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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER (JUNIOR) GEOGRAPHY' And exam conducted in the year 2023. And Question paper code was '053/2023/OL'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was ''. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
B:-Wind abrasion in arid regions
C:-Removal of sediments by waves in the coasts
D:-Deposition by wind in arid regions
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question8:-Absolute understanding of space
A:-analyse how space is constituted and given meaning through human endeavour
B:-understood as a system of organization, a geometry, ‘a kind of absolute grid, within which objects are located and
events occur’
C:-areas unaltered by human actions
D:-separation between nature and humanity
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question9:-The three-dimensional air circulation from the lower latitudes, where there is surplus solar radiation, heat is
dissipated to the higher parallels by wind is known as the
A:-Walker circulation
B:-Hadley cell
C:-Ferrel cell
D:-Polar cell
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question10:-Which one of the following statement is correct with critical geographers
i, Commitment to state policies
ii. Shared commitment to emancipatory politics within and beyond the discipline
iii, Broader focus on the multiple axes of power and difference that create social and economic divides
iv. Promotion in the use of sophisticated technologies in the discipline
is correct
-i and iv are correct
C:-ii and iii are correct
D:-i is correct
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question11:-Social Darwinism can be best explained as
A:-A natural process of variation, struggle and the selection of traits favourable for survival
B:-Social movements to protect nature
:-State as in its nature, like a biological organism or a living being and that the relation between the state and the
individual is the same as between an organism and its cell
D:-The application of biological evolutionary theories to society naturalized the social order, and was, in many
instances, used to legitimize class and racial hierarchies
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question12:-The extent to which different climatic regimes are potentially capable of exerting direct and indirect influences
on geomorphic processes and thereby of generating different landform assemblages is known as
A:-Morphometric regions
B:-Agro-climatic regions
-Morphogenetic regions
D:-Periglacial regions
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question13:-The book space, place and gender authored by
A:-Gillian Rose
B:-David Harvey
C:-Doreen Massey
D:-Linda McDowell
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question14:-"A surface of low relief worn down to near sea level and formed through erosion over protracted spans of time"
is the concept of
A:-Natural selection by Charles Darwin
B:-Sea level rise by Bruun
C:-Slope replacement by Walter Penck
D:-Peneplain by W.M. Davis
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question15:-"Altering of the qualities of space-time and the relationship between space and time is a consequence of the
expansion of capital", this idea is explained in geography as
A:-Time-space modelling
B:-Space time continuum
C:-Time-space compression