Federal Public Service Commission
Competitive Examination for
Recruitment to posts in BPS-17 under
The federal government, 2009
Geography Paper II
TIME ALLOWED Part-I 30: Minutes Maximum Marks 20
Part-II: 2 hours & 30 Minutes Maximum marks 80
Part – I ( MCQ)
(COMPULSORY)
Q.1. select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the answer sheet.(20)
1.The founder of Human geography is:
a)Plato b)Aristotle c)Eratosthenes d)Theophrastus
2.Pakistan covers an area of:
a) 796095 sq km b) 468000 sq km c) 999657 sq km d) None of these
3.The hottest month (june) with the mean temperature of 38C in Pakistan is at:
a) sibi b) Jacobabad c) Hyderabad d) none of these
4.Told Polander is associated with the:
a)study of urban areas b) Industrial location theory c) agriculture location theory d) population studies
5.which region is called the rice bowl of china
a)huang ho valley b)yangtse basin c)sinkiang d)chunling
6.hemp is a fiber crop of:
a)western Europe b)middle east c)Mediterranean region d)south Asia
- the phytogeography deals with:
a)the animal life b)the plant life c)weathering of rocks d) ancient civilizations
8.bide industries are industries:
a) based on agriculture raw material b) located between market and raw material c) located on the river banks d) producing goods for export
- the theory of industrial location was put forward by:
a) Webber b) von thunen c) A. Miller d)R.Johnson -
What will be the shape of settlement near oases in desert?:
a) square b) linear c) oval d) irregular
11.the seasonal movement of people with their animals between highlands and lowlands is called:
a)pastoralism b)nomadism c)transhumance d) ranching
12.the term fecundity indicates:
a) birth rate b) fertility rate c) growth rate d) capacity to reproduce
13.the concept of demographic transition was initiated by:
a)trewartha b)thompson c)notestein d)sadler
14.who was the first to suggest the law migration:
a)Lee b)zelinsky c) trewartha d) rovenstein
15.where is the fertile crescent situated:
a)southeast asia b) southwest asia c) north america d) africa
16.the example of an unguarded international border is that between:
a)India and pakistan b) china and mogolia c) china and russia d) usa and canada
17.the concentric zone theory of urban morphology was coined by:
a) ullman b) burgess c) huntington d) homer hoyet
18.:the acronym C.B.D stands for
a) outer fringe of the city b) area of heavy industries in the city c) area of highest population density in the city d) central commercial heart of the city
- occidental agriculture is associated with:
a) mono crop culture b) diversified farming c) shifting cultivation d) dry farming
20.christaller’s theory is concerned with:
a) size distribution of central places b) origin and decline of cities c) morphology of settlements d) None of these
Attempt only four questions and each question contain 20 marks
Q.2. What do you understand by the term possibilism? How far has man changed the environment in his favour? Give examples.
Q.3.Write down the various kinds of migration and describe the effects of intra-urban migration.
Q.4.How did settlements originate in the world? Describe the central place theory.
Q.5. Give an account of power resources of south asia with special reference to pakistan.
Q.6. “Economic geography is the study of location, distribution and use of scarce resources”. Discuss.
Q.7. What is meant by cultural diffusion?How is the culture of an area affected by landscape?
Q.8. “South Asia has many places where people are few and few places where people are very many”. Discuss.