GEOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY


Specializations in Geography

1. Specialization in designing maps
Cartography
2. The study of earth’s crust to learn more about its structure history and composition.
Geology
3. The study of earth’s surface, the origin and distribution of land forms and the changes that occur on them.
Geomorphology
4. The study of the physical and chemical characteristics above and below the earth’s surface.
Hydrology
5. The study of earth’s atmosphere and the variations in atmospheric conditions that product weather
Meteorology
6. The study of ocean and the land beneath it
Oceanography

Branches of Geography

Cartography: Deals with the production and study of maps and charts
Climatology: Study of climatic features such temperature, precipitation and humidity
Chorology: Study of geographical areas, plants and animal distribution
Demography: Describes the structure of human population and their dynamic aspects.
Lithology: Deals with the characteristics f rocks
Geomorphology: Study of land forms, their distribution and origin and the forces that change them
Hydrology: Study of water on earth, oceans, river, glaciers etc.
Oceanography: Studies the ocean current waves and tides.
Geology: Study of the chemical composition of earth’s crust.
Potamology: Study of rivers.
Pedology: Science of nature, properties, formation, distribution and function of soils and their
response to use, management and manipulation.
Paleontology: study of fossils.
Orology: Study of mountains
Petrology: Study of the origin, composition and structure of rocks.

Important Questions

1. Who put forward Drift Theory
Alfred Wegner
2. Earth’s diameter at equater
12,712 km
3. Magnitude

GENERAL SCIENCE

GENERAL SCIENCE

1. The chief nitrogenous product in the human urine is
Ans. Urea
2. International voluntary blood donation day?
November 6
3. Ageing in human beings caused due by disappearance of which gland?
Thymus
4. Wisdom teach normally appears in the age group?
17-30 years
5. Chemically an enzyme is a?
Protein
6. The red color of ripe tomatoes is due to the presence of
Carotenoids
7. Who discovered leprosy bacillus
Hansen
8. Penicillin is obtained from?
Fungus
9. Operator flood refers to
Milk production
10. Pure water is obtained form sea water by the process of
Distillation
11. The purest form of iron is
Wrought iron
12. The type of water which does not lather easily is called
Hard water
13. An element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially is
Plutonium
14. Actinides are the elements with atomic number from
89 to103
15. The two elements that are frequently used for making transistors are
Silicon & Germanium
16. From which mineral is radium obtained
Pitchblende
17. Bleaching powder is made from
Lime and chlorine
18. Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of
Neutron
19. Titanium is purified by
Van Arkel method
20. Unit of loudness?
Decibel
21. The kinetic energy of a body depends on its?
Velocity
22. The period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is
24 hours
23. The color of a star depends on its
Temperature
25. A rainbow is formed by the …………. of the light by water droplets.
Dispersion and total internal reflection

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

RECIEPT OF BHARAT RATNA and year

1. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari - 1954
2. Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - 1954
3. Dr. Chandrasekhar Venkat Raman - 1954
4. Dr. Bhagavan Das - 1955
5. Dr. Mokshagunadam Visvesvarya - 1955
6. Jawaharlal Nehru -1955
7. Govind Ballabh Pant -1957
8. Dr.Dhondo Keshave Karve -1958
9. Dr.Bdhan Chandra Roy -1961
10. Purushottam Das Tandom -1961
11. Dr.Rajendra Prasad -1962
12. Dr.Zakir Hussain -1963
13. Dr.Pandurang Vaman Kane -1963
14. Lal Bahadur Shastri (Posthumous) -1966
15. Indira Gandhi -1971
16. Varahagiri Venkatagiri -1975
17. Kumaraswami Kamaraj (Posthumous) -1976
18. Mary Teresa, Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) -1980
19. Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) -1983
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan -1987
21. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran (Posthumous)-1988
22. Dr.Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar (Posthumous)-1990
23. Dr.Nelson Rolihahla Mandela -1990
24. Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) -1991
25. Sardar Vallabhai Patel (Posthumous) -1991
26. Morarji Ranchhodji Desai -1991
27. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (Posthumous)-1992
28. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata -1992
29. Satyajit Ray -1992
30. Aruna Asaf Ali (Posthumous) -1997
31. Gulzari Lal Nanda (Posthumous) -1997
32. Dr.Avul Pakir Jainalabdeen Abdul Kalam-1997
33. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbalakshmi-1998
34. Chidambaram Subramaniam -1998
35. Jayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous)-1999
36. Anartya Sen -1999
37. Gopinath Bordoloi (Posthumous) -1999
38. Pandit Ravi Shankar -1999
39. Lata Mangeshkar -2001
40. Ustad Bismillah Khan -2001