-->

Geography 2012 December UGC NET Solved Question Paper II








1. Landslides involve





(A) Downslope movement of individual rock blocks which is usually not perceptible.





(B) Rapid perceptible movement of relatively dry mass of earth debris or bed rock.





(C) Slow to very rapid movement of water saturated rock debris.





(D) Slow-flowing downslope masses of rock debris saturated with water.





Answer: (B)








2. Which of the following pairs is not a correct match of desert and country/ continent?





(A) Atacama desert – South America





(B) Gobi desert – Central Asia





(C) Sonoran – West Asia desert





(D) Great Victorian – Australia desert





Answer: (C)








3. One of the proponents of the turbidity current theory of the origin of submarine canyons was





(A) Daly





(B) Dana





(C) Salis





(D) Gregory





Answer: (A)








4. The term panplane refers to





(A) A level surface formed in the old age of fluvial cycle





(B) A level surface formed by wind erosion





(C) A plain formed by marine action





(D) A plain formed by joining of flood-plains





Answer: (D)








5. In the process of erosion, the removal of material by solution is called





(A) Attrition





(B) Corrasion





(C) Corrosion





(D) Sapping





Answer: (C)








6. Arrange the solar spectrum in ascending order of its wavelength:





(a) Ultraviolet





(b) Microwaves





(c) X-rays





(d) Television waves





Codes:





(A) (d), (c), (b), (a)





(B) (a), (c), (d), (b)





(C) (c), (a), (b), (d)





(D) (b), (c), (a), (d)





Answer: (C)








7. Energy that is reflected by the atmosphere





(A) Does not heat the atmosphere





(B) Has a different wavelength than the incoming energy





(C) Is usually short energy like visible light which does not penetrate the atmosphere





(D) Heats the atmosphere by absorption





Answer: (C)








8. Which one of the following statements about the polar jet stream is not true?





(A) It moves northwards during summer.





(B) It supplies energy to the circulation of surface storms.





(C) Its location roughly coincides with that of the polar front.





(D) Its velocity is greater during summer.





Answer: (D)








9. The percentage of water vapour in the air in the tropical regions may be as high as





(A) 4 percent





(B) 10 percent





(C) 30 percent





(D) 50 percent





Answer: (A)








10. The vertical air flow in an anticyclone results in





(A) Diversion aloft





(B) Conversion aloft





(C) Diversion both aloft and at the surface





(D) Convergence at the surface and divergence aloft





Answer: (B)








11. The most common salt in the ocean is





(A) Calcium chloride





(B) Sodium nitrate





(C) Sodium chloride





(D) Calcium nitrate





Answer: (C)








12. In the hydrological cycle evaporation is preceded by





(A) Clouds





(B) Precipitation





(C) Heat





(D) Condensation





Answer: (C)








13. Which of the following occupies Trophic Level I in food chain?





(A) Bacteria





(B) Carnivores





(C) Primary consumers





(D) Plants





Answer: (D)








14. Which of the following regions is known as the ‘carbon sink’ of the globe?





(A) Antarctica





(B) Savanna





(C) N.W. Europe





(D) Tropical rainforest





Answer: (D)








15. Ecological Niche refers to





(A) Interaction between man and environment





(B) The functional role of an organism in the ecosystem





(C) Interdependence of man and plant





(D) None of the above





Answer: (B)








16. Who among the following expounded the concept that “the present is the key to the past”?





(A) Buffon





(B) Lyell





(C) Hutton





(D) Playfair





Answer: (C)








17. The approach that some of the geographical facts according to Ritter, cannot be explained scientifically, is termed as





(A) Ecological





(B) Regional





(C) Teleological





(D) Locational





Answer: (C)








18. Whose pioneer statement on the scope and method of modern geography, according to Hartshorne, set the direction of geographic thought for the future?





(A) Blache





(B) Schluter





(C) Ratzel





(D) Richthofen





Answer: (D)








19. Who among the following geographers emphasized the predominant role of climate in human life?





(A) Geddes





(B) Jefferson





(C) Huntington





(D) Brunhes





Answer: (C)








20. Who is usually given the credit for establishing the validity of the idea that there was an ice age during which ice sheets covered much of northern Europe?





(A) Agassiz





(B) Ramsay





(C) Jukes





(D) Penck





Answer: (A)








21. 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 metropolitan cities are numerically dominated by male adult population.





Reason (R): Migration is age and sex selective.





Codes:





(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.





Answer: (A)








22. The percentage of Aged population (60+) to the total population in India lies between





(A) 2 – 5





(B) 5 – 10





(C) 10 – 12





(D) 12 – 15





Answer: (B)








23. Which of the following migration streams experiences the maximum migration in India?





(A) Rural to Rural





(B) Rural to Urban





(C) Urban to Urban





(D) Urban to Rural





Answer: (A)








24. Which one of the following describes a projected urbanised world or universal city by the end of 21st Century?





(A) Conurbation





(B) City-Region





(C) Megalopolis





(D) Ecumenopolis





Answer: (D)








25. Which one of the following indicates ‘Random’ distribution of settlements?





(A) 0.49





(B) 1.00





(C) 1.59





(D) 2.15





Answer: (B)








26. The stretchability of resource refers to





(A) The ability to find adequate substitution





(B) Susceptibility to destruction





(C) Ability to produce greater yields





(D) Non-exhaustibility





Answer: (C)








27. Which one of the following sequences of land use according to Von Thunen’s model is correct?





(A) Market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming





(B) Firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk





(C) Intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber





(D) Market gardening and fresh milk, intensive crop farming, firewood and lumber





Answer: (A)








28. Resource creation is the result of





(A) Interaction of natural and cultural processes





(B) Interaction of different natural processes





(C) Interaction of different social processes





(D) Interaction of different economic processes





Answer: (A)








29. The final stage in the process of energy resource utilization is





(A) Transport





(B) Storage





(C) Disposal of waste material





(D) Conversion





Answer: (C)








30. Who among the following developed the sequential expansion transport network model?





(A) De Souza and Porter





(B) Brown and Bracey





(C) Myrdal, Seers and Rostow





(D) Taaffe, Morrill and Gould





Answer: (D)








31. The concept of the Geographical Pivot of History was proposed by





(A) Mickinder





(B) Martin





(C) Kropotkin





(D) Ratzel





Answer: (A)








32. Which of the following categories does Chile belong to, according to shape?





(A) Fragmented





(B) Fragmented cum elongated





(C) Elongated





(D) Compact cum elongated





Answer: (B)








33. The number of children dying in the first year of their birth per thousand live births in a year is called





(A) Death rate





(B) Standardised mortality rate





(C) Infant mortality rate





(D) Life expectancy rate





Answer: (C)








34. Which one of the following arrangements of States in descending order of literacy rates according to 2011 Census is correct?





(A) Kerala, Mizoram, Tripura, Goa





(B) Kerala, Goa, Mizoram, Tripura





(C) Goa, Kerala, Tripura, Mizoram





(D) Mizoram, Tripura, Kerala, Goa





Answer: (A)








35. Which one of the following is related to Tribal Economy?





(A) Intensive cultivation





(B) Footloose Industry





(C) Mining and Quarrying





(D) Shifting cultivation





Answer: (D)








36. What are the bases of agro-climatic regionalization proposed by the Planning Commission of India?





(A) Relief, soil and drainage





(B) Rainfall, temperature and cropped area





(C) Vegetation, soil and land use





(D) Relief, land use and Net sown Area





Answer: (B)








37. Which category of regions does metropolitan region belongs to?





(A) Formal region





(B) Functional region





(C) Single purpose region





(D) Natural region





Answer: (B)








38. Who among the following attempted division of India into planning regions?





(A) O.H.K. Spate





(B) L.D. Stamp





(C) R.L. Singh





(D) R.P. Misra





Answer: (D)








39. In which of the Five Year Plans regional imbalance was given prominence for the first time?





(A) First





(B) Second





(C) Third





(D) Fourth





Answer: (C)








40. Which one of the following is not the ingredient of sustainable development?





(A) Intergeneration transferability





(B) Social Justice





(C) Inter-regional Transferability





(D) Non-optimal resource utilization





Answer: (D)








41. The main species of the coniferous forests of the Himalayas between the altitudes 1600 metres and 3300 metres are





(A) Cedar, Pine, Sine, Silver fir, Spruce





(B) Sagon and Sakhu





(C) Sandalwood, Rosewood





(D) Oak, Chestnut, Chir, Chil





Answer: (A)








42. The Bundelkhand plateau covers parts of which two of the following States?





(A) Chhattisgarh & Jharkhand





(B) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh





(C) Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh





(D) Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh





Answer: (B)








43. Which of the following places in India ranks second among the coldest inhabited places in the world?





(A) Dras





(B) Itanagar





(C) Manali





(D) Mana





Answer: (A)








44. Which of the following States has the highest percentage of its agricultural area under canal irrigation?





(A) Madhya Pradesh





(B) Jammu & Kashmir





(C) Uttarakhand





(D) Uttar Pradesh





Answer: (D)








45. Which of the following ranges separates the Kashmir Valley from the Indus River Valley?





(A) PirPanjal Range





(B) Dhauladhar Range





(C) Great Himalayan Range





(D) Siwalik Range





Answer: (C)








46. Which one of the following methods is suitable to represent the proportions of different land uses in a region?





(A) Line graph





(B) Pie diagram





(C) Hyther graph





(D) Triangular diagram





Answer: (B)








47. The dot method of distribution refers to





(A) Iconic Model





(B) Analogue Model





(C) Symbolic Model





(D) Graphical Model





Answer: (B)








48. Which one of the following is a relative measure of dispersion?





(A) Standard deviation





(B) Quartile deviation





(C) Coefficient of variation





(D) Range





Answer: (C)








49. If a map is drawn on RF 1/5500, which one of the following representative fractions will be correct if the map is reduced to half?





(A) 1/2750





(B) 1/11,000





(C) 1/5,000





(D) 1/33,000





Answer: (B)








50. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below:





(1) NASA is the national acquisition and distribution agency for all satellite data in India.





(2) NASA sends the de-coded data to the NNRMS whose activities are guided by various Standing Committees.





Codes:





(A) Only (1) is correct.





(B) Only (2) is correct.





(C) Both (1) and (2) are correct.





(D) Neither (1) nor (2) is correct.





Answer: (C)


Related Posts

Post a Comment

Labels

Jobs Alert TNPSC General Knowledge Current Affairs General Studies Tamilnadu Jobs Group IV Dinamani News State Govt. Jobs. Central Govt. Job VAO Current Affairs - 2016 Group 2 General Tamil Current Affairs - 2020 UPSC Current Affairs Mock Test Assistant Group 1 Current Affairs - 2019 TET Current Affairs - 2018 Mock Test Librarian Vacancy Teaching SSC Current Affairs - 2017 PAPER - I TRB Civics History dinamalar News Admission Science Dinamalar Group 4 Indian Constitutions Dinamalar Group 2 Library Science Quiz RRB Officers Mathematics Library and Information Science Paper II Online Quiz Anna University Jobs Dinamani GT Computer Science Quiz Dinaethal TNPSC TNPSC Jobs History Quiz Librarian Jobs TNPSC Result Dinamalar TNPSC Group 2 A Model Questions General English Research Methodology NEET 2017 Model Questions Police Model Questions Free Coaching Class TNTET - Dinamalar Technician Dinakaran Group 4 Geography Current Affairs - 2015 TN Police Model Questions Current Affairs in English 6th Standard General News Answer Key Computer Science Library and Information Science Teaching Aptitude Managers Project Assistant 10th Standard Computer Science PAPER - III History Paper II RESULT 6th Tamil Results Dinathanthi News RRB Model Question Engineers Railway Jobs 9th Standard Clerk UGC NET Group 2 A Hall Ticket Computer Science PAPER - II Current Affairs - 2022 Current Affairs - June 2016 Research Assistant Driver Library and Information Science Paper III Office Assistant tnpsc group IV Aavin Jobs Economics Exam Tips PAPER - II 10th Science Bank Exam General Science Mock Test Life Science Quiz TN Aided School Jobs 6th Standard Science TNPSC Trics TNTET UGC-NET QUIZ Accountant Scientist Trainee Jobs 7th Standard 9th Science Dinamani Group 2 Nobel Awards Nurses CBSC NET History Mock Test PAPER - III Bank Jobs CSIR-NET Medical Physicist STATE GOVT. JOBS 8th Standard Political Science Mock Test Private Jobs Typist Current Affairs - May 2016 Economics Paper II Physics Political Science Paper II TNPSC Annual Planner +2 Result 8th Science INM NEET Online Model Test Security Stenographer commerce Quiz 7th Tamil Attendant Commerce Commerce Paper-2 Economics Paper III Free download History Paper III Indian National Movement NCERT Text Book Political Science Paper III Reasoning Solved Paper - I What Today Adult Education Paper II Adult Education Paper III General Tamil Quiz Home Science Paper II Kerala Jobs Labour Welfare Paper III Professional Assistant Psychology Paper II Sociology Paper - II Sociology Quiz TNPSC Group 2 A UGC NET Result 11th Standard 8th Tamil Anthropology Paper II Anthropology Paper III Arab Culture and Islamic Studies Paper II Arab Culture and Islamic Studies Paper III Archaeology Paper II Archaeology Paper III Biology Civic Comparative Literature Paper II Comparative Literature Paper III Comparative Study of Religions Paper II Comparative Study of Religions Paper III Criminology Paper II Criminology Paper III Current Affairs - April 2016 Defence and Strategic Studies Paper II Defence and Strategic Studies Paper III Education Paper - II Education Paper - III English Paper - II English Paper - III Environmental Sciences Paper - II Environmental Sciences Paper - III Forensic Science Paper II Forensic Science Paper III Geography Paper II Geography Paper III Home Science Paper III Human Rights and Duties Paper II Human Rights and Duties Paper III ISRO Jobs Indian Culture Paper - II Indian Culture Paper - III International and Area Studies Paper II International and Area Studies Paper III Labour Welfare Paper II Law Paper - II Law Paper - III Management Paper - II Management Paper - III Mass Communication Paper II Mass Communication Paper III Museology and Conservation Paper II Museology and Conservation Paper III Music Paper II Music Paper III Performing Arts Paper II Performing Arts Paper III Philosophy Paper II Philosophy Paper III Physical Education Paper - II Physical Education Paper - III Police Political Science Quiz Politics Population Studies Paper II Population Studies Paper III Psychology Paper III Public Administration Paper - II Public Administration Paper - III Sociology Paper - III TNPSC Old Questions TNPSC Syllabus Tamilnadu Tourism Administration and Management Paper II Tourism Administration and Management Paper III UGC NET Exam News Visual Arts Paper II Visual Arts Paper III Women Studies Paper II Women Studies Paper III 10th Result 10th Tamil 12th Standard Administrator Anthropology Quiz Commerce Paper-3 Constable Current Affairs - March 2016 Current Affairs - November-2015 Current Affairs - September Current Affairs English January 2019 Folk Literature Paper II Folk Literature Paper III Geography Mock Test Inspector Librarian Private Jobs Linguistics Paper II Linguistics Paper III News Clipping TN TET TNPSC News Text Books Tribal and Regional Language Paper II 12th Result 7th Science 9th Tamil B.Ed Admission Chemistry Current Affairs - 2021 Current Affairs English Dinathanthi Group 4 Geography Quiz Group-I Jailor Model Questions Lab Assistant Model Questions NIOS - Political Science New Delhi Jobs Success Tips TNPSC Departmental Exam TRB Annual Planner Tribal and Regional Language Paper III tnpsc old questions mcq 11th Tamil 6th Standard History 7th Tamil Mock Test 9th standard Tamil Quiz CSIR-NET - Chemistry Current Affairs - 2023 Current Affairs - December-2015 Foreign Jobs Latest News Paper I Physics Paper II Question Bank TNPSC Cut-off Marks TNPSC Language Test Tamil Nadu GK Telangana Jobs VAO Exam Tricks 12th Revaluation Admission Military College CTET Coaching Class Computer Science Video Current Affairs - GK Video Current Affairs - January 2016 Dinamani Group 4 Model Questions Group 8 Karnataka Jobs Mathematics Paper II Model Test for PAPER - I NEET Exam October-2015 Paper II Pharmacist Police Constable Questions SSC Annual Planner SSLC Tamil Syllabus TN PSC Jobs TN Police Original Questions TNPSC - Synonyms TNPSC Question Bank TNPSC youtube Video TNSET Tamil Paper II The Hindu Group 4 Model Question UGC NET Exam UGC NET Syllabus Who's Who gk 10th Revaluation 8th Standard Tamil About NTA Andhra Pradesh Jobs Antonyms Assistant Jailor Exams Block Health Statistician CESE CMAT & GPAT CSIR-NET - Physics Civil Engineer Mock Test Computer Science Paper II Counselling Current Affairs - Augst 2016 Current Affairs - February 2016 Current Affairs - January 2019 Current Affairs January 2019 Dinamalar Group 4 2019 Disclaimer General Knowledge Mock Test Geology Group VIII Group-II ITI Jobs Interview Questions JEE Exam January Current Affairs - 2016 KVS Teaching LIS Questions Legal Jobs Library Science Paper II Life Science Life Science Paper II Match the following Words Mathematics Quiz Mode of UGC NET Exam NTA NET Exam Paper I November-2015 Online Test Political Science Politicsa Reasoning and Logical Reasoning Scholarship South India Govt. Jobs Statistician TN EB Assessor Exam Model Questions TNPSC EO Exam TNUSRB Questions TRB QUESTIONS Tamil UGC NET Exam Syllabus International and Area Studies UGC NET Exam Syllabus Paper I UGC NET Exam Women Studies Syllabus UGC NET Notifications UGC NET Syllabus for Computer Science Paper II UGC NET Syllabus for Criminology UGC NEt Answer Keys UGC-NET Exam Date UPSC Annual Planner UPSC Old Questions United Nations centr
Subscribe Our Posting