Geography CUET 2023

1. Arrange the following regional trade blocks on the basis of number of member Nations in descending order.
A. North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA)
B. EU (European Union)
С. OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
D. SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. B, D, A, C
2. B, A, D, C
3. B. D, C, A
4. B, C, D, A

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2.The yields of pulses are low and fluctuate from year to year because they are
1. In great demand in market
2. Wetland crops
3. Rainfed crops of dry lands
4. Cultivated only in one season

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3. Arrange following causes of female migration in India as per more effective to less enactive according to 2011 census.
A. Work employment
B. Moved with household
C. Moved after birth
D. Marriage
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. D, B, A, C
2. D, B, C, A
3. B, D, C, A
4. B, D, A, C

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4 Which of the followings is known as transport city?
1. Ambala
2. Jharia
3. Kandla
4. Digboi

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5. The canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean is _
1. The Panama Canal
2. The Suez Canal
3. The Mexico Canal
4. The Gulf Canal

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6. Match List I with List II.

LIST I Approach Human Development	LIST II Characteristics
A. Income approach	I. Oldest approach to Human development
B. Welfare approach	II. Proposed by Interational Labour Organisation (ILO)
C.Basic needs approach	III. Associated with Prof. Amartya Sen
D. Capability approach	IV. Higher government expenditure on health and education.

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

1. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

2. A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

3. A-I, B-IV, C-II ,D-III

4. A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

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7. The World Trade Organisation came into existence from
1. 1st January 1995
2. 1st June 1995
3. 1st July 1995
4. 1st March 1995

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8. In which stage of demographic transition, fertility remains high in the beginning but it declines with, time?
1. First stage
2. Second stage
3. Third stage
4. Last stage

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9. Canberra city was planned by
1. Walter Burley Griffin
2. Lewis Mumford
3. Patrick Geddes
4. Jean Gottman

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10. Which one of the following major ports was developed to cater to the needs of the Western and North Western parts of the country?
1. Mumbai Port
2. Kandla Port
3. Marmagao Port
4. Jawaharlal Nehru Port

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11. The 'Atal Tunnel' has been built by
1. National Highways Authority of India
2. Border Road Organisation
3. Central Public Work Department
4. State Public Work Department

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12.Match the following list-I with list-II

List-I	List-II
(A) Social Geography	(I) Agricultural science
(B) Political Geography	(II) Military science
(C) Population Geography	(III) Demography
(D) Economic Geography	(IV) Demography

Choose the correct answer from the options given below
1. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
2. A-I. B-III, C-IV, D-II
3. A-Il, B-IV, C-I, D-III
4. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

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13. Which of the following points about push factors of people migration are correct?
A. Political Turmoil
B. Better job opportunities
C. Unemployment
D. Economic backwardness
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C only

2. A, B, D only

3. A, C, D only

4. B, C, D only

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14. The Kobe-Osaka region of Japan is thickly populated because of

1. Fertile soil and water availability

2. Pleasant climate

3. Varied landforms

4. Industrialisation

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15. Match List I with List II.

LIST I	LIST II
A.North western	i.Chennai
B. East coast	ii.Kolkata
C. South eastern	iii.Jaipur
D.Southern	iv.Bhubaneshwar

Choose the correct answer from the options given below
1. A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
3. A-IlI, B-II, C-IV, D-I
2. A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III
4. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

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16. Which of the following is NOT the objective of the Namami Gange Programme.
1. Development of river front
2. Monitoring of industrial effluents
3. Afforestation along the bank of river
4. Development of Ganga Gram in Himachal Pradesh

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17. A watershed development project sponsored by the Central Government is
1. Neeru Meeru
2. Arvary Pani Sansad
3. Jal Kranti Abhiyan
4. Haryali

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18. Which one of the following river basins has the highest replenishable ground water resource in the country?
1. The Indus basin
2. The Ganga basin
3. The Brahmaputra basin
4. The Godavari basin

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19. Match List I with List II.

LIST I	LIST II
A.Trans-Siberian	I.United States of America
B.Trans-Canadian	II.Europe
C.The Union Pacific	III.Russia
D.The Orient Express	IV.Canada

Choose the correct answer from the options given below
1. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
2. A-IlI, B-IV, C-I, D-II
3. A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
4. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

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20. Which one of the following towns has been developed as administrative headquarter after independence?

1. Bhopal
2. Dispur
3. Jaipur
4. Imphal

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21. Which of the following points about daily farming are correct?
A. Highly capital intensive
B. High yield per acre of land
C. Highly labour intensive
D. Mainly practised near urban and industrial centers
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A, B, C only
3. A, C, D only
2. A, B, D only
4. B, C, D only

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22. Identify the correct points about problems of urban settlements
A. Shortage of Housing
B. Vertical expansion of housing
C. Growth of slums
D. Very high level of social bonding
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A, B, C only
2. A, B, D only
3. A, C, D only
4. B, C, D only

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23. Which one of the followings is NOT a crop of rice in West Bengal?
1. Aus
2. Zaid
3. Aman
4. Boro

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24. Which one of the followings is NOT the part of definition of urban area in India?
1. Minimum Population of 5000 persons
2. At least 75 percent of female workers are engaged in non-agricultural activity
3. Density of population is at least 400 persons per square kilometer
4.Cantonment board and notified town area.

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25. Match List I with List II.

LIST I	LIST II
A. Wheat	I.Tropical humid
B. Rice	II.Sub-Topical
C.Cotton	III.Temperate
D. Gram	IV.Tropical semi-arid

Choose the correct answer from the options given
1. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-
2. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
3. A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
4. A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

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26. Which of the following is largest slum in Asia:
1. Khora
2. Dharavi
3. Lal Bagh
4. Gandhinagar

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27. To compensate the loss of Chittagong port after partition_______

port was developed.

1. Haldia

2. Pradwip

3.Diamond harbour

4. Vishakhapatnam

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28. Arrange the following towns cities on the basis of their evolution from ancient to present.

A. Delhi

B. Patna

C. Surat

D. Bhubaneswar

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, A, D, C

2. B, A, C, D

3. A, B, D, C

4. A, B, C, D

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29. Arrange the following approaches of Human Geography in ascending order.

A. Areal differentiation

B. Exploration and description

C. Spatial organisation

D. Regional analysis

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D, B, A, C

2. D, B, C, A

3. B, D, A, C

4. B, D, C, A

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30. Road transport is preferred over railways as it

1. Provides door to door services

2. Cover long distances

3. Can carry lot of weight

4. Takes less time to reach long distances

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31. According to Human Development Report 2020 which one of the following countries is on top?

1. UK

2. Germany

3.Norway

4.China

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32. The land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is known as _

1. Barren and wasteland

2. Fallow other than Current Fallow

3.Current Fallow

4. Culturable Wasteland

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33. A natural harbour situated at the entrance of the Zuari estuary is

1. Mumbai Port

2. Kandla Port

3. Marmagao Port

4. Mangalore Port

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34. Identify the correct statements with reference to the objective of irrigation.

A. Protective irrigation is for protecting the crops

B. Productive irrigation is for providing sufficient moisture to soil for cropping

C. Providing irrigation to bajra, Moong and gram come under productive irrigation

D. In productive irrigation, water utilization per unit area is higher than protective irrigation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C only

2. A, C, D only

3. A, B, D only

4. B, C, D only

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35.The study of relationship between natural and human worlds is called

1. Human Geography

2. Physical Geography

3. Regional Geography

4. Systematic Geography

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36. Which of the following is an example of agri-business on industrial scale considered as secondary activity?

1. Rice cropping

2. Wheat cultivation

3. Tea plantation and processing

4. Cultivation of pulses

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37. The population increase by difference between births and death in a particular region between two points of time is referred to as:

1. Actual Growth of Population

2. Natural Growth of Population

3. Ageing of population growth

4. Negative Growth of Population

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38. People living in very cold areas of higher latitudes by artificial heating keep their homes and offices warm. It is an example of

1. Humanisation of nature

2. Naturalization of Humans

3. Environmental Determinism

4. Stop and Go Determinism

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39. Arrange the following developments in radio services in India in chronological order.

A. All India radio changed to Akashvani

B. Radio broadcasting was started by Radio Club of Bombay

C. Government brought the radio-broadcasting

under Is control

D. The Radio-Broadcasting was changed to All India

Radio (AIR)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, C, A, D

2. B, C, D, A

3. C, B, D, A

4. C, B, A, D

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40. Which of the following points about the objectives of Industrial Policy 1991 are correct

A. Gainful employment

B. Attain international competitiveness

C. Maintain a sustained growth in productivity

D. Immediately provide better economic opportunities to people

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C only

2. A, B, D only

3. A, C, D only

4. B, C, D only

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Directions for questions 41 to 45: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

Agriculture is practised under multiple combinations of physical and socio-economic conditions, which gives rise to different types of agricultural system.

Based on methods of farming, different types of crops are grown and livestock raised. Subsistence agriculture is one in which the farming areas consume all, or nearly so. of the products locally grown. It can be grouped it two categories - Primitive Subsistence Agriculture and Intensive Subsistence Agriculture. Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is widely practised by many tribes in the tropics. espcecially in Africa south and central America and South east Asia.

The vegetation is usually cleared by fire and the ashes dad to the fertility or the soil. Shifting cultivation is thus, also called slash and bum agriculture. The cultivated patches are very small and cultivation is done with very primitive tools such as sticks and hoes. After sometime (3 to 5 years) the soil looses its fertility and the farmer shifts to another parts and clears other patch of the forest for cultivation. The farmer may return to the earlier patch after sometime. One of the major problems of shifting cultivation is that the cycle of jhum becomes less and less due to loss of fertility in different parcels. It is prevalent in tropical region in different names i.e Jhuming in North eastern states of India, Milpa in Central America and Mexico and Ladang in Indonesia and Malaysia. Plantation agriculture was introduced by the Europeans in colonies situated in the tropics. Some of the important plantation crops are tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, cotton, oil palm, sugarcane, bananas and pineapples.

The characteristic features of this type of farming are large estates or plantations, large capital investment, managerial and technical support, scientific methods and technical support, scientific methods of cultivation, single crop specialisation, cheap labour, and a good system of transportation which links the estates to the factories and markets for to export of products.

41. 'Slash and Burn Agriculture' is known as.

1. Plantation agriculture

2. Primitive subsistence agriculture

3.Extensive commercial grain farming

4.Intensive subsistence agriculture

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Directions for questions 41 to 45: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

Agriculture is practised under multiple combinations of physical and socio-economic conditions, which gives rise to different types of agricultural system.

1. India

2. Mexico

3. Indonesia

4. Malaysia

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Directions for questions 41 to 45: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

Agriculture is practised under multiple combinations of physical and socio-economic conditions, which gives rise to different types of agricultural system.

1. Cotton

2. Tea

3. Sugarcane

4.Wheat

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Directions for questions 41 to 45: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

Agriculture is practised under multiple combinations of physical and socio-economic conditions, which gives rise to different types of agricultural system.

Based on methods of farming, different types of crops are grown and livestock raised. Subsistence agriculture is one in which the farming areas consume all, or nearly so. of the products locally grown. It can be grouped it two categories - Primitive Subsistence Agriculture and Intensive Subsistence Agriculture. Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is widely practised by many tribes in the tropics. especially in Africa south and central America and South east Asia.

1. Large areal coverage

2. Use primitive tools

3. Produce consumed locally

4. Parcel of cultivated land changes after some years

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Directions for questions 41 to 45: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

Agriculture is practised under multiple combinations of physical and socio-economic conditions, which gives rise to different types of agricultural system.

45. Which of the following is NOT applicable to plantation agriculture?

1. Scientific method of cultivation

2. Large capital investment

3. Requirement of cheap labour

4. Multiple cropping

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Directions for questions 46 to 50: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

The division of the society into male, female and transgender is believed to be natural and biological. but in reality, there are social constructs and roles assigned to individuals which are reinforced by social institutions. Consequently, these Biological differences become in basis of social differentiations, discriminations and exclusions. The exclusion of over half of the population becomes a serious handicap to any developing and civilised society. It is a global challenge, which has been acknowledged by the UNDP when it mentioned that. "If development is not engendered, it is endangered" (HDR UNDP 1995). Discrimination, in general and gender .Discrimination, in particular, is a crime against humanity.

All efforts need to be made to address the denial of opportunities of education, employment, political representation, low wages for similar types of work, disregard to their entitlement to live a dignified life. etc. A society, which fails to acknowledge and take effective measures to remove such discriminations, cannot be treated as a civilised one. The Government of India has duly acknowledged the adverse impacts of these discriminations and launched a nationwide campaign called "Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao.'

The number of female workers is relatively high in primary sector, though in recent years there has been some improvement in work participation of women on secondary and tertiary sectors.

46. Which of the following year UNDP report mentioned

"If development is not engendered it is endangered.

1. 1993

2. 1995

3. 1997

4. 1999

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Directions for questions 46 to 50: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

The division of the society into male, female and transgender is believed to be natural and biological. but in reality, there are social constructs and roles assigned to individuals which are reinforced by social institutions. Consequently, these Biological differences become in basis of social differentiations, discriminations and exclusions. The exclusion of over half of the population becomes a serious handicap to any developing and civilised society. It is a global challenge, which has been acknowledged by the UNDP when it mentioned that. "If development is not engendered, it is endangered" (HDR UNDP 1995). Discrimination,in general and gender .Discrimination, in particular, is a crime against humanity.

The number of female workers is relatively high in primary sector, though in recent years there has been some improvement in work participation of women on secondary and tertiary sectors.

47. The number of female workers is relatively high in

1. Primary Sector

2. Secondary Sector

3. Tertiary Sector

4. Quaternary Sector

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Directions for questions 46 to 50: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

The division of the society into male, female and transgender is believed to be natural and biological. but in reality, there are social constructs and roles assigned to individuals which are reinforced by social institutions. Consequently, these Biological differences become in basis of social differentiations, discriminations and exclusions. The exclusion of over half of the population becomes a serious handicap to any developing and civilised society. It is a global challenge, which has been acknowledged by the UNDP when it mentioned that. "If development is not engendered, it is endangered" (HDR UNDP 1995). Discrimination,in general and gender .Discrimination, in particular, is a crime against humanity.

The number of female workers is relatively high in primary sector, though in recent years there has been some improvement in work participation of women on secondary and tertiary sectors.

48. The division of society into male, female and transgender is believed to be

1. Natural and biological

2. Social and biological

3. Social and natural

4. Physical and social

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Directions for questions 46 to 50: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

The division of the society into male, female and transgender is believed to be natural and biological. but in reality, there are social constructs and roles assigned to individuals which are reinforced by social institutions. Consequently, these Biological differences become in basis of social differentiations, discriminations and exclusions. The exclusion of over half of the population becomes a serious handicap to any developing and civilised society. It is a global challenge, which has been acknowledged by the UNDP when it mentioned that. "If development is not engendered, it is endangered" (HDR UNDP 1995). Discrimination,in general and gender .Discrimination, in particular, is a crime against humanity.

The number of female workers is relatively high in primary sector, though in recent years there has been some improvement in work participation of women on secondary and tertiary sectors.

49. Gender discrimination is a crime against

1. Male

2. Female

3. Humanity

4. Transgender

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Directions for questions 46 to 50: Read the given passage carefully and answer following five (5) questions;

The division of the society into male, female and transgender is believed to be natural and biological. but in reality, there are social constructs and roles assigned to individuals which are reinforced by social institutions. Consequently, these Biological differences become in basis of social differentiations, discriminations and exclusions. The exclusion of over half of the population becomes a serious handicap to any developing and civilised society. It is a global challenge, which has been acknowledged by the UNDP when it mentioned that. "If development is not engendered, it is endangered" (HDR UNDP 1995). Discrimination,in general and gender .Discrimination, in particular, is a crime against humanity.

The number of female workers is relatively high in primary sector, though in recent years there has been some improvement in work participation of women on secondary and tertiary sectors.

50. 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' is a _

1. Psychological campaign

2. Women empowerment campaign

3.Political campaign

4.Economic campaign

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