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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 44

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Pop human geographyRead the answer and worked solution →Run the geographersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the geography wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Natural or social scienceRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the branchesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Geography as a discipline bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Rotting dead matter in the soil is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Breaking down of rocks by wind, water and climate to form soil is:Read the answer and worked solution →A vertical section through the layers of soil is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The dark, humus-rich uppermost soil layer is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which soil horizon has less humus but more minerals and is harder and compact?Read the answer and worked solution →The soil layer made of small lumps of rock with cracks and crevices is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The rock from which soil particles were formed is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Soil with a greater proportion of big particles is:Read the answer and worked solution →Soil in which large and fine particles are in about equal amount is:Read the answer and worked solution →Sandy soils are light, dry and:Read the answer and worked solution →Clayey soils are heavy because they:Read the answer and worked solution →The best topsoil for growing plants is:Read the answer and worked solution →Silt, whose particle size lies between sand and clay, is deposited in:Read the answer and worked solution →If 200 mL of water takes 20 minutes to percolate through soil, the percolation rate is:Read the answer and worked solution →Air above farmland shimmers on a hot day because:Read the answer and worked solution →Soils rich in clay and organic matter with good water retention are ideal for:Read the answer and worked solution →Lentils and other pulses need which soil that drains water easily?Read the answer and worked solution →Cotton grows best in loam or:Read the answer and worked solution →Potters of Sohagpur mix burnt horse dung into black soil to:Read the answer and worked solution →Sohagpur, famous for its surahis and matkas, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →Removal of land surface by water, wind or ice is:Read the answer and worked solution →Soil erosion is most severe in areas with little or no:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the soil profile layersRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop human geography

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Other terms
  1. Climatology
  2. Hydrology
  3. Pedology
  4. Geoid
Matching terms
  1. Social
  2. Population
  3. Settlement
  4. Economic
  5. Historical
  6. Political
Instructions
Pop the branches of human geography. Leave the physical branches.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 1, Geography as a Discipline._

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Run the geographers

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Humboldt
    Choices
    1. Humboldt
    2. Ritter
    3. Hartshorne
  2. Correct
    Ritter
    Choices
    1. Humboldt
    2. Ritter
    3. Hartshorne
  3. Correct
    Hartshorne
    Choices
    1. Humboldt
    2. Ritter
    3. Hartshorne
  4. Correct
    What
    Choices
    1. What
    2. Where
    3. Why
  5. Correct
    Where
    Choices
    1. What
    2. Where
    3. Why
  6. Correct
    Why
    Choices
    1. What
    2. Where
    3. Why
Instructions
Who: systematic approach, regional approach, areal differentiation; then question for pattern, place, cause.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 1, Geography as a Discipline._

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Slice the geography words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Sonnet
Matches the category
  1. Geoid
  2. GIS
  3. GPS
  4. Pedology
  5. Humboldt
Instructions
Slice only the geography words. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 1, Geography as a Discipline._

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