UGC NET December 2009 Paper II

List-I (Principle)	List-II (Contributor)
I. Fixed K	(1) W. Christaller
II. Non-Fixed K	(2) A. Lösch
III. Population Threshold and Range of a good	(3) B.J.L. Berry
IV. P1P2/D Hypothesis	(4) Zipf
	(5) Reed and Muench

Options:

1. (1) (4) (2) (5)
2. (2) (5) (4) (1)
3. (4) (1) (2) (3)
4. (1) (2) (3) (4)

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Assertion (A) : In temperate regions the grasslands have been converted into fertile agricultural lands at places.

Reason (R) : Low temperatures in these lands make the rainfall more effective.

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 true but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false but (R) is true.

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Options:

1. Inter-province relationship
2. Centre-State relationship
3. Struggle between land power and sea power
4. Classification of States

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List-I	List -II
(a) Katabatic Wind	1 Warm dry winds moving down the east slopes of Rockies
(b) Chinooks	2 Warm dry winds in Southern California
(c) Santa Ana	3 Cold air situated over highland area set in motion
(d) Foehn	4 Warm dry winds moving down the east slopes of Alps

Options:

1. (2) (1) (3) (4)
2. (3) (1) (2) (4)
3. (1) (3) (4) (2)
4. (4) (2) (3) (1)

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List-I Books	List-II Authors
(a) Morphology of the Earth	(i) C.A. King
(b) Techniques in Geomorphology	(ii) Jeffreys
(c) The Earth	(iii) L.C. King
(d) The Unstable Earth	(iv) J. A. Steers

Options:

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

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List-I	List-II
(a) Yakuts	(i) North Africa
(b) Berbers	(ii) Russia
(c) Khirgiz	(iii) North America
(d) Red Indians	(iv) Central Asia

Options:

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

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Options:

1. Wall maps
2. Cadastral maps
3. Geological maps
4. Topographical maps

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Options:

1. Five
2. Six
3. Nine
4. Thirteen

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Options:

1. Khasi
2. Santhali
3. Munda
4. Kharia

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List-I	List-II
(a) Heartland	(i) Van Valkenburg
(b) Rimland	(ii) Ratzel
(c) Classification of States	(iii) Spykman
(d) Law of Territorial Growth of States	(iv) Mackinder

Options:

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

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Options:

1. Number of primary schools in the region.
2. Number of primary health centres in the region.
3. Number of medical professionals per thousand population.
4. Number of tertiary workers in the population.

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Options:

1. Per capita income
2. Natural resource base
3. Industrial development
4. Levels of urbanization

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Assertion (A) : The growth pole strategy failed to bring balanced regional development in India.

Reason (R) : Diffusion of development under conditions of general regional backwardness is weak.

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 wrong.
4. (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

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Options:

1. Technological
2. Socio-economic
3. Environmental
4. Historical-ecological

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Options:

1. Second
2. Fourth
3. Seventh
4. Tenth

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List-I	List-II
(a) Iron Ore	(i) Assam
(b) Petroleum	(ii) Chhattisgarh
(c) Mica	(iii) Rajasthan
(d) Rock Phosphate	(iv) Jharkhand

Options:

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

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Options:

1. Ankleshwar
2. Vadodara
3. Ahmedabad
4. Surat

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Options:

1. Mahabaleshwar
2. Baramati
3. Panchghani
4. Ratnagiri

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1. Maharashtra
2. Karnataka
3. Rajasthan
4. Tamil Nadu

Options:

1. III I IV II
2. I III IV II
3. IV III I II
4. III I II IV

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Options:

1. Ring diagram
2. Pile diagram
3. Pie diagram
4. Pictorial diagram

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