UGC NET 2015 Paper-II and III Geography Previous Year Paper with Answers
NTA NET SEPTEMBER ,2020 ক্র্যাকিংয়ের জন্য, বিভিন্ন বিষয়ে পরীক্ষার্থী, তারা আবেদন করছে তার জন্য বিগত বছরের প্রশ্নপত্র গুলি অনুশীলন করতে হবে। এটি নির্ভুলতার সাথে সর্বনিম্ন সময়ে সর্বাধিক প্রশ্নের সঠিক চেষ্টা করার তাদের গতি উন্নত করতে সহায়তা করবে। সুতরাং, এই নিবন্ধে আমরা ইউজিসি নেট ডিসেম্বর2015 পেপার -2 ও 3 পোস্ট করা হচ্ছে ।
1. Which one of the following is unrelated to the denudational action of mass movement?
(1) Basal sapping
(2) Exfoliation
(3) Landslide
(4) Mud flow
Answer: 2
2. Which of the following features are unrelated with mountain glaciation?
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
(a) Cirques
(b) Tarn
(c) Aretes
(d) Fiords
Codes:
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
(3) (c) and (d)
(4) (d) only
Answer: 4
3. Match List –I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I (Book title) | List-II (Author) |
| (a) Morphology of the Earth | (i) A. Holmes |
| (b) Principles of Physical Geology | (ii) Sparks |
| (c) Geomorphology | (iii) W.D Thornbury |
| (d) Principles of Geomorphology | (iv) L.C. King |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) | (ii) |
| (2) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
| (3) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) |
| (4) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) |
Answer: 2
4. Which of the following are evidences in favour of the continental drift theory?
(a) Zig-saw fit
(b) Trans – current faults
(c) Fossils in different areas
(d) Convection in mantle
Codes:
(1) (a) and (c)
(2) (a) and (d)
(3) (a) and (b)
(4) (a), (c) and (d)
Answer: 1
5. The ‘Bhwh’ climate of koppen is found in which of the following?
(1) Mangolia
(2) Thar Desert
(3) Patagonia
(4) Sri Lanka
Answer: 2
Q-6. The mean sea – level pressure of the atmosphere decreases by half at the altitude of:
(1) 6 km
(2) 8 km
(3) 10 km
(4) 12 km
Answer: 1
7. The fall in temperature in troposphere is known as:
(1) Adiabatic rate
(2) Lapse rate
(3) Temperature rate
(4) Thermal loss
Answer: 2
8. Hurricane carries which of the following Beaufort Number?
(1) 9
(2) 10
(3) 11
(4) 12
Answer: 4
9. Which one of the following atmospheric layers reflect radio waves that are transmitted from the earth and again back to the earth?
(1) Mesosphere
(2) Ionosphere
(3) Troposphere
(4) Stratosphere
Answer: 2
10. Match list-I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
| List-I (Natural vegetation) | List-II (Region) |
| (a) Epiphytes | (i) Mediterranean |
| (b) Acacia | (ii) Equatorial |
| (c) Baobab | (iii) Sahara |
| (d) Juniper | (iv) Savanna |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
| (2) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) |
| (3) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) |
| (4) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
Answer: 1
11. Identify the correct sequence from land to sea.
(1) Swash, Breaker, Transition, Surf
(2) Swash, Transition, Breaker, Surf
(3) Swash, Trasition, Surf, Breaker
(4) Breaker, Swash, Surf, Transition
Answer: 1
12.Which of the following show correct sequence of coral development?
Codes:
(1) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(2) (a) (b) (d) (a)
(3) (d) (b) (c) (a)
(4) (c) (d) (a) (b)
Answer: 1
13. Which one of the following lakes/sea has the highest salinity in the world?
(1) Pachpadra Lake
(2) Sambhar Lake
(3) Lake-Vane
(4) Dead Sea
Answer: 4
14. Alpine vegetation from mean sea level is found at an altitude (metres) of:
(1) 2200 – 3200
(2) 3200 – 3700
(3) 3200 – 4200
(4) 4200 – 5200
Answer: 2
15. Who among of the following first used the word ‘Geography’?
(1) Eratosthenes
(2) Strabo
(3) Hipparchus
(4) Poisonous
Answer: 1
16. The concept of stages of Growth was given by:
(1) A. Hannes
(2) J.H. Pratt
(3) L. Febure
(4) W.W. Rostow
Answer: 4
17. Who among of the following is associated with the concept of ‘Mental Map’?
(1) P. Geddes
(2) F. Perroux
(3) Lynch
(4) Friedmann
Answer: 3
18. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I (Geographers) | List – II (Concepts) |
| (a) Semple | (i) Systematic Geography |
| (b) Brunches | (ii) Concentric Zone Theory |
| (c) Davis | (iii) (Old) Determinism |
| (d) Burges | (iv) Possibilism |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (2) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| (3) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| (4) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
Answer: 3
19. Vidal de la Blache was associated with which of the following schools of thought?
(1) Possibilism
(2) Determinism
(3) Modern Determinism
(4) Stop and Go Determinism
Answer: 2
20. The total world population was 500 million in the year:
(1) 1550
(2) 1650
(3) 1750
(4) 1850
Answer: 2
21. The ‘Mobility Transition Model’ of migration was given by:
(1) Clark, W.A.V.
(2) Lee, E
(3) Ravenstein
(4) Zelinsky, W
Answer: 4
22. Which one of the following cities is known as the ‘Mile City’?
(1) Seattle
(2) Phoenix
(3) Denever
(4) London
Answer: 4
23. Which one of the following codes is correct to explain the base of given distribution of settlements of an area?
(1) Density
(2) Spacing
(3) Shaping
(4) Size
Answer: 1
24. Which one of the following does not refer to ‘Primate City’?
(1) Harare
(2) Rabat
(3) Windhoek
(4) Size
Answer: 1
25. Which one of the places of India ranks second among the coldest inhabited place in the world?
(1) Kullu valley (Himachal Pradesh)
(2) Manali Valley (Himachal Pradesh)
(3) Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
(4) Dras (Jammu and Kashmir)
Answer: 4
26. Which of the following countries is known is known for the highest yield of wheat in the world?
(1) China
(2) Denmark
(3) India
(4) France
Answer: 2
27. Which one of the following regions does not rely basically on agriculture in the world?
(1) Coastal region of Mediterranean Sea
(2) Nile Valley
(3) Brahmaputra Valley
(4) North Eastern U.S.A
Answer: 2
28. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and other labeled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Agriculture and agriculture and allied activities to be stagnant in India.
Reason (R): Contribution of agriculture and allied activities to the Gross Domestic product of India is declining.
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: 1
29. Who proposed the ‘Theory of Intervening Opportunities’?
(1) B. Thomas
(2) B. Benjamin
(3) S.Stouffer
(4) R. Tomlinson
Answer: 1
30. Who proposed the concept of ‘geo-politics’ based on ocean power?
(1) A.T. Mahan
(2) C. Ritter
(3) Spykeman
(4) Mackinder
Answer: 1
31. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List – I (Tribes) | List – II (Shelters) |
| (a) Lapps | (i) Read-Hut |
| (b) Badwins | (ii) Kstau |
| (c) Paitu | (iii) Khaima |
| (d) Kirghiz | (iv) Sijda |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) | (ii) |
| (2) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (iii) |
| (3) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) |
| (4) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
Answer: 3
32. The concept of ‘Cultural Hearth’ was given by:
(1) C.C. Colby
(2) Bolivia
(3) Chad
(4) Mecedonia
Answer: 4
33. Which one of the following is not a landlocked state?
(1) Latvia
(2) Bolivia
(3) Chad
(4) Mecedonia
Answer: 3
34. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List – I (Tribes) | List – II (States) |
| (a) Jarawas | (i) Uttar Pradesh |
| (b) Kukkis | (ii) Madhya Pradesh |
| (c) Tharus | (iii) Manipur |
| (d) Gonds | (iv) Andaman and Nicobar |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) |
| (2) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| (3) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
| (4) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
Answer: 3
35. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List – I (Geographer) | List- II (Theory/Model) |
| (a) Philbrick | (i) Industrial Location |
| (b) Christaller | (ii) Economic Landscape |
| (c) Losch | (iii) Central Place |
| (d) Smith | (iv) Areal functional organization |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (2) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| (3) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| (4) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) |
Answer: 2
36. Which one of the following dimension would you consider as indicators of development and composite indices for measurement of regional inequality and ‘inclusive growth’ in India?
(1) Density and growth of population, social composition and workers classification
(2) Contributions of Agriculture, industry and services to the states gross domestic products
(3) Demographic characteristics, mortality, fertility and migration
(4) Economic development, basic amenities and social development
Answer: 3
37. Which of the following group of states of India at current prices recorded Lowest Growth Rate during 2005-2014?
(1) Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kamataka, Keraka and Odisha
(2) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, jharkhand and West Bengal
(3) Assam, Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha
(4) Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Gujarat and Bihar
Answer: 4
38. Which of the following group of states of India at current prices recorded Lowest Growth Rate during 2005-2014?
(1) Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Odisha
(2) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal
(3) Assam, Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha
(4) Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Gujarat and Bihar
Answer: 1
39. Which of the states have gross Domestic Product share greater than area but less than the population share (2013-2014)?
(1) Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
(2) Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana
(3) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and west Bengal
(4) Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
Answer: 1
40. Which of the following is incorrect in the case of India?
(1) Red soils are rich in iron
(2) Black soils are rich in phosphorus, nitrogen and organic matters
(3) Alluvial soils are rich in potash but poor in phosphorus
(4) red soils are suitable for cultivation of pulse and coarse grains.
Answer: 2
41. The main river flowing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is:
(1) Jhelum
(2) Chenab
(3) Indus
(4) Nubra
Answer: 3
42. Which of the following is a major immigrating state of India?
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Bihar
(4) Maharashtra
Answer: 2
43. In which state of the highest production of wheat is found?
(1) Punjab
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Haryana
(4) Bihar
Answer: 1
44. Which of the following passes connects Arunachal Pradesh with Tibet?
(1) Aghil
(2) Bom-Di La
(3) Banihal
(4) Changla
Answer: 2
45. In which year a major earthquake occurred in Jammu and Kashmir region near Muzaffarabad?
(1) 2005
(2) 1905
(3) 2001
(4) 2013
Answer: 2
46. Match List-I with List –II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List – I (Year of publication) | List – II (Books Name) |
| (a) 1907 | (i) Conflict, power and politics in the City |
| (b) 1911 | (ii) American History and its Geographical condition |
| (c) 1973 | (iii) Influences of Geographical Environment |
| (d) 1903 | (iv) The Pulse of Asia |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) |
| (2) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (3) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| (4) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) |
Answer: 2
47. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
| List – I (Spatial Pattern) | List – II (Rn. Statistics) |
| (a) Perfect Uniform | (i) 1.20 |
| (b) Tending to Cluster | (ii) 2.14 |
| (c) Tending to Random | (iii) 0.00 |
| (d) Perfect Cluster | (iv) 0.60 |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
| (2) | (i) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) |
| (3) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
| (4) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) |
Answer: 3
48. Which one of the following codes is correct to depict lesser degree of significance of given distributions?
Codes:
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (a) and (d)
(3) (b) and (d)
(4) (b) and (c)
Answer: 3
49. Among the following satellite series, which has the oldest remote sensing programme?
(1) IRS Series
(2) LANDSAT Series
(3) SPOT Series
(4) NOAA Series
Answer: 2
50. Which one of the following Remote Sensing Sensors Penetrate vegetation cover?
(1) An optical sensor
(2) An infrared sensor
(3) A thermal sensor
(4) All types of sensor
Answer: 2
PAPER-3
1. Which of the following authors is associated with the concept of Geosyncline?
(1) Penck and Davis
(2) Wooldridge and Morgan
(3) Hall and Dana
(4) Wooldring and Lapichon
Answer: 3
2. Match List –I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List – I (Author) | List – II (Book) |
| (a) K.W. Butzer | (i) Process in Geomorphology |
| (b) W.M. Davis | (ii) Geomorphology and time |
| (c) C. Embleton, et al | (iii) Geomorphology from the Earth |
| (d) J. Thornes, et al | (iv) The Geomorphic Cycle |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
| (2) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| (3) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
| (4) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
Answer: 4
3. Which one of the following plateau can be considered as intermonatane?
(1) Brazilian
(2) Indian
(3) Tibatian
(4) Arabian
Answer: 3
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): Eskers are the features formed due to the depositional action of wind.
Reason (R): Eskers are the outcome of Fluvio-glacial deposition.
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A and (R are true, but (R ) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: 4
5. Negative movements of baselevel produce:
(1) Rejuvenation
(2) Stabilisation
(3) Attrition
(4) Saltation
Answer: 1
6. Consider the following rock characteristics:
(a) These are layered
(b) These contain fossils
(c) These are transported rocks
(d) These are formed in water bodies
Answer: 4
7. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I (Place of deposition) | List-II (Name of deposition) |
| (a) Channel | (i) Vertical accretion deposits |
| (b) Channel margin | (ii) Lag deposits |
| (c) Overbank flood plain | (iii) Colluvium |
| (d) Valley margin | (iv) Lateral accretion deposits |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (2) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) |
| (3) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
| (4) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) |
Answer: 3
8. Which one of the following is features is formed when the roof of a limestone Cavern collapses?
(1) Tarn
(2) Polje
(3) Swallow hole
(4) Doline
Answer: 2
9. Which one of the following is devoid of atmosphere?
(1) Mesosphere
(2) Stratosphere
(3) Magnetosphere
(4) Thermosphere
Answer: 3
10. 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): Presence of in the earth’s atmosphere is essential.
Reason (R): can absorb heat.
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: 1
11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I (Gase in the atmosphere above 100 km altitude) | List-II (Altitudinal range) |
| (a) Nitrogen | (i) 200-1100 km |
| (b) Oxygen | (ii) 1100 – 3500 km |
| (c) Helium | (iii) 100 – 200 km |
| (d) Hydrogen | (iv) 3500 km and above |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) |
| (2) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) |
| (3) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
| (4) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
Answer: 2
12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other laballed as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Tropical cyclones have a life span of about one week time.
Reason (R): They can produce low amount of rainfall due to low atmospheric pressure.
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: 2
13. Which one of the following is essential for the formation of equatorial westerlies?
(1) Large-scale earthquake over the equator.
(2) Shifting of trade-wind belt towards poles.
(3) Shifting of polar easterlies towards equator.
(4) Large-scale forest-fire in the equatorial rain forest.
Answer: 2
14. A type of climate after Koppen which is characterised by an almost uniform distribution of precipitation throughout the year with the precipitation for the driest month more than 6 cms. And a very low daily range of temperature is devoted by:
(1) Aw
(2) Af
(3) Am
(4) As
Answer: 2
15. Which of the following is a local cold wind?
(1) Chinook
(2) Bora
(3) Foelin
(4) Khainsin
Answer: 2
16. At which of the following altitudinal ranges ozone is found in concentrated form?
(1) 10 – 25 km
(2) 15 – 35 km
(3) 35 – 50 km
(4) 50 – 65 km
Answer: 2
17. Identify the correct normally occurring life cycle of frontal depressions from the following:
(1) 1 – 2 days
(2) 2 – 3 days
(3) 3 – 4 days
(4) 4 – 5 days
Answer: 4
18. Maximum density of sea water is at temperature:
(1) 20 C
(2) 40 C
(3) 60 C
(4) 250 C
Answer: 2
19. Which one of the following is correct arrangement of oceans in ascending order of their size?
(1) India – Arctic – Atlantic – Pacific
(2) Arctic – Indian – Atlantic – Pacific
(3) Pacific – Atlantic – Indian – Arctic
(4) Atlantic – Pacific – Arctic – Indian
Answer: 2
20. Match List – I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
| List – I (Oceans) | List – II (Currents) |
| (a) Indian | (i) EI – Nino |
| (b) North Pacific | (ii) Kuroshio |
| (c) South Pacific | (iii) Monsoon Drift |
| (d) Atlantic | (iv) Gulf Stream |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| (2) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
| (3) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) |
| (4) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
Answer: 2
21. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I (Ocean depth) | List – II (Thermal layers) |
| (a) 0 – 500 metres | (i) Cold |
| (b) 500 -1000 metres | (ii) Cool |
| (c) 1000 – 1500 metres | (iii) Warm |
| (d) > 1500 metres | (iv) Thermocline |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (2) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
| (3) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) |
| (4) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
Answer:
22. Ocean waves obtain their energy from:
(1) Solar system
(2) Hot spring
(3) River water
(4) Blowing wind
Answer: 4
23. Over the past century world sea levels has risen by around:
(1) 15 cm
(2) 25 cm
(3) 35 cm
(4) 45 cm
Answer: 1
24. Identify the correct sequence of vegetation belts in an ascending order in mountain environment from the following:
(1) Submontane, Montane, Subalpine, Alpine
(2) Alpine, Subalpine, Montane, subalpine
(3) Montane, Submontane, Alpine, Subalpine
(4) Alpine, Montane, Subalpine, Submontane
Answer: 1
25. Who was the first person to divide the circle into 360 degree?
(1) Ptolemy
(2) Herodotus
(3) Eratoshenes
(4) Hipparchus
Answer: 4
26. ‘There is a strong relationship between environment, image and decision making.’ This statement pertains to:
(1) Humanism
(2) Behaviouralism
(3) Radicalism
(4) Welfare Approach
Answer: 2
27. Who are considered as the founders of Mathematical Geography?
(1) Plato and Aristotle
(2) Thales and Anaximeneder
(3) Hecataeus and Herodotus
(4) Ptolemy
Answer: 2
28. Who wrote the book Meteorologica?
(1) Aristotle
(2) Posidonius
(3) Plato
(4) Thales
Answer: 1
29. Who laid the foundation of modern geographical thought?
(1) Humboldt and Ritter
(2) Kant and Varenius
(3) Hettner and Richthopen
(4) Humboldt and Davis
Answer: 1
30. Read the following statements:
(a) Ratzel dominated German Geography in the second half of the 19th century.
(b) Ratzel coined the term Anthropogeographic.
(c) Ratzel was highly influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution of species.
Which of the above statements are correctly associated with Ratzel?
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a) and (b)
(3) (b) and (c)
(4) Only (c)
Answer: 1
31. Which is the correct sequence in chronological order of the following Greeks who contributed vastly to the evolution of geographical thought during the ancient period?
(1) Aristotle, Eratosthenes, Anaximander, Ptolemy
(2) Eratosthenes, Anaximander, Ptolemy, Aristotle
(3) Anaximander, Aristotle, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy
(4) Ptolemy, Anaximander, Aristorle, Eratosthenes
Answer: 3
32. Which one of the concept describes the absence of cities and towns within a radius of 75 km from a large city?
(1) Urban Clusters
(2) Urban Dispersals
(3) Urban Agglomeration
(4) Urban Shadows
Answer: 4
33. How physiological density of population is defined?
(1) A ratio between total population and total area.
(2) A ration between total rural population and total rural area.
(3) A ration between total population and total cultivated area.
(4) Both (2) and (3)
Answer: 3
34. As per the estimate of 2014, how much population of the world is found in Africa?
(1) About 12%
(2) About 14%
(3) About 16%
(4) About 18%
Answer: 3
35. The ‘Triangular Pattern’ of rural settlements develop generally
(1) At the bank of the straight rivers
(2) At the confluence of two rivers
(3) Between two hills
(4) At the confluence of two rivers and one hill
Answer: 2
36. Which one of the following techniques would you consider for estimation of requirements of population in an area for planning allocations?
(1) Carrying Capacity analysis
(2) Cost-benefit analysis
(3) Population projection
(4) Rank-size rule
Answer: 3
37. Which of the following exhibits “Cumulative percentages of population against cumulative percentages of area”?
(1) Gravity Model
(2) Beta Index
(3) Ogive Curve
(4) Lorenz Curve
Answer: 4
38. The density of population is highest in which of the following states of India according to the census of 2011?
(1) Bihar
(2) Punjab
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) West Bengal
Answer: 1
Answer: 1
40. Which of the following industrial regions of the India is called as ‘Ruhr of India’?
(1) Bengaluru – Tamil Nadu Industrial Region
(2) Chhota Nagpur Industrial Region
(3) Vishakhapatnam – Guntur Industrial Region
(4) Hugli Industrial Region
Answer: 2
41. Match List – I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
| List- I (Industries) | List – II (Activity/technology) |
| (a) Cottage | (i) Petroleum refining |
| (b) Small | (ii) Information Technology |
| (c) Major | (iii) Locks Manufactyring |
| (d) Foot – Loose | (iv) Embroidry |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) |
| (2) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) |
| (3) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| (4) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
Answer: 3
42. In which Island the ‘Rice Bowl’ of japan is situated?
(1) Kyushu
(2) Honshu
(3) Shi koku
(4) Ryuku
Answer: 2
43. Which one of the following authors suggested a fivefold division of adopters on the basis of the time lag between receiving and acting upon new information as shown in diagram below?
(1) E.M. Rogers
(2) L.W. Bowden
(3) Z. Giriliches
(4) T. Hagerstrend
Answer: 1
44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I (Authors) | List – II (Techniques) |
| (a) P.R. Gould | (i) Croup – Combination Analysis |
| (b) E.L. Ullman | (ii) Concept of Economic Rent |
| (c) J.C. Weaver | (iii) Game Theory |
| (d) D. Ricardo | (iv) Flow Theory |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) |
| (2) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| (3) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
| (4) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
Answer: 2
45. Which one of the following authors examined the strure of urban settements prior to the impact of large-scale industrialization in book ‘the Pre-Industrial City Past and Present’?
(1) M. Pacioue
(2) G. Sjoberg
(3) P.Hall
(4) D. Dwyer
Answer: 2
46. Match the List-I with List –II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I (Human Races) | List-II (Majority of persons from) |
| (a) Mongoloid | (i) Sri Lanka |
| (b) Caucasoid | (ii) South Korea |
| (c) Australoid | (iii) Ethiopia |
| (d) Negroid | (iv) Germany |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) |
| (2) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
| (3) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) |
| (4) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
Answer: 2
47. Which of the following water ways has more politico-nomic significance?
(1) Palk Strait
(2) Malacca Strait
(3) Suez Canal
(4) Panama Canal
Answer: 3
48. H.J. Mackinder was the professor of which subject at London University?
(1) Political Science
(2) Economics
(3) Geography
(4) Social Anthropology
Answer: 3
49. To control pollution from ships and offshore platforms is taken care of by which of the following acts provision by the Government of India?
(1) Major Port Trust Act, 1963
(2) Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
(3) Maritime Zone Act, 1976
(4) India Ports Act, 1908
Answer: 2
50. Which of the following is not correct matched?
(1) Batwa Tribe and Congo Basin
(2) Ruwala tribe and Central Iran
(3) Inuit and Canada
(4) Yukhagir and Siberia
Answer: 2
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51. Which one of the following author’s theory of primate cities focuses on the forces of agglomeration and cumulative effects of agglomeration in the growth of large cities?
(1) Walter Christaller
(2) G.K. Zipf
(3) C. Robert Mayfield
(4) Mark Jefferson
Answer: 4
52. Which of the following activities does not come under the scope of Drought prone Areas Programme?
(1) Development and management of irrigation resources.
(2) Soil and moisture conservation and afforestation
(3) Restruring of cropping pattern and pasture development.
(4) Flood control and erosion.
Answer: 4
53. Which of the following forces has expansionary momentum emanating from the centres of economic expansion to other regions?
(1) Centripetal
(2) Centrifugal
(3) Gravitational
(4) Pull
Answer: 2
54. Growth pole Model is postulated by:
(1) Smith
(2) Perroux
(3) Eratosthenese
(4) Haggerstand
Answer: 2
55. Which of the following sets of Macro and Meso regions were delineted by the town and Country Planning Organization of India?
(1) 13 Macro Regions and 32 Meso Regions
(2) 15 Macro Regions and 61 Meso Regions
(3) 7 Macro Regions and 42 Meso Regions
(4) 13 Macro Regions and 35 Meso Regions
Answer: 4
56. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
| List-I (Zone ) | List-II (Characteristics) |
| (a) Non Ecumene | (i) Very Scattered Economic Activities |
| (b) Intensive Ecumene | (ii) Rular Occupancy; extensive type of agriculture |
| (c) Sporadic Ecumene | (iii) Empty space with no foreseeable development |
| (d) Extensive Ecumene | (iv) Urban Occupancy and industrial patterns, intensive agriculture |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) |
| (2) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) |
| (3) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| (4) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
Answer: 2
57. The first master plan of Delhi was passed in which of the following year?
(1) 1952
(2) 1962
(3) 1965
(4) 1968
Answer: 2
58. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I | List-II |
| (a) Central Place Theory | (i) Land use pattern in large cities developed around a number of discrete centres rather than a single centre |
| (b) Multiple Nuclei Theory | (ii) Position of the breaking point between two towns |
| (c) The Law of Retail Trade Gravitation | (iii) Hexagonal Service Area |
| (d) Breaking Point Theory | (iv) Residential belt of considerable density surrounding the C.B.D |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| (2) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
| (3) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) |
| (4) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
Answer: 3
60. Match List – I With List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List – I (National Park) | List – II (State) |
| (a) Fossil | (i) Himachal Pradesh |
| (b) Brahmagiri | (ii) Madhya Pradesh |
| (c) Guindy | (iii) Tamil Nadu |
| (d) Rohia | (iv) Karnataka |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (2) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
| (3) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| (4) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) |
Answer: 4
61. Given below are two statement, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Indian economy is diversifying its base towards non-primary activities.
Reason (R): During Post-Independence Period service sectors are slowly but gradually increasing is contribution to Gross Domestic Products in India
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: 1
62. The Rajasthan Canal (Indira Gandhi Canal) draws its water from the rivers:
(1) Yamuna river
(2) Chambal river
(3) Ravi
(4) Satluj and Beas
Answer: 4
63. Which of the state Union Territory has continuously maintained favourable sex ration since census are conducted in India?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Meghalaya
(3) Kerala
(4) Puducherry
Answer: 3
64. Which group of state GDP share in 2013-2014 was greater than population share and area share?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Bihar
(4) West Bengal
Answer: 3
65. Which one of the following states recorded the highest population in the Census 2011?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Bihar
(4) West Bengal
Answer: 1
66. Which region of India is known as the ‘Rice Bowl’?
(1) Indo-Gangetic Plain
(2) Krishna-Godavari Delta Region
(3) North Eastern Region
(4) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Answer: 2
67. Which one of the following data can be represented by means of Choropleth map?
(1) Location Specific
(2) Point Specific
(3) Area specific
(4) Line Specific
Answer: 3
68. Match List-I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List – I (Aspect) | List – II (Diagram) |
| (a) Rural and Urban Population | (i) Comparative Bars |
| (b) population density | (ii) Isolines |
| (c) Relative relief | (iii) Dots and Spheres |
| (d) Decadal Population | (iv) Choropleth |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| (2) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (3) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
| (4) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
Answer: 4
69. Which of the following diagrams are called Pie-diagrams?
(1) Pictorial diagrams
(2) Circle and sector diagrams
(3) Ring diagrams
(4) Sphere diagrams
Answer: 2
70. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List List – I (Satellite) | List – II (Altitude) |
| (a) IRS – 1A | (i) 36,000 kms |
| (b) SPOT – 3 | (ii) 705 kms |
| (c) LANDSAT – V | (iii) 932 kms |
| (d) INSAT Series | (iv) 832 kms |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iii) | (iv) | (iiu) | (i) |
| (2) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| (3) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
| (4) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
Answer: 1
71. Among the following water which will have highest spectral reflectance in visible band?
(1) Clear water
(2) Clay filled/ Suspended water
(3) Algae mixes with water
(4) Silt and Algae mixed water
Answer: 2
72. Which of the following will happen when satellite images are geo-referenced?
(1) Contrast images are improved
(2) Positional errors are removed
(3) Errors in DN values are removed
(4) None of the above
Answer: 2
73. Match List-I with List – II and select the correct answer from codes given below:
| List – I (Linear lengths) | List – II (Fractional measures) |
| (a) Nanometre | (i) 10 – 6 |
| (b) Micrometre | (ii) 10 0 |
| (c) MIllimetre | (iii) 10 – 9 |
| (d) Metre | (iv) 10 – 3 |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| (2) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| (3) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
| (4) | (i) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) |
Answer: 3
74. Lorenz curve is used to find out which of the following?
(1) Relative concentration of a phenomenon
(2) Absolute concentration of a phenomenon
(3) Both relative and absolute concentration of a phenomenon
(4) Probability of dispersion of a phenomenon
Answer: 1
75. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List – I (Bands of Energy) | List –II (Wavelength in) |
| (a) Photographic | (i) 3.0 – 15.0 |
| (b) Optical | (ii) 0.7 – 0.3 |
| (c) Reflected Infrared | (iii) 0.3 – 15.0 |
| (d) Far Infrared | (iv) 0.3 – 0.9 |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| (2) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (3) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
| (4) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
Answer: 1
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