Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

UGC NET December 2009 Paper II

  1. When endogen etic forces act horizontally from the opposite directions causing compression and tension, the resultant landform is a large dome shaped structure, the process is called

    Options:
    1. Folding
    2. Faulting
    3. Fracturing
    4. Warping

    Option: A

  2. Which one of the following explanations of the origin of pediments was first propounded by A.C. Lawson (1915) ?

    Options:
    1. Sheet flood deposition
    2. Horizontal erosion
    3. Recession of mountain front
    4. Lateral erosion

    Option: D

  3. 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) : By far the most common and widespread topographic form in a Karst terrain is the sinkhole.

    Reason (R) : Topographically, a sinkhole is a depression that varies in depth from less than a metre to few hundred metres.

    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

  4. Arrange the following concepts in the order in which they appeared. Use the code below :

    1. Principle of Uniformitarianism
    2. Theory of Continental Drift
    3. Dynamic Equilibrium Theory
    4. Convection Current Theory
    Options:
    1. I III IV II
    2. II I IV III
    3. IV I II III
    4. I II IV III

    Option: A

  5. 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) : Stable atmospheric condition prevails when environmental lapse rate is less than dry and wet adiabatic lapse rates.

    Reason (R) : The parcel of air is warmer than the surrounding environment at all the levels as it ascends.

    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

  6. The mature stage of thunderstorm is characterized by

    Options:
    1. Strong updrafts and downdrafts
    2. Lack of electrical charges
    3. End of precipitation
    4. Lack of ice crystals

    Option: A

  7. The idealised global pattern of surface wind from the equator to pole is

    Options:
    1. doldrums trade winds westerlies easterlies
    2. doldrums westerlies trade winds easterlies
    3. doldrums easterlies trade winds westerlies
    4. doldrums trade winds easterlies westerlies

    Option: A

  8. The marine influence upon climate results into

    Options:
    1. increase in annual rainfall
    2. increase in aridity
    3. increase in annual temperature range
    4. decrease in annual temperature range

    Option: A

  9. Plants that grow under high intensity of disturbance and low intensity of stress are called as

    Options:
    1. competitors
    2. stress tolerators
    3. coniferous forests
    4. ruderals

    Option: D

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

    List-I List-II
    (a) Producer (1) Precipitation
    (b) Biota (2) Microbes
    (c) Abiotic factor (3) Trees
    (d) Decomposer (4) All organisms
    Options:
    1. (1) (3) (2) (4)
    2. (3) (4) (1) (2)
    3. (2) (3) (1) (4)
    4. (2) (4) (3) (1)

    Option: B

  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) : Water temperature over the ocean decreases with depth.

    Reason (R) : The decrease in temperature is well marked from 370 m to 730 m.

    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

  12. 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 spatial analysis of regions advocated by Haggett considers them as closed systems.

    Reason (R) : The concepts that spatial analysis uses are : focality, localization, interconnection and discontinuity.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    3. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
    4. (A) is false but (R) is correct.

    Option: B

  13. Theories of spatial organization draw mainly from

    Options:
    1. Positivism
    2. Functionalism
    3. Structuralism
    4. Behaviouralism

    Option: A

  14. The concept of the natural region was given by

    Options:
    1. Jean Brunhes
    2. Le Play
    3. Carl Sauer
    4. Vidal de la Blache

    Option: D

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

    List-I List-II
    (a) Walter Isard (i) Social Justice and the City
    (b) David Harvey (ii) Methods of Regional Science
    (c) Richard Hartshorne (iii) Radical Geography
    (d) Richard Peet (iv) Perspectives on the Nature of Geography
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
    2. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
    3. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
    4. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

    Option: B

  16. Natural population growth is a function of

    Options:
    1. Births
    2. Deaths
    3. Fertility and mortality
    4. Migration

    Option: C

  17. Migration in India, as per 2001 Census, is maximum in which of the following streams ?

    Options:
    1. Rural to Urban
    2. Urban to Urban
    3. Urban to Rural
    4. Rural to Rural

    Option: B

  18. The sequence of events in Demographic Transition Theory is

    1. High birth rate and high death rate
    2. High birth rate and low death rate
    3. Low birth rate and low death rate
    4. Low birth rate and high death rate
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    2. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
    3. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
    4. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

    Option: A

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

    List-I List-II
    (a) Venezuela (i) Petroleum
    (b) China (ii) Solid fuel
    (c) Netherlands (iii) Wind power
    (d) France (iv) Nuclear power
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    2. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
    3. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
    4. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

    Option: A

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

    List-I List-II
    (a) Tungsten (i) Zambia
    (b) Cobalt (ii) China
    (c) Chromium (iii) Ukraine
    (d) Manganese (iv) South Africa
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    2. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
    3. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
    4. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

    Option: D