FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2000.
GEOGRAPHY, PAPER – I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including question No. 8 which is Compulsory. All questions carry equal marks. With the aid of sketch maps and diagrams, illustrate your views as fully as you can.
1 Distinguish between rock weathering and erosion. Show how processes of weathering in cool humid climate, differ from those in hot arid region. You may take examples from any part of the world.
2 What do you understand by the plate theory? What has it to do with: (a) the formation of mountains (b) earthquakes (c) volcanoes
3 Summarize with specific examples classification of rocks and show how different mode of origin affect the exploitation of mineral wealth.
4 Describe and explain the ways in which each of the following desert landforms originate: (a) Mesa (b) Pedestal rock (c) Barchan (d) Playa (e) Wadi
5 Examine the relation between the prevalent wind systems and ocean currents in either North Atlantic or North Pacific Oceans. Also suggest effects of the oceanic circulation described.
6 Confining your attention to the northern hemisphere contrast the Cool Temperate West Marginal type of climate with the Cool Temperate East Marginal type and try to account for any similarities and differences.
7 Write short notes on the following:-
(a) Modern Cartography (b) Observation of weather phenomenon (c) Uses and limitations of Mercator’s Projection (d) Distribution maps and their techniques.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8 Write only the correct answers in the Answer Book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
(1) Marble and Hornfelsed are produced as result of: (a) Contact metamorphism (b) Regional metamorphism (c) Dynamic metamorphism (d) None of these
(2) The krakatoa volcano is situated in: (a) South West Africa (b) Central America (c) South East Asia (d) None of these
(3) Atlantic Ocean occupies percent of aquatic surface of the world ocean: (a) 46% (b) 52% (c) 38% (d) None of these
(4) Notable river with estuary 18: (a) Volga (b) Indus (c) Amazon (d) None of these
(5) Conditions most favorable to solifluction are found in: (a) Deserts (b) Equatorial region (c) Permafrost region (d) None of these.
(6) Fossils make it possible: (a) to subdivide deposits by age (b) to identify drainage systems (c) to locate snowline (d) None of these
(7) Trades are caused by: (a) Distribution of land and sea (b) Shape of earth (c) Pressure differential between equatorial and sub tropic belts (d) None of these
(8) Tombolo Spit connects: (a) Reef with Island (b) Island with headland (c) Lagoon with Cliff (d) None of these
(9) Karst region originally a Landscape located in: (a) Belgium (b) Greece (c) Former Yugoslavia (d) None of these
(10) At present time volcanoes are chiefly found along: (a) Circum Pacific belt (b) Appalachian region (c) Karakoram-Kunlun Chain (d) None of these
(11) It represents a stage in the formation of glacier: (a) Fjord (b) Graben (c) Firn (d) None of these
(12) Famous geyser which shows remarkable regularity is: (a) Alexander garden Fiji (b) Yellow stone Park U.S.A. (c) Murcia Spain (d) None of these
(13) Eluvium 15: (a) residual product of weathering (b) Precious stone (c) jet stream (d) None of these
(14) Australia drifted eastward from: (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) None of these
(15) Beneath oceans entirely absent is: (a) Basalt layer (b) Granite layer (c) Sialic layer (d) None of these
(16) Earth’s temperature at the depth of 40 Kms is: (a) 8000C (b) 4000C (c) 2000C (d) None of these
(17) Pluto was discovered in: (a) 1840 (b) 1930 (c) 1970 (d) None of these
(18) The Oldest known map projection is: (a) Gnomonic (b) Bonne’s (c) Simple Cylindrical (d) None of these
(19) Deepest of all known oozes is: (a) Diatomaceous (b) Globigerina (c) Radiolarian (d) None of these
(20) Wind borne dust deposited on fringes of deserts called: (a) Alluvium (b) Regolith (c) Scree (d) None of these
Q 8 MCQs Answers
1 (d) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (c) 5 (c)
6 (a) 7 (c) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (a)
11 (c) 12 (b) 13 (a) 14 (b) 15 (c)
16 (d) 17 (b) 18 (c) 19 (b) 20 (d)