 2              b. Only 3                   c. 3 and 4                d. Only 4             

4. Consider the following pairs

	Tribe	House name
1	Bedouins	Khaima
2	Inuit	Igloo
3	Kirghiz	Yurt
4	Masai	Karaal

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

     a. 1 and 2                b. 1 and 3                 c. 1, 2, 3 and 4              d. 2, 3 and 3  

5. Consider the following statements regarding “Yazidis”

         1. Yazidies is a Kurdish religious group of people mostly concentrated in the Northern 

             Iraq

         2. Their esoteric faith dates back 4000 years and incorporates Sufi practices and more

              recently Christian baptism     

         3. They predominantly believe in angels, especially, “a peacock angel” and do certain 

             acts  to please them which led to people calling them as “devil worshippers”

          4. Their population is restricted to Iraq, Syria and Turkey only

Which of the above statements are true?

         a. 1 and 2                b. 1, 2 and 3                 c. 1, 2, 3 and 4              d. 2, 3 and 3 

6.  Consider the following statements

         1. Veddas are the indigenous ethnic group living in Sri Lanka

         2. Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Aimaq, Turkmen and Baloch are minority ethnic 

              groups are located in Pakistan. 

Which of the above statements are true?

a.    Only 1              b. Only 2            c. Both 1 and 2           d. Neither 1 nor 2

7. Which of the following countries is NOT located in the highly density zone of the World?

         a. Indonesia                                    b. USA

         c. Netherlands                                d.  Algeria   

8. Consider the following mega cities of the world

        1. Tokyo

        2. New Delhi

        3. Shanghai

        4. Mexico City

        5. Sao Paulo

Arrange the above mega cities in the ascending order of their population.

   a. .1, 2, 3, 4 and 5        b. 1, 3, 2, 4 and 5        c. 3, 1, 5, 2 and 4            d. 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1

  

9. Consider the following statements

         1. In 2014, 28 megacities were home to 453 million people and account for 12 percent 

            of   the world’s urban dwellers.

         2. In 2014, around 505 million people in the more developed regions were living in 

             urban Settlements with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants

Which of the above statements are true?

a.    Only 1              b. Only 2            c. Both 1 and 2           d. Neither 1 nor 2

10. Consider the following statements

         1. Most of the cities with low population growth rates between 1990 and 2014 are 

             found in  Europe, North America and Eastern Asia.

         2. The number cities which have lost population during 1990 to 2014 are on the rise 

              and   they are located mostly in Russian Federation and Europe

Which of the above statements are true?

a.    Only 1              b. Only 2            c. Both 1 and 2           d. Neither 1 nor 2

11. Population density is measured by number of people living in a square kilometer. Which of the following areas has the lowest population density?

           a. Equator region

           b. Temperate region

           c. Industrialized zones or Regions 

           d. River valleys

12. Consider the following trends in the urban population of the world

         1. In 2014, 54% of the world’s population residing in urban areas as against 30% in 

             1950.

         2. The urban population in Asia and Africa is 48 and 40 % respectively in 2014

         3. Africa and Asia are home to nearly 90 per cent of the world’s rural population.

         4. Asia is home to 53 per cent of the world’s urban population, followed by Europe, 

           Latin  America and the Caribbean.

Which of the above statements are true?

a.    1, 2 and 3               b. All of them          c. 2, 3 and 4                 d. 1, 3 and 4

 13. Which of the following countries has amended its strict population polity to allow certain couples to go for a second child and this decision has been taken on the anxieties of future reduction of working population.

        a. Germany                  b. Japan           c. Nigeria               d. China

14. Which of the following options describes the concept of “Stable Population”.

          a. The number of births in the population is more than the deaths

          b. Zero population growth [ZPG]

          c. The deaths and migration out of country are more than the births and immigrations

          d. No death and no birth occurs in a population

15. Which of the following institution or organization calculates, updates, and publishes estimates of total population in its World Population Prospects series once in two years?

           a. United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP.

           b. United Nations Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social

               Affairs

           c. US Census bureau

           d. United Nations Development Programme, UNDP.  

16. Which one of the following options gives the correct projection of the World population as of July, 2015, as per the projections of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division?

       a. 7.244 billion        b. 6.9 billion            c. 8 billion         d. 7.325 billion

17. Which of the following organization is the nodal agency for overseeing the implementation of Millennium Development Goals [MDGs]?

         a. UNDP              b. UNEP                   c. UNESCO                  d. World Bank

18. Consider the following religions/Non- religions

             1. Hinduism

             2. Buddhism

             3. Islam

             4. Christianity

             5. No religious affiliation

Arrange the above religions/no religion in the descending order of their members? 

a.    1, 2, 3, 4 and 5     b. 4, 3, 5, 1 and 2     c. 3, 4, 1, 2 and 5        d. 4, 3, 1, 5 and 2   

19. Which of the following options describes the concept of “Progressive Population”.

          a. The number of births in the population is more than the deaths

          b. Both births and deaths are high

          c. The deaths and migration out of country are more than the births and immigrations

          d. No death and no birth occurs in a population

20. Which of the following country or group of countries is/are Neither a Nordic member/s nor member/s of Nordic Council?

            a. Norway and Finland 

            b. Denmark

            c. Iceland and Sweden

            d. Ireland and United Kingdom

  21. Consider the following pairs.

	Name of the indigenous group	Country
1	Zulu	Ethiopia
2	Lepchas	Myanmar
3	Bushmen	Egypt

Which of the above pairs of indigenous people and their countries are correctly matched?

a.    Only 1            b. Only 2              c. 1 and 2            d. None

22. Consider the following pairs

	Tribe	Habitat/Distribution
1	Red Indians	India
2	Santhals	Bangladesh
3	Kirghiz	Central Asia

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1 and 2              b. Only 3                   c. 3 and 4                d. Only 4            

23. Consider the following races

           1. Caucasoid

           2. Mongoloid

           3. Negroid

Arrange the above human races in descending order of their numbers?

a.    2, 1 and 3           b. 1, 2 and 3             c. 3, 2 and 1               d. 2, 3 and 1 

24. Consider the following continents

            1. Asia

            2. Africa

            3. Europe

            4. North America

            5. South America

Arrange the above continents in the descending order of their population.

a.    1, 2 ,3, 4 and 5     b. 5, 4 ,3, 2 and 1       c. 2, 1, 3, 4 and 5         d. 3, 2 ,4, 1 and 2

25.  The correct sequence of languages in descending order in terms of their number of speakers in the world is
        (a) Spanish, English, Chinese, Hindi
        (b) English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish
        (c) Hindi, Chinese, Spanish, English
        (d) Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish

26. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Aetas - Philippines
(b) Inuits - Greenland
(c) Hottentots - Zambia
(d) Masai - Kenya

27. Which of the following countries has the lowest infant mortality rate, IMR?
              (a) China          (b) India               (c) Pakistan                     (d) Sri Lanka

28. The correct sequence of States In terms of population density (2011) in descending order is
           (a) West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala
           (b) Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
           (c) Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh
           (d) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala 

29. Which of the following countries is the least urbanized country in the world?
         (a) Uganda         (b) Sri Lanka       (c) Papua - New Guinea        (d) Burundi

30. Consider the following pairs

	Description	Name of the city
1	Largest city by population in the world	Tokyo-Yokohoma
2	Smallest city by population in the world	Vatican city
3	Largest city by area in the world	New York

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1 and 2            b. 2 and 3                c. 1 and 3           d. 1, 2 and 3

 31. Consider the following countries
        1. Bangladesh
        2. Brazil
        3. Indonesia
        4. Pakistan
 Arrange the following countries in ascending order of their population.
       a. 1, 4, 2 and 3         b. 1, 2, 3 and 4          c. 2, 4, 1 and 3      d. 4, 3, 2 and 1

32. The largest group of Arctic people is formed by
          a) Yakuts and Lapps                      b) Lapps and Zyrians
          c) Zyrians and Eskimos                 d) Yakuts and Zyrains 

33. Which one of the following is not a pastoral nomad?
         a. Masai     b. Kirghiz          c.  Kazak           d. Pygmies

34. Which one of the following South-East Asian countries predominantly consists of Christian community population?
          a. Thailand          b. Indonesia            c. Malaysia            d. Philippines

35. Which one of the following is the more stable trait for the classification of human races?
      a. Nasal Index        b. Cephalic Index            c. Hair Structure   d. Skin color

36. Consider the following types of people

           1. Nordics [Northern Europe]

           2. Alpine   [Central Europe]

           3. Mediterranean People [Arabs, Jews and People of Indian Sub-continent]

           4. Bantus of Africa

Which of the above types comes under the “Caucasoid human race”?

a.    1, 2 and 4           b. 1, 3 and 4           c. 2, 3 and 4            d. 1, 2 and 3

37. Consider the following people

           1. Chinese, Japanese and Mongols

           2. Amerinids of South America and Red Indians of North America

           3. Eskimos and Yakuts of Northern Hemisphere

           4. Polynesians

Which of the above people belong to the Mongoloid race?

a.    1, 2, 3 and 4              b. 2, 3 and 4           c. 1, 2 and 3             d. 1, 2 and 4

38. Consider the following people

           1. Nilotic people [Nile valley, East Africa and parts of Central Africa]

           2. Hamatic people

           3. Bantus

           4. Hottentots and Pigmies

           5. Melanesians

Which of the above people belong to the Negroid race?

a.    1, 2, 3 and 4              b. 2, 3 and 4           c. 1, 2, 4 and 5         d. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

39. Which of the following languages has become extinct as the sole and last survivor died recently at Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India?

        a. Sentilenese           b. Bo language       c. Shompenese             d. Nicobarese

40. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

	Tribe	State in India
a	Todas, Irulas and kurumbas	Tamil Nadu
b	Chenchus	Telengana
c	Oraouns and Hos	Arunachal Pradesh
d	Bhils	Maharashtra

41. Consider the following pairs

	Conflicting parties	Country
1	Rakhine Buddhists & Rohingya Muslims	Sri Lanka
2	Coptic Christians and Muslims	Egypt
3	Uyghur and Han Buddhists	China

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1 and 3             b. 1 and 2                 c. 2 and 3 only         d. 1, 2 and 3

42. Consider the following pairs

	Conflicting parties	Country
1	East Darfur and Kordofan regions	Sudan and South Sudan
2	Basque movement	Spain
3	Kivu and Katanga insurgency	Congo

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1 and 3             b. 1 and 2                 c. 2 and 3 only         d. 1, 2 and 3

43. Consider the following pairs

	Conflicting parties/terrorist groups	Country
1	Sinhalese and Tamils and Bodu Bala Sena vs Muslims	Sri Lanka
2	Boko Haram	South Africa
3	Huthis and Saudi led forces.	Yemen

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1 and 3             b. 1 and 2                 c. 2 and 3 only         d. 1, 2 and 3

44. Consider the following statements

         1. Use of digital technologies to enhance performance and wellbeing of people

          2. Use of digital technologies, to reduce costs and resource consumption, and to engage

              effectively and actively with its citizens

         3. Improvements in the areas of transport, energy, health care, water and waste

             Management.

         4. Building high rise apartments for the poor urban dwellers under Public-Private

             Partnership [PPP].

Which of the above factors determines or involved in the scheme of “smart cities”?

a.    1, 2 and 3 only           b. 1, 3 and 4 only    c. 2, 3 and 4 only      d. 1 and 2 only

45. Push and Pull theory is related to….

           a. Population Density

           b. Quality of life of people

           c. Infant and Maternal Mortality rates

           d. Migration

46.  Consider the following pairs

	Country or territory	Description
1	Monaco	Independent country with highest population density
2	Macau, China	Area of highest population density
3	Mongolia	Independent country with lowest population density

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1 and 3             b. 1 and 2                 c. 2 and 3 only         d. 1, 2 and 3

47. The Nordic people’s lives in which of the following countries...

            a. Northern Europe

            b. England and Scotland

            c. Turkey and Northern India

            d. All of them

48. The Alpine people’s lives in which of the following countries...

            a. France

            b. Switzerland

            c. Germany and Russia

            d. All of them

49. Consider the following pairs. 

	Tribe	State in India
1	Kikuyu	Kenya
2	Samoyeds	Asiatic Tundra
3	Tartaras	Siberia
4	Lapps and Finns	Tundra of Europe

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1, 2, 3 and 4              b. 2, 3 and 4           c. 1, 2 and 3             d. 1, 2 and 4

50. Consider the following pairs. 

	Tribe	State in India
1	Bantus	Central and Southern Africa
2	Pigmies	Zaire basin
3	Berbers	Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
4	Hamits	North West Africa

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a.    1, 2, 3 and 4              b. 2, 3 and 4           c. 1, 2 and 3             d. 1, 2 and 4

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