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Note: This paper contains fifty (50) multiple choice questions, each questions carrying two (2) marks. Attempt all of them.
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Q.1. The term ‘active layer’ is associated with
(A) Fluvial deposition
(B) Periglacial processes
(C) Plate tectonic
(D) Processess of soil formation
Answer: B
Q.2. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
| List – I (Concept/Theory) | List – II (Put forwarded by) |
| (A) Base level | (i) G.K. Gilbert |
| (B) Parallel retreat | (ii) W. Penck |
| (C) Cycle of erosion | (iii) J.W. Powell |
| (D) Stream competency and capacity | (iv) W.M. Davis |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | iii | ii | iv | i |
| (B) | ii | i | iii | iv |
| (C) | iii | ii | i | iv |
| (D) | ii | iv | i | ii |
Answer: A
Q.3. Hydration process belongs to
(A) Physical and Biological processes
(B) Physical and Chemical processes
(C) Biological and Chemical processes
(D) Chemical processes
Answer: B
Q.4. The basaltic ocean crust has an average density of
(A) 2. 65 g/cm3
(B) 2.75 g/cm3
(C) 2.90 g/cm3
(D) 3. 0 g/cm3
Answer: C
Q.5. What is the major wind related phenomenon responsible for summer drought in Mediterranean type of region?
(A) Shifting of trade winds polewards in summers.
(B) Shifting of trade winds equatorwards in summers.
(C) Blowing of Westerlies from the continents in summers.
(D) Blowing South-Westerly.
Answer: A
Q.6. Which one of the following is not a factor to affect the atmospheric pressure?
(A) Altitude
(B) Presence of water vapour
(C) Temperature
(D) Rainfall
Answer: D
Q.7. Find out the correct sequence of planetary winds found from the equator to pole.
(A) Westerlies, Trade, Polar wind
(B) Trade, Westerlies, Polar wind
(C) Trade, Polar wind, Westerlies
(D) Polar wind, Westerlies, Trade
Answer: B
Q.8. The rain-fed and rain-shadow areas are the characteristics of the
(A) Cyclonic rainfall
(B) Convectional rainfall
(C) Orographic rainfall
(D) Thermal rainfall
Answer: C
Q.9. In the List – I given the names of local wind and List – II given the names of the area. Match correctly List – I and List – II. Select the correct from the codes given. (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
List – I (Local Wind)
(A) Loo
(B) Khamsin
(C) Chinoock
(D) Fohn
List – II (Area)
(i) The Rockies
(ii) The Alps
(iii) Rajasthan Desert
(iv) Egypt
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (B) | iii | iv | i | ii |
| (C) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (D) | iv | iii | ii | i |
Answer: B
Q.10. Find combination of two given areas where rainfall is characterised by Tropical monsoon rain.
(i) The Sahyadri
(ii) The Ganga Delta
(iii) Kashmir Valley
(iv) Ladakh Region
Codes:
(A) (i) and (iii)
(B) (ii) and (iv)
(C) (i) and (ii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Answer: C
Q.11. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Deforestation result in the increase of concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Reason (R): Forests utilise carbon dioxide during the process of photosynthesis for manufacturing of food.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: A
Q.12. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct Answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
| List – I | List – II |
| (A) Gour | (i) Lithosphere |
| (B) Graben | (ii) Littoral zone |
| (C) Gabro | (iii) Aeolian area |
| (D) Groin | (iv) Orogenic belt |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | iii | iv | i | ii |
| (B) | iii | iv | ii | i |
| (C) | ii | iv | iii | i |
| (D) | iii | ii | i | iv |
Answer: A
Q.13. The “wave-cut platform” is found in
(A) California coast
(B) Hokkaido coast
(C) Madagascar coast
(D) Malabar coast
Answer: A
Q.14. The average depth of ‘equatorial-counter’ current is
(A) 50 m
(B) 100 m
(C) 150 m
(D) 200 m
Answer: C
Q.15. The Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio Current move forcefully northward as a result of
(A) Western intensification
(B) Eastern intensification
(C) Northern intensification
(D) Southern intensification
Answer: A
Q.16. “The Principles of Human Geography” was authored by
(A) E. Huntington
(B) H.H. Borrow
(C) F. Ratzel
(D) E.C. Semple
Answer: A
Q.17. The term ‘Cosmography’ was coined by
(A) Mackinder Halford J.
(B) Humbolt
(C) Kant Emmanuel
(D) Ptolemy
Answer: B
Q.18. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given (UGC NET DEC 2014)
List – I
(A) Unity in Diversity
(B) Social Determinism
(C) Terrestrial Whole
(D) Interaction
List – II
(i) Vidal-de-la Blache
(ii) Jean Brunhes
(iii) Carl Ritter
(iv) Friedrich Ratzel
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | iii | ii | iv | i |
| (B) | iv | ii | i | iii |
| (C) | iii | iv | i | ii |
| (D) | ii | i | iv | iii |
Answer: C
Q.19. The concept of ‘Spread’ and ‘Backwash’ effects was introduced by
(1) A.O. Hirschman
(2) Gunnar Myrdal
(3) Gunder Frank
(4) Sameer Amin
Answer: B
Q.20. The philosophical view advocating that man is responsible for making his own nature is known as
(A) Positivism
(B) Functionalism
(C) Existentialism
(D) Pragmatism
Answer: C
Q.21. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct Answer from the codes given (UGC NET JUNE 2014)
List – I (Authors)
(A) Christaller
(B) Galphin
(C) Losch
(D) Weber
List – II (Settlements)
(i) Market Centres
(ii) Industrial Nodes
(iii) Central Places
(iv) Rurban Centres
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | iii | iv | i | ii |
| (B) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (C) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (D) | ii | i | iv | iii |
Answer: A
Q.22. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct Answer from the codes give. (UGC NET DEC 2014)
List – I (State)
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) West Bengal
(D) Kerala
List – II (Tribes)
(i) Adiyam, Kammar, Kondkappu
(ii) Asur, Birhor, Lepcha, Korwa
(iii) Dafla, Khampti, Singpho
(iv) Garra, Gaddi
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | iv | iii | i | ii |
| (B) | iv | i | iii | ii |
| (C) | iii | iv | ii | i |
| (D) | iii | ii | iv | i |
Answer: C
Q.23. Which State in India has recorded the lowest growth rate during 2001-2011 Census?
(A) Kerala
(B) West Bengal
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Bihar
Answer: A
Q.24. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find the correct Answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): The very high population density of more than 400 persons /km2 extends from upper Indus-Satlaj-Ganga Brahmaputra Valley and Delta.
Reason (R): This phenomena is attributed to rich alluvial soils, flat land, rice and wheat cultivation, irrigation facilities and favourable climatic conditions.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
Answer: A
Q.25. The decadal growth of population (1991-2001) according to the 2001 Census is
(A) 23.86%
(B) 21.34%
(C) 24.66%
(D) 24.80%
Answer: B
Q.26. Among the following natural resources which resource is providing more livelihood to the people?
(A) Water
(B) Land
(C) Forest
(D) Mineral
Answer: B
Q.27. Which one of the following factors is more crucial for agricultural development?
(A) Tractors
(B) Fertilizers
(C) Irrigation
(D) Gentle slope
Answer: C
Q.28. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your Answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): China has the very fast growing economy of the world.
Reason (R): China has rich mineral resources and huge diversified labour force.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation.
Answer: D
Q.29. What is the ideal minimum temperature for growth of sugarcane?
(A) 100 C
(B) 150 C
(C) 200 C
(D) 250 C
Answer: A
Q.30. Who developed the technique to measure the agricultural efficiency?
(A) S.S. Bhatia
(B) R.L. Singh
(C) S.M. Rafiullah
(D) L.D. Stamp
Answer: D
Q.31. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your Answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Panchayati Raj Act empowered local bodies participation in planning process.
Reason (R): Panchayati Raj institutions are having three tier systems in planning and executing development projects within their jurisdiction.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: D
Q.32. Who propounded the Heartland Theory used in political geography?
(A) Alfred Mackinder
(B) O.H.K. Spate
(C) Arthur Geddes
(D) J.A. Steers
Answer: A
Q.33. What do you mean by ‘Lebensraum’ in political geography?
(A) Dead space
(B) Living space
(C) Administrative unit
(D) Religious organization
Answer: B
Q.34. Which one of the following factors affecting more at present to the voting behaviour in India?
(A) Development
(B) Caste system
(C) Religion base
(D) Old base of political parties
Answer: A
Q.35. Which of the following names of shifting cultivation in Orissa is correct?
(A) Podu
(B) Bewar
(C) Pendo
(D) Jhum
Answer: A
Q.36. India has been divided into 13 Macro Planning regions. Which of the following authors have delineated planning regions of India?
(A) P. Sen Gupta and Sadasyuk Gailina
(B) R.P. Mishra, K.V. Sundaram and V.L.S. Prakasa Rao
(C) L.S. Bhatt
(D) O.H.K. Spate & Learmonth
Answer: B
Q.37. Which of the following geographers defined region as: “A geographic area unified culturally, unified at first economically and later by consensus of thought, education, recreation etc. which distinguishes it from other areas.”?
(A) Vidal de la Blache
(B) A.J. Herbertson
(C) R.E. Dickinson
(D) K. Young
Answer: D
Q.38. ‘The Eardkunde’ was published in the year 1817. Which one of the following authored the book?
(A) O. Peschel
(B) Carl Ritter
(C) W.M. Davis
(D) G. Taylor
Answer: B
Q.39. Regional Imbalances of Economic development largely affected by which of the following factors?
(A) Regional disparity in resources
(B) Lesser resource utilization
(C) Lack of education
(D) Lesser demand of the
Answer: B
Q.40. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given: (UGC NET DEC 2014)
List – I (Book)
(A) Geographia
(B) Cosmos
(C) Nations and Nationalities
(D) Anthropogeography
List – II (Geographer)
(i) Alexander von Humboldt
(ii) Reclus
(iii) Ratzel
(iv) Strabo
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | ii | iii | i | iv |
| (B) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (C) | iv | i | ii | iii |
| (D) | iii | ii | iv | i |
Answer: C
Q.41. The Pir Panjal range lies in
(A) Outer Himalayas
(B) Trans Himalayas
(C) Greater Himalayas
(D) Middle Himalayas
Answer: D
Q.42. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2014)
List – I (Major Rivers)
(A) Vaigai
(B) Cauvery
(C) Brahmaputra
(D) Ganga
List – II (Tributaries)
(i) Tista
(ii) Yamuna
(iii) Suruli
(iv) Amaravati
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | i | iii | iv | ii |
| (B) | iii | iv | ii | i |
| (C) | iii | iv | i | ii |
| (D) | i | iii | ii | iv |
Answer: C
Q.43. Which one of the following statements indicates the chief characteristics of the Policentric city?
(A) Circumferential urban beltway
(B) Replacing sub-urban to urban
(C) All roads lead to downtown
(D) Many downtowns
Answer: D
Q.44. Which one of the following number of states is correct for ‘Empowered Action-Group States of India?
(A) 5
(B) 12
(C) 8
(D) 16
Answer: C
Q.45. Find the sequence of higher to lower rainfall from the following areas of India: (UGC NET DEC 2014)
(i) Ganga Delta
(ii) Sahyadri
(iii) Eastern U.P.
(iv) Northern Gujarat
Codes:
(A) i, ii, iii, iv
(B) ii, i, iii, iv
(C) iii, iv, ii, i
(D) iv, iii, ii, i
Answer: B
Q.46. Which one of the following statistical techniques involves a large number of variables to be summarised into smaller dimensions?
(A) Chi-square
(B) Correlation
(C) Factor Analysis
(D) Regression
Answer: C
Q.47. Which one of the following averages is not a measure of central tendency?
(A) Harmonic mean
(B) Geographic mean centre
(C) Geometric mean
(D) Arithmetic mean
Answer: B
Q.48. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2014)
List – I (Satellites)
(i) IRS
(ii) SPOT
(iii) ENVI SAT
(iv) IKONOS
List – II (Countries)
(A) India
(B) Europe
(C) U.S.A.
(D) France
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | i | iv | iii | ii |
| (B) | i | iii | iv | ii |
| (C) | ii | i | iii | iv |
| (D) | iv | iii | i | ii |
Answer: A
Q.49. Which one of the following diagrams is most suitable for depicting the distribution of urban land-use types of spatially spread urban centres?
(A) Histogram
(B) Sphere
(C) Bar
(D) Pie
Answer: D
Q.50. A map with the scale of is enlarged to 5-times, which one of the following scales is correct for the enlarged map?
(A) 1/ 250,000
(B) 1/100,000
(C) 1/10,000
(D) 1/ 2,500
Answer: C