FINAL ANSWER KEY

Question Paper Code: 53/2023/0L

Category Code: 736/2021

Exam: Higher Secondary School Teacher (Junior)
Geography

Medium of Question: English

Date of Test 29-03-2023

Department Kerala Higher Secondary Education

Alphacode A

Question1:-Why is tropical rainfall highly erosive ?
A:-Tropical rainfall falls with high intensity and often in large amounts
Tropical landscapes are covered with dense vegetation
C:-High slope of the tropical regions
D:-Population density
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question2:-"Space is not something objective and real, nor is it a substance or an accident, or a relation, but it is subjective
and ideal, and proceeds from the nature of the mind by an unchanging law, as a schema for coordinating with each other
absolutely all things externally sensed". This statement is from
A:-Erdkunde by Carl Ritter
B:-Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
C:-The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
D:-Kosmos by Alexander von Humboldt
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question3:-The long-term accumulation of sediment in a channel and the readjustment of the stream profile where there is
a vertical growth of the land surface in response is known as
A:-Abrasion
B:-River rejuvenation
C:-Aggradation
D:-Stratigraphic succession
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question4:-The late *20*(th) century cultural turn in geography is marked with
A:-Is conceived as the establishment of a critical system, which embraces the phenomenology of landscape, in order to
grasp in all of its meaning and colour the varied terrestrial scene
B:-The belief that human knowledge is produced by the scientific interpretation of observational data
C:-Inclusive of multiple knowledges, particularly those of Indigenous voices and more-than-human actors, including
digital technologies, and importance to areas of contemporary social and environmental justice
D:-Use quantitative techniques and tools that include such things as computerized mapping and geographic
information systems, spatial analysis and patterns, aerial distribution, densities, movement and transportation
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question5:-Indian monsoon is influenced by the following major factors
i, the seasonal thermal contrast over land
ii. the east-west alignment of the high Himalaya Mountains
iii, Large number of rivers in the subcontinent
iv. Deccan plateau and coastal plains
A-iv
B:-ii and iii
-i and ii
D:-i and iii
Correct Answer:- Option-C

Question6:-A branch of geographical work informed by the political philosophy which is opposed to the state and any form
of authority, hierarchy and domination.

A:-Anarchist geography
:-Humanistic geography
C:-Radical geography
D:-Regional geography
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question7:-Yardangs are formed due to
A:-Fluvial erosion in wet regions