UGC NET December 2008 Paper II

Options:

1. Lateral expansion of valleys
2. Spread of continental-shelf
3. Breakdown of rock materials
4. Building of rock cut platform

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Glaciated region
2. Limestone region
3. Coastal topography
4. Fluvial topography

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Solar radiation
2. Balance between incoming and outgoing radiation
3. Temperature distribution over the continents
4. Heat distribution over land and sea

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Rapids ” waterfalls ” alluvial fans ” peneplain
2. Waterfalls ” rapids ” peneplain ” alluvial fans
3. Peneplain ” alluvial fans ” rapids ” waterfalls
4. Waterfalls ” peneplain ” alluvial fans ” rapids

Correct Answer

Assertion (A) : The water droplets are found to be high in the troposphere.

Reason (R) : The temperature variation in the troposphere is not alarming compared to stratosphere.

Options:

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is 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

Correct Answer

Options:

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

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Indian ” Pacific ” Arctic ” Atlantic
2. Pacific ” Atlantic ” Indian ” Arctic
3. Indian ” Pacific ” Atlantic ” Arctic
4. Arctic ” Indian ” Atlantic ” Pacific

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Large marine ecosystem
2. Small marine ecosystem
3. A subset of small marine ecosystem
4. A subset of large coastal ecosystem

Correct Answer

Assertion (A) : In arid and semi-arid regions sheet flood is an important landforming process.

Reason (R) : Arid and semi arid regions experience high intensity short duration rainfall.

Options:

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is 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. (R) is true but, (A) is false

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Paper industry
2. Manufacturing of electronic components
3. Cement industry
4. Aluminium industry

Correct Answer

Options:

1. 20 degree and 35 degree N
2. 35 degree and 65 degree N
3. 58 degree and 20 degree N
4. 30 degree and 50 degree N

Correct Answer

Options:

1. 6 lacs
2. 4 lacs
3. 2 lacs
4. 0.5 lac

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Frontier is a zone
2. Frontier is outer-oriented
3. Frontier is inner-oriented
4. Frontier between early tribal societies was generally called a 'no man's land'.

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Availability of Minerals
2. Agricultural practices
3. Cultural practices
4. Physiographic characteristics

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Judaism ” Christianity ” Confucianism
2. Judaism ” Islam ” Christianity
3. Judaism ” Islam ” Taoism
4. Islam ” Christianity ” Confucianism

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Water shortage
2. Forest fire
3. Occurrence of skin cancer
4. Resurgence of waterborne diseases

Correct Answer

Options:

1. F. Ratzel
2. E. C. Semple
3. Vidal de la Blache
4. Charles Darwin

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Europe
2. West Africa
3. South America
4. North America

Correct Answer

Options:

1. Carl Ritter
2. Richard Hartshorne
3. Bernhard Varenius
4. Immanuel Kant

Correct Answer

Options:

1. H. J. Mackinder
2. Vidal de la Blache
3. T. W. Freeman
4. Griffith Taylor

Correct Answer