HTET LEVEL-III (2022) – GEOGRAPHY 

Practice Question Paper with Answers

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Q91. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

River – Origin

1. Sharda – Milam Glacier
2. Ghaghra – Mapchachungo Glacier
3. Jhelum – Rohtang Pass
4. Satluj – Rakas Tal
   ✅ Answer: (3) Jhelum – Rohtang Pass

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Q92. 'Kayaks' are associated with:

1. Eskimo Tribe
2. Pigmy Tribe
3. Bushman Tribe
4. Khirgies Tribe
   ✅ Answer: (1) Eskimo Tribe

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Q93. Which one of the following is not an equal area projection?

1. Mollweide
2. Bonne
3. Polyconic
4. Sanson-Flamsteed
   ✅ Answer: (3) Polyconic

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Q94. Transhumance is done by:

1. Bhil Tribe
2. Toda Tribe
3. Gujjar Tribe
4. Gond Tribe
   ✅ Answer: (3) Gujjar Tribe

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Q95. Who first formally used the term "Cultural Landscape"?

1. Ratzel
2. Humboldt
3. Haggett
4. Otto Schluter
   ✅ Answer: (4) Otto Schluter

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Q96. Second longest National Highway of India:

1. NH 5
2. NH 27
3. NH 15
4. NH 47
   ✅ Answer: (2) NH 27

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Q97. "Territorial Growth of State" was written by:

1. Semple
2. Huntington
3. Ratzel
4. Davis
   ✅ Answer: (3) Ratzel

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Q98. Ten Degree Channel separates:

1. Car Nicobar & Camorta
2. Little Andaman & South Andaman
3. North Andaman & South Andaman
4. Little Andaman & Car Nicobar
   ✅ Answer: (4) Little Andaman & Car Nicobar

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Q99. Which refinery is not raw-material based?

1. Numaligarh
2. Noonmati
3. Haldia
4. Koyali
   ✅ Answer: (3) Haldia

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Q100. Which is not correctly matched?

1. Negrito – Pigmies
2. Mongoloid – Eskimo
3. Mediterranean – Kirghiz
4. Nordic – North European
   ✅ Answer: (3) Mediterranean – Kirghiz

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Q101. Example of Pedalfer soil:

1. Laterite
2. Black
3. Alluvial
4. Rendzina
   ✅ Answer: (1) Laterite

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Q102. Rural-Urban Continuum concept by:

1. Dickinson
2. Murphy
3. Robert Redfield
4. Scott
   ✅ Answer: (3) Robert Redfield

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Q103. Highest % of Scheduled Tribes (Census 2011):

1. Meghalaya & Lakshadweep
2. Mizoram & Lakshadweep
3. Nagaland & Lakshadweep
4. Mizoram & Nagaland
   ✅ Answer: (4) Mizoram & Nagaland

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Q104. Altitude shown on map is called:

1. Layer colouring
2. Hachures
3. Spot height
4. Bench mark
   ✅ Answer: (3) Spot height

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Q105. Correct chronological order:

1. Homer → Thales → Hecataeus → Eratosthenes
2. Thales → Homer → Hecataeus → Eratosthenes
3. Homer → Thales → Eratosthenes → Hecataeus
4. Hecataeus → Eratosthenes → Thales → Homer
   ✅ Answer: (1)

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Q106. Rain shadow climate (Western Ghats – Koeppen):

1. BWhw
2. BShw
3. Aw
4. Amw
   ✅ Answer: (2) BShw

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Q107. Relation of human activities & climate shown by:

1. Triangular diagram
2. Cartogram
3. Ergograph
4. Hythergraph
   ✅ Answer: (3) Ergograph

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Q108. Deccan Trap formed by:

1. Granite
2. Sandstone
3. Gneiss
4. Basalt
   ✅ Answer: (4) Basalt

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Q109. Weber’s least cost theory includes:

A. Raw material
B. Market
C. Transport
D. Capital
E. Ethics

Select the correct answer from the code given below : Code :

 [1] A, B, C and D are correct

 [2] Only A, B and C are correct

 [3] A, B, C, D and E are correct 

[4] Only C, D and E are correct

✅ Answer: (2) A, B, C

Q110.

If the time in Cairo (30° E Longitude) on Sunday is 12 Noon and in New York the time is 5 A.M., the longitude of New York is:

1. 20° W
2. 75° W
3. 60° W
4. 105° E

👉 Answer: 2) 75° W ✔

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Q111.

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Tribe)	List-II (State)
(A) Toda	(i) Rajasthan
(B) Tharu	(ii) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Gaddi	(iii) Uttaranchal
(D) Garasiya	(iv) Tamil Nadu

Options:

1. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
2. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
3. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

👉 Answer: 1) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) ✔

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Q112.

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

1. COP 25 – Madrid
2. COP 24 – Katowice
3. COP 23 – Bonn
4. COP 26 – Paris

👉 Answer: 4) COP 26 – Paris ✔

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Q113.

The lacustrine and fluvial deposits in Kashmir Valley are called:

1. Khadar
2. Chhos
3. Murg
4. Karewa

👉 Answer: 4) Karewa ✔

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Q114.

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

1. Chuquicamata – Copper
2. Krivoy Rog – Iron
3. Orinoco Basin – Petroleum
4. Magnitogorsk – Chromium

👉 Answer: 4) Magnitogorsk – Chromium ✔

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Q115.

The scale of a map is 5 inches = 1 mile. If reduced to half, new R.F. will be:

1. 1 : 253474
2. 5" = 2 miles
3. 1 : 6336
4. 1 : 12672

👉 Answer: 4) 1 : 12672 ✔

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Q116.

How many links are there in a Gunter’s chain?

1. 66
2. 10
3. 100
4. 33

👉 Answer: 3) 100 ✔

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Q117.

As per India State Forest Report 2021, which state has the highest % of forest cover?

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Mizoram
3. Sikkim
4. Manipur

👉 Answer: 2) Mizoram ✔

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Q118.

Which among the following is not correctly matched?

1. Scientific Determinism – Ratzel
2. Possibilism – Le Pichan
3. Stop and Go Determinism – Taylor
4. Human Ecology – Barrows

👉 Answer: 2) Possibilism – Le Pichan ✔

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Q119.

Highest reserves of Chromite in India are in:

1. Rajasthan
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Telangana
4. Odisha

👉 Answer: 4) Odisha ✔

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Q120.

Zelinsky propounded:

1. Steady state theory
2. Demographic transition theory
3. Mobility transition model
4. Optimum population model

👉 Answer: 3) Mobility transition model ✔

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Q121.

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

1. Pediplanation – King
2. Morphometric analysis – Penck
3. Geographic cycle of erosion – Davis
4. Periglacial cycle of erosion – Crickmay

👉 Answer: 2) Morphometric analysis – Penck ✔

Q122.

'Hamburg' port is situated on the:

1. Rhine river
2. Danube river
3. Elbe river
4. Seine river

👉 Answer: 3) Elbe river ✔

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Q123.

The transitional stages of sequential changes from one vegetation community to another are called:

1. Sere
2. Climax vegetation
3. Synecology
4. Oikos

👉 Answer: 1) Sere ✔

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Q124.

'Frontal wave theory' was propounded by:

1. Petterson
2. Haurwitz
3. Byers
4. Bjerknes

👉 Answer: 4) Bjerknes ✔

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Q125.

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Local Winds)	List-II (Region)
(A) Zonda	(i) S.E. Australia
(B) Gibli	(ii) Guinea Coast
(C) Harmattan	(iii) Libya
(D) Brickfielder	(iv) Argentina

Options:

1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
2. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
3. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
4. (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

👉 Answer: 2) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) ✔

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Q126.

The Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate is:

1. 10°C per 1000 meters
2. 5°C per 1000 meters
3. 6.5°C per 1000 meters
4. 9.5°C per 1000 meters

👉 Answer: 1) 10°C per 1000 meters ✔

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Q127.

When destruction takes place between two oceanic plates, which activity does NOT occur?

1. Island arcs formation
2. Earthquake activity
3. Active volcanic activity
4. Transform fault activity

👉 Answer: 4) Transform fault activity ✔

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Q128.

More than 90% of atmospheric water vapour is found up to:

1. 2 km
2. 5 km
3. 10 km
4. 15 km

👉 Answer: 2) 5 km ✔

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Q129.

Which climatologist used 'Precipitation Effectiveness Ratio'?

1. Koeppen
2. Trewartha
3. Kendrew
4. Thornthwaite

👉 Answer: 4) Thornthwaite ✔

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Q130.

Arrange in chronological order:
(A) Hercynian
(B) Caledonian
(C) Alpine

Options:

1. A, B, C
2. A, C, B
3. B, A, C
4. B, C, A

👉 Answer: 3) B, A, C ✔

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Q131.

Which is NOT a sea wave depositional landform?

1. Sabkha
2. Tombolo
3. Spit
4. Wave-cut platform

👉 Answer: 4) Wave-cut platform ✔

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Q132.

Which factors modify ocean currents?
(A) Shape of coastline
(B) Seasonal variations
(C) Revolution of the Earth
(D) Bottom relief

Options:

1. A, B, C and D
2. A, B and D
3. A and B
4. A, B and C

👉 Answer: 1) A, B, C and D ✔

Q133.

Which formula is used for calculating optimum population?

1. (incorrect form)
2. $M = \frac{O}{A}$
3. (incorrect form)
4. (incorrect form)

👉 Answer: 2) $M = \frac{O}{A}$ ✔

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Q134.

Which condition is NOT suitable for coral reef growth?

1. Clean and shallow water
2. Sedimented water
3. Salinity 27‰–30‰
4. Oceanic currents

👉 Answer: 2) Sedimented water ✔

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Q135.

Hot spot concept was given by:

1. Holmes
2. Kober
3. Tuzo Wilson
4. Joly

👉 Answer: 3) Tuzo Wilson ✔

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Q136.

Reclaimed land from the sea in Netherlands is called:

1. Sounds
2. Ria
3. Young Pitz
4. Polders

👉 Answer: 4) Polders ✔

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Q137.

In Von Thunen model, second ring represents:

1. Dairy farming
2. Horticulture
3. Forest
4. Extensive farming

👉 Answer: 3) Forest ✔

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Q138.

Which statement is NOT correct?

1. All sedimentary rocks are horizontal
2. Sedimentary rocks have strata
3. Formed in shallow seas
4. May be consolidated/unconsolidated

👉 Answer: 1) All sedimentary rocks are horizontal ✔

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Q139.

Who first classified the world into Zoogeographical regions?

1. W.T. Neil
2. P. Darlington
3. W. George & De Latin
4. A.R. Wallace & P. Sclater

👉 Answer: 4) A.R. Wallace & P. Sclater ✔

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Q140.

Blind valley is associated with:

1. Karst topography
2. Sea wave topography
3. Wind topography
4. Glacial topography

👉 Answer: 1) Karst topography ✔

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Q141.

Maritime polar cold unstable air mass is represented as:

1. mPKu
2. mTKu
3. mPWu
4. mTWu

👉 Answer: 2) mTKu ✔

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Q142.

Insolation at poles is:

1. 42%
2. 47%
3. 57%
4. 32%

👉 Answer: 4) 32% ✔

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Q143.

Which is NOT correctly matched (Tides theory)?

1. Equilibrium theory – Newton
2. Dynamical theory – Laplace
3. Progressive wave – Whewell
4. Stationary wave – Williams

👉 Answer: 4) Stationary wave – Williams ✔

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Q144.

Largest wood pulp & paper producing country:

1. Australia
2. Brazil
3. USA
4. China

👉 Answer: 4) China ✔

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Q145.

Sharp-edged glacial ridge is called:

1. Col
2. Roche moutonnée
3. Horn
4. Arete

👉 Answer: 4) Arete ✔

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Q146.

Slash and Burn agriculture means:

1. Mixed farming
2. Potato farming
3. Shifting cultivation
4. Deforestation

👉 Answer: 3) Shifting cultivation ✔

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Q147.

E.C. Bullard hypothesis is related to:

1. Nappe
2. Fold
3. Rift valley
4. Earthquake

👉 Answer: 3) Rift valley ✔

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Q148.

Correct chronological order (polarity reversal):
(A) Gauss
(B) Gilbert
(C) Brunhes
(D) Matuyama

Options:

1. D, A, C, B
2. B, A, D, C
3. A, D, C, B
4. A, B, C, D

👉 Answer: 2) B, A, D, C ✔

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Q149.

When moon is closest to Earth:

1. Umbra
2. Penumbra
3. Apogee
4. Perigee

👉 Answer: 4) Perigee ✔

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Q150.

Meandering jet stream is called:

1. Rossby waves
2. Walker cell
3. Ferrel cell
4. Hadley waves

👉 Answer: 1) Rossby waves ✔