MOCK TEST ON GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT PYQS JULY & DEC 2018 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. The term ‘Cosmography’ was coined and divided into ‘Uranography’ and Geography by: (UGC NET JULY 2018)

(1) Ritter

(2) Peschal

(3) Humboldt

(4) Verinious

Q.2. Who among the following scholars laid down the foundation of dichotomy of general versus special geography? (UGC NET JULY 2018)

(1) Immanuel Kant

(2) Sebastian Munster

(3) Bernhard Varenius

(4) Peter Apian

Q.3. Which of the following pairs does not match? (UGC NET JULY 2018)

        Authors                     Book

(1)   Al – Masudi       Router and Realms

(2)   Al – Balaki          Kitabul Ashkal

(3)   Al – Biruni          Kitab – al- Hind

(4)   Ibn – Khaldun      Muqaddimah

Q.4. Who among the following scholars emphasized on the Behavioural Approach in Geography? (UGC NET JULY 2018)

(1) Johnston

(2) Kirk

(3) Burton

(4) Gregory

Q.5. Which one of the following in the correct sequences of German geographers contributing to the development of geographical thought? (UGC NET JULY 2018)

(1) Ratzel – Troll – Hettner  – Peschel

(2) Peschel – Hettner  –  Ratzel – Troll

(3) Peschel – Ratzel – Hettner  –  Troll

(4) Troll –  Hettner – Peschel – Ratzel

Q.6. ‘The same environment carries different meanings to people with different ways of living and culture’. This statement is related to which one of the following concepts? (UGC NET JULY 2018)

(1) Probablism

(2) Determinism

(3) Possibilism

(4) Stop and Go Determinism

Q.7. Which school of thought first developed the idea of possiblism? (UGC NET JULY 2018)

(1) Russian School

(2) German School

(3) British School

(4) French School

Q.8. “The dominant idea of all geographical progress is that of terrestrial unity”. This statement is attributed to: (UGC NET JULY 2018)

(1) Friedrich Ratzel

(2) Vidal de la Blache

(3) Richard Hartshorne

(4) Jean Brunhes

Q.9. Which one among the following perspectives was responsible for radical transformation in the sprit and purpose of geography? (UGC NET JULY 2018)

(1) Structuralism

(2) Post - modernism

(3) Humanism

(4) Quantification

Q.10. Match the List-I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below: (UGC NET JULY 2018)

List-I   

(Names of Books)  

(a) Human Universals

(b) The Social Conquest of the Earth

(c) Not By Gene Alone

(d) Coevolution

List-II

(Names of Authors)

 (i) W.H. Durham

(ii) Donald E. Brown

(iii) Edward O-Wilson

(iv) Peter J. Richerson

Code:

     (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)

(1) i      ii     iii    iv

(2) iv     i      ii    iii

(3) ii      iii     iv   i

(4) iii     iv      i    ii

Q.11. The concept of paradigm was propounded by (UGC NET DEC 2018)

(1) Peet Peet

(2) Kuhn

(3) Immanuel Kant

(4) Peter Haggett

Q.12. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the code given below (UGC NET DEC 2018)

List I

(Book)

(a) Makers of Modern Geography

(b) All Possible Worlds

(c) Anthropogeographie

(d) Nature of Geography

List II

(Author)

(i) Ratzel, F.

(ii) Hartshorne

(iii) Dickinson, R.E

(iv) James, P.E.

Code:

(1). (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d) -(ii)

(2). (a)-(i), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)

(3). (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)(ii), (d)-(i)

(4). (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

Q.13. Who among the following geographers has authored the book "The Geography of State Policies”? (UGC NET DEC 2018)

(1)  Richard Hartshorne

(2) R.L. Morrill

(3) J.R.V. Prescott

(4) S.B. Cohen

Q.14. The famous text on classical astronomy entitled "Almagest" was authored by (UGC NET DEC 2018)

(1) Ptolemy

(2) Strabo

(3) Eratosthenes

(4) Hipparchus

Q.15. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the code given below (UGC NET DEC 2018)

List I  

(Contribution)

(a) Regional Geography

(b) Systematic Geography

(c) Stop-and-go determinism

(d) Probabilism

List II

(Author)

(i) O.H.K. Spate

(ii) Griffith Taylor

 (iii) Carl Ritter

(iv) Humboldt

Code:

(1). (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-iv)

(2). (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

(3). (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

(4). (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)

Q.16. Who among the following geographers correlated the colour of ocean water and its salinity? (UGC NET DEC 2018)

(1) Ibn Khaldun

(2) Ibn-Sina

(3) Al-Masudi

(4) Al-Maqdisi

Q.17. Who amongst the following developed the concept of mental map? (UGC NET DEC 2018)

(1) Saarinen

(2) Gould and White

(3) Boulding and Hägerstrand

(4) Downs and Stea

Q.18. Who amongst the following scholars has propounded the concept of Time-Space Geography? (UGC NET DEC 2018)

(1) Hagerstrand

(2) Huntington

(3) Haggett

(4) Harvey

Q.19. Who amongst the following has authored the book 'A Hundred Years of Geography’? (UGC NET DEC 2018)

(1) Galois B

(2) Freeman T.W.

(3) Huxley

(4) Harrison-Church R.J.

Q.20. Nomothetic approach in geography emphasizes upon (UGC NET DEC 2018)

(1) Empirical study

(2) Ideographic study

(3) Inductive study

(4) Law making study

Q.21. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the code given below (UGC NET DEC 2018)

List I

(Geographer)

(a) H.H. Barrows

(b) W.M. Davis

(c) M. Jefferson

(d) Carl Sauer

List II

(Contribution)

(i) Cycle of Erosion

(ii) Geography of Human Ecology

(iii) Morphology of Landscape

(iv) Laws of Primate City

Code:

(1). (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

(2). (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (e-(ii), (d)-(i)

(3). (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)

(4). (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-iii)