1. Which organisations are responsible for publishing topographical sheets?
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(A) Geological Survey of India (G.S.I.)
(B) National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (N.A.T.M.O.)
(C) Indian Meteorological Department (I.M.D.)
(D) Survey of India (S.O.I.)
2. The primary goal of planning for disasters is to reduce
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(A) Death
(B) Damage
(C) Risk
(D) Vulnerability
3. Maps on large scale, representing both natural and man-made features are called
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(A) Wall maps
(B) Topographic maps
(C) Thematic maps
(D) Atlas maps
4. The well through which water comes out through hydraulic pressure is called
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(A) Ordinary well
(B) Tube well
(C) Deep tube well
(D) Artesian well
5. What is meant by the term “midnight sun”?
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(A) Twilight
(B) Rising Sun
(C) Very bright moon
(D) Sun shining in the polar circle for long time
6. What is the alternate name for contour lines?
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(A) Isopotential
(B) Istherm
(C) Isohypse
(D) Isohyet
7. Who coined the word ‘Geography’?
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(A) Ptolemy
(B) Eratosthenese
(C) Hacataus
(D) Herodatus
8. The land of maximum biodiversity is
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(A) Tropical
(B) Temperate
(C) Monsoonal
(D) Equatorial
9. Instrument used for measuring area on maps is called
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(A) Planimeter
(B) Eidograph
(C) Pantograph
(D) Opisometer
10. The science of map-making is
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(A) Cartography
(B) Geography
(C) Carpology
(D) Geology
