Previous Year Papers (PYPs)

UGC NET GEOGRAPHY, DECEMBER-2013

PAPER-II

Note: This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks. All questions are compulsory.

1. Which of the following processes is responsible for weathering of rocks in the Karst region?

A. Scree formation

B. Carbonation

C. Oxidation

D. Hydrolysis

3. Which one of these glacial features is believed to have formed in the bed of a sub-glacial stream?

A. An Esker

B. A Morraine

C. Drumlin

D. Kame

4. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has divided India into how many seismic zones?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

5. Bad-land Topography is the product of the combined action of

A. Wind and Glacier

B. Wind and Water

C. Water and Glacier

D. Water and Temperature

6. Increase in temperature with increase in height is known as

A. Lapse rate

B. Adiabatic lapse rate

C. Inversion of temperature

D. Normal rate

7. Identify the correct sequence of the given processes regarding rainfall:

A. Unsaturated air, condensation, dew point, precipitation

B. Dew point, condensation, unsaturated air, precipitation

C. Unsaturated air, dew point, condensation, precipitation

D. Dew point, precipitation, condensation, unsaturated air

8. Read out the following conditions:

1. Cloudy sky

2. Cold dry air

3. Strong winds

4. Long winter nights

Which of the above conditions promote inversion of temperature?

A 1, 2 and 4

B. 2, 3 and 4

C. 1 and 4

D. 2 and 4

9. The climate of Southern Ganga plain in the Thornthwait classification is denoted by

A. BA’ W

B. CA’ W

C. AA’ W

D. CW’ W

10. When the wind is deflected due to the rotation of earth it is known as

A Planetary wind

B. Geostrophic wind

C. Accidental wind

D. Forced wind

11. Salinity in water bodies increases with

A. increase in evaporation and decrease in admixture of fresh water.

B. decrease in evaporation and increase in admixture of fresh water.

C. decrease in evaporation and no change in admixture of fresh water.

D. increase in evaporation and increase in admixture of fresh water.

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

Assertion (A): The salinity in Dead Sea is very low.

Reason (R): Dead Sea is located in tropical dry climatic region, where evaporation is high, precipitation is low and here drainage is internal.

Codes:

A. Both (A) and (R) are right.

B. Both (A) and (R) are wrong.

C. (A) is wrong, but (R) is right.

D. (A) is right, but (R) is wrong.

13. Which one of the following primary greenhouse gases is not associated with global warming?

A. Water vapour

B. Carbon dioxide

C. Methane

D. Hydrogen

15. Which one of the following is a Taiga Biome?

A. Sub-Tropical Biome

B. Sub-Arctic Biome

C. Savanna Biome

D. Sub-Sahara Biome

17. Who among the following defined Geography as Discovery of Predictive Patterns during quantitative revolution period?

A. Haggett

B. Harvey

C. Stewart

D. Bunge

18. In describing the patterns and processes of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with

A. Accessibility and Connectivity

B. Density and Dispersion

C. Diffusion and Pattern

D. Pedestrian Cities

19. Who founded the Humanistic School of Geography?

A Wolpert

B. Tuan

C. Kirk

D. Harvey

20. Who amongst the following correlated colour of ocean water and its salinity?

A. Ibn Khaldun

B. Al Masudi

C. Ibn Sina

D. Al Maqdisi

21. "All history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically." Who wrote this?

A. Herodotus

B. Ratzel

C. Blache

D. Davis

22. Which school of thoughts developed the Science of Astronomy?

A. Greeks

B. Chinese

C. Roman

D. Arabs

23. Demographic transition is a framework that explores the historical sequence of changes in

1. Fertility and migration

2. Mortality and age-structure

3. Mortality and migration

4. Age-structure and sex-composition Codes:

A. I and 4 are correct

B. 3 and 4 are correct

C. Only 1 is correct

D. 1 and 2 are correct

24. Name the State which employs the highest number of child labour in the country.

A. Tamil Nadu

B. Bihar

C. Andhra Pradesh

D. Jharkhand

25. India's decadal population growth rate has been continuously declining since

A. 1971-81

B. 1981-91

C. 1991-2001

D. 2001-2011

26. Diego Garcia is an island in which of the following oceans?

A. Atlantic

B. Pacific

C. Indian

D. Arctic

27. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find. the correct answer from the codes given. below:

Assertion (A): Urbanization is a defining phenomenon of this century and the developing countries are at the locus of this transformation.

Reason (R): The urban shift has happened in the last few decades largely due to rapid mega cities growth in the developing countries.

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 false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

29. Marquette range in U.S.A. is known for

A. Uranium

B. Copper

C. Gold

D. Iron ore

30. The location of paper industries is highly influenced by which one of the following factors?

A. Availability and nearness of raw material

B. Nearness of market

C. Availability of capital

D. Transport connectivity

31. Which one of the following is the largest volume of import commodities in India?

A. Raw materials

B. Iron and Steel

C. Petroleum and Lubricants

D. Pearls and Precious stones

32. Kirkuk, one of the most important oilfields in the world, is located in

A. Iran

B. Iraq

C. Kuwait

D. Russia

33. To which racial groups the Eskimos belong to

A. The Negroids

B. The Mongoloids

C. The Caucasoids

D. The Australoids

34. The concept of 'Cultural landscape' was promoted by

A. Ratzel

B. Anne Buttimer

C. Carl Sauer

D. Wilbur Zelinsky

35. Which one of the following Islamic countries is predominantly of Shia sect?

A. Iraq

B. Iran

C. Pakistan

D. Afghanistan

36. Who, among the following, propounded the concept of compage?

A. Minshull

B. Blache

C. Whittlesey

D. Isard

37. Organic Theory of the State was propounded by

A. Mackinder

B. Ratzel

C. Haushofer

D. Isaiah Bawman

38. Quasi Federal Form of Government is in

A. U.S.A.

B. Great Britain

C. Russia

D. India

39. Which of the following was the earliest regional planning exercise in India?

A. National Capital Region Plan

B. Dandakaranya Area Plan

C. Damodar Valley Project

D. Bhakra-Nangal Project

40. Which of the following is an incorrect pair?

A. Utilitarian Planning - Functional Planning

B. Comprehensive - Integrated Planning

C. Regional Planning- Spatial Planning

D. Sectoral Planning - Co-ordinated Planning

41. Which one of the following States has the longest coast line?

A Tamil Nadu

B. Maharashtra

C. Gujarat

D. Kerala

42. In which of the following States of India the concentration of laterite soils is higher?

A. Odisha

B. Gujarat

C. Jammu & Kashmir

D. Arunachal Pradesh

43. 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): Later soils are well developed in Kerala.

Reason (R): Kerala receives high rainfall during monsoon season.

Codes:

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

B. (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

C. (A) is false, but (R) is correct.

D. (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A).

44. 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): Himalayan rivers are perennial.

Reason (R): The region gets rainfall from the South West monsoon season only.

Codes:

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

B. (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A).

C. (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is correct.

45. The Valley of Kashmir' lies between which of the following ranges?

A. Pir-Panjal and Karakoram range

B. Pir-Panjal and Zaskar range.

C. Zaskar and Ladakh range

D. Sulaiman and Kirthar range

46. Which one of the following regions has the highest proportion of agricultural land under irrigation?

A. Punjab-Haryana Plain

B. Rajasthan-Gujarat Plain

C. West Bengal Delta

D. Uttar Pradesh-Bihar Plain

48. If the variability of rainfall is to be measured. which of the following techniques will be used?

A. Mean Deviation

B. Standard Deviation

C. Coefficient of Variation

D. Interquartile Range

49. Which of the following is not a Quantitative Distribution Map?

A. Choroschematic Map

B. Isopleth

C. Dot Map

D. Choropleth Map

50. Occupational structure of population in India at State level is best represented by

A. Dot Method

B. Isopleth Map

C. Choropleth

D. Pie diagram

PAPER-III 

Note: This paper contains seventy Jive (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1. The concept of geosynclines was given by

A. James Hall and Dana

B. Hang

C. Holmes

D. Steers

2. The Base Level concept was postulated by

A. James Hutton

B. J.W. Powell

C. W.M. Davis

D. Walther Penck

3. Which of the following is formed as a result of tectonic forces?

A. Hanging valley

B. V-shaped valley

C. Rift valley

D. Blind valley

5. "The present is the key to the past." This statement was made by

A. W.M. Davis

B. James Hutton

C. Van Ritchthofen

D. A. Penck

6. Which of the following was a part of Lauratia?

A. Anatolian Plate

B. Chinese Plate

C. Iranian Plate

D. Agean Plate

8. When does an escarpment appear?

A. When a land block moves horizontally.

B. When a land block moves vertically.

C. When a land block moves due to water logging.

D. When a land block moves due to human intervention.

9. Identify fluvio-glacial deposits from the following:

A. Outwash plain

B. Flood plain

C. Penne plain

D. Pan plain

10. Migration from developed to less developed region is called as

A. Emigration

B. Immigration

C. Perverse migration

D. Reverse migration

11. "Space is socially or culturally constructed" is the view under

A Logical positivism

B. Behaviouralism

C. Post modernism

D. Structuralism

12. A counter clock-wise atmospheric circulation in the northern hemisphere is known as

A. Pressure gradient

B. Cyclone

C. Anti-cyclone

D. Tornado

13. The author of the book The Unstable Earth' is

A. Paschel

B. Gilberk G.K.

C. Mallot C.A.

D. J.A. Steers.

14. Which of the following earthquake waves are most destructive?

A. S-waves

B. P-waves

C. R-waves

D. L-waves

15. Mediterranean climate is characterized by

A. Dry summer and Humid winter

B. Humid summer and Dry winter

C. Dry summer and Dry winter

D. Humid summer with no winter

16. Insolation reaches the earth surface in the form of

A. Short waves

B. Long waves

C. Microwaves

D. Lorenz curve

17. The range of visible wavelength on electromagnetic spectrum is

A. 0.4 to 0.7 micrometres

B. 0.7 to 15.0 micrometres

C. 0.3 to 0.9 micrometres

D. 0.3 to 15.0 micrometres

18. As per the Koppen's scheme the Bhwh type  of climate is found in

A. Jammu & Kashmir

B. Rajasthan

C. Gujarat

D. Odisha

19. Cold dry wind experienced particularly in winter along the eastern coast of Atlantic Ocean and in Northern Italy is called

A Cyclone

B. Boras

C. Tornado

D. Hurricane

20. The atmosphere gets heated by which one of the following?

A. Direct rays of the sun

B. Volcanic activity

C. Burning of organic material

D. Radiation from the earth:

21. A tropical cyclone was located 500 kms. South-West of Visakhapatnam. The cyclone first moved 250 kms in North-West direction and then suddenly changed the direction to the North-East. Which of the following ports would raise the highest danger signal?

A. Chennai

B. Haldia

C. Visakhapatanam

D. Tuticorin

22. Which one of the following regions does not receive much rainfall during the South-West monsoon season?

A Tamil Nadu Coast

B. Maharashtra

C. Chota Nagpur Plateau

D. Eastern Himalayas

23. In which type of climate equiplanation process, i.e., reduction of relief to a plain takes place?

A. Arid climate

B. Cold climate

C. Tropical climate

D. Temperate climate

24. Winter rainfall in North-Western part of India is mainly due to

A. Western disturbance

B. North-East Monsoon

C. North-West Monsoon

D. Depression in the Bay of Bengal

26. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R)

Assertion (A): The eastern coast of India is affected by tropical cyclones more than the westem coast.

Reason (R): Tropical cyclone originates only in the Bay of Bengal.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

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

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

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

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

28. The temperature that provides favourable ecological conditions for living coral reefs is

A. less than 10 

B. 10  to 15

C. 15  to 20  

D. more than 20

30. Which among the following has postulated the Subsidence Theory related to coral reef?

A. Dally

B. Agassiz

C. Darwin

D. Davis

31. If a tide occurs at a place at 6 p.m. when will be the next tide occur?

A. 00.13 a.m. of the next day

B. 06.26 a.m. of the next day

C. 12.39 p.m. of the next day

D. 06.52 p.m. of the next day.

33. Which one of the following ecosystem services is not a part of Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) report?

A. Provisioning

B. Promoting

C. Supportive

D. Regulating

34. Which one of the following places in India the first bird-sanctuary was set up?

A. Vedanthangal

B. Kundremukha

C. Bannarghata

D. Keoladeo

35. 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): Physical factors provide only a partial and deterministic explanation of geographical distribution of population.

Reason (R): Man is by no means passive in his choice of areas for settlement and everywhere demonstrates an ability to exercise some control over his environment.

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 correct, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is correct.

36. Which one of the following indicates the principle of transport in Central Place Theory?

A. K3

B. K4

C. K7

D. K9

37. Assertion (A): Post-industrial city is largely characterised by horizontal expansion.

Reason (R): Land prices are high in the central city.

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

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

C. (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

D. (R) is correct, but (A) is false.

39. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find the correct answer from the codes given below:

Assertion (A): Global urban population is not uniformly distributed by location and nearly two-thirds is relatively concentrated within low elevation coastal areas.

Reason (R): Soil fertility in the coastal areas caused concentration of rural settlements.

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 false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

40. Which one of the following stages of demographic transition model predicts "a high birth but a-low death”?

A. First stage

B. Second stage

C. Third stage

D. Late-second stage

42. Which one of the following is not an assumption or principle of the concentric zone model of urban land case?

A. Cultural and social heterogeneity of the population

B. Transport is equally easy, rapid and cheap in every direction within the city.

C. None of districts is attractive due to differences in terrain.

D. There is a concentration of heavy industry.

43. Who, amongst the following, defined Geography as a chorological science?

A. Ptolemy

B. Richthofen

C. Hettner

D. P.E. James

44. Who, amongst the following, has propounded the concept of Time Space Geography?

A. Hagerstrand

B. Haggett

C. Johnston

D. Harvey

46. Which one of the following ports has been developed on a lagoon?

A. Chennai

B. Mumbai

C. Kochi

D. Visakhapatnam

47. Truck farming is associated with

A. Vegetables

B. Milk

C. Cereals

D. Poultry

48. The essential feature of shifting cultivation is

A Rotation of crops

B. Rotation of fields

C. Single cropping

D. Use of plenty of fertilizers

49. What is the common practice involved in shifting cultivation?

A. Use of sophisticated machinery

B. Large scale use of fertilizers

C. Utilization of poor soils through ploughing/fallowing

D. Maximum use of animal power

50. Under the scope of town planning in India is covered:

1. Urban renewal

2. Planning of urban amenities and facilities

3. Building of new towns

4. Building of metropolitan cities

Codes:

A. 1 and 3 are correct.

B. Only 1 is correct.

C. 1, 2 and 3 are correct.

D. 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

53. Who has, amongst the following geographers, defined Geography of Public Finance 'who gets what, where, and at what cost?

A. R.J. Chorley

B. David Harvey

C. P. Claval

D. R.J. Bennett

55. Which of the following is not a supervised image classification technique?

A. Parallelopiped classifier

B. Minimum distance to mean classifier

C. Neural network analysis

D. Gaussian maximum likelihood classifier

56. A meteor is

A. Comet without a tail

B. Detached piece of an asteroid

C. Tiny star

D. Piece of matter which has entered the earth's atmosphere from outer space

57. Which one of the following tribes does not correctly matched?

A. Batwa and Congo Basin

B. Ruwala and Central Iran

C. Inuit and Canada

D. Yuklagir and Siberia

58. Which one of the following regions witnessed the growth of mighty civilizations of Roman and Greek?

A. Temperate region

B. Savanna region.

C. Mediterranean region

D. Tundra region

59. Which of the following is not considered a geographic pattern?

A. Centralized

B. Distributive

C. Linear

D. Random

60. Machu Picchu of Inca civilization is located in

A. Argentina

B. Brazil

C. Columbia

D. Peru

61. In 1919, Mackinder renamed his 'Pivot Area' as 'Heartland' in famous book

A. Foreign Affairs

B. The Round World and the Winning of the Peace

C. The Democratic Ideals and Reality

D. World War and Geography

62. The objectives behind building the planned city of Chandigarh were

1. To build a city of modern India's dreams.

2. To settle down refugees coming to India after the partition.

3. To develop an attractive tourist centre in Northwestern India.

4. To provide capital city to Truncated Punjab

Codes:

A. 2 and 4 are correct.

B. 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

C. 1, 2 and 4 are correct.

D. Only 4 is correct.

63. Which of the following sentences is not a correct one?

A. Utilitarian planning is a functional planning and it strives to achieve a supreme single specific goal.

B. Sectoral planning is a coordinated planning with planning in various sectors in an integrated manner.

C. Comprehensive planning has also been used with implicit connotation of integrated planning of all elements of a single activity.

D. Town planning is an expression of spatial planning of an urban system.

64. Several planned cities have been developed in India after Independence. Which one of the following is not a post-independence planned city?

A. Gandhinagar

B. Chandigarh

C. Jaipur

D. Bhubaneshwar

65. Which one of the following is not a measure of Central tendency?

A. Arithmetic mean

B. Mean deviation

C. Median

D. Mode

66. Which one of the following Indian Remote Sensing Satellites, IRS-P4 is also known as

A. Resourcesat

B. Edusat

C. Remotesat

D. Oceansat

67. Which one of the following States has recorded the lowest human development index?

A. Bihar

B. Himachal Pradesh

C. Punjab

D. Haryana

68. Which one of the following group of States, which includes catchment area of Cauvery river basin is correct?

A Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh

B. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry

C. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala

D. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Pondicherry

69. Which one of the following is a centrographic measure?

A. Geometric mean

B. Arithmetic mean

C. Mean centre

D. Standard deviation

71. Which one of the following map scales is a large scale?

A. 1:  250,000

B. 1:  25,000

C. 1: 500,000

D. 1: 50,000

72. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): The Raster format data structure provides a greater computational efficiency.

Reason (R): The Raster format data is simple.

In the context of the above two statements.

which one of the following is correct?

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 false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is correct.

73. An original map has the RF-1/50,000 and R.F. of the new map will be 1/ 250, 000 . What is the correct proportion of enlargement/reduction as given below?

A. Reduction 1/5

B. Enlargement (5 times)

C. Reduction 1/10

D. Enlargement (10 times)

74. Which one of the following values of correlation coefficient (r) is not correctly matched degree of relationship?

A + 0.99High

B.+0.50 Moder

C.- 0.01 Very low

D.-l 0.99 Nil

75. In which of the following year, IRS-1A was launched

A. 1982.

B. 1987

C. 1988

D. 1990