Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

UGC NET December 2012 Paper III

  1. A drainage system which is not related to the structure of the region where it occurs is called a

    Options:
    1. Radial drainage pattern
    2. Trellis drainage pattern
    3. Superimposed drainage pattern
    4. Dendritic drainage pattern

    Option: C

  2. Chemical weathering is more effective than mechanical weathering in

    Options:
    1. Semi arid region
    2. Arid region
    3. Coastal region
    4. Cool temperate region

    Option: D

  3. Examine the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below :

    1. The atmospheric air is never completely dry
    2. Water vapour can occupy as much as 4percent of the atmospheric volume
    3. Water vapour in the atmosphere is always invisible
    Options:
    1. 1 and 2 are correct
    2. 2 and 3 are correct
    3. 1 and 3 are correct
    4. 1, 2 and 3 are correct

    Option: A

  4. The temperature at which water vapours condense, is the

    Options:
    1. Relative humidity
    2. Condensation point
    3. Dew point
    4. Evaporation point

    Option: C

  5. Most of the details of our present topography belong to the

    Options:
    1. Pre-Cambrian era
    2. Paleozoic era
    3. Mesozoic era
    4. Cenozoic era

    Option: D

  6. If you are sitting on the beach facing the sea on a sunny afternoon, the local wind will be

    Options:
    1. Striking your back and continuing to the sea because of sea breeze effect.
    2. Towards your from the sea because of the sea breeze effect.
    3. Towards your from the sea because of the lapse rate effect.
    4. Striking your back and continuing to the sea because of the land breeze effect.

    Option: B

  7. 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 work of wind as an agent of gradation is not as widespread as that of water.

    Reason (R) : It is effective only in the desert regions of the world where rainfall is scanty and soil particles are loose.

    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

  8. The Two-Cycle Theory of the origin of limestone caverns was proposed by

    Options:
    1. Davis
    2. Swinerton
    3. Gardner
    4. Malott

    Option: A

  9. All those processes which tend to bring the surface of the lithosphere to a common level are collectively known as

    Options:
    1. Gradation
    2. Degradation
    3. Aggradation
    4. Mass wasting

    Option: A

  10. Which one of the following atmospheric layers reflects radio waves that are transmitted from the earth again back to the earth ?

    Options:
    1. Mesosphere
    2. Ionosphere
    3. Troposphere
    4. Stratosphere

    Option: B

  11. According to ‘Single cell circulation’ model proposed by Hadley, the most important factor causing global atmospheric circulation is

    Options:
    1. subsidence at the equator
    2. temperature contrast between equator and pole
    3. the jet stream
    4. rotation of the earth

    Option: B

  12. Which of the following would likely to have the lowest albedo ?

    Options:
    1. Mirror
    2. Fresh snow in the Arctic
    3. Moist ploughed soil
    4. Thick cloud

    Option: C

  13. 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) : Hurricane cannot develop in the vicinity of equator.

    Reason (R) : Coriolis force is maximum over the equator.

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

    Option: C

  14. When sun is shining vertically over tropic of Capricorn ?

    Options:
    1. Days and nights are equal over the entire globe.
    2. Nights are longer than days in the Southern hemisphere.
    3. Nights are equal to 24 hours over the Arctic region.
    4. Days and nights are of 12 hour duration over Antarctica.

    Option: C

  15. Which of the following statements is not true ?

    Options:
    1. Evaporation is directly proportional to temperature
    2. Evaporation is more over land than ocean
    3. Evaporation is higher over warm surface than on cold surface.
    4. Evaporation reduces the amount of heat available in the atmosphere thereby reducingthe temperature.

    Option: B

  16. Pelagic deposits consist of matter derived from algae and are mostly in the form of liquid mud known as

    Options:
    1. Blue mud
    2. Ooze
    3. Red mud
    4. Coral mud

    Option: B

  17. Ecosystem has two components which are

    Options:
    1. Animals and plants
    2. Trees and weeds
    3. Frogs and men
    4. Abiotic and biotic

    Option: D

  18. All the ecosystems taken together in a geographical area form a bigger unit called

    Options:
    1. Community
    2. Territory
    3. Biome
    4. Biosphere

    Option: C

  19. Which one of the following ocean currents belongs to Indian Ocean ?

    Options:
    1. Canary Current
    2. Antilles Current
    3. Labrador Current
    4. Agulhas Current

    Option: D

  20. The Western Coast of Australia records higher salinity due to

    Options:
    1. Ocean currents
    2. Wind direction
    3. Dry weather condition
    4. All the above

    Option: C