FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1992.
GEOGRAPHY, PAPER – II
Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100
Note: Attempt FIVE questions including Question No. 8, which is Compulsory.
All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1. Explain Push, Pull and Intervening factors of Migration.
Q.2. What is meant by urbanization! Give a brief history and present pattern of World Urbanization.
Q.3. Divide the world into Population-Resource regions and describe the major characteristics of any one region.
Q.4. Discuss the physical and economic factors which control fishing in the world.
Q.5. Bring out the distinguishing features of Intensive Subsistence Farming and Commercial Grain Farming.
Q.6. Assess the power resources of South Asia.
Q.7. Discuss the environmental hazards facing Pakistan.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
i. Shifting cultivation is practiced in: (a) grasses (b) hardwood (c) softwood (d) none of these
ii. Taiga is a source of: (a) grasses (b) hardwood (c) softwood (d) none of these
iii. A country of South Asia: (a) Bhutan (b) Jordan (c) Oman (d) Sudan
iv. SCARP in Pakistan is: (a) a hydel power project (b) an irrigation project (c) a nuclear power project (d) a project to combat waterlogging and salinity
v. “Bela” in Pakistan is: (a) an extensive desert (b) an important canal (c) rive rain forest (d) a type of sand dune
vi. Birth Rate in the Third World is: (a) decreasing (b) fluctuating (c)increasing (d) stationary
vii. Sunder Ban Forests are located in: (a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal (c) Sri Lanka (d) Maldives
viii. Rubber is mainly grown in: (a) Northwest Europe (b) Northeast U.S.A (c) Southeast Asia (d) Southwest Asia
ix. Electricity is generated from the following: (a) Sea waves (b) Tides (c) Tropical cyclones (d) Tornadoes
x. A member of OPEC: (a) China (b) Pakistan (c) Japan (d) Nigeria
xi. Well-known for formulating industrial location theory: (a) Burgess (b) Chris taller (c) Von Thunen (d) Weber
xii. Leading country in Iron and steel Industry: (a) Germany (b) Japan (c) U.K (d) U.S.A
xiii. A renewable resource: (a)coal (b) hydroelectricity (c) natural gas (d) petroleum
xiv. A primary economic activity: a) air transport (b) barter trade (c) cooking (d) vegetable growing
xv. Natural Increase means: (a) births minus deaths (b) increase in births (c)birth plus immigration (d) none of these