Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test : Previous Year Question Paper

Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test

Exam held on dated 22.02.2015

51. Which ocean is related to Gulf Stream?

1. Northern Pacific Ocean 
2. Indian Ocean
3. Northern Atlantic Ocean 
4. None of these

52. According to 2011 census the male-female ratio in India is–

1. 1000–900 
2. 1000–933 
3. 1000–940 
4. 1000–943

53. Who among the following was a arm chair philosophical geographer?

1. Varenius 
2. Kant 
3. Humboldt 
4. Retzel

54. When did Weber propound his theory related to Location of Industries?

1. 1905 AD. 
2. 1909 AD. 
3. 1919 AD. 
4. 1930 AD

55. Where was mined first coal mine in India?

1. Raniganj 
2. Dhanbad 
3. Assansol 
4. Jhari

56. Which Era is divided into Triasic, Jurasic and Critesius age?

1. Mesozoic Era 
2. Cenozoic Era 
3. Arcuozoic Era 
4. None of these

57. Which of the following in the correct sequence of states of India in descending order in terms of reserves of coal ?

1. Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha 
2. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha
3. Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh 
4. Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh

58. From population point of view India gets its rank in the world–

1. first 
2. second 
3. third 
4. fourth

59. Where is Ruhr Industrial Region?

1. France 
2. Germany 
3. Russia 
4. Italy

60. Suez Canal connects–

1. Mediterranean Sea –Black Sea 
2. Mediterranean Sea –Arabian Sea
3. Mediterranean Sea –Red Sea 
4. Black Sea –Red Sea

61. Which of the following is not in Kolkata-Hoogly industrial region?

1. Haldia 
2. Jamshedpur 
3. Titagarh 
4. Naihati

62. Kedarnath and Badrinath are situated in–

1. Punjab Himalaya 
2. Kumaun Himalaya
3. Assam Himalaya 
4. Nepal Himalaya

63. Who among the following laid the foundation of human geography?

1. Humboldt 
2. Ritter 
3. Retzel 
4. Hettner

64. Generally India has been divided into how many regions?

1. 3 
2. 4
3. 5 
4. 6

65. Which of the following lakes of India is located in Assam?

1. Chapanala Lake 
2. Hamirsar Lake 
3. Koleru Lake 
4. Sala Lake

66. Which of the following authors wrote the book 'Erdkunde' ?

1. Humboldt 
2. Ritter 
3. Retzel 
4. Richthofen

67. Length of the diameter of Hurricanes is–

1. 10-50 km 
2. 50-100 km 
3. 100-200 km 
4. 500-600 km

68. Which is the first in fish producing in the world?

1. Japan 
2. USA 
3. Norway 
4. Great Britain

69. How many stages of cycle of erosion were mentioned by Davis?

1. 1
2. 2 
3. 3 
4. 4

70. In which vegetation zone Sundarvan are found in India?

1. Tropical Evergreen 
2. Tropical Monsoon 
3. Tidal 
4. Desert

71. In which of the following area most of the earthquakes of the world come?

1. Mediterranean sea belt 
2. Atlantic ocean belt
3. Circum pacific ocean belt 
4. Indian ocean belt

72. Where are Savannah Grasslands?

1. North America 
2. North Mid Africa 
3. Australia 
4. Mid Asia

73. 'Geography is chorological science of earth suface'. Who says?

1. Edward Ackerman 
2. Humboldt 
3. Hettner 
4. Griffith Taylor

74. Make the pairs of chief rivers to their place of origin–
List-I                               List-II
(a.) Yamuna                1. Sihawa
(b.) Krishna                2. Nasik
(c.) Godawari             3. Mahabaleshwar
(d.) Mahanadi             4. Yamunotri

1. 4 3 2 1
2. 1 2 3 4
3. 4 2 1 3
4. 4 2 3 1

75. The first person to plot the Bay of Bengal–

1. Strabo 
2. Ptolemy 
3. Al-Masudi 
4. Humboldt

76. Which of the following nuclear power plants has the highest total installed capacity ?

1. Kakrapar 
2. Kaiga 
3. Tarapur 
4. Kudankulam

77. Which one of the following geographers propounded the organic theory of state?

1. Humboldt 
2. Ritter 
3. Retzel 
4. Richthofen

78. Great Barrier Reef is located–

1. near Japan 
2. near East cost of Australia
3. near Great Britain 
4. Middle Altantic Ocean

79. He is known as the father of geography because he first time used the word Geography–

1. Ptolemy 
2. Eratosthenes 
3. Herodotus 
4. Hecataeus

80. Where 'Green Revolution' in India has become successful ?

1. Peninsular India 
2. Central India
3. Eastern Coastal Areas of India 
4. Punjab - Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh

81. Atollo is–

1. oceanic current 
2. mountain peak
3. island 
4. a spatial type of coral reefs

82. Tarn lake is related–

1. cirque 
2. desert 
3. flood plains 
4. plateau

83. Who among the following geographers presented the concept of morphology of landscape?

1. Huntington
2. Hartshorne 
3. Davis 
4. Sauer

84. What is in Khetadi ?

1. Copper mines 
2. Coal mines 
3. Bauxite mines 
4. Iron-ore mines

85. Most developed state from Agriculture point of view is–

1. Punjab 
2. Uttar Pradesh 
3. Jharkhand 
4. Maharashtra

86. Which of the following land-forms is not related to works of river?

1. Water fall 
2. Ox-bow lake 
3. Barkhan 
4. 'V' shaped valley

87. Lal Imali is related to which industry ?

1. Cotton textile 
2. Paper
3. Woollen textile 
4. Jute

88. Which of the following is primary Rocks?

1. Igneous 
2. Sedimentary 
3. Metamorphic
4. None of these

89. The function of the ozone layer in the stratosphere is–

1. to maintain the global temperature 
2. to reduce the frequency of earthquakes
3. to prevent failure of monsoon 
4. to prevent ultra violet radiation

90. Who used Isodapane ?

1. Weber 
2. August Losch 
3. Davis 
4. Hoower

91. Which of the following geographers made the statement that "Man is a product of the earth" ?

1. Huntington 
2. Taylor 
3. I. Bowman 
4. Semple

92. Glacio-Fluvial deposits Landscape is–

1. Esker 
2. Cirque 
3. Tarn 
4. Glacial Stairway

93. The condition of Aphelion is–

1. 3 January 
2. 21 June 
3. 4 July 
4. 22 December

94. Average density of the whole earth is–

1. 2.5 
2. 3.5 
3. 5.5 
4. 11.0

95. According to 2011 female literacy percentage in India is–

1. 55.46 
2. 65.46 
3. 75.46 
4. None of these

96. Sunda trench is located in–

1. Pacific Ocean 
2. Indian Ocean 
3. Atlantic Ocean 
4. None of these

97. The best type of coal is–

1. peat 
2. lignite 
3. anthrecite 
4. bituminus

98. Major use of corn (maize) in USA is–

1. in human food 
2. in animal fodder
3. in formation of starch 
4. to prepare alcohol

99. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. Shipki La –Himachal Pradesh 
2. Lipu Lekh –Arunachal Pradesh
3. Nathu La –Sikkim 
4. Joji La –Jammu and Kashmir

100. Which agent of erosion results mushroom rocks?

1. Glaciers 
2. Running water 
3. Wind 
4. Sea waves

101. Which is the resultant Rift valley?

1. Folding 
2. Faulting 
3. Wraping 
4. Nape

102. Spruce, Fur and Chir are chiefly found in–

1. Equatorial Forests 
2. Mediterranean Forests
3. Taiga Forests 
4. Monsoon Forests

103. In which of the following census years in India was recorded the highest percentage change in population?

1. 1971 
2. 1981 
3. 1991 
4. 2001

104. The traveller who first discovered India was–

1. Vasco da Gama 
2. Columbus 
3. Magellan 
4. Captain Cook

105. In which month the maximum rain occurs in India–

1. May 
2. June 
3. July 
4. August

106. When was established European Free Trade Association?

1. May 3, 1950 
2. May 3, 1960
3. May 3, 1963 
4. May 3, 1965

107. In Brazil, coffee gardens are called–

1. Coffee garden 
2. Fazenda 
3. Selvas 
4. Pampas

108. Blache is related to which of the following concepts ?

1. Determinism 
2. Possibilism 
3. Neo-determinism 
4. Probabilism

109. Which one of the following rivers is called a 'biological desert' due to heavy pollution load?

1. Damodar 
2. Ghaghra 
3. Periyar 
4. Yamuna

110. Percentage of sodium chloride in ocean water is–

1. 54.0 
2. 77.8 
3. 64.0 
4. 10.9

111. Metamorphism of Shale is formed–

1. Slate 
2. Marble 
3. Gneiss 
4. None of these

112. Sun spot is–

1. black spot of sun surface 
2. black spot near the sun
3. red spot near the sun 
4. None of these

113. Rice is the plant of which type of climate?

1. tropical 
2. temperate 
3. warm-humid 
4. warm-dry

114. Hirakud Dam, has been constructed on which river?

1. Godavari 
2. Mahanadi 
3. Kosi 
4. Barakar

115. The last zone of Von Thunen's Location theory of agriculture is known–

1. Firewood Field 
2. Intensive crop Agriculture
3. Crop Farming fallow and pasture 
4. Livestock Farming

116. Which of the following has the largest biodiversity ?

1. Temperate deciduous forest biome 
2. Tropical rain forest biome
3. Temperate grassland biome 
4. Savana biome

117. Who among the following is known as cultural geographer?

1. Jefferson 
2. Semple 
3. Huntington 
4. Carl Sauer

118. The founder of Human Geography in France was–

1. Jean Bruhnes 
2. A. Demangeon 
3. A. P. Perpillo 
4. Vidal De La Blache

119. Who says "Vegelation is the ture index of climate" ?

1. Themthwait 
2. Koppen 
3. Stamp 
4. Triwartha

120. Humboldt in his geographical studies gave priority to one of the following–

1. Systematic geography 
2. Regional geography
3. Physical geography 
4. Human geography

121. The author of the book 'Geographic Universale is–

1. Blanchard 
2. Bruhnes 
3. Blache 
4. Demangeon

122. What is Sirocco ?

1. Volcanoes 
2. Local winds 
3. Bird 
4. Island

123. The energy derived from the sun is–

1. insolation 
2. insulation 
3. isolation 
4. radiation

124. Which elements are abundant in the formation of interior layer of the earth?

1. Silica and aluminium 
2. Silica and magnesium
3. Basalt and silica 
4. Nickel and iron

125. Manchester is famous for which industry ?

1. Cotton textile 
2. Woolen textile 
3. Iron - steel 
4. Paper

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