FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1994
GEOGRAPHY, PAPER – II
Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100
Note: Attempt FIVE questions in all including Question No. 8, which Is Compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1. Critically examine Malthusian theory of population.
Q.2. Discuss man-environment relationship in the light of physical determinism and possibilism.
Q.3. Assess the economic and political importance of petroleum resources of Asia (excluding Russia) and Africa.
Q.4. Discuss the factors which control International Trade.
Q.5. Analyze the location of iron and steel industry is the U.SA and Japan.
Q.6. Bring out the relationship between crop and rainfall distribution in South Asia. Take into account both areal and seasonal distributions.
Q.7. Discuss the salient features of the Indus Water Treaty.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
Answer any TEN questions. Write correct/ best answer
(i). Continuous hinterland is served by: (a). one seaport (b two or more seaports (c). metropolis (d) primate city
(ii). Area greatly affected by waterlogging and salinity in Pakistan: (a). irrigated by perennial canals (b irrigated by inundation canals (c) irrigated by tube wells (d) flooded by hill torrents
(iii) Warsak Dam: (a) Indus River (b) Kabul River (c) Kurram River (d) Swat River
(iv) Christaller: (a) Central Place Theory (b) Intra-urban distribution of population (c) Intra-urban population movement (d) Urban structure
(v). Karez in Pakistan is found in: (a) Balochistan only (b) Balochistan and NWFP (c) NWFP and Northern Areas (d) All provinces
(vi) Indonesians: (a) Caucasoid (b) Mongoloid (c) Negroid (d) None of these
(vii) Truck farming: (a) Inland fishing (b) Lumbering (c) Truck manufacturing on a large scale (d) Vegetable growing
(viii) Smallest country in South Asia: (a) Bhutan (b) Maldives (c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh
(ix) Largest producer of iron ore: (a) Brazil (b) Germany (c) India (d) U.S.A
(x) Dogger Bank: (a) Fishing ground (b) Forest (c) Coast (d) River bank
(xi) Highest percentage of urban population: (a) Bangladesh (b) India (c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka
(xii) Mangroves: (a) Desert (b) Fish (c) Soil (d) Vegetation
(xiii) Selva: (a) Mediterranean vegetation (b) Temperate grassland (c) Tropical grassland (d) Tropical rainforest
(xiv) Entrepot is a port which: (a) exports only (b) imports only (c) imports goods for export (d) Tropical rainforest
(xv) Suez Canal connects: (a) Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean (b) Red Sea and Arabian sea (c) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea (d) The Gulf and the Arabian Sea