6. 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 water droplets are found to be high in the troposphere.
Reasons (R) : The temperature variation in the troposphere is not alarming compared to stratosphere.
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
7. The soil-water budget was developed by—
(A) Thornthwaite
(B) Kendrew
(C) Koppen
(D) Austin Miller
8. The correct sequence of the Oceans in term of area is—
(A) Indian – Pacific – Arctic – Atlantic
(B) Pacific – Atlantic – Indian – Arctic
(C) Indian – Pacific – Atlantic – Arctic
(D) Arctic – Indian – Atlantic – Pacific
9. Bay of Bengal is a—
(A) Large marine ecosystem
(B) Small marine ecosystem
(C) A subset of small marine ecosystem
(D) A subset of large coastal ecosystem
10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below—
List-I (Fields of Study)
(a) Micro climatology
(b) Geomorphology
(c) Meteorology
(d) Hydrology
List-II (Scholars)
1. Petterson
2. Griffith Taylor
3. Ward
4. Worchester
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 3 1 4 2
11. 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): In arid and semi-arid regions sheet flood is an important land farming process.
Reason (R) : Arid and semi-arid regions experience high intensity short duration rainfall.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (R) is true, but (A) is false
12. Which one of the following is an example of footloose industry ?
(A) Paper industry
(B) Manufacturing of electronic components
(C) Cement industry
(D) Aluminium industry
13. The winter position of subtropical jet stream fluctuates between—
(A) 20° and 35° N
(B) 35° and 65° N
(C) 5° and 20° N
(D) 30° and 50° N
14. If the population of the largest city of a region is 8 lacs, what will be the populating of fourth rank city according to Ziff’s Rank-size Rule ?
(A) 6 lacs
(B) 4 lacs
(C) 2 lacs
(D) 0·5 lacs
15. Which of the following characteristics is not true about frontier ?
(A) Frontier is a zone
(B) Frontier is outer-oriented
(C) Frontier is inner-oriented
(D) Frontier between early tribal societies was generally called a ‘no man’s land’
16. Pattern of population distribution is determined by—
(A) Availability of Minerals
(B) Agricultural practices
(C) Cultural practices
(D) Physiographic characteristics
17. Which of the following groups of religions originated in the Middle east ?
(A) Judaism – Christianity – Confucianism
(B) Judaism – Islam – Christianity
(C) Judaism – Islam – Taoism
(D) Islam – Christianity – Confucianism
18. Ozone depletion may lead to—
(A) Water shortage
(B) Forest fire
(C) Occurrence of skin cancer
(D) Resurgence of waterborne diseases
19. Who wrote the book ‘Anthropogeographie’ ?
(A) F. Ratzel
(B) E. C. Semple
(C) Vidal-de-la-Blache
(D) Charles Darwin
20. Humboldt wrote his famous book ‘Cosmos’ after he conducted fieldwork in—
(A) Europe
(B) West Africa
(C) South America
(D) North America
21. Philosophical approach in geographical writings was first adopted by—
(A) Carl Ritter
(B) Richard Hartshorne
(C) Bernhard Varenius
(D) Immanuel Kant
22. Who edited the book ‘Geography of the
Twentieth Century’ ?
(A) H. J. Mackinder
(B) Vidal-de-la-Blache
(C) T. W. Freeman
(D) Griffith Taylor
23. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer from the codes given below—
List-I (Scholar)
(a) Sauer
(b) Taaffe
(c) L. C. King
(d) Baker
List-II (Field of contribution)
1. Agricultural Geography
2. Geomorphology
3. Transport Geography
4. Cultural Geography
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 3 1 2 4
24. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer from the codes given below—
List-I (Scholars)
(a) Christaller
(b) Ravenstein
(c) Tansley
(d) Lucien Febvre
List-II (Model/Concept)
1. Possibilism
2. Ecosystem
3. Laws of Migration
4. Central Place Theory
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 2 1 4 3
25. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer from the codes given ahead—
List-I (Tribe)
(a) Mikir
(b) Korwa
(c) Tharu
(d) Aong
List-II (State)
1. Uttarakhand
2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3. Meghalaya
4. Chhattisgarh
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 4 1 3
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 3 2 1
26. Which sector of the economy is least
necessary for sustainable economic development ?
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) Quaternary
27. Which one of the following is considered
non-renewable resource ?
(A) Water Resource
(B) Animal Resource
(C) Coal Resource
(D) Forest Resource
28. Who evolved the method of measurement of
agricultural efficiency ?
(A) S. S. Bhatia
(B) R. L. Singh
(C) S. P. Chatterjee
(D) Enayat Ahmad
29. Which one of the following is an ideal combination for the establishment of heavy
industries ?
(A) Coal-Iron-Water
(B) Coal-Electricity-Market
(C) Coal-Electricity-Bank
(D) Coal-Cotton-Bank
30. Which one of the following philosophies was
advanced by August Comte ?
(A) Empiricism
(B) Positivism
(C) Marxism
(D) Humanism
31. The concept of sequent occupance was
advocated by—
(A) H. H. Barrows
(B) C. D. Harris
(C) D. S. Whittlesey
(D) Richard Hartshorne
32. Regional Planning aims at—
(A) Development of agriculture
(B) Balanced development
(C) Development of heavy industries
(D) Development of small scale industries
33. The concept of counter-magnet is associated
with—
(A) Western Ghats plan
(B) South-East resource region
(C) Rayalseema plan
(D) National Capital Region Plan
34. Given below are two statements, one labelled
as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as
Reasons (R). Select your answer from the
codes given below—
Assertion (A) : Ratzel’s concept of ‘Lebensraum’ was based on the
idea that ‘State’ is similar to
the ‘Organism’.
Reason (R) : Ratzel was a determinist
and was under the influence
of Darwin’s theory of ‘Survival of the fittest’.
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) (R) is true, but (A) is false
35. The soils which originate in the humid region
due to the accumulation of large amounts of
organic matter are known as—
(A) Desert soils
(B) Peat soils
(C) Red soils
(D) Laterite soils
36. The areas lying to the east of the Western
Ghats covering Karnataka, interior Tamil
Nadu, Western Andhra Pradesh and Central
Maharashtra are known as—
(A) Sub-tropical Steppe Region
(B) Tropical Steppe Region
(C) Tropical Savana
(D) Tropical Rainy Climate
37. Which State of India is the largest producer of
Soyabean ?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
38. Which State of India is the largest producer of
wheat ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
39. Which State of India has the highest productivity of wheat per hectare ?
(A) Bihar
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
40. Which one of the following places of India
was worst affected by Tsunami in 2004 ?
(A) Nagapattinam
(B) Kanyakumari
(C) Vishakhapattanam
(D) Chennai
41. Which one of the following is small scale
map ?
(A) Cadastral map
.
(B) SOI Topographical map .
(C) World Atlas map
(D) Tamil Nadu State map
42. In remote sensing, there are four different
types of resolution characters. Identify the
correct order in which they are used—
(A) Radiometric–Spatial–Spectral–Temporal
(B) Spatial–Spectral–Radiometric–Temporal
(C) Temporal–Spectral–Radiometric–Spatial
(D) Spectral–Temporal–Spatial–Radiometric
43. Which one of the following is a measure of
dispersion ?
(A) Median
(B) Geometric Mean
(C) Standard Deviation
(D) Arithmetic Mean
44. Who was the originator of the regression
analysis ?
(A) Clark and Evans
(B) Karl Pearson
(C) Spearman
(D) Francis Galton
45. Arrange the following river systems of India
in sequence from North to South—
(A) Godavari – Mahanadi – Kaveri – Krishna
(B) Mahanadi – Godavari – Krishna – Kaveri
(C) Krishna – Kaveri – Godavari – Mahanadi
(D) Kaveri – Godavari – Mahanadi – Krishna
46. Road accessibility can best be represented
by—
(A) Bar diagram
(B) Pie diagram
(C) Graded symbol map
(D) Flow line diagram
Directions—(Q. 47–50) Read the following passage and answer the given questions—
The seventeenth century witnessed the beginning of the scientific revolution that led to the development of more useful ways of generalizing, explaining and communicating. The effort to provide more exact descriptions of specific things was replaced by the effort to formulate general theory in relation to which specific things could be made significant. In the formulation and testing of theory and in communicating the findings, a step of major importance was the independent development of calculus by Newton and Leibniz. The use of mathematical procedures made the process of reasoning more precise and provided a universal language for the communication of the results. Most of the present fields of science had their roots in the eighteenth century, during which time the acceptable methods of study were being formualted and reliable procedures for verifying hypotheses were being established. By the end of the eighteenth century, the ideas expressed by Kant had become generally accepted. As bodies of theory developed and proved useful, special fields of study appeared. These new fields of study became what Kant called the logical division of knowledge-in contrast to the physial classification of knowledge in terms of time and space. The last great figure who could claim universal scholarship was Humboldt. No student of the earth before or since has enjoyed such acclaim by his contemporaries. The world of scholarship underwent a basic change during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Not only have the fields of learning, the academic disciplines has been greatly elaborated, but also the total number of scholars has reached unprecedented size. Moreover, the number of recorded facts about the earth has increased astronomically. A Humboldt could once master a very large part of the available knowledge concerning the earth, but this is no longer possible.
47. The central theme of the passage is concerned with—
(A) History of scientific revolution
(B) Scientific research done by Newton and Leibniz
(C) Procedure of verifying hypotheses
(D) Changing methodological and conceptual perspective in Geographic thought
48. Large number of various branches of science has their roots in—
(A) Seventeenth Century
(B) Sixteenth Century
(C) Eighteenth Century
(D) Nineteenth Century
49. Why, in eighteenth century, were the concepts and methods of Kant acceptable ?
(A) Because Kant was a physical geographer
(B) He provided method of classification of knowledge
(C) He separated geographical research from historical research
(D) Development of theory and its verification was possible
50. Who was the ‘last of the great polymaths’ ?
(A) Humboldt
(B) Leibniz
(C) Kant
(D) Newton
FILE NAME: UGC NET 2008 GEOGRAPHY PAPER II DECEMBER
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