UGC NET 2017 January Paper-II and III Geography Previous Year Paper with Answers

 

UGC NET 2017 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 জানুয়ারি 2017 পেপার -2 ও 3 পোস্ট করা হোচ্ছে।

 1. Which one of the following mountains is formed due to convergence of one oceanic and one continental plate?

1. Ural
2. Alps
3. Andes
4. Appalachian

Answer: 3

 2. Which one of the following process is responsible for the weathering of rocks in a Karst region?

1. Hydrolysis
2. Carbonation
3. Oxidation
4. Scree formation

Answer: 2

 3. Match List 1 with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I (River)	List II (Type of delta)
I. Nile	A. Estuarine
II. Mississippi	B. Arcuate
III. Ganga	C. Birdfoot
IV. Tiber	D. Cuspate

Codes:

	I	II	III	IV
1.	B	D	C	A
2.	D	B	A	C
3.	A	D	B	C
4.	B	C	A	D

Answer: 1

 4. The term panplane refers to:

1. A level surface formed by wind erosion
2. A plain formed by joining of floodplains
3. A level surface formed by the fluvial cycle at the old stage.
4. A level plain formed by human intervention

Answer: 2

 5. The statement “The present is the key to the past” was made by:

1. Walter penck
2. W. M Davis
3. Huntington
4. James Hutton

Answer: 4

 6. A band of wind called “Jet stream” is found in:

1. Lower Troposphere
2. Middle troposphere
3. Upper troposphere
4. Whole troposphere

Answer: 3

 7. Negative Southern Oscillation Index refers to which of the following?

1. Favorable condition for El Nino
2. Favourable condition for La Nina
3. Favourable conditions both for El Nino and La Nina
4. Unfavourable conditions both for El Nino and La Nina

Answer: 1

 8. In which of the following areas, the main centre of ‘Hurricane Mathew’ that occurred in Caribbean Sea in the 1st week of October, 2016 was located?

(1) Florida

(2) Georgia

(3) South Carolina

(4) South-West Haitti

Answer: 3

 9. In Indian Ocean between 0° – 10° N and 0°-10° S latitudinal zones, the temperature variations is of about-

(1) 3 °C

(2) 2 °C

(3) 1 °C

(4) 0 °C

Answer: 3

 10. The general depth of abyssal plain varies between

1.1000 – 6000 metres

2.2000 – 6000 metres

3.3000 – 6000 metres

4.4000 – 6000 metres

Answer: 3

 11. Match List 1 with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I (Ocean deeps)	List II (Location)
I. Challenger	A. South Pacific
II. Aldrich	B. North Atlantic
III. Romanche	C. North Pacific
IV. Nares	D. South Atlantic

Codes:

	I	II	III	IV
1.	C	A	D	B
2.	D	C	B	A
3.	A	B	C	D
4.	B	D	A	C

Answer: 1

12. Tropical Evergreen Forests are found in areas having rainfall:

1. Less than 100 cms
2. 2.100 – 200 cms
3. 3.200 – 300cms
4. more than 300 cms

Answer: 3

 13. India has how many biogeographic zones?

1. 7
2. 8
3. 9
4. 10

Answer: 4

 14. Which one of the following countries is devoid of Glossopteris flora?

1. India
2. Australia
3. Norway
4. South Africa

Answer: 3

15. 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): In the altitudinal range between 3400 metre and 4500 metre in the Himalayas Alpine forest is found.

Reason (R): Alpine forest like no human interference.

Codes: (1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 3

16. In describing the process of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with

(1) Density and Dispersion

(2) Diffusion and Pattern

(3) Accessibility and Connectivity

(4) Pedestrian Cities

Answer: 3

17. Who among the following formalised the concept that there exists relationship between the spatial organization and national development?

(1) Luten

(2) Dickens

(3) Kuklinski

(4) Friedman

Answer: 4

 18. The concept of ‘paradigm’ was propounded by

(1) Peet

(2) Haggett

(3) Kant

(4) Kuhn

Answer: 4

 19. Who defined Geography as human ecology?

(1) Schaefer

(2) Barrows

(3) Hartshorne

(4) Ellen Semple

Answer: 2

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

(1) Locational

(2) Ecological

(3) Teleological

(4) Regional

Answer: 3

 21. How much of the liquid precipitation is equivalent to ten inches of snow fall at deep/near freezing temperature?

(1) About 3 inches

(2) About 2 inches

(3) About 1 inch

(4) At times about one inch and at times about two inches

Answer: 3

22. Which one of the following letters represent the total number of settlements of a certain order served by a central place of the next higher order?

1. K
2. J
3. L
4. F

Answer: 1

 23. Who developed the theory of Demographic transition?

1. Zelinksy
2. Whittlesey
3. Warren Thompson
4. Ravenstein

Answer: 3

 24. Match List –I with List –II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I (General terms)	List II (Definitions)
I. Crude birth rate	A. Births over deaths per thousand of population
II. General fertility rate	B. Number of deaths per thousand of population
III. Natural increase of population	C. Ratio between number of births and number of females in productive age
IV. Death rate	D. Ratio between number of births and total population

Codes:

	I	II	III	IV
1.	D	C	A	B
2.	A	B	C	D
3.	D	C	B	A
4.	B	A	D	C

Answer: 1

25. The rule “size of population of nth ranking town in a region will be 1/nth of the largest city in terms of population’’ was given by:

1. Mark Jefferson
2. J. Gattman
3. G. K Zipf
4. C. D Harris and E. L Ullman

Answer: 3

 26. When 0 – 14 and 15 – 44 age groups population of a country is almost identical, the growth of population would be called

1. Rapid growth
2. Slow growth
3. Zero growth
4. Negative growth

Answer: 3

 27. Who modified the crop-combination method propounded by J. C Weaver?

1. S. M Rafiullah
2. Jasbir Singh
3. Doi
4. S. S Bhatia

Answer: 3

 28. World’s largest Uranium reserves are found in:

1. Canada
2. 2.Chile
3. Zaire
4. Nigeria

Answer: 1

 29. Which one of the following deserts is famous for the deposits of Nitrates?

1. Sahara
2. Gobi
3. Kalahari
4. Atakama

Answer: 4

 30. Who among the following is credited with incorporation of concept of geographical space in the Growth Pole Theory?

1. Myrdal
2. Haggerstrand
3. Boudeville
4. Friedman

Answer: 3

 31. What are the three basic aspects for spatial interaction as described in Edward Ullman’s model?

1. Human behaviour, Transferability, Convenience
2. Surplus-deficit relationship, Commuity specific relationship, Complementarity
3. Complementarity, Intervening Opportunity, Transferability
4. Residential neighbourhood, Complementarity, Convenience

Answer: 3

32.The concept of Cultural landscape was promoted by

1. Ratzel
2. Carl Sauer
3. Wilber Zelinsky
4. Anne Bultimer

Answer: 2

 33. Which one of the following is the largest entity in areal location?

1. Cultural Region
2. Cultural Landscape
3. Cultural Realm
4. Cultural Point

Answer: 3

34. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I (Scholar)	List II (Definition)
I. O. H. K. Spate	A. Role of relief features in the horizontal expansion and segregation of cultures.
II. Terre and Peterson	B. Late Stone Age must be associated with people much like the modern tribal groups in more remote regions.
III. Richards and Subbarao	C. Values of the mountain wall are determined by as much as what lies beyond as by its own topography.
IV. Allchin	D. Direct relationship between the climatic changes and the rise of early human cultures.

Codes:

	I	II	III	IV
1.	C	D	A	B
2.	C	B	A	D
3.	B	D	C	A
4.	D	A	C	B

Answer: 1

 35. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I (Macro-Economic regions by Bhatt)	List II (Group of states)
I. Southern	A. Maharashtra and Gujarat
II. North Central	B. Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam
III. Eastern	C. Mysore, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
IV. Western	D. Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

Codes:

	I	II	III	IV
1.	B	D	C	A
2.	C	B	D	A
3.	D	C	A	B
4.	C	D	B	A

Answer: 4

 36. Which one of the following regions separates the Great Plains of North India from the plateaus and coastal plains of Deccan?

1. Central Highlands
2. Western Himalayas
3. Eastern Himalayas
4. Western Arid plains

Answer: 1

 37. For which one of the following regions, the flow analysis technique is used for delineation of regions?

1. Political
2. Formal
3. Functional
4. Physiographic

Answer: 3

38. Which one of the following authors used 1961 census of India date to group the seven industrial categories of workers (excluding the first two categories representing the agricultural sector) into the functional types of manufacturing town, trade and transport town and service towns?

1. Amrit Lal
2. Qazi Ahmed
3. Ashok Mitra
4. M Rafiullah

Answer: 3

39. Who wrote the book ‘Elements of Regional Economics’?

1. Harvey S. Perloff
2. Jean Forbes
3. Antoni Kuklinski
4. Harry W. Richardson

Answer: 4

 40. Which one of the following authors presented model that formed the basis of the planning strategy in the second plan of India?

1. Harrod
2. Mahalanobis
3. Domer
4. Dandekar

Answer: 2

41. The Planning Commission of India was set up in which year?

1.1950

2.1952

3.1960

4.1965

Answer: 1

42. Which one of the following regions has been classified as the “Western Dry Region” by the Planning Commission?

1. North Bihar Dry Region
2. Rajasthan Dry Region
3. NEFA Region
4. West Bengal Duars

Answer: 2

 43. Whose portrayals epitomised the relationship of political Geography to foreign policy?

1. Adolf Hitler
2. Winston Churchill
3. Karl Haushofer
4. Isaiah Bowman

Answer: 3

 44. 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 Tarai region represents a marsh like landscape.

Reason (R): The Tarai region is a zone of seepage where the fine sand, silt and clay are deposited by the emerging streams.

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

 45. Which one of the following statements is correct?

1. Himalayas were formed due to faulting of the earth’s crust
2. Himalayas are the oldest mountains
3. Himalayas belong to the Caledonian mountain system
4. Himalayas have risen from the Tethys Sea when the sea got compressed.

Answer: 4

 46. Cumulative frequency distribution is shown by:

1. Histogram
2. Frequency curve
3. Pie diagram
4. Ogive

Answer: 4

47. In linear regression equation, Y = a +bX, if mean of X and Y series are 23 and 94.5 respectively and slope gradient is 1.5, then what is the value of intercept a, in the distribution of (X, Y) series?

1.50

2.55

3.60

4.65

Answer: 3

 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): Maps that are usually referring various attributes’ information are called complex thematic maps

Reason (R): Complex Thematic Maps are used to show locations of earth’s different features and activities.

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

49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List –I (Value of Rn Statistics)	List-II (Pattern of Distribution)
I. < 0.5	A. Perfect Uniform
II. 0.75 – 1.25	B. Tending to uniform
III. 1.75 – 2.00	C. Tending to random
IV. 2.15	D. Tending to cluster

Codes:

	I	II	III	IV
1.	B	A	D	C
2.	A	B	C	D
3.	D	C	B	A
4.	C	D	A	B

Answer: 3

 50. 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): Remote sensing is defined as the science and art of acquiring data about earth’s objects from a distance without physical contact

Reason (R): The collection of data is only conducted by means of remote sensors installed in aircraft and satellite

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

PAPER 3

 1. The concept of Pediplain is associated with:

(1) W. M. Davis

(2) L. C. King

(3) W. Penck

(4) C. A. Cotton

Answer: 2

 2. The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is known as:

(1) Anticline

(2) Dip

(3) Syncline

 (4) Strike

Answer: 4

 3. Who stated that the slope profiles are convex, plane or concave according to the circumstances of the uplifting action?

(1) Penck

(2) Davis

(3) Johnson

(4) Wood

Answer: 1

4. The premise that the present – day processes have been operating throughout geological time is the principle of:

(1) Isostasy

(2) Diastrophism

(3) Uniformitarianism

(4) Catastrophism

Answer: 3

5. Match List-I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the given bellow

List-I (Scholar)	List-II   (Theory)
(A) Hall and Dana	(i) Sea floor Spreading
(B) Hutton	(ii) Thermal Contraction Theory
(C) Harry Hess	(iii) Theory of Geosyncline
(D) Jeffrey	(iv) Doctrine of Uniformitarianism

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	i	ii	iv	iii
(2)	ii	i	iii	iv
(3)	iv	ii	i	iii
(4)	iii	iv	i	ii

Answer: 4

 6. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer. From the code given below:

Assertion (A): There is close relationship between volcanic activities and plate margins.

Reason (R): A vast majority of the world’ s volcanoes are associated with the convergent plate margins

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A)

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

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer: 1

7. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I         (Topography)	List-II (Landforms)
(A) Glacial	(i) Alluvial fan
(B) Marine	(ii) Yardangs
(C) Fluvial	(iii) Arete
(D) Aeolian	(iv) Tombolo

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	ii	i	iii	iv
(2)	iv	ii	i	iii
(3)	iii	iv	ii	i
(4)	iii	iv	i	ii

 Answer: 4

8. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I   (Author)	List-II (Book)
(A) J. A. Steers	(i) Morphological Analysis of Landforms
(B) S. W. Wooldridge	(ii) Principles of Geomorphology
(C) Walther Penck	(iii) Unstable Earth
(D) Thornbury	(iv) Spirit and Purpose of Geography

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	ii	iii	iv	i
(2)	i	iv	ii	iii
(3)	iv	ii	i	iii
(4)	iii	iv	i	ii

 Answer: 4

9. Which one of the following is the correct average slope of a typical ‘front’ in weather phenomena?

(1) 1: 150

(2) 1: 100

(3) 1: 50

(4) 1: 5

Answer: 2

 10. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Conferences/Reports)	List-II (Held in/Published in)
(A) Global climate change impacts in the United States	(i) 2007
(B) Stockholm Conference	(ii) 1992
(C) Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC	(iii) 1972
(D) Rio Conference	(iv) 2009

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	i	ii	iii	iv
(2)	ii	i	iii	iv
(3)	iv	iii	ii	i
(4)	iv	iii	i	ii

 Answer: 4

11. In which one of the following atmospheric layers temperature remains constant?

(1) Stratosphere

(2) Tropopause

(3) Mesosphere

(4) Troposphere

 Answer: 2

 12. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of surface components of pressure and wind from the equator to the poles?

(1) Polar easterlies, Westerlies, Subtropical highs, Trade winds

(2) Subtropical highs, Westerlies, Trade winds, Polar easterlies

(3) Trade winds, Polar easterlies, Westerlies, Subtropical highs

(4) Trade winds, Subtropical highs, Westerlies, Polar easterlies

Answer: 4

Q: 13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the code given below:

Assertion (A): Above 1000 meter altitudes most winds follow a geostrophic or near-geostrophic course.

Reason (R): The friction layer of the atmosphere extends to only about 1000 meters above the ground.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 1

14. Which one of the following isotherms for the average temperature of the warmest month is generally accepted as equator ward edge of the tundra climate?

(1) 2°C

(2) 10°C

(3) 5°C

(4) 15°C

Answer: 2

 15. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the code given below

Assertion (A): The trade winds are predominantly easterly.

Reason (R): An easterly wind blows from west to east.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 3

16. Which one of the following types of climate is appropriate for BWh in Koppen’s world Climate classification?

(1) Subtropical Desert Climate

(2) Subtropical steppe climate

(3) Midlatitude Desert Climate

(4) Midlatitude Steppe Climate

Answer: 1

17. Which one of the following values of temperature is correct for the average freezing point for sweater in Arctic and Antarctic seas?

(1) 2°C

(2) 0°C

(3) -2°C

(4) -10°C

Answer: 3

 18.Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below Table Contain Shows the Plate name and Its Direction of Movement

List-I (Plate name)	List-II (Direction of movement)
(A) Indo-Australian Plan	(i) East
(B) Cocos plate	(ii) West
(C) Pacific plate	(iii) North
(D) Nazca plate	(iv) North – West

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	i	ii	iii	iv
(2)	ii	i	iii	iv
(3)	iv	iii	ii	i
(4)	iv	iii	i	ii

      (A)   (B)   (C)   (D)

(1) (iii)   (iv)   (i)    (ii)

(2) (iii)   (iv)   (ii)   (i)

(3) (iii)    (ii)    (i)  (iv)

(4) (i)      (ii)   (iii) (iv)

Answer: 2

 19. Which one of the following periods when the sea level around the world, was as must as 130 meters lower than today

(1) Holocene

(2) Pleistocene

(3) Miocene

(4) Cambrian

Answer: 2

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

Assertion (A): The moon produces greater percentage of Earth’s tides than the sun.

Reason (R): The sun is closer to the Earth than the Moon.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 3

21. Which one of the following terms is appropriate for plants that endure seasonal climatic fluctuations from year to year?

(1) Perennials

(2) Annuals

(3) Seasonal

(4) Bi-annuals

Answer: 1

 22. Given below are two statements, one labelled as assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the code given below:

Assertion (A): The regional boundaries of biomes are some-what arbitrary.

Reason (R): All kinds of major biomes are existing both in ocean and land.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer: 3

23. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below Table Contain Shows the Zoogeographic regions And Country Name

List-I (Zoogeographic regions)	List-II (Country)
(A) Oriental	(i) Brazil
(B) Nearctic	(ii) Sumatra
(C) Neotropical	(iii) Netherland
(D) Palaearctic	(iv) USA

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	ii	iv	i	iii
(2)	iii	iV	ii	i
(3)	iii	ii	i	iv
(4)	i	ii	iii	iv

 Answer: 1

24. The term ‘cultural landscape’ was developed by:

(1) C. Darwin

(2) C. O. Sauer

(3) A. Humboldt

(4) C. Ritter

Answer: 2

 25. Who among the following emphasized on the behavioural environment in Geography?

(1) Johnston

(2) Kirk

(3) Gregory

(4) Burton

Answer: 2

 26. Who among the following developed the concept of mental map?

(1) Gould and White

(2) Boulding and Haggerstrand

(3) Downs and Stea

(4) Saarinen

Answer: 1

27. Who among the following geographers focused on man-centered geography?

(1) Huntington

(2) Semple

(3) Jefferson

(4) Ratzel

Answer: 3

 28. Who was the first Greek scholar to calculate the circumference of the earth?

(1) Aristotle

(2) Herodotus

(3) Anaximander

(4) Eratosthenes

Answer: 4

 29. “Space is socially culturally Constructed” is the view under:

(1) Behaviouralism

(2) Logical Positivism

(3) Structuralism

(4) Post Modernism

Answer: 4

 30. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below Table Contain Shows the Geographer And School of Geography

List-I (Geographer)	List-II (School of Geography)
(A) Albert Demangeon	(i) German school of geography
(B) Friedrick Ratzel	(ii) French school of geography
(C) Halford J. Mackinder	(iii) British school of geography
(D) Isaiah Bowman	(iv) American school of geography

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	i	ii	iv	iii
(2)	ii	i	iv	iii
(3)	ii	i	iii	iv
(4)	iv	ii	iii	i

   Answer: 3

31. Who wrote the book ‘Meteorologica’?

(1) Aristotle

(2) Posidonius

(3) Plato

(4) Eratosthenes

Answer: 1

 32. Which one of the following continents recorded highest density of population as per United Nations population fund 2015 data?

(1) Europe

(2) Asia

(3) North America

(4) Australia

Answer: 2

33. Japan’s population pyramid would most likely resemble to that of:

(1) USA

(2) Brazil

(3) Denmark

(4) India

Answer: 3

 34. Consider the following statements: Developing countries have registered increase in population despite significant decline in fertility rates because of.

(A) Increase in Life Expectancy rate

(B) Increase in Infant Mortality rate

(C) Falling Death rate

(D) Better Living conditions

Tick one of the following code, which reflects the above statements?

(1) (A), (B) and (D) are correct

(2) (A), (C) and (D) are correct

(3) (A), (B), (C) are correct

(4) (B), (C) and (D) are correct

Answer: 2

35. Which one of the following statements represents Population Pyramid with Wide base:

(1) Declining Fertility Rates

(2) High Fertility Rates

(3) Declining Death rates

(4) High death rates

Answer: 2

 36. Which one of the following depicts correct statement of Population Threshold for any service?

(1) Maximum distance that people can travel to use a service

(2) Minimum distance required for opening a service

(3) Minimum population size required for a service

(4) Maximum population size required for a service

Answer: 3

37. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Term)	List-II (Definition)
(A) Site of human settlements	(i) Movement due to opportunities of employment
(B) Situation of human settlements	(ii) The physical and cultural characteristics an attributes of a place
(C) Pull factor in migration	(iii) The relative location with particular referent to the significance to a place
(D) Migration field	(iv) Area that dominates a locale in and migration pattern

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	i	iv	ii	iii
(2)	ii	iii	i	iv
(3)	iii	ii	iv	i
(4)	iv	ii	i	iii

Answer: 2

 38. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below Table Contain Shows the Term and Defination

List-I (Term)	List-II (Definition)
(A) Central City	(i) Continuous built-up landscape with high density of buildings with no reference to political boundary
(B) Network City	(ii) Areas outside city with urban characteristics
(C) Urban Influence Zone	(iii) Urban area contained within the official boundaries of the main city around which suburb develops
(D) Urbanized Area	(iv) Two or more independent but complementary cities having high speed transport corridors

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	i	ii	iv	iii
(2)	iii	iv	ii	i
(3)	ii	iv	iii	i
(4)	iv	ii	i	iii

Answer: 2

 39. Local the following places in multiple nuclei theory of urban structure in the figure and match it with the list given below. Image of Urban Structure List:

(A) Wholesale and light manufacturing

(B) High class residential

(C) Medium class residential

(D) Industrial Suburb

Code:

      (I) (II) (III) (IV)

(1) (B) (C) (A) (D)

(2) (A) (B) (C) (D)

(3) (A) (C) (B) (D)

(4) (C) (D) (A) (B)

Answer: 3

 

40. Which one of the following does not have role in push factors that seem to be operative in rural India?

(1) Rapid increase in the population growth

(2) High pressure of population on arable land

(3) Low per capita income and glaring disparity between levels of income of urban and rural areas

(4) Slow but consistent increase in amenities in rural areas and increase in per capita income

Answer: 4

41. Which one of the following defined regional growth pole as a “set of expanding industries located an urban area including further development of economic activity throughout its zone of influence”.

(1) A. O. Hirschman

(2) F. Perroux

(3) Boudeville

(4) B. J. L. Berry

Answer: 3

 42. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below Table Contain Shows the Number of likely settlements of different orders

List-I    (Number of likely settlements of different orders)	List-II (K values)
(A) 8, 32, 128	(i) K2
(B) 4, 13, 40	(ii) K13
(C) 3, 20, 141	(iii) K3
(D) 2, 27, 351	(iv) K4

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	iv	iii	ii	i
(2)	iv	ii	iii	i
(3)	i	iii	ii	iv
(4)	iv	iii	i	ii

   Answer: 3

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

Assertion (A): The Green Revolution contributed to aggravation of poverty rather than its solution.

Reason (R): Wealthy and landed farmers realised that Green Revolution together with agricultural mechanization provided great potential for self-cultivation. They began to withdraw land from share cropping and rental market. As a consequence, a large number of tenants and peasants lost their jobs.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 1

 44. Which activity contributes to water pollution more than any other throughout the world?

(1) Agriculture

(2) Hydro-electricity power generation

(3) Manufacturing industries

(4) Urbanization

Answer: 4

 45. Which of the following Ocean routes is the most important and busiest route in the world?

(1) The Cape Route

(2) North Pacific Route

(3) South Atlantic Route

(4) North Atlantic Route

Answer: 4

46. Which one of the following was not assured by weber in his least-cost theory?

(1) Agglomeration economies lead to high transport and labour cost

(2) Labour is infinitely available

(3) Location with high transport costs may be attractive because of a cheap labour supply

(4) Transport costs were uniform by distance and weight in any direction

Answer: 1

 47. From the transport network graph given below, select one of the following code to depict ‘Diameter Index’ Correctly. Image of Transport Network Graph

(1) 2

(2) 4

(3) 3

(4) 1

Answer: 2

 48. Given below are two statements, one labelled as assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the code given below:

Assertion (A): Between Durgapur-Asansol-Chittaranjan and numerous collieries and connected activities, the Asansol sub-division represents one of larger industrial complexes in the world.

Reason (R): The substantial coal reserves and output, iron and steel output and engineering industry in the Asansol sub-division outside the Calcutta metropolitan district are found.

Code:

(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

 49. Who among the following political scholars appealed in 1949 for “a more geographical political geography”?

(1) Hartshorne

(2) G. E. Pearcy

(3) R. H. Fifield

(4) George T. Renner

Answer: 1

 50. Who wrote the known as the ‘world political Geography’?

(1) G. E. Pearcy

(2) Stephen B. Jones

(3) J. K. Wright

(4) Hartshorne

Answer: 1

 51. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Tribe)	List-II (Habitat)
(A) Bhils	(i) Shillong plateau
(B) Gonds	(ii) Eastern Jharkhand
(C) Santhals	(iii) Chattisgarh
(D) Garo	(iv) Aravalli

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	iv	iii	ii	i
(2)	i	ii	iii	iv
(3)	iii	i	iv	ii
(4)	ii	iii	iv	i

Answer: 1

52. The concept of ‘Cultural landscape’ was popularised by:

(1) Wilbur Zelinsky

(2) Carl Sauer

(3) Anne Buttimer

(4) Ratzel

Answer: 2

 53. The paradoxical situation of co-existence of the patrilineal society and the dominating position of women characterize:

(1) Tharu Tribe

(2) Khasi Tribe

(3) Gond Tribe

(4) Bhil Tribe

Answer: 1

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

Assertion (A): Joint family institution is linked with the economically less developed area.

Reason (R): Educated and well placed white collar employees go for nuclear family.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 4

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

Assertion (A): Metros are emerging as efficient, viable and alternate means of transportation in metropolitan cities in our country.

Reason (R): Old and unplanned cities with rapidly growing population are burdened with multi-mode of transportation in India.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 1

 56. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Approach)	List-II (Development Index)
(A) Development index	(i) Average development rating based on opinions of a presumably qualified sample group.
(B) Consensus	(ii) Composite development scores based on a combination of numerous sub-scores for individual indicators.
(C) Subjective integration	(iii) Per capita income, longevity of live and social well-being.
(D) Human development	(iv) A set of adhoc regions, the classes and boundaries of which are determined on the basis of field experiences combined with subjective assessment.

 

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	ii	iv	iii	i
(2)	ii	i	iv	iii
(3)	i	iv	iii	ii
(4)	ii	i	iii	iv

Answer: 2

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

Assertion (A): MNREGA constituted very ambitious rural development programme of India.

Reason (R): Building basic infrastructure got linked to provide minimum number of days guaranteed employment.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 1

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

Assertion (A): Urban agglomerations and metropolitan cities are growing rapidly in India.

Reason (R): Satellite towns are not sufficiently and significantly developed to release the pressure of urban population.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 1

 59. Which one of the following statements is very correct in context of the concept of Growth pole and growth centres?

(1) Both the Growth pole and Growth centres are uniformly distanced in the region.

(2) Lower order Growth centers are located quite far away as compared to higher order Growth centres.

(3) Higher order Growth centres are located far away while lower order Growth centres are located closer to one and another.

(4) There does not exist any rule in the distance between Growth pole and Growth centres.

Answer: 3

60. The percentage of decadal growth of population (2001 – 2011) is the highest in which of the following states?

(1) West Bengal

(2) Maharashtra

(3) Uttar Pradesh

(4) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: 4

 61 Which one of the following is responsible for concentration of slum population in India?

(1) Commercial plantation activities are dominant.

(2) Manufacturing activities in organised sector are dominant.

(3) Service activities in organised sector are dominant.

(4) Manufacturing and Service activities in non-formal sector are dominant.

Answer: 4

62. Which one of the following states is leading producer of coffee in India?

(1) Kerala

(2) Karnataka

(3) Assam

(4) Tamil Nadu

Answer: 2

 63. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Hydel Power Projects)	List-II (States)
(A) Sharavathi	(i) Odisa
(B) Balimela	(ii) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Obra	(iii) Karnataka
(D) Shanam	(iv) Punjab

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	i	iii	iv	ii
(2)	ii	iii	iv	i
(3)	ii	iv	i	iii
(4)	iii	i	ii	iv

Answer: 4

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

Assertion (A): Northern part of Ganga plain has very few irrigation canals.

Reason (R): This area receives high rainfall and has plenty of underground water.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 1

 65. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below (2016 – 17)

List-I (Crops)	(Largest producer state, 2016 – 17)
(A) Raw cotton	(i) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Mustard	(ii) Rajasthan
(C) Maize	(iii) Gujarat
(D) Wheat	(iv) Andhra Pradesh

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	iii	iv	ii	i
(2)	iv	iii	i	ii
(3)	iii	ii	iv	i
(4)	i	ii	iii	iv

Answer: 3

66. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below Table Contain Shows the Mountains/Ranges and Peaks

List-I (Mountains/Ranges	List-II (Peaks)
(A) Nilgiri	(i) Sagarmatha
(B) Satpura	(ii) Mt. Abu
(C) Aravalli	(iii) Dhupgarh
(D) Himalaya	(iv) Dodabetta

Code:

	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
(1)	iii	iv	i	ii
(2)	i	ii	iii	iv
(3)	iv	iii	ii	i
(4)	iii	iv	ii	i

Answer: 3

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

Assertion (A): With every successive census in India, the growth of population results in greater increase in slum population.

Reason (R): Both the area and the population of India have been increasing continuously.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 3

68. Which one of the following phenomenal relationships is depicted by an ergograph?

(1) Temperature and absolute humidity

(2) Rainfall and runoff

(3) Crop production and rainfall

(4) Crop season and weather conditions

Answer: 4

69. Which one of the following altitudes belongs to sun synchronous polar orbit?

(1) 30, 000 to 36, 000km

(2) 2, 000to6, 000km

(3) 300to1000km

(4) 5, 000to15, 000km

Answer: 3

70 Which one of the following terms is correct for calculation of skewness coefficient β1?

Answer: 4

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

Assertion (A): Standard Deviation of a series is the measure of its variation.

Reason (R): Standard Deviation is needed to compare the variation between two or more series.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is t3rue.

Answer: 3

72. Consider the following statements:

(A) Tele-communication satellites are mostly Geostationary satellites usually placed at an altitudes of more than 30, 000km.

(B) Resource satellites are sun synchronous usually placed at an altitude of 300-1000km.

Which of the above statements are true?

(1) (a) only

(2) both (a) and (b)

(3) (b) only

(4) neither (a) nor (b)

Answer: 2

73. Which one of the following sensors is an active remote sensing sensor?

(1) Photo Camera

(2) Multiframe Camera

(3) Multiband Scanner

(4) Radar

Answer: 4

74. Consider the following figures X and Y:

Which one of the following statements is correct?

 (1) Figure X is small-scale map and distance between A and B is 40 metres.

(2) Figure Y is large-scale map and distance between C and D is 4 km.

(3) Figure X is large-scale map and figure Y is small-scale and distance between A and B and C and D are 40 metres and 20km, respectively.

(4) Figure X is large scale and figure Y is small-scale. The ground distance between A and B, and C and D are equal.

Answer: 3

 

Answer: 3

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

Assertion (A): Dot map is especially useful when the values are distributed unevenly and sporadically.

Reason (R): Smaller the statistical unit, more accurate is the Dot map.

Code:

(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 a correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer: 2