UGC NET December 2012 Paper II

The concept of the Geographical Pivot of History was proposed by
Options:
1. Mickinder
2. Martin
3. Kropotkin
4. Ratzel
Option: A
Who among the following developed the sequential expansion transport network model?
Options:
1. De Souza and Porter
2. Brown and Bracey
3. Myrdal, Seers and Rostow
4. Taaffe, Morrill and Gould
Option: D
The final stage in the process of energy resource utilization is
Options:
1. Transport
2. Storage
3. Disposal of waste material
4. Conversion
Option: C
Resource creation is the result of
Options:
1. Interaction of natural and cultural processes
2. Interaction of different natural processes
3. Interaction of different social processes
4. Interaction of different economic processes
Option: A
Which one of the following sequences of land use according to Von Thunen’s model is correct ?
Options:
1. Market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming
2. Firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk
3. Intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber
4. Market gardening and fresh milk, intensive crop farming, firewood and lumber
Option: A
The stretchability of resource refers to
Options:
1. The ability to find adequate substitution
2. Susceptibility to destruction
3. Ability to produce greater yields
4. Non-exhaustibility
Option: C
Which one of the following indicates ‘Random’ distribution of settlements ?
Options:
1. 0.49
2. 1
3. 1.59
4. 2.15
Option: B
Which one of the following describes a projected urbanized world or universal city by the end of 21st Century?
Options:
1. Conurbation
2. City-Region
3. Megalopolis
4. Ecumenopolis
Option: D
Which of the following migration streams experiences the maximum migration in India?
Options:
1. Rural to Rural
2. Rural to Urban
3. Urban to Urban
4. Urban to Rural
Option: A
The percentage of Aged population (60+) to the total population in India lies between
Options:
1. 2 5
2. 5 10
3. 10 12
4. 12 15
Option: B
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 metropolitan cities are numerically dominated by male adult population.

Reason (R) : Migration is age and sex selective

Options:
1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is correct, but (R) is false
4. (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
Option: A
Who is usually given the credit for establishing the validity of the idea that there was an ice age during which ice sheets covered much of northern Europe?
Options:
1. Agassiz
2. Ramsay
3. Jukes
4. Penck
Option: A
Who among the following geographers emphasized the predominant role of climate in human life ?
Options:
1. Geddes
2. Jefferson
3. Huntington
4. Brunhes
Option: C
Whose pioneer statement on the scope and method of modern geography, according to Hartshorne, set the direction of geographic thought for the future?
Options:
1. Blache
2. Schluter
3. Ratzel
4. Richthofen
Option: D
The approach that some of the geographical facts according to Ritter, cannot be explained scientifically, is termed as
Options:
1. Ecological
2. Regional
3. Teleological
4. Locational
Option: C
Who among the following expounded the concept that the present is the key to the past?
Options:
1. Buffon
2. Lyell
3. Hutton
4. Playfair
Option: C
Ecological Niche refers to
Options:
1. Interaction between man and environment
2. The functional role of an organism in the ecosystem
3. Interdependence of man and plant
4. None of the above
Option: B
Which of the following regions is known as the ‘carbon sink’ of the globe?
Options:
1. Antarctica
2. Savanna
3. N.W. Europe
4. Tropical rainforest
Option: D
Which of the following occupies Trophic Level I in food chain ?
Options:
1. Bacteria
2. Carnivores
3. Primary consumers
4. Plants
Option: D
In the hydrological cycle evaporation is preceded by
Options:
1. Clouds
2. Precipitation
3. Heat
4. Condensation
Option: C

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UGC NET December 2012 Paper II

The concept of the Geographical Pivot of History was proposed by

Options:

Who among the following developed the sequential expansion transport network model?

Options:

The final stage in the process of energy resource utilization is

Options:

Resource creation is the result of

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Which one of the following sequences of land use according to Von Thunen’s model is correct ?

Options:

The stretchability of resource refers to

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Which one of the following indicates ‘Random’ distribution of settlements ?

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Which one of the following describes a projected urbanized world or universal city by the end of 21st Century?

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Which of the following migration streams experiences the maximum migration in India?

Options:

The percentage of Aged population (60+) to the total population in India lies between

Options:

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 :

Options:

Who is usually given the credit for establishing the validity of the idea that there was an ice age during which ice sheets covered much of northern Europe?

Options:

Who among the following geographers emphasized the predominant role of climate in human life ?

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Whose pioneer statement on the scope and method of modern geography, according to Hartshorne, set the direction of geographic thought for the future?

Options:

The approach that some of the geographical facts according to Ritter, cannot be explained scientifically, is termed as

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Who among the following expounded the concept that the present is the key to the past?

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Ecological Niche refers to

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Which of the following regions is known as the ‘carbon sink’ of the globe?

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Which of the following occupies Trophic Level I in food chain ?

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In the hydrological cycle evaporation is preceded by

Options:

Who among the following expounded the concept that the present is the key to the past?