Previous Year Papers (PYPs)
Previous Year Papers (PYPs)
Previous Year Papers (PYPs)
UGC-NET-GEOGRAPHY, JUNE-2014
PAPER-II
Note: This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. The landscapes produced by a single dominant geomorphic process are called as
A. Simple Landscapes
B. Compound Landscapes
C. Monocyclic Landscapes
D. Multicyclic Landscapes
2. Flat topped sand ridges with long dimensions extending parallel to the prevailing winds but locking the collapsing fronts are known as
A. Whalebacks
B. Seifs
C. Barchans
D. Sand drifts
3. The river valleys whose courses are controlled by factors which are not determinable are termed as
A. Consequent
B. Subsequent
C. Insequent
D. Resequent
5. The slope replacement model was propounded by
A. Wood
B. Davis
C. Penck
D. Strahler
6. Who among the following observed that summer heating of Tibetan Plateau was the most important factor in the monsoonal circulation over India?
A. Fohn
B. Koteswaram
C. Frost
D. Halley
7. According to Koppen's Scheme of climatic classification E (Polar or Mountain) type climatic is found in
A. Nagaland
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Sikkim
D. Jammu & Kashmir
8. Which one of the following is not a factor that affects wind?
A. Pressure gradient
B. Friction
C. Magnetism
D. Carioles effect
9. Which one of the locations listed below should have highest annual temperature range?
A. Equatorial Island
B. Tropical coast
C. Polar ice cap
D. Mid-latitude continental centre
10. Which term is used to describe the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing through the liquid State?
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Sublimation
D. Freezing
11. The main source of carbon monoxides, as air pollutants, is
A. Thermal decomposition of fats
B. Dye-making
C. Blast furnaces
D. Gasoline motor exhausts
12. The vertical movement of cold water from deeper oceanic layers to replace warmer surface water is called as
A. Turbidity
B. Emergence
C. Upwelling
D. Halocline
13. Which one of the following types of sea floor sediments includes calcareous and siliceous oozes?
A. Fluvial
B. Terrigenous
C. Biogenous
D. Hydrogenous
14. Vast numbers of herbivorous animals and carnivorous such as lions, jackals and hyenas are found in
A. Equatorial rainforest
B. Taiga
C. Campos of Brazil
D. Savannas of Africa
16. Nomothetic approach in geography empha sizes upon?
A. Inductive study
B. Law making study
C. Ideographic study
D. Empirical study
19. Which one of the following is in correct sequence in the development of German geographical thought?
A. Troll, Peschel, Hettner. Ratzel
B. Peschel, Ratzel, Hettner. Troll
C. Peschel, Troll, Hettner, Ratzel
D. Ratzel, Peschel, Troll, Hettner
20. Who coined the term 'Cosmography and divided it into uranography and Geography?
A. O. Peschel
B. C. Ritter
C. B. Vareneous
D. A. Humboldt
21. The book entitled "Perspective on Nature of Geography (1959)" was authored by
A. Ellen Churchill Semple
B. Rudolf Kjellen
C. Richard Hartshorne
D. Isaih Bowman
22. Net population change is determined by
A. Mortality
B. Migration
C. Fertility
D. Both A and C
23. Rural house is an index of the
A. Environment
B. Racial Element
C. Fashion and Style
D. Modern Architectural Design
24. The stages of inception in the dynamics of urban growth refers to
A. The factor which gives rise to a city in a particular place.
B. The process through which separate functional districts are carved out
C. The outward, often radial movement of activities from the centre.
D. The pattern of forcing activities out of area.
25. The chief means of transport in Tundras is
A. Camel
B. Donkeys
C. Sledge
D. Horse
26. The development of Chennai-Bengaluru Corridor is based on
A. Automobile and I.T. Industries
B. Cotton-textile and Garment industries
C. Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries
D. Residential and Retail Development
27. Of late, the major focus in urban-industrial development is on
A. Nodal Development
B. Cluster Development
C. Port-City Oriented Development
D. Both A and C
28. High level managerial and executive administrative position fall in the category of
A. Primary activities
B. Secondary activities
C. Tertiary activities
D. Quarternary activities
29. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Lignite and low grade bituminous coal were formed during quarternary period.
2. Dolomite is used as refractory material and flux in iron and steel industry.
3. Solar energy, wind, hydel power and biogas are renewable resources.
Select the correct answer using codes given below:
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 3
30. What are the three bases for spatial interaction as described in Edward Ullman's model?
A. Complementarity, Transferability and intervening opportunity
B. Complementarity, Commodity specific relationship and surplus-deficit relationship.
C. Complimentarity. convenience and residential neighbourhood.
D. Human behaviour, convenience and transferability
31. Japan is one of the leading industrial countries in the world because it has
1. Developed hydel power
2. Large deposits of metallic minerals
3. High level of technological capability
4. Insular location
Which of these statements are correct?
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 2 and 4
32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): With the development of H.Y.V. rubber trees and later synthetic rubber, the rubber of the Amazon basin has become a little more than memory.
Reason (R): Resources are created and destroyed by human culture.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?
Codes:
A. (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
B. (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
C. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
D. Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
33. Which one of the following culture realms is characterised by (i) heritage of ancient civilization and traditions of classical culture (ii) rise of ancient city-states; and (iii) importance of agriculture and horticulture including viticulture?
A. East European
B. Indian
C. Mediterranean
D. Chinese
34. The paradoxical situation of co-existence of the patrilineal society and the dominating position of women characterize.
A. Khasi Tribe
B. Bhil Tribe
C. Gond Tribe
D. Tharu Tribe
35. Geography of public policy is concerned with geographical study of
1. Creation and implementation of public policies.
2. Implementation and monitoring of public policies.
3. Creation and evaluation of public policies.
4. Evaluation of public policies.
A. 1 and 2 are correct
B. 2 and 3 are correct
C. 2 and 4 are correct
D. 1 and 3 are correct
36. Which one of the following languages belong to the Semitic-Hamitic linguistic family?
A. Gondi
B. Hebrew
C. Spanish
D. Dutch
37. The statement that "Who rules East Europe, commands the Heartland who rules the Heartland, commands the world Is land....." was made by
A. Mackinder
B. Spykman
C. Alfred Mahan
D. Whittlesey
38. The entire planning technique in India had been based on the model prepared by
A. P.C. Mahalanobis
B. Fieldman
C. Domar
D. V.M. Dandekar
39. Regional development is a
A. Single functional Approach
B. Multi-functional Approach
C. Place Prosperity
D. Rationalisation of population distribution
40. According to Hufschmidt, bring out the chronological sequence in the main phases of development of Regional planning in the last 100 years of its history.
(i) Cultural Regionalism Orientation
(ii) Metropolitan Orientation
(iii) Natural Resource Orientation
(iv) Regional Science Orientation
Codes:
A. (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
B. (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
C. (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
D. (ii), (i), (iv), (ii)
41. Who has defined that "there is only one region the surface of the earth on which mankind finds its home"?
A. Minshull
B. Vidal de la Blasche
C. Fenneman
D. Herbertson
42. The agricultural region is a
A. Homogenous region
B. Functional region
C. Nodal region
D. Natural region
43. Which one of the following sequences of the Himalayan ranges from South to North is correct?
A. Karakoram- Ladakh - Zaskar-Pir Panjal
B. Ladakh - Zaskar - Pir Panjal - Karakoram
C. Zaskar-Pir Panjal - Karakoram - Ladakh
D. Pir Panjal-Zaskar-Ladakh – Karakoram
44. The oldest and the richest coal field of India with respect to quantity of production and quality is
A. Bokaro
B. Jharia
C. Raniganj
D. Makum-Nazira
45. The highest and the lowest population density difference during 2001 and 2011 was recorded respectively in
A. Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
C. West Bengal and Nagaland
D. Bihar and Nagaland
46. The most important source of irrigation in Great Indian Desert (Thar) is
A. Canal
B. Well
C. Tube-well
D. All of the above
47. The longest west flowing Peninsular river is
A. Godavari
B. Krishna
C. Narmada
D. Tapti
49. Flow maps are used to show the distribution of which type of following data?
A Line
B. Area
C. Point
D. Volume
50. Cumulative frequency distribution is shown by
A. Histogram
B. Frequency curve
C. Ogive
D. Pie diagram
PAPER-III
Note: This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Lateral Planation Theory of pediment formation was proposed by
A. Lawson
B. Davis
C. Gilbert
D. McGee
3. Which of the following is strongly presumptive faultline scarps?
A. Superimposed drainage across a fault
B. Poor correlation between rock resistence and topographic forms
C. Frequent severe earthquakes
D. Actual Fault Plane identified along a scarp
4. Paternoster lakes are features typical of:
A. Lava Plains
B. Piedmonts
C. Deserts
D. Glacial Troughs
6. Which one of the following processes is typical to glacial erosion?
A. Plucking
B. Hydrolic action
C. Deflation
D. Corrosion
7. 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): Deep chemical decay of rocks. is one of the outstanding features of humid tropical regions.
Reason (R): Intensity of chemical weathering depends to a large degree upon an abundance of water and high air temperatures.
Codes:
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
D. (R) is true, but (A) is false.
8. Crickmay, while disagreeing with Davis, supplanted peneplain with the term :
A. Pediplain
B. Panplane
C. Etch plain
D. Structural plain
9. What is the correct Sequence of the cloud types in a warm front away from its trailing edge?
A. Altostratus - Nimbostratus - Cimus - Cimostratus
B. Cirrostratus - Nimbostratus - Altostratus - Cirrus
C. Cirrus - Nimbostratus - altostratus- Cirrostratus
D. Nimbostratus - Alto Stratus - Cirrostratus - Cirrus
10. Westerlies are examples of
A. Macro atmospheric motions
B. Tornados
C. Microscale atmospheric motions
D. Gusts
12. If the elevation of the sun declines, the albedo will :
A. Decline
B. Increase
C. Remain the same
D. No change
13. Seasonal contrast in pressure between land and sea gives rise to :
A. Monsoons
B. Westerly winds
C. Land and Sea breezes
D. Trade winds
14. V. Bjerknes Model is related with :
A. Origin of Anticyclones
B. Origin of Mid Latitude Cyclones
C. Origin of Tropical Cyclones
D. Origin of Monsoon
15. Which one of the following is not correct?
A. Cold front is marked with triangular spikes.
B. Warm front is marked with semicircles.
C. A fast advancing warm front can cause violent lifting.
D. The tornados develop along squall line.
16. Some heat is received by the atmosphere even after Sunset from:
A. Invisible solar radiation
B. Latent heat
C. Radioactive processes
D. Terrestrial radiation
17. 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 growth of grass and other vegetative cover is limited to selvas.
Reason (R): The separate crowns of trees coalesce and form a thick canopy above the forest floor.
Codes:
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A) .
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
D. (R) is true, but (A) is false.
18. Montreal Protocol' is related to
A. Global Warming
B. Ozone Depletion
C. Air Pollution
D. Water Pollution
19. The objective of Kyoto Protocol was to reduce green-house gas emission by :
A. An average of 10 per cent below 1995 level by the year 2010
B. An average of 8 per cent below 1998 level by the year 2012
C. An average of 20 per cent below 1997 level by the year 2009
D. An average of 5 per cent below 1990 level by the year 2012
20. Xerophytes can tolerate and stand against :
A. High temperature
B. Severe cold
C. Humidity
D. The drought conditions:
21. Consider the following statements :
1. Ozone is found mostly in the stratosphere.
2. Ozone layer lies 55-75 kms. above the surface of the earth.
3. Ozone absorbs ultraviolet rays from the Sun.
4. Ozone layer has no significance for life on the earth.
Which of the above statements are correct?
A. 1 and 3
B. 2 and 4
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 4
22. 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): Oceanic salinity is low in the equatorial region.
Reason (R): Equatorial region is characterized by heavy rainfall, cloudiness and humidity.
Codes:
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
23. The statement - "Systematic geography must move into theoretical spheres and Regional Geography into a search for generic and not unique studies" was made by
A. Richard Hartshorne
B. Issiah Bowman
C. William Bunge
D. Peter Haggett
24. In the development of Quantitative Revolution, a new field of study called 'Social Physics stating that "dimensions of society are analogous to the physical dimensions and include numbers of people, distance and time" was introduced by
A. J.Q. Stewart
B. Edward Ullman
C. W.L. Garrison
D. William Warntz
25. Given below are two statements, one laballed as Assertion (A) , and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A): The major Thrust of Quantitative Revolution is to bring law making, model building and Theorization in Geography.
Reason (R): After the second world war, young geographers discarded the empirical. descriptive and gazetteer type of Geography by using the mathematical language rather than the language of literature. Select your answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
A. (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
B. (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
C. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
D. Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
28. Which one of the following statements is not true about Humanism in Geography.
A. Humanism does not treat humans as machines.
B. Humanistic geography gives importance to human awareness, human consciousness and human creativity.
C. Humanists accept the reduction of space and place to geometrical concepts of surface.
D. Humanism developed as criticism against positivism and quantitative revolution.
30. Who among the following was a strong supporter of Ritter's teleological ideas?
A. Guyot
B. Peschel
C. Gerland
D. Ratzel
31. A process of population deconcentration away from large urban settlements to non-metropolitan areas is termed as:
A. Urban dispersal
B. Urban sprawl
C. Counter-urbanization
D. Sub-urbanization
32. In the acceleration stage of urbanisation the urban population constitutes :
A. More than 70% of the total population of the State
B. 25% to 70%
C. 10% to 25%
D. Less than 10%
33. The concept of primate city was advanced by
A. Jefferson
B. Zift
C. Mumford
D. Sjoberg
34. Given below are two statements, one laballed as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) . Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Losch’ s model is less restrictive than Christoller's.
Reason (R): Losch treated each function as having a separate range, threshold and hexagonal hinterland.
Codes :
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanations 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.
35. Which of the following conditions is characterised by the second stage of Demographic Transition?
A. Low birth rate, High death rate
B. High birth rate, High death rate
C. High birth rate, Declining death rate
D. Low birth rate, Low death rate
37. 'Chain migration is based on:
A. Job opportunities
B. Kinship
C. Proximity to place of earlier Residence
D. Combination of A and C
39. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the given codes:
1. Most of the fishing grounds occur in areas where the continental shelf is wide.
2. Fishing activity is well developed in warm tropical waters.
3. Mixing of warm and cold currents brings plant nutrients for fish.
4. Inland fisheries are more significant than other types in India.
Codes:
A. 1 and 2 are correct.
B. 1 and 3 are correct.
C. 2, 3 and 4 are correct.
D. 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
40. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): There are regional disparities in the spatial organisation of economy.
Reason (R): Interactions among inherent factors in economic activities affect the texture of spatial organisations.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
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.
41. Which one of the following crop practices refers to crop rotation?
A. Cultivating more than one crop in the same field in different seasons.
B. Cultivating the same crop in the same field in different seasons.
C. Cultivating many crops in the same field in one season.
D. Cultivating one crop in one season followed by a different crop in the next season in the same field.
42. When the raw material used in an industry is gross and ubiquitous, the location of the firm will be:
A. Near the source of raw material
B. Anywhere between the source of raw material market
C. Near the market
D. Near the capital city
43. In Great Britain a little pulp is produced, but paper making is important, while in Sweden pulp manufacture is far more important than paper making because
A. Great Britain is technologically advanced as compared to Sweden.
B. Pulp making is raw material oriented, paper making is more market oriented.
C. Sweden is a poor country.
D. Great Britain has plenty of forest resources for paper making.
45. Break-of-bulk point is a place :
A. Where large sized and bulky goods are crushed into.
B. Where goods are transferred from one mode of transport to another.
C. Where packaging of the bulky goods is carried out at large scale.
D. The place meant for the transport of bulky products.
47. Which one of the following theories emphasizes the policy oriented concepts such as propulsive firms, leading industries and agglomeration?
A. Central Place Theory
B. Theory of Industrial location
C. Growth pole theory
D. Theory of spatial organization
48. The techniques usually employed for actual delineation of functional regions are:
A. Flow and gravitational analysis
B. Simple correlation analysis
C. Composite index method analysis
D. Ranking coefficient method analysis
49. The gravity principle in identification of nodal regions states that the interaction between two geographic points is directly related to:
A. Their masses
B. Their distance
C. Their mode of transport
D. Their size of settlements
51. Given below are two statements; one labeled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): A planning region should be large enough to contain a range of resources. conditions and attributes so as to serve a desired degree of economic viability.
Reason (R): Its resource position should be such that a satisfactory level of product combination for consumption and for exchange would be feasible.
Select your answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation.
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
52. Preparation of Sub-plans on regional basis was taken up in
A. Fourth plan
B. Fifth plan
C. Sixth plan
D. Seventh plan
53. Who among the following presented a framework of economic regions of different orders following the soviet concept of eco nomic regions and production specialisation:
A. P. Sen Gupta
B. V. Nath
C. S.P. Chatterjee
D. Bhat and Prakasa Rao
54. Which one of the following states experienced the lowest growth rate of literates during 2001 2011?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Nagaland
C. Kerala
D. Goa
55. Which one of the following places in India does not get the vertical rays of the Sun?
A. Srinagar (J&K)
B. Mumbai
C. Chennai
D. Thiruvananthapuram
56. Which one of the following atomic power stations is located in Tamil Nadu?
A. Tarapur
B. Kota
C. Kalpakkam
D. Narora
57. Which one of the following matches is not correct?
A. Himadri - Greater Himalaya
B. Shiwalik - Outer Himalaya
C. Westem Ghat - Peninsular India
D. Gondwanaland - Lesser Himalaya
58. Which one of the following major seaports of India does not have natural harbour?
A. Mumbai
B. Cochin
C. Marmagao
D. Paradeep
59. The member of agro-climatic regions in India as per Planning Commission is
A. Twelve
B. Thirteen
C. Fourteen
D. Fifteen
60. About three-fourth of manganese ore reserves of India are found in:
A. Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa
B. Karnataka, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
C. Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Andhra Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand
62. Which of the following is a GIS operation?
A. Image displaying
B. Contrast stretching
C. Map over laying
D. Map designing
63. Which of the following diagrams is used to show proportion of different land uses in an area?
A. Pie
B. Wind rose
C. Line
D. Flow-chart
64. Mean, median and mode coincide if the distribution of values is
A. Negativity skewed
B. Normal
C. Positivity skewed
D. Poisson
65. The contour interval followed in SOI Toposheet with 1/50,000 scale is:
A. 20 Metres
B. 50 Metres
C. 100 Metres
D. 150 Metres
67. The most appropriate sampling technique to represent the heterogenous population of a region is:
A. Cluster
B. Random stratified
C. Systematic
D. Purposive
68. Which one of the following characteristic features of Indian federalism does not have a geographical base?
A. Vast area size
B. Physical and cultural diversities
C. Regional inequalities in socio-economic development
D. Division of powers and functions between Union and States
69. Which of the following countries is known as a Unique assemblage of human races in the world?
A Union of South Africa
B. U.S.A.
C. Indonesia
D. India
70. 'Geostrategic model', dividing the world into ten regions, was propounded by :
A. P.J. Taylor
B. John Short
C. John Agnew
D. Saul Cohen
72. For measuring the success of changes in electroral boundaries, we use the concept of:
A. Representation
B. Malapportionment
C. Legitimate participation
D. Non-legitimate participation
73. Welfare approach in geographic studies emphasises spatial variation in
A. Socio-economic development
B. Public-private partnership in development
C. Infrastructural development
D. Quality of life
74. The 'Cultural Turn' in geography has been responsible for:
A. Bringing social and cultural geography closer to each other
B. Social geography taking over cultural geography.
C. Creating void between social and cultural geography.
D. Reducing the significance of social geography.
