Geography UPSC PYQ 1995

The clouds float in the atmosphere because of their low

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List I List II I. European transcontinental railway A) Paris to Istanbul II. Trans Andean railway B) Leningrad to Vladivostok III. Trans-Siberian railway C) Leningrad to Volgograd IV. Orient Express D) Buenos Aires to Valparaiso E) Paris to Warsaw

Of the four places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the map, the one indicating a tidal port is

The national highway from Delhi to Calcutta via Mathura and Varanasi is numbered

Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one State in India?

In the map given below, three out of the four places marked indicate places where a thermal power station is located. The place where there is no thermal power station is marked

In the map given below four areas are differently shaded, three of which indicate cereal-crops production areas and one indicates non-cereal crop production area. As per the index given, the non-cereal crop production area is

The Indian subcontinent was originally part of a huge land mass called

The standard time of the following countries is ahead or behind Greenwich Mean Time depending on whether they are east or west of the longitude passing through Greenwich: I. Cuba II. Greece III. Iraq IV. Costa Rica V. Japan Which one of the following sequential orders gives the correct arrangement of the countries according to their standard time from ahead to behind GMT?

Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was abandoned because of the disease

Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world?

In which one of the following crops international trade is low in the context of total produce?

Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in

Given below is a map of some countries which were parts of the erstwhile Soviet Union, with water bodies shown by shaded areas: The countries marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are respectively

According to the 1991 Census, the highest percentage of population in India is to be found in the age group of

The graph given below shows the mean average monthly temperatures (in °C) and mean monthly rainfall (in cms) of a place: This graph is indicative of which one of the climatic zones of the world?

The palaeomagnetic results obtained from India indicate that in the past, the Indian land mass has moved

Examine the map of Jammu and Kashmir given below: The mountain ranges marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 are respectively

Willy Willy is

Consider the map given below: The divisions along India’s coastal region indicate

The Alpine vegetation in the western Himalayas is found only up to a height of 3000 metres, while in the eastern Himalayas it is found up to a height of 4000 metres. The reason for this variation in the same mountain range is that