MOCK TEST ON GEOGRAPHY PYQS DEC 2020 JUNE 2021 SHIFT 1 PART 2 UGC NET

Q.21. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Highest source of marine pollution is shipping.

Statement II: The South-East Asia has highest percentage of endangered coral reefs by marine pollution.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

(2) Both Statement I and Statement. II are false

(3) Statement is true but Statement II is false

(4)  Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Q.22. ‘Rally for valley’ program in India was organized to highlight the problem of-

(1) Environmental degradation

(2) Biodiversity

(3) Resettlement of displaced persons

(4) Loss of agricultural land

Q.23. Which of the following waterfalls pertain to Narmada River?

(A) Mandhar

(B) Hiran

(C) Tawa

(D) Dardi

(E) Sahasradhara

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B) and (C) only

(2) (A), (D) and (E) only

(3) (B), (C) and (D) only

(4) (C), (D) and (E) only

Q.24. Which of the following terms are not associated with sling psychrometer?

(A) Thermometer

(B) Swivel joint

(C) Screen

(D) Sieve

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(1) (A) and (B) only

(2) (B) and (C) only

(C) and (D) only

(4) (B) and (D) only

Q.25. Arrange the following layers of vegetation on the basis of their height in ascending order

(A) Dominant layer

(B) Herbaceous layer

(C) Codominant layer

(D) Ground layer

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (B). (C), (A), (D)

(2) (D), (C), (B), (A)

(3) (A), (C), (B), (A)

(4) (D), (B), (C), (A)

Q.26. The theory of plate tectonics does not help to explain the origin and location of which one of the following?

(A) Mountain systems, major sea floors, earthquakes

(B) Earthquakes and major sea floors

(C) Ocean currents, climatic zones

(D) Earthquakes and mountain system

(E) Earthquakes

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A) and (B) only

(2) (C) and (D) only

(3) (C) only

(4) (A) and (E) only

Q.27. Match List I with List II:

List I

Tropical Disturbances

(A) Low pressure area

(B) Cyclonic storm

(C) Depression

(D) Severe cyclonic storm

List II

Wind speed in circulation (in kmph)

 (I) 89-118

(II) 31-49

(III) <31

(IV) 62-88

Codes:

             (A)       (B)       (C)       (D)

(1)        IV        II         III        I

(2)        III        II         I           IV

(3)        III        IV        II         I

(4)        I           IV        III        II

Q.28. Which of the following are very high risk areas of earthquake?

(A) Tripura

(B) North Bihar

(C) Eastern Gujarat

(D) Haryana

Codes:

(1) (A) and (B) only

(2) (B) and (C) only

(3) (C) and (D) only

(4) (A) and (D) only

Q.29. Arrange the given years in descending order on the basis of number of people affected by natural disasters in India?

(A) 1988

(B) 1980

(C) 1985

(D) 1991

(E) 1994

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (C), (B), (D), (E)

(2) (D), (A), (B), (C), (E)

(3) (B), (A), (E), (D), (C)

(4) (E), (D), (B), (C), (A)

Q.30. Which of the following statements are correct regarding ‘Doabs’ of Punjab?

(A) Jalandhar Doab between the Beas and the Sutlej

(B) Bari Doab between the Beas and the Ravi

(C) Sindh Doab between the Ravi and the Jhelum

(D) Chhaj Doab between the Beas and the Ravi

Codes:

(1) (A) and (B) only

(2) (A) and (C) only

(3) (C) and (D) only

(4) (B) and (D) only

Q.31. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other in labelled as

Assertion (A): At greater ocean depths; water moves extremely slow and maintains a uniform low temperature

Reasons (R): The oceanic surface returns heat and water to the lower atmosphere.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) in the correct explanation of (A)

(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)

(3) (A) in correct but (R) is not correct

(4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Q.32. Stop and Go determinism was propounded by

(1) F. Ratzel

(2) G. Taylor

(3) A.V. Humboldt

(4) J. Brunhes

Q.33. Which one of the following statements was not considered by Malthus while stating Malthusian theory of population growth?

(1) Food supply will increase in arithmetic proportion while population will increase in geometric proportion

(2) With increasing population food scarcity will increase, resulting in high death rate of population

(3) Development of technology leading to increasing food production

(4) People will suffer from malnutrition resulting in high death rate

Q.34. Which of the following local winds are not related with drainage winds?

(1) Bora

(2) Mistral

(3) Santa Ana

(4) Rossby

Q.35. Which of the following states recorded literacy rates in descending order as per census 2011 data?

(A) Kerala

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Haryana

(D) Odisha

Code:

(1) (A), (D), (C), (B)

(2) (B), (A), (C), (D)

(3) (A), (B), (C), (D)

(4) (A), (C), (B), (D)

Q.36. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of oceanic currents of Northern Pacific Ocean

(A) West wind drift

(B) North Equatorial current

(C) Kuroshio current

(D) California current

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (C), (D)

(2) (C), (D), (B), (A)

(3) (B), (C), (A), (D)

(4) (D), (A), (B), (C)

Q.37. Which one of the following group of State/UT recorded very high population growth rate during 2001-2011 as per data given by census of India?

(1) Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh Tripura

(2) Mizoram, Sikkim, Goa, Bihar

(3) Behar, Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, Delhi

(4) Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya Mizoram

Q.38. Yardangs are the creation of erosion by

(1) Fluvial

(2) Aeolian

(3) Karst

(4) Glacial

Q.39. The per minute solar radiation received on one centimeter square at the outer surface of a plane is

(1) Convection

(2) Solar constant

(3) Absorption

(4) Reflection

Q.40. Who among the following developed the concept of "Mental Map"?

(1) P. Gould, H. White and Lynch

(2) Humboldt, Ritter and Paschel

(3) Semple and Huntington

(4) Boulding and Hagerstrand