Geography PYQs

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1. Prelims 1995Q15World Physical Geography

   Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world?

   aAntarcticabNorth AmericacAsiadSouth America
2. Prelims 1995Q26Transport & Communication

   Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

   List I

   I.European transcontinental railway

   II.Trans Andean railway

   III.Trans-Siberian railway

   IV.Orient Express

   List II

   A) Paris to Istanbul

   B) Leningrad to Vladivostok

   C) Leningrad to Volgograd

   D) Buenos Aires to Valparaiso

   E) Paris to Warsaw

   aI-E, II-D, III-B, IV-AbI-A, II-D, III-C, IV-BcI-E, II-A, III-B, IV-CdI-A, II-B, III-C, IV-D
3. Prelims 1995Q37Agriculture & Irrigation

   Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was abandoned because of the disease

   aleaf blightbleaf spotcleaf rustdrot
4. Prelims 1995Q45Geomorphology

   The palaeomagnetic results obtained from India indicate that in the past, the Indian land mass has moved

   anorthwardbsouthwardceastwarddwestward
5. Prelims 1995Q53Climatology

   Willy Willy is

   aa type of tree grown in temperate regionsba wind that blows in a desertca tropical cyclone of north-west Australiada kind of common fish found near Lakshadweep islands
6. Prelims 1995Q63Agriculture & Irrigation

   In which one of the following crops international trade is low in the context of total produce?

   aRicebCoffeecRubberdWheat
7. Prelims 1995Q67Geomorphology

   The Indian subcontinent was originally part of a huge land mass called

   aJurassic Land MassbAryavartacIndianadGondwana Continent
8. Prelims 1995Q71Climatology

   The clouds float in the atmosphere because of their low

   atemperaturebvelocitycpressureddensity
9. Prelims 1995Q72Indian Physiography

   Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one State in India?

   aAravallibSatpuracAjantadSahyadri
10. Prelims 1995Q83World Physical Geography

    Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in

    aBaluchistanbMyanmarcNepaldKashmir
11. Prelims 1995Q86Transport & Communication

    The national highway from Delhi to Calcutta via Mathura and Varanasi is numbered

    a1b2c4d8