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Geography – WBPSC Clerkship Previous Year Question Paper
Clerkship Question Paper – 2024 (S1)
33. Rajaji Raghati Biosphere Reserve is located in which State of India?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Karnataka
36. Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar Island?
(A) Mount Koya
(B) Mount Diavolo
(C) Saddle Peak
(D) Mount Thullier
43. Which is the smallest country in the world, with an area of only 0.49 square kilometer?
(A) Monaco
(B) Vatican
(C) Andorra
(D) Casablanca
46. Which State does not share border with Myanmar?
(A) Assam
(B) Nagaland
(C) Manipur
(D) Mizoram
61. The dance form called ‘Mohiniyattam’ is associated with which State of India?
(A) Kerala
(B) Telangana
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Karnataka
64. How much time does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
(A) 8 minutes
(B) 2 minutes
(C) 4 minutes
(D) 16 minutes
67. The Lonar Lake is located in
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Odisha
73. Anasagar Lake is located in which one of the following States?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Karnataka
74. The term ‘Orographic rainfall’ is associated with:
(A) rainfall caused by cyclones
(B) rainfall caused by warm air masses
(C) rainfall caused by mountains
(D) rainfall caused by convection currents
79. What is Argentina’s currency?
(A) Dollar
(B) Kroon
(C) Peso
(D) Sol
80. Bhitarkanika National Park is located in which State?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Bihar
(C) Odisha
(D) Uttar Pradesh
97. What is the capital of Nigeria?
(A) Algiers
(B) Abuja
(C) Lagos
(D) Nairobi
99. Parkachik Glacier is located in which State/U.T.?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Ladakh
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Sikkim
100. Lek is the currency of which country?
(A) Azerbaijan
(B) Angola
(C) Indonesia
(D) Albania
Clerkship Question Paper – 2024 (S2)
43. ‘Pampas’ are extensive grasslands found in
(A) North America
(B) South America
(C) Africa
(D) Asia
46. Which of the following rivers is the Ukai dam situated across?
(A) Narmada
(B) Tapti
(C) Mahanadi
(D) Krishna
53. Which layer of the atmosphere prevents ultraviolet rays from coming on the surface of the earth?
(A) Stratosphere
(B) Troposphere
(C) Ionosphere
(D) Mesosphere
72. The Hindon River is a tributary of which river?
(A) Ganges
(B) Yamuna
(C) Narmada
(D) Tapti
74. Nathu La Pass is situated in which of the following ranges?
(A) Vindhyas
(B) Karakoram
(C) Western Ghats
(D) Himalayas
78. ‘Batukamma’ is the State festival of which state?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Telangana
(C) Assam
(D) Gujarat
79. Which one of the following is the currency of Bulgaria?
(A) Leu
(B) Ruble
(C) Leva
(D) Dollar
86. Loktak Lake is the largest fresh water lake in which of the following region of the country?
(A) North-Eastern
(B) South-Western
(C) North-Western
(D) South-Eastern
89. What is the capital of the United States?
(A) New York
(B) Boston
(C) London
(D) Washington, D.C.
Clerkship Question Paper – 2024 (S3)
39. In which of the following districts of West Bengal is the maximum amount of Tobacco produced?
(A) Birbhum
(B) Bardhaman
(C) Cooch Behar
(D) North 24 Parganas
40. Which one of the following is the capital of Jordan?
(A) Havana
(B) Amman
(C) Lagos
(D) Osio
69. In which state is ‘Boita Bandana’ celebrated?
(A) Odisha
(B) Assam
(C) West Bengal
(D) Meghalaya
84. Ganga water is being shared at Farakka with which one of the following countries?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Myanmar
Clerkship Question Paper – 2024 (S4)
40. Which one of the following is a tributary of the Brahmaputra River?
(A) Ghaggar
(B) Mahi
(C) Kosi
(D) Manas
47. Barakar is a tributary of which River?
(A) Ajay
(B) Mayurakshi
(C) Damodar
(D) Kansabati
51. Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for
(A) Cheetah reintroduction project
(B) Lion reintroduction project
(C) Red Panda reintroduction project
(D) Black Panther reintroduction project
61. Where is the Vansda National Park located?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Gujarat
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Madhya Pradesh
98. Amindivi Islands in India are best known for which of the following?
(A) Coral Atolls / Reefs
(B) Abyssal Fans
(C) Seamounts
(D) Estuaries
Clerkship Question Paper – 2019 (S1)
10. Which one of the following rivers does not flow across the India-Bangladesh border?
(A) The Ganges
(B) Teesta
(C) Atrayee
(D) Damodar
12. Which one of the following states is not a Member of SAARC?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Myanmar
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Nepal
13. Which one of the following is not an independent state?
(A) Australia
(B) Scotland
(C) Belgium
(D) Spain
20. Except Hong Kong, how many other Special Administrative Regions(SARs) are there in China?
(A) 2
(B) 1
(C) 3
(D) None of the above
34. How many districts are there in West Bengal?
(A) 21
(B) 19
(C) 23
(D) 22
35. Balakot is in
(A) India’s north-east
(B) Pakistan’s north-west
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Iran-Afghanistan border
36. Fiji is in
(A) The Asia-Pacific region
(B) The North Atlantic region
(C) North Africa
(D) South America
37. Which one of the following is not a Union Territory?
(A) Chandigarh
(B) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(C) Puducherry
(D) Tripura
Clerkship Question Paper – 2019 (S2)
1. Kamarpukur, the birthplace of Sri Sri Ramakrishna, is in
(A) Howrah
(B) Hooghly
(C) East Bardhaman
(D) Nadia
2. The capital of Australia is
(A) Melbourne
(B) Sydney
(C) Canberra
(D) Perth
13. Amarkantak is in
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Uttarakhand
20. Which one of the following ports is not in Pakistan?
(A) Karachi
(B) Gwadar
(C) Pasni
(D) Bandar Abbas
21. Identify the statement that wrongly depicts Mamallapuram as
(A) A UNESCO cultural heritage site.
(B) The ancient capital of the Pallava Kingdom.
(C) Home to the development of Kathakali dance form.
(D) A tourist spot.
24. Which of the following states in India is not a tea-growing state?
(A) Assam
(B) Tripura
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
28. Which one of the following states is not a member of BIMSTEC?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Myanmar
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) India
33. Which one of the following states is not an independent state?
(A) Vanuatu
(B) Netherlands
(C) Alaska
(D) Canada
38. Which among the following rivers originate from the Himalayas?
(A) Damodar
(B) Cauvery
(C) The Brahmaputra
(D) Narmada
Clerkship Question Paper – 2009 (S1)
33. Nagarjuna Sagar Project is located on which river?
(A) Kaveri
(B) Krishna
(C) Godavari
(D) Tunga
34. Mineral oil is the liquid form of which rock?
(A) Igneous rock
(B) Metamorphic rock
(C) Sedimentary rock
(D) Crushed rock
45. Canal irrigation is mostly seen in
(A) Southern India
(B) Eastern India
(C) Western India
(D) Northern India
57. India’s largest river lift irrigation project is located in which state?
(now Kaleshwaram, Telangana)
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Haryana
(C) Punjab
(D) Himachal Pradesh
68. One of the famous cold water springs of India is
(A) Verinag
(B) Sahasradhara
(C) Anantnag
(D) Tatapani
Clerkship Question Paper – 2009 (S2)
31. Where is India’s famous tea auction centre located?
(A) Tejpur
(B) Darjeeling
(C) Guwahati
(D) Siliguri
45. Deccan trap has been formed using which type of rocks.
(A) Igneous Rocks
(B) Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
(C) Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
(D) Metamorphic Rocks
46. One of the most important port of Odisha is
(A) Vishakhapatnam
(B) Tuticorin
(C) Gopalpur
(D) Paradip
55. One of the main tributaries of Godavari River is
(A) Indravati
(B) Vedvati
(C) Bheema
(D) Sheena
62. Periyar National Park is located in which state?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Uttaranchal
(C) Kerala
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Clerkship Question Paper – 2007
41. Days are longer in India in :
(A) December
(B) September
(C) June
(D) March
45. The Teesta Gorge is seen in the river’s :
(A) Upper Course
(B) Middle Course
(C) Lower Course
(D) At its delta
49. The Satpura Range is a :
(A) Block Mountain
(B) Fold Mountain
(C) Volcanic Mountain
(D) Relict Mountain
53. The chief port of Gujarat is :
(A) Porbandar
(B) Surat
(C) Okha
(D) Kandla
57. The highest peak of India :
(A) Mt. Everest
(B) Kanchenjunga
(C) K2
(D) Nanga Parbat
61. The Shivasamudram Falls are located on the :
(A) Kaveri
(B) Godavari
(C) Krishna
(D) Mahanadi
69. The Iron and Steel plant at Bhadravati gets iron ore from :
(A) Baba Budan Hills
(B) Keonjhar
(C) Bailadila
(D) Bonai
73. _____ industry is known as the ‘Modern Industrial Giant’.
(A) Automobile
(B) Iron and Steel
(C) Petrochemical
(D) Ship building
77. The Kathiawar Peninsula is situated in :
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Kerala
(D) Gujarat
Clerkship Question Paper – 2006
10. Which of the following crops is cultivated in the largest area in India?
(A) Wheat
(B) Paddy
(C) Sugarcane
(D) Cotton
11. Where is the oldest oil refinery in India located?
(1901)
(A) Digboi
(B) Cochin
(C) Mathura
(D) Guwahati
35. Which action of wind is responsible for the formation of oasis?
(Deflation)
(A) Attrition
(B) Abrasion
(C) Deposition
(D) None of the above
36. By ‘Jhum‘ is meant
(A) A folk dance
(B) A type of farming
(C) A tribe
(D) A river basin
51. Which of the following industries is more related to Ludhiana?
(A) Woolen textile
(B) Cement
(C) Heavy industries
(D) Aluminium industry
60. Which State of India has the longest coastline?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Kerala
(D) Orissa
61. On which river the city of Srinagar is located?
(A) Beas
(B) Chenab
(C) Ravi
(D) Jhelum
76. Maithon Dam is located in the State of
(A) Jharkhand
(B) West Bengal
(C) Bihar
(D) Uttar Pradesh
85. The longest river of South India is
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Godavari
(C) Krishna
(D) Narmada
86. On which mountain range is Siachen glacier located?
(A) Himalaya
(B) Karakoram
(C) Shiwalik
(D) Singalila
88. ‘Bihu‘ is the festival of
(A) Manipur
(B) Mizoram
(C) Assam
(D) Nagaland
94. The Capital of Uttar Pradesh is
(A) Allahabad
(B) Benaras
(C) Patna
(D) Lucknow
Clerkship Question Paper – 2005
(A) Kolar
(B) Chiria
(C) Rajasthan
(D) M.P.
54. The longest river in South India is
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Godavari
(C) Krishna
(D) Cauvery
62. The Maithon Dam is on the river
(A) Damodar
(B) Barakar
(C) Konar
(D) Koel
(A) Karnataka
(B) Kerala
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Andhra Pradesh
79. Ravi crops are harvested in
(A) March-April
(B) June-July
(C) September-October
(D) October-November
89. Ranthambore Reserved Forest is located in
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Orissa
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Uttar Pradesh
98. Bhilai gets coal from
(A) Dalli Rajhara
(B) Kudremukh
(C) Korba
(D) Talcher
Clerkship Question Paper – 2004
5. Which of the following places has “Tiger Project“?
(A) Jaldapara
(B) Buxa
(C) Gir
(D) Gorumara
10. The Zanskar range is formed of
(A) Marine sediments
(B) Lacustrine sediments
(C) Metamorphic rocks
(D) None of the above
24. ‘Saddle Peak‘ the highest peak of Andaman and Nicobar Islands located in
(A) Great Nicobar
(B) North Andaman
(C) Middle Andaman
(D) Little Andaman
50. The Himalayan ranges stretch from west to east for
(A) 2700 km
(B) 2500 km
(C) 3000 km
(D) 2400 km
53. The average pressure over the earth’s surface at sea-level is
(A) 1013.25 mb
(B) 1000.12 mb
(C) 1080 mb
(D) 1025 mb
95. The average elevation of Peninsular plateau of India is between
(A) 600 to 900 meters
(B) 500 to 800 metres
(C) 400 to 800 metres
(D) 600 to 700 metres