Previous Year Papers (PYPs)
Previous Year Papers (PYPs)
Previous Year Papers (PYPs)
UGC-NET-Junior Research Fellowship & Assistant Professor Exam
Geography, July -2016
PAPER-II
Note: This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Normal Cycle of Erosion is associated with
A. Glacial Erosion
B. Fluvial Erosion
C. Marine Erosion
D. Wind Erosion
2. The drainage pattern which is not controlled by the parent structure on which it flows is termed as
A. Consequent
B. Subsequent.
C. Insequent
D. Resequent
3. The term "Swash" refers to
A. Backward movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.
B. Oblique movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.
C. Forward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.
D. Sideward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.
4. Which one of the followings is not a glacio fluvial depositional feature?
A. Drumlin
B. Esker
C. Horn
D. Kame
5. The unconsolidated rock material deposited by surface wash at the base of a cliff is called
A. Alluvium
B. Colluvium
C. Moraines
D. Silt
6. Which one of the followings represents a source of atmospheric energy?
A. Infrared radiation emitted downward from clouds
B. Visible radiation scattered upward into the space
C. Latent heat released
D. Albedo of the earth and the atmosphere
7. Which one of the following processes is important for the formation of lightning in a developing cloud?
A. Absorption of solar cosmic rays
B. Small lapse rate
C. Strong vertical air currents
D. Heavy rainfall
8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Land surface is heated more quickly and to a greater extent than the water surface when subjected to equal amount of inslation.
Reason (R): The land is opaque while water is transparent to solar radiation.
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. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
9. Which one of the 'C' types of climate receives the bulk of its precipitation during the cold season?
A. Cfa
B. Cs
C. Cwa
D. Cfc
10. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Coriolis Force?
A. It is the effect of earth's rotation.
B. It is maximum over polar region.
C. It is directly related to frictional force.
D. It is proportional to wind speed.
11. Identify the correct statement pertaining to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from the floor of Atlantic Ocean among the following:
A. Almost 3 km above
B. Almost 4 km above
C. Almost 5 km above
D. Almost 6 km above
12. The coral reefs that are generally found attached to the shore with an intervening shallow channel or a lagoon is called
A. Barrier reef
B. Patch reef
C. Ribbon reef
D. Fringing reef
13. If Kyoto protocol is for Carbon dioxide then Montreal protocol is for
A. Methane
B. Chlorofluorocarbons
C. Carbon dioxide
D. Ozone
14. Identify the correct statement regarding variation in density of ocean water and air at the same temperature.
A. Ocean water is 800 times more denser than air.
B. Ocean water is 600 times more denser than air.
C. Ocean water is 400 times more denser than air.
D. Ocean water is 200 times more denser than air.
15. Which one of the following bays has the highest tides in the world?
A. Bay of Bengal
B. Hudson Bay
C. Bay of Fundy
D. Bay of Khambat
16. Who among the following pleaded that "history be treated geographically and geography be treated historically"?
A. Holmes
B. Herodotus
C. Hecateous
D. Thales of Militus
17. Which one of the followings is the philosophical basis of Quantitative revolution?
A. Positivism
B. Existentialism
C. Idealism
D. Probabalism
18. The statement that "Egypt is the gift of the river Nile” is attributed to
A. Aristotle
B. Strabo
C. Herodotus
D. Seneca
19. Who among the following scholars made corrections to Ptolemy's Book?
A. Al-Masudi
B. Al-Idrisi
C. Al-Baruni
D. Ibn-Khaldun
20. Who among the following developed the concept of 'Mental Map'?
A Downs and Stea
B. Saarine
C. Gould and White
D. Boulding and Haggerstrand
23. Which one of the following figures of total population of India (Census 2011) is correct?
A. 1, 21, 08, 54, 977
B. 1, 21, 04, 74, 877
C. 1. 21, 03, 64, 957
D. 1, 21, 05, 44, 777
24. The rapid growth phase of Indian population was lying between which of the following time periods?
A. 1901 - 1921
B. 1750 – 1950
C. 1951 - 1981
D. 1981 - 2001
25. The second doubling period of world's human population was between which of the following time slabs?
A. 1650 - 1850
B. 1750 - 1950
C. 1850 - 1930
D. 1850 - 1950
26. Which one of the following agricultural geographic approaches is correct to study crop-diversification?
A. Commodity
B. Systematic
C. Regional
D. Behavioural
27. Which one of the following soils is commonly known as 'self-mulching soil'?
A. Grey soil
B. Red soil
C. Brown soil
D. Black soil
28. The concept of linear market price boundary between the market areas of two competing firms was given by
A. A. Weber
B. T. Palander
C. E. Hoover
D. A. Losch
29. Which one of the following factors is not a reason for government to concentrate on transport policies?
A. Social
B. Economic
C. Cultural
D. Political
30. Which one of the following industries is called as heavy engineering industry?
A. Heavy Electricals
B. Heavy Machinery
C. Glass
D. Iron and Steel
31. Who among the following gave the concept of Rimland Theory?
A. Ratzel
B. Spykman
C. Griffith Taylor
D. Mackinder
32. How many major human races were identified by Griffith Taylor?
A 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
33. In which year Mackinder again demarcated the world island including Africa?
A. 1922
B. 1925.
C. 1919
D. 1917
34. The Red Indians or the American Indian belongs to
A Caucasoid Race
B. Mongoloid Race
C. Austraoloid Race
D. Negrito Race
35. Which one of the following terms denotes the net population increase of towns and cities?
A. Urban Growth
B. Population Growth
C. Urbanisation
D. Urban Area
36. Which one of the following processes is not associated with planning?
A. Perception
B. Revelation
C. Preparation
D. Evolution
37. Who is regarded as the father of Regional Science?
A Louis Lefeber
B. Walter Isard
C. Harvey S. Perloff
D. John M. Cumberland
38. Which one of the following scholars believed that "every deliberate action must start in the mind, the realm of thought. It must be conceived and rehearsed in the realm of thought before it can take place in the physical...."
A. Lewis Mumford
B. Patrick Geddes
C. Chadwich
D. Benton MacKaye
39. The surveys that are conducted to identify deteriorated or deficient area in development are termed as
A. Socio-economic surveys
B. Structural surveys
C. Environmental Quality surveys
D. Diagnostic surveys
40. The largest milk producer state of India is
A. Gujarat
B. Punjab
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Rajasthan
41. Which one of following groups of states accounts for about 90% of the annual coal production in India?
A. Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal
B. Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
C. Jharkhand, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh
D. Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal
42. In which of the following years, India became the 7th largest manufacturer of vehicles in the world?
A. 2007
B. 2008
C. 2009
D. 2010
43. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Wheat producing area confine to sub-humid and semi-arial areas in India.
Reason (R): This crop does not require plenty of stagnant water.
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. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
44. In which state of India Subansiri Hydropower Project is located?
A. Manipur
B. Meghalaya
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
45. Which one of the following softwares is not a GIS software?
A. AutoCAD
B. Map Info
C. ERDAS
D. Arc view
48. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Change detection in remote sensing is the process of identifying differences in the state of an object or phenomenon
Reason (R): The use of GIS facilitates for digital change detection
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. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
50. The scale on the aerial photography is vari able on account of which of the following?
A. Shadows of the objects
B. Texture of the objects
C. Relief of the ground
D. Shadows and relief both
PAPER-III
Note: This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. A drainage pattern which is not related to the structure of the region is known as
A. Radial drainage
B. Trellis drainage
C. Dendritic drainage
D. Superimposed drainage
2. Crickmay while disagreeing with Davis supplemented peneplain with the terms
A. Pediplain
B. Panplane
C. Etchplain
D. Structural plain
3. Which of the following is strongly presumptive of fault line scrap?
A. Superimposed drainage
B. Frequent severe earthquakes
C. Actual fault plane identified along the scrap
D. Poor correlation between rock resistance and topographic form
4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and 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 extent on abundance of water and higher air temperature
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. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): The islands along the Mid Atlantic Ridge are highly prone to volcanic activity.
Reason (R): The sea-floor spreading is the main cause of earthquakes in the Atlantic Ocean.
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. Which one of the following arrangements of Pleistocene Ice age is in a correct chronological order?
A Mindel irm - Gu - Rim
B. Gunz Mindel - Rim - Würm
C. Würm Mindel - Rim - Gunz
D. Rim - Mindel Würm - Gunz
8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Divergent plate margin cause sea floor spreading
Reason (R): Construction plate margins result in the formation of faults
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.
9. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Microscale - Turbulence
B. Planetary scale - Waves in the westerlies
C. Mesoscale - Tornadoes
D. Synepticscale Valley and mountain winds
10. Which one of the following statements about polar jet stream is not true?
A. It moves northwards during summer.
B. It supplies energy to the circulation of surface storms.
C. Its velocity is greater during the summer.
D. Its location roughly coincides with that of the polar front
11. Supercooled water is water which is
A. Produced from dry ice
B. A special form of ice
C. Still liquid at temperature below zero degree
D. Partly liquid and partly solid
12. A place located at a higher altitude generally experiences____ than a low elevation place in an adjoining valley.
A. a greater daily temperature range
B. a lower annual mean temperature
C. a lower daily temperature range
D. both a greater daily temperature range and lower annual mean temperature
13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Hurricane cannot develop along the equatorial region
Reason (R): Coriolis force is at its maximum over the equator
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. The actual amount of water vapour in a given quantity of air is greatest for which of the following temperature-relative humidity combinations?
A. 40 -100 %
B. 25-100 %
C. 0-100 %
D. 30 -50 %
15. What happens when Chinook wind is drawn down the leeward slopes of the mountain range?
A. The saturation vapour pressure increases
B. The relative humidity decreases
C. Both A and B are correct
D. Both A and B are wrong
17. The sea attained its present level during the geological period
A. Holocene
B. Miocene
C. Cambrian
D. Jurassic
18. The pyramid of biomass is inverted in case
A. Forest ecosystem
B. Grassland ecosystem
C. Marine ecosystem
D. Fresh water ecosystem
19. Which one of the following percentages India contributes to world's biodiversity?
A. 2 %
B. 4 %
C. 6 %
D. 8 %
20. Which one of the following temperatures of sea water is favourable for the formation of coral reefs?
A. At least 20°C
B. At least 15°C
C. At least 10 °C
D. At least 5°C
21. Which one of the following countries has the world's longest coastline!
A. Australia
B. Brazil
C. Japan
D. Canada
22. The term 'microtidal' has been adopted to refer to spring tidal range
A. > 6 m
B. 4 - 6 m
C. 2 - 4 m
D. < 2 m
23. The endemic species of India are mainly found in
A. Eastern India
B. Central India
C. North-east India
D. North-west India
25. Who was the author of the book "Nature of Geography"?
A. Isaih Bowman
B. Rudolf Kjellen
C. Fredrich Ratzel
D. Richard Hartshorne
26. Arrange the following scholars in the correct chronological order. Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
1. Aristotle
2. Eratosthenese
3. Plato
4. Strabo
Codes:
A. 2 3 1 2
B. 1 2 4 3
C. 4 3 1 2
D. 3 1 2 4
28. Which one of the following pairs does not matched correctly?
(Author) (Book)
A. Ibn Khaldun - Muqaddimah
B. Al-Balakhi - Kitabul Ashkal
C. Al - Masudi- Routes and Realms
D. Al-Baruni- Kitab-al-Hind
29. Who founded the Humanistic school of geography?
A. Wolpert
B. Tuan
C. Kirk
D. Harvey
30. Which one of the following authors has stated "there are not necessities but everywhere possibilities and man as master of these possibilities is the judge of their use^ prime prime
A. Semple
B. Blashe
C. Febvre
D. Durkheim
31. Who defined geography as human ecology?
A. Hartshome
B. Schaefer
C. Semple
D. Barrows
36. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Losch's model is less restrictive than Christallers's model
Reason (R): Losch treated each section as having separate range, threshold and hexagonal. hinterland
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.
37. Which one of the following principles explains importance of transport costs as it maximises the number of central places on straight line routes?
A. Traffic
B. Administrative
C. Marketing
D. Service
38. Which one of the following criteria is used by Census of India 2011 to define the town?
A. Population Growth
B. Population Density
C. Literacy Rate
D. Sex Ratio
39. In which year, M. Jefferson examined the size relationship between the primate city and next largest cities in a study entitled "The Law of the Primate City”?
A 1938
B. 1937
C. 1936
D. 1939
41. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): The footloose industries are having very high mobility.
Reason (R): The industry is skill-based.
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.
43. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Spain is one of the economically developed countries of the world.
Reason (R): It has vast mineral resource base.
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.
44. Which one of the following authors identified three basic factors affecting interaction between regions Complementarily, inter vening opportunity and transferability?
A. P.R. White
B. H.L. Gauthier
C. E. Taafe
D. E.L. Ullman
47. Dolichocephalic human race has a cephalic index value of
A. Less than 75
B. Less than 80
C. Less than 85
D. Less than 90
48. Throughout the 19th century, Russia was interested in acquiring Turkey mainly because Russia wanted to
A. Maintain peace in the Middle East
B. Access to the Mediterranean Sea
C. Establish the Byzantine Empire
D. Both A and C
49. Which 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 conscious ness and human duality.
C. Humanists accept the reduction of space and place to geometrical concepts of surface.
D. Humanism developed and criticised positivism and quantitative revolution.
50. Carta-Marina is
A. A cartographic instrument used by Arab geographers
B. A book authored by Al-Masudi.
C. A map of America prepared by Wald Simular
D. An age succeeding to "Age of Discovery".
51. The book Polar Geopolitics is written by whom of the following?
A. Richard Powell
B. R.D. Dixit
C. Vladimir Kolossov
D. Taylor, P.J. and Jonston, R.J.
52. "Social processes explain the spatial organization", this statement pertains to
A. Humanism
B. Marxism
C. Positivism
D. Behaviouralism
54. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Social indicator movement was quickly developed in 1960s in the USA.
Reason (R): It grew in response to rise of a wide range of social problems in US society.
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.
55. Which one of the following five year plans of India adopted the Harrod-Domar growth model?
A. Second
B. Fourth
C. Third
D. First
56. Which one of the following contributors made refinements to W. Christaller's central place by including concept of 'city rich sectors and city poor^ prime sectors?
A. R.P. Mishra
B. B.J.L. Berry
C. Walter Isard
D. August Losch
57. Which one of the following indicators is not concerned with Human Development Index (H.D.I.)?
A. Life expectancy at birth
B. Social overhead capital
C. Educational attainment
D. Standard of living
58. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): There are regional disparities in spatial organization of economy.
Reason (R): Interaction among inherent factors in economic activities affect the texture of spatial organization.
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.
61. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Metropolitan cities in general are flanked by satellite towns.
Reason (R): The towns have an important function to release the pressure of the city.
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.
62. The famous Makrana marble mines are located in which of the following Indian States?
A. Gujarat
B. Rajasthan
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
63. The Environmental Protection Act in India was passed when the government was headed by
A. Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi
B. Late Mr. V.P. Singh
C. Late Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri
D. Late Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
64. Which one of the following sequences of physical features is correct?
A. Mountain, Tarai, Plain and Bhabhar
B. Plain, Bhabhar, Tarai and Mountain
C. Mountain, Plain, Bhabhar and Tarai
D. Plain, Tarai, Bhabhar and Mountain
70. Which one of the following diagrams can be used to represent non-spatial attribute data?
A. Flow line
B. Bars and Cubes
C. Choropleth
D. Isoline
71. Which one of the following correlation coefficients is mismatched with its value?
A. Perfect positive r = plus/minus 1.0
B. Imperfect negative r = - 1.0
C. No correlation r = 0.0
D. Positive significant r = 0.5 < 1.0
72. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Partial correlation is a method of dealing with three or more variables.
Reason (R): Basically, it is the correlation between two variables holding the third variable constant.
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.
73. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): There are data restrictions in using Lorenz curve since variable must be expressed as frequencies and negative values cannot be included.
Reason (R): This technique is difficult to be applied to study of continuous variables.
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.
75. Which one of the following codes given for abbreviations correctly depicts landscape models?
(a) DEM
(b) DRG
(c) DLG
(d) DTM
Codes:
A. (a) and (b)
B. (b) and (c)
C. (a) and (d)
D. (c) and (d)
