Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

UGC NET December 2005 Paper II

  1. Tea plantations have been developed in the :

    Options:
    1. equatorial regions
    2. tropical deciduous regions
    3. tropical grassland regions
    4. sub-tropical grassland regions

    Option: A

  2. Sal and Teak are commonly found in :

    Options:
    1. equatorial forests
    2. monsoon forests
    3. mangrove forests
    4. savanna

    Option: B

  3. The exporter of dates in the world is :

    Options:
    1. Iran
    2. Iraq
    3. Turkey
    4. Afghanistan

    Option: A

  4. Tribal people practice shifting cultivation primarily because :

    Options:
    1. soil fertility gets reduced after a few years
    2. the forest reestablish itself in a few years
    3. people prefer migratory life
    4. land is left fallow to regain its fertility

    Option: A

  5. The development of resources in a region depends mainly on :

    Options:
    1. population density
    2. physical environment
    3. needs and aspirations of the people
    4. availability of capital

    Option: B

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

    List-I List -II
    (a) Anticyclone i. Marbut
    (b) Base level of erosion ii. Gilbert
    (c) Pedocals and Pedalfers iii. Galton
    (d) Basal sapping iv. Johnson
    Options:
    1. Code : (a) (b) (c) (d)(iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
    2. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
    3. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
    4. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

    Option: D

  7. Which is irrelevant with the rock conglomerate ?

    Options:
    1. Transportation
    2. Fluvial
    3. Metamorphism
    4. Consolidation

    Option: C

  8. Arrange the following major soil types in ascending order in terms of the thickness of A horizon in each of them : i. Alluvial soil ii. Chestnut soil iii. Chernozem soil iv. Laterite soil

    Options:
    1. iii, i, ii, iv
    2. iii, ii, iv, i
    3. iii, ii, i, iv
    4. iii, iv, i, ii

    Option: C

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

    List-I List -II
    (a) Breaker i. coral reef
    (b) Ebb current ii. seaward flow
    (c) Marine terrace iii. swash
    (d) Atoll iv. coastal uplift

    Codes: a,b,c,d

    Options:
    1. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
    2. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
    3. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
    4. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

    Option: B

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

    List-I List -II
    (a) Isohaline i. Rainfall
    (b) Isoval ii. Salinity
    (c) Isohyte iii. velocity
    (d) Isobar iv. Pressure
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    2. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
    3. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
    4. (i) (iii) (iv) (iii)

    Option: C

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

    Assertion (A) : The lithosphere is distinguishes from the asthenosphere beneath it by a difference in their behavior under stress.

    Reason (R) : The lithosphere is rigid where as the asthenosphere is capable of plastic flow.

    Options:
    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

    Option: A

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

    Assertion (A) : Most of the radical geographers have a very strong Marxist base.

    Reason (R) : Radical geographers have made great inroads into establishment of the discipline of geography.

    Options:
    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

    Option: B

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

    Assertion (A) : The temperature of the Stratosphere increases with altitude.

    Reason (R) : The Stratosphere is heated largely through the absorption by ozone molecules of ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.

    Options:
    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

    Option: A

  14. The correct sequence if India’s non-conventional energy sources in respect of their potentiality:

    1. Solar
    2. Biofuel
    3. Wind
    4. Ocean Thermal
    Options:
    1. i, iii ,iv, ii
    2. i, ii, iii, iv
    3. i, iv, ii, iii
    4. i, iii, ii, iv

    Option: D

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

    List-I(Geographer) List -II(Principle)
    (a) Vidal de la Blache i. Unity in Diversity
    (b) Jean Brunches ii. Social Determinism
    (c) Carl Ritter iii. Terrestrial Whole
    (d) Fried Ratzel iv. Interaction
    Options:
    1. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
    2. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
    3. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
    4. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

    Option: C

  16. Which one of the following oceans currents is called Gulf Stream of the Pacific ?

    Options:
    1. Oyashio
    2. Kuroshio
    3. Aleutian
    4. Kurile

    Option: B

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

    List-I(Geographer) List -II(Principle)
    (a) Lapis i. Avens
    (b) Sinkholes ii. Corrie
    (c) Felsenmeer iii. Bogaz
    (d) Cirques iv. Hydrofracturing
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    2. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
    3. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
    4. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

    Option: C

  18. Idealise global pattern of surface wind from equator to poles is

    Options:
    1. doldrum - trade wind - westerlies - easterlies
    2. doldrum - trade wind - easterlies - westerlies
    3. doldrum - westerlies - trade wind - easterlies
    4. doldrum - easterlies - trade wind - westerlies

    Option: A

  19. Obsequent streams generally flow :

    Options:
    1. along the consequent stream
    2. opposite to the consequent stream
    3. right angle of the consequent stream
    4. diagonal to the stream

    Option: B

  20. Seifs are produced by :

    Options:
    1. gravity
    2. winds
    3. waves
    4. stream

    Option: B