Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

UGC NET December 2012 Paper III

  1. The polar regions are sparsely populated because

    Options:
    1. The growing season is short owing to low temperature
    2. There are no mineral resources
    3. The regions are forested
    4. Both (B) and (C)

    Option: A

  2. Which one of the following countries is the major producer of mica ?

    Options:
    1. India
    2. U.S.A.
    3. Brazil
    4. China

    Option: D

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

    List I (Sectors) List II(Economic Activities)
    a. Primary sector i. Business organisation
    b. Secondary sector ii. Cultivation
    c. Tertiary sector iii. Handloom textiles
    d. Quarternary iv. transport services
    Options:
    1. i ii iii iv
    2. ii iii iv i
    3. ii iii i iv
    4. iv iii ii i

    Option: B

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

    List I(Industrial activities) List II(Explanations)
    a. Processing activities i. Inputs are processed goods
    b. Fabricating activities ii. Major inputs are raw material
    c. Integrative activities iii. Involve neither inputs nor outputs
    d. Administrative activities iv. Inputs are processed goods undergoing little change
    Options:
    1. i ii iii iv
    2. ii i iv iii
    3. i iv iii ii
    4. iii ii iv i

    Option: B

  5. The average temperature of the surface water of the oceans is

    Options:
    1. 22 Degree Celsius
    2. 15 Degree Celsius
    3. 26.7 Degree Celsius
    4. 18.6 Degree Celsius

    Option: D

  6. The number of persons expressed in terms of unit area of agricultural land is known as

    Options:
    1. Economic Density
    2. Physiological Density
    3. Arithmetical Density
    4. Agricultural Density

    Option: B

  7. Which of the following was not mentioned by Brunhes as essential fact of human geography ?

    Options:
    1. Facts of unproductive occupation of soil.
    2. Facts of plants and animal conquest
    3. Facts of destructive exploitation
    4. Facts of manufacturing

    Option: D

  8. Who among the following proposed a grand scheme of natural regions on a global scale by combining physical determinants of plants and animals life ?

    Options:
    1. Unstead
    2. Herbertson
    3. Whittlesey
    4. Dickinson

    Option: B

  9. Which one of the following factors is not affecting the voting behaviour ?

    Options:
    1. Religious
    2. Castes
    3. High level of literacy
    4. Size of landholdings

    Option: D

  10. Which indicator from among the following could be the best indicator of social-well being ?

    Options:
    1. Population growth rate
    2. Literacy rate
    3. Life-expectancy
    4. Per capita income

    Option: C

  11. Who among the followings gave the concept of ‘Rimland’ theory ?

    Options:
    1. A Ratzel
    2. O.H.K. Spate
    3. Spykman
    4. Griffith Taylor

    Option: C

  12. Who propounded the theory of ‘Heartland’ in political geography ?

    Options:
    1. Mackinder
    2. Spykman
    3. Smith
    4. Raiz

    Option: A

  13. A functional region is delineated on the basis of

    Options:
    1. Administrative boundaries
    2. Field of interactions
    3. Isolines
    4. Physical divisions

    Option: B

  14. Who in census of India applied the ‘ternary diagram’ for the functional classification of towns in India ?

    Options:
    1. P. Padmanabha
    2. A.R. Nanda
    3. Ashok Mitra
    4. Chandrasekhar

    Option: C

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

    List I(Author) List II(Name of the Book)
    a. W. Christaller i. Rural settlement and land use
    b. V.L.S.Prakasa Rao ii. Metropolitan Hyderabad and its region
    c. Manzoor Alam & iii. Regional Planning
    W.Khan iv. Central places in Southern Germany
    d. M. Chisholm
    Options:
    1. i iii iv ii
    2. ii i iii iv
    3. iv iii ii i
    4. i ii iii iv

    Option: C

  16. Which one of the following states recorded the highest decadal growth rate of population between 2001 & 2011 as per census record ?

    Options:
    1. Bihar
    2. Uttar Pradesh
    3. Rajasthan
    4. Arunanchal Pradesh

    Option: D

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

    List I(Type of climate) List II(Region)
    a. Aw i. Rain shadow zone of Karnataka
    b. Amw ii. Thar Desert
    c. BShw iii. W. Bengal &
    d. BWhw Bihar
    iv. Malabar Coast
    Options:
    1. iii iv i ii
    2. iii i iv ii
    3. ii i iv iii
    4. ii iv i iii

    Option: A

  18. Which one of the following rivers does not make a delta ?

    Options:
    1. Mahanadi
    2. Godavari
    3. Tapti
    4. Ganga

    Option: C

  19. Which one of the following rivers does not flow through Himachal Pradesh ?

    Options:
    1. Jhelum
    2. Beas
    3. Chenab
    4. Ravi

    Option: A

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

    List I(Rivers) List II(Their tributaries)
    a. Krishna i. Chambal
    b. Brahamaputra ii. Indravati
    c. Godavari iii. Tista
    d. Yamuna iv. Bhima
    Options:
    1. iv iii ii i
    2. iii iv ii i
    3. iv iii i ii
    4. i iv iii ii

    Option: A