Previous Year Papers (PYPs)

UGC NET GEOGRAPHY, DECEMBER-2009

PAPER-II

Note: This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2) marks. Attempt all the questions.

1. When endogenetic forces act horizontally from the opposite directions causing compression and tension, the resultant landform is a large dome shaped structure, the process is called

(a) Folding

(b) Faulting

(c) Fracturing

(d) Warping

2. Which one of the following explanations of the origin of pediments was first propounded by A.C. Lawson (1915)?

(a) Sheet flood deposition

(b) Horizontal erosion

(c) Recession of mountain front

(d) Lateral erosion

3. 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): By far the most common and widespread topographic form in a Karst terrain is the sinkhole.

Reason (R): Topographically, a sinkhole is a depression that varies in depth from less than a metre to few hundred metres.

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.

5. Arrange the following concepts in the order in which they appeared. Use the code below:

I. Principle of Uniformitarianism

II Theory of Continental Drift.

III. Dynamic Equilibrium Theory

IV. Convection Current Theory

Codes:

(a) I III IV II

(b) III IV III

(c) IV I II III

(d) I II IV III

6. 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): Stable atmospheric condition prevails when environmental lapse rate is less than dry and wet adiabatic lapse rates.

Reason (R): The parcel of air is warmer than the surrounding environment at all the levels as it ascends.

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.

7. The mature stage of thunderstorm is characterized by

(a) Strong updrafts and downdrafts

(b) Lack of electrical charges

(c) End of precipitation

(d) Lack of ice crystals

9. The idealised global pattern of surface wind from the equator to pole is

(a) doldrums trade winds westerlies - easterlies

(b) doldrums westerlies trade winds – easterlies

(c) doldrums easterlies trade winds – westerlies

(d) doldrums trade winds easterlies westerlies

10. The marine influence upon climate results into

(a) increase in annual rainfall

(b) increase in aridity

(c) increase in annual temperature range

(d) decrease in annual temperature range

11. Plants that grow under high intensity of disturbance and low intensity of stress are called as

(a) competitors

(b) stress tolerators

(c) coniferous forests

(d) ruderals

13. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:

Assertion (A): Water temperature over the ocean decreases with depth.

Reason (R): The decrease in temperature is well marked from 370 m to 730 m.

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.

14. 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): The spatial analysis of regions advocated by Haggett considers them as closed systems.

Reason (R): The concepts that spatial analysis uses are: focality, localization, interconnection and discontinuity.

Codes:

(a) Both (A)  and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)

(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.

(d) (A) is false but (R) is correct.

 15. Theories of spatial organization draw mainly from

(a) Positivism

(b) Functionalism

(c) Structuralism

(d) Behaviouralism

16. The concept of the "natural region" was given by

(a) Jean Brunhes

(b) Le Play

(c) Carl Sauer

(d) Vidal de la Blache

18. Natural population growth is a function of

(a) Births)

(b) Deaths

(c) Fertility and mortality

(d) Migration

19. Migration in India, as per 2001 Census, is maximum in which of the following streams?

(a) Rural to Urban

(b) Urban to Urban

(c) Urban to Rural

(d) Rural to Rural

20. The sequence of events in Demographic Transition Theory is

(i) High birth rate and high death rate

(ii) High birth rate and low death rate

(iii) Low birth rate and low death rate

(iv) Low birth rate and high death rate

Codes:

(a) (i) (ii) (iii)

(b) (ii) (i) (i) (iv)

(c) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(d) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

21. The spatial distribution pattern of rural settlements can best be observed from

(a) Wall maps

(b) Cadastral maps

(c) Geological maps

(d) Topographical maps

23. How many agricultural systems in the world were recognised by Whittlesey?

(a) Five

(b) Six

(c) Nine

(d) Thirteen

26. 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): In temperate regions the grasslands have been converted into fertile agricultural lands at places.

Reason (R): Low temperatures in these lands make the rainfall more effective.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and(R) are correct and (R) explains (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct but(R) does not explain (A).

(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

27. The Heartland Theory explains

(a) Inter-province relationship

(b) Centre-State relationship

(c) Struggle between land power and sea power

(d) Classification of States

29. Which one of the following is most spoken Indo-Austric language in India?

(a) Khasi

(b) Santhali

(c) Munda

(d) Kharia

31.Which of the following is not a social indicator of regional development ?

(a) Number of primary schools in the region.

(b) Number of primary health centres in the region.

(c) Number of medical professionals per thousand population.

(d) Number of tertiary workers in the population.

32. Regional diversity is essentially caused by

(a) Per capita income

(b) Natural resource base

(c) Industrial development

(d) Levels of urbanization

33. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:

Assertion (A): The growth pole strategy failed to bring balanced regional development in India.

Reason (R): Diffusion of development under conditions of general regional backwardness is weak.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains(A)

(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A).

(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.

(d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

34. Patrick Geddes applied which of the following perspectives in Regional Planning?

(a) Technological

(b) Socio-economic

(c) Environmental

(d) Historical-ecological

35. Concern with regional disparities in development was explicitly mentioned in which Five Year Plan of India?

(a) Second

(b) Fourth

(c) Seventh

(d) Tenth

36. Which city of Gujarat is associated with salt production?

(a) Surat

(b) Kandla

(c) Vadodara

(d) Gandhidham

38. Which of the following cities is situated on the mouth of river Tapi (Tapti)?

(a) Ankleshwar

(b) Vadodara

(c) Ahmedabad

(d) Surat

39. Which one of the following is in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats?

(a) Mahabaleshwar

(b) Baramati

(c) Panchghani

(d) Ratnagiri

40. Arrange the following Indian States in descending order of their geographical area:

I. Maharashtra

II. Karnataka

III. Rajasthan

IV. Tamil Nadu

Codes:

(a) III I IV II

(b) I III IV II

(c) IV III I II

(d) III III IV

41. Circle and sector diagram is also known as

(a) Ring diagram

(b) Pile diagram

(c) Pie diagram

(d) Pictorial diagram

42. The projection in which Loxodromes are shown as straight lines is

(a) Gnomonic

(b) Mercator's

(c) Gall's Stereographic

(d) Cylindrical Equal Area

43. A system which consists of data acquisition, data processing and data analysis is called

(a) Digital Image

(b) Geographic Information System

(c) Remote Sensing System

(d) Global Positioning System

45. The method which shows by the use of light and shade is called

(a) Hill shading

(b) Spot heights

(c) Hachure

(d) Benchmarks

Read the following paragraph and answer questions from 46 to 50:

The main problem of theory-development in geography is not a failure to formalise theory. It is, rather, a weak understanding of the role of theory in explanation and a failure to make verbal statements in ways which are 'explanatory' in some logically consistent way. This is not to say that these verbal statements are inherently uninteresting. Indeed they are not. Consider the following statement by Sauer (1963, 359):

The whole task of human geography, therefore, is nothing less than comparative study of areally localized cultures... But culture is the learned and conventionalized activity of a group that occupies an area. A culture trait or complex originates at a certain time in a particular locality. It gains acceptance that is, is learned by a group- and is communicated outward, or diffuses, until it encounters sufficient resistance, as from unsuitable physical conditions, from alternative traits, or from disparity of culture level.

This statement is part a 'directive' for geographic study, it is part an explanation schema for understanding areally localised cultures, it is part a description of what happens. But all three notions are intertwined and it is not clear whether Sauer is proposing a theory or whether he is merely describing an average process. Yet the statement is surely a stimulating one and one that manages to sum up

intuitively in very short space much of the activity of the human geographer. We could well pay more attention to statements of this type and attempt to show how they may function in an explanatory way.

46. Through this statement, Sauer is proposing a

(a) Theory

(b) Process

(c) Directive

(d) Not very clear

47. The task of Human Geography is

(a) Intuitive

(b) Stimulating

(c) Intertwined

(d) All the above

48. Culture is

(a) Conventionalized Activity

(b) Directive for the society

(c) An explanatory way of life

(d) Stimulation for future generation

49. Human Geography is the study of

(a) Human-beings in Society

(b) Human Adaptation to Nature

(c) Areal Differentiation in Culture

(d) Areal Differentiation in Human Resources

50. What is the focal theme of the passage given above?

(a) Culture and areal differentiations in cultures.

(b) Human Geography.

(c) Laws and theories in Geography

(d) The role of Geography in Scientific Disciplines