MOCK TEST ON SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY PYQS DEC 2020 JUNE 2021 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Ascertain A and the other is labelled as Reason R. (NTA UGC NET DEC 2020 JUNE 2021)

Assertion (A): Value system is a commonly held set of beliefs understandings and controls, that unite members of a culture group.

Reasons (R): Polytheism adheres to belief in many religious beliefs.

Codes:

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

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

(3) (A) is true but (R) is not false

(4) (A) is false but (R) is true

Q.2. Match Last I with List II (NTA UGC NET DEC 2020 JUNE 2021)

List I

Cultural Terms

(A) Cultural Hearth

(B) Cultural Landscape

(C) Cultural traits

(D) Cultural Realms

List II

Definition

(I) Cultural parameter that specify learned behaviour.

(II) Areas of innovation from which key cultural elements diffused to surrounding areas.

(III) Surfaces or areas modified by human action to produce tangible and physical records over a period of time.

(IV) Cultural regions showing related cultural complexes and landscapes.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

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

(1)        II         IV        I           III

(2)        III        II         I           IV

(3)        III        IV        I           II

(4)        II         III        I           IV

Q.3. Which one of the following is not a process of cultural change? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2020 JUNE 2021)

(1) Acculturation

(2) Diffusion

(3) Innovation

(4) Segregation

Q.4. The most accurate representation of culture units are given below, Arrange them from highest to lowest (NTA UGC NET DEC 2020 JUNE 2021)

(A) Complex

(B) Realm

(C) Region

(D) Trait

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Q.5. Which one of the following refers to a relationship between a cultural group and natural environment? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2020 JUNE 2021)

(1) Cultural ecology

(2) Cultural convergence

(3) Cultural diffusion

(4) Cultural hearth

Q.6. Match List I with List II: (NTA UGC NET DEC 2020 JUNE 2021)

List I

(A) Culture

(B) Cultural Complex

(C) Cultural Region

(D) Cultural Integration

List II

(I) Culture traits that are functionally interrelated

(II Area that is distinct from surrounding areas in specific characteristic

(III) Specialized behavioural patter under standings and adaptation of a group

(IV) Interlocking nature of the sociological technological and ideological subsystem

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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

(1)        III        IV        II         I

(2)        III        I           II         IV

(3)        I           II         III        IV

(4)        IV        III        II         I