trb.tripura.gov.in STPGT Geography Previous Question Paper 2017 : Selection Test for Post Graduate Teachers

Organisation : Teachers’ Recruitment Board, Tripura
Exam : STPGT – Selection Test for Post Graduate Teachers
Document Type : Previous Year Question Paper
Subject : Geography
Code No : AF17—XVIII
Year : 2017
Website : https://trb.tripura.gov.in/

TRB Tripura STPGT Geography Previous Question Paper

Question Paper of TRB Tripura Selection Test for Post Graduate Teachers Geography Question Paper 2017 is now available in the official website of Teachers’ Recruitment Board, Tripura.

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Instructions for Candidates

1. Use Black Ballpoint Pen only for writing particulars of this Question Booklet and marking responses on the OMR Answer Sheet.
2. This test is of 2 hours and 30 minutes duration and consists of 75 MCQ-type questions. Each question carries 2 marks.

3. There is no negative marking for any wrong answer.
4. Rough work should be done only in the space provided in the Question Booklet.

5. The answers are to be marked on the OMR Answer Sheet only. Mark your responses carefully since there is no chance of alteration/correction.
6. Use of eraser or whitener is strictly prohibited.

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Model Questions

Direction : Answer the following questions by selecting the correct option.
1. Which one of the following is associated with exogenetic force?
(A) River erosion
(B) Volcanic activity
(C) Continent-forming movements
(D) None of the above

2. Which one of the following is associated with diastrophic forces?
(A) Glacial erosion
(B) Karst erosion
(C) Emergence of coastline
(D) None of the above

3. The frost action is associated with
(A) physical weathering
(B) chemical weathering
(C) biological weathering
(D) None of the above

4. Which one of the following streams has the direction of flow controlled by rock structure?
(A) Consequent stream
(B) Subsequent stream
(C) Obsequent stream
(D) None of the above

5. ‘Badland topography’ is produced by
(A) snowstorm
(B) rainstorm
(C) hailstorm
(D) None of the above

6. Which one of the following is an unstable landform of the earth?
(A) Scandinavian
(B) Himalayan
(C) Deccan
(D) None of the above

7. ‘Fumarole’ is produced from
(A) earthquake
(B) volcano
(C) erosion
(D) None of the above

8. Fault-line scarp is the result of
(A) second cycle of erosion
(B) first cycle of erosion
(C) arid cycle of erosion
(D) None of the above

9. Mushroom landform is found in the regions of
(A) savanna of Africa
(B) great plains
(C) Sahara desert
(D) Deccan trap

10. Geomorphology is
(A) a systematic study of land formation
(B) a systematic study of land features
(C) a systematic study of landforms and their origin
(D) None of the above

11. A river is called ‘misfit’ when
(A) a big river flows in a narrow valley
(B) the river meanders in its course
(C) a river is cut off and looks too small for the main valley
(D) None of the above

12. Which one of the following is farthest from the seashore?
(A) Continental shelf
(B) Abyssal plain
(C) Continental slope
(D) None of the above

13. The zone of maximum salinity in the northern hemisphere is from
(A) 20°–40° N
(B) 0°–20° N
(C) 20°–35° N
(D) None of the above

14. Which one of the following is known as iceberg?
(A) Pack ice
(B) Floe ice
(C) Field ice
(D) None of the above

15. What is the movement of counterequatorial current of the Pacific Ocean in the equatorial region?
(A) East to West
(B) Southeast to Northwest
(C) West to East
(D) None of the above

16. Labrador Current flows from
(A) North Atlantic Ocean to South Atlantic Ocean
(B) Atlantic Ocean to Arctic Ocean
(C) Arctic Ocean to Atlantic Ocean
(D) None of the above

17. Which one of the following ocean currents is common to Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
(A) Labrador Current
(B) Kuroshio Current
(C) Gulf Stream
(D) West Wind Drift

18. Most of the dissolved materials in sea-water are derived from
(A) seafloor
(B) atmosphere
(C) remains of marine organism
(D) None of the above

19. The proportion of different salts present in seawater
(A) remains constant
(B) changes from one place to another
(C) changes with seasons
(D) None of the above

20. A shallow stretch of seawater partly or completely separated from the open ocean by a reef is called
(A) lagoon
(B) atoll
(C) strait
(D) None of the above

21. Due to salinity of water, the boiling point of ocean water is
(A) relatively lower than that of freshwater
(B) relatively higher than that of freshwater
(C) same
(D) None of the above

22. The proportion of albedo in the global heat budget is
(A) 50%
(B) 24%
(C) 34%
(D) None of the above

23. Which one of the following refers to the maximum quantity of water vapour which the parcel of air can hold at any given temperature and pressure?
(A) Relative humidity
(B) Saturation point
(C) Absolute humidity
(D) None of the above

24. Where the Coriolis force is extremely weak?
(A) Tropic of Cancer
(B) Tropic of Capricorn
(C) Equator
(D) None of the above

25. Which of the following forces is associated with Ferrel’s law?
(A) Pressure-gradient force
(B) Frictional force
(C) Coriolis force
(D) None of the above

26. Which latitudinal belt is commonly
known as Doldrum?
(A) 35° North and South
(B) 10° North and South
(C) 45° North and South
(D) None of the above

27. Relatively narrow bands of high velocity winds in the upper troposphere are called
(A) Hurricanes
(B) Typhoons
(C) Jet streams
(D) None of the above

28. Extra-tropical cyclones have
(A) eye of cyclone
(B) diverging winds
(C) fronts
(D) None of the above

29. The mediterranean type of climate receives most of its precipitation during
(A) summer
(B) winter
(C) the whole year
(D) None of the above

30. In the equatorial type of climate, the diurnal range of temperature varies from
(A) 5°C to 14°C
(B) 0°C to 2°C
(C) 15°C to 25°C
(D) None of the above

31. The main cause of monsoon climate is
(A) low temperature
(B) high temperature
(C) seasonal reversal of wind
(D) None of the above

32. The type of rain on the slopes of Jayantia Hills of Meghalaya is
(A) cyclonic rain
(B) convectional rain
(C) orographic rain
(D) None of the above

33. The condition favourable for precipitation is
(A) low moisture content
(B) high moisture content
(C) cooling of air
(D) None of the above

34. Leaching of soil is caused by
(A) removal of debris by running water
(B) changes in the soil through organic activity
(C) removal of organic matter
(D) removal of soluble matter by percolating water

35. Pedalfer soils are rich in
(A) aluminium and iron
(B) iron and calcium
(C) iron and sodium
(D) None of the above

36. Conifer trees flourish in
(A) pedalfer soil
(B) pedocal soil
(C) laterite soil
(D) None of the above

37. The process of energy conversion from solar heat energy to chemical energy is known as
(A) photosynthesis
(B) transpiration
(C) radiation
(D) None of the above

38. The term ‘ecosystem’ was first used by
(A) W. M. Davis
(B) E. P. Odum
(C) A. G. Tansley
(D) None of them

39. The main cause for the large-scale destruction of savanna vegetation is
(A) overgrazing
(B) transformation of forests into pastures
(C) conversion of forestland into agricultural land
(D) None of the above

40. Which of the following derives their energy from herbivores?
(A) Autotrophs
(B) Carnivores
(C) Omnivores
(D) None of the above

41. Which one of the following constitutes the second trophic level of food web?
(A) Omnivores
(B) Carnivores
(C) Herbivores
(D) None of the above

42. Which one of the following is the uppermost sublayer of the thermosphere?
(A) Exosphere
(B) Troposphere
(C) Tropopause
(D) None of the above

43. Which law of thermodynamics states that there is always a loss of energy in any transfer of energy?
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third
(D) None of the above

44. Which one of the following is known as closed savanna?
(A) Woodland savanna
(B) Shrub savanna
(C) Grass savanna
(D) Tree savanna

45. Which one of the following is caused by faulty method of irrigation?
(A) Wind erosion
(B) Gully erosion
(C) Salinization
(D) None of the above

46. Which one of the following extinctions of biodiversity was due to human modifications of nature?
(A) Quarternary extinction
(B) Cretaceous extinction
(C) Triassic extinction
(D) None of the above

47. Which one of the following is correct?
(A) Taiga—Sclerophyll ecosystem
(B) Tropical biome—Boreal forest
(C) Mediterranean biome—Deciduous forest
(D) Marine biome—Phytoplankton

48. B-horizon is the zone of
(A) illuviation
(B) deposition and erosion
(C) original materials
(D) None of the above

49. Eluviation process is meant for
(A) depositing the soil particles in the subsoil layer
(B) transporting the soil particles in B-horizon
(C) removing the particles from upper layer of the soil
(D) None of the above

50. Tropophytes can stand against
(A) high temperature
(B) chilly climate
(C) alternate deficit and surplus moisture condition
(D) None of the above