Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

UGC NET December 2007 Paper II

  1. Which one of the following forces is responsible for syncline formation ?

    Options:
    1. crustal faulting
    2. crustal rifting
    3. crustal compression
    4. crustal sinhing

    Option: C

  2. Pediplains and inselbergs are features of the old stage of which cycle of erosion ?

    Options:
    1. Glacial
    2. Karst
    3. Arid
    4. Marine

    Option: C

  3. Which of the following terms does not indicate similar processes ?

    Options:
    1. Diastrophism
    2. Folding
    3. Exfoliation
    4. Warping

    Option: C

  4. In which of the following the direction of flow of streams is controlled by rock structure ?

    Options:
    1. Consequent
    2. Subsequent
    3. Insequent
    4. Obsequent

    Option: A

  5. Match List – I with List – II and mark the correct answer in the codes given below :

    List-I List -II
    (a) Wind erosion i. Drumlins
    (b) Ground water depletion ii. Stalagmites
    (c) Glacial Deposition iii. Barkhans
    (d) River erosion iv. Peneplains
    Options:
    1. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
    2. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
    3. (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
    4. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

    Option: A

  6. What is recorded with the help of a hydrograph?

    Options:
    1. Wind velocity
    2. Vapour retention
    3. Relative humidity
    4. Water discharge

    Option: C

  7. The increase in the chlorofluorocarbon in the atmosphere is associated with :

    Options:
    1. Oxone depletion
    2. Sea level rise
    3. Aquatic life depletion
    4. Intense sonic pollution

    Option: A

  8. What is the point of origin of an earthquake called ?

    Options:
    1. Quake centre
    2. Epicentre
    3. Seismic focus
    4. Tectonic point

    Option: C

  9. Surface inversion of temperature is a phenomenon related to :

    Options:
    1. Increase in temperature with increase in elevation
    2. Decrease in temperature with increasing elevation
    3. Decrease in temperature with decreasing elevation
    4. Increase in temperature with decreasing elevation

    Option: A

  10. Who had used the concept of evapo transpiration in climate classification ?

    Options:
    1. Thornthwaite
    2. Koppen
    3. Kendrew
    4. Austin Miller

    Option: A

  11. Eustatic changes in the sea levels are caused by :

    Options:
    1. Ice ages
    2. Epeirogenic movements
    3. Orogenic movements
    4. Isostatic changes

    Option: D

  12. Which of the following is a coral island ?

    Options:
    1. Tasmania
    2. Lakshadweep
    3. Maldives
    4. Rameswaram

    Option: B

  13. In which of the following States the CHIPCO movement was started ?

    Options:
    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Jharkhand
    3. Uttaranchal
    4. Rajasthan

    Option: C

  14. Which one of the following is Taiga biome ?

    Options:
    1. Sub-Arctic biome
    2. Sub-Saharan biome
    3. Savanna grass
    4. None of the above

    Option: A

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

    List-I List -II
    (a) Coral Reef i. Organic Ocean deposit
    (b) Shoal ii. Deep, relatively flat surface of the ocean floor
    (c) Abyssal Plain iii. Steep descent from the shelf breach
    (d) Continental Slope iv. Detatched elevation with shallow depths
    Options:
    1. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
    2. (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
    3. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
    4. (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

    Option: B

  16. 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) : Ritter did not state the relationship between history and geography as clearly as Humboldt.

    Reason (R) : Immanuel Kant understood the relationship between history and geography much more clearly than Ritter.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
    3. (A) is correct but (R) is false
    4. (A) is false but (R) is true

    Option: B

  17. The book ‘COSMOS’ of Alexander Von Humboldt was based on his travel to one of the following continents :

    Options:
    1. Asia
    2. North America
    3. Europe
    4. South America

    Option: D

  18. 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) : Humboldt had no immediate followers in academic circle in Germany, since he never occupied any academic position.

    Reason (R) : The real followers of Humboldt were scientific travellers.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
    3. (A) is correct but (R) is false
    4. (A) is false but (R) is correct

    Option: D

  19. Nature does not drive man along a particular road, but it offers a number of opportunities from among which man is free to select. This statement implies :

    Options:
    1. Deterministic approach
    2. Possibilistic approach
    3. Deterministic and possibilistic both approach
    4. Probabilistic approach

    Option: A

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

    List-I(Name of GEOGRAPHERS) List -II(Name of Country)
    (a) Alexander Von Humboldt i. France
    (b) Ellen Churchil Semple ii. U.K.
    (c) Peter Haggett iii. U.S.A.
    (d) Jean Brunhes iv. Germany
    Options:
    1. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
    2. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    3. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
    4. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

    Option: A