UGC NET December 2015 Paper III

Who laid the foundation of modern geographical thought ?
Options:
1. Humboldt and Ritter
2. Kant and Varenius
3. Hettner and Richthopen
4. Humboldt and Davis
Option: A
Which is the correct sequence in chronological order of the following Greeks who contributed vastly to the evolution of geographical thought during the ancient period ?
Options:
1. Aristotle, Eratosthenes, Anaximander, Ptolemy
2. Eratosthenes, Anaximander, Ptolemy, Aristotle
3. Anaximander, Aristotle, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy
4. Ptolemy, Anaximander, Aristotle, Eratosthenes
Option: C
Which one of the concepts describes the absence of cities and towns within a radius of 75 km from a large city ?
Options:
1. Urban Clusters
2. Urban Dispersals
3. Urban Agglomeration
4. Urban Shadows
Option: D
How physiological density of population is defined ?
Options:
1. A ratio between total population and total area
2. A ratio between total rural population and total rural area
3. A ratio between total population and total cultivated area
4. Both (2) and (3)
Option: C
As per the estimate of 2014, how much population of the world is found in Africa ?
Options:
1. About 12%
2. About 14%
3. About 16%
4. About 18%
Option: C
The ‘Triangular Pattern’ of rural settlements develop generally :
Options:
1. at the bank of the straight rivers
2. at the confluence of two rivers
3. between two hills
4. at the confluence of two rivers and one hill
Option: B
Which one of the following techniques would you consider for estimation of requirements of population in an area for planning allocations ?
Options:
1. Carrying capacity analysis
2. Cost-benefit analysis
3. Population projection
4. Rank-size rule
Option: C
Which of the following exhibits cumulative percentages of population against cumulative percentages of area ?
Options:
1. Gravity Model
2. Beta Index
3. Ogive Curve
4. Lorenz Curve
Option: D
The density of population is highest in which of the following states of India according to the census of 2011 ?
Options:
1. Bihar
2. Punjab
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. West Bengal
Option: A
Which of the following industrial regions of India is called as ‘Ruhr of India’ ?
Options:
1. Bengaluru - Tamil Nadu Industrial Region
2. Chhota Nagpur Industrial Region
3. Vishakhapatnam - Guntur Industrial Region
4. Hugli Industrial Region
Option: B
In which Island the ‘Rice Bowl’ of Japan is situated ?
Options:
1. Kyushu
2. Honshu
3. Shi Koku
4. Ryuku
Option: B
Which one of the following authors suggested a fivefold divisions of adopters on the basis of the time lag between receiving and acting upon new information as shown in diagram below ?
Options:
1. E.M. Rogers
2. L.W. Bowden
3. Z. Giriliches
4. T. Hagerstrend
Option: A
Which one of the following authors examined the structure of urban settlements prior to the impact of large-scale industrialisation in book ‘The Pre-Industrial City Past and Present’ ?
Options:
1. M. Pacioue
2. G. Sjoberg
3. P. Hall
4. D. Dwyer
Option: B
Which of the following water ways has more politico-nomic significance ?
Options:
1. Palk Strait
2. Malacca Strait
3. Suez Canal
4. Panama Canal
Option: C
H.J. Mackinder was the professor of which subject at London University ?
Options:
1. Political Science
2. Economics
3. Geography
4. Social Anthropology
Option: C
To control pollution from ships and offshore platforms is taken care of by which of the following acts provision by the Government of India ?
Options:
1. Major Port Trust Act, 1963
2. Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
3. Maritime Zone Act, 1976
4. Indian Ports Act, 1908
Option: B
Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Options:
1. Batwa Tribe and Congo Basin
2. Ruwala Tribe and Central Iran
3. Inuit and Canada
4. Yukhagir and Siberia
Option: B
Which one of the following author’s theory of primate cities focuses on the forces of agglomeration and cumulative effects of agglomeration in the growth of large cities ?
Options:
1. Walter Christaller
2. G.K. Zipf
3. C. Robert Mayfield
4. Mark Jefferson
Option: D
Which of the following activities does not come under the scope of Drought Prone Areas Programme ?
Options:
1. Development and management of irrigation resources
2. Soil and moisture conservation and afforestation
3. Restructuring of cropping pattern and pasture development
4. Flood control and soil erosion
Option: D
Which one of the following forces has expansionary momentum emanating from the centres of economic expansion to other regions ?
Options:
1. Centripetal
2. Centrifugal
3. Gravitational
4. Pull
Option: B

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UGC NET December 2015 Paper III

Who laid the foundation of modern geographical thought ?

Options:

Which is the correct sequence in chronological order of the following Greeks who contributed vastly to the evolution of geographical thought during the ancient period ?

Options:

Which one of the concepts describes the absence of cities and towns within a radius of 75 km from a large city ?

Options:

How physiological density of population is defined ?

Options:

As per the estimate of 2014, how much population of the world is found in Africa ?

Options:

The ‘Triangular Pattern’ of rural settlements develop generally :

Options:

Which one of the following techniques would you consider for estimation of requirements of population in an area for planning allocations ?

Options:

Which of the following exhibits cumulative percentages of population against cumulative percentages of area ?

Options:

The density of population is highest in which of the following states of India according to the census of 2011 ?

Options:

Which of the following industrial regions of India is called as ‘Ruhr of India’ ?

Options:

In which Island the ‘Rice Bowl’ of Japan is situated ?

Options:

Which one of the following authors suggested a fivefold divisions of adopters on the basis of the time lag between receiving and acting upon new information as shown in diagram below ?

Options:

Which one of the following authors examined the structure of urban settlements prior to the impact of large-scale industrialisation in book ‘The Pre-Industrial City Past and Present’ ?

Options:

Which of the following water ways has more politico-nomic significance ?

Options:

H.J. Mackinder was the professor of which subject at London University ?

Options:

To control pollution from ships and offshore platforms is taken care of by which of the following acts provision by the Government of India ?

Options:

Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

Options:

Which one of the following author’s theory of primate cities focuses on the forces of agglomeration and cumulative effects of agglomeration in the growth of large cities ?

Options:

Which of the following activities does not come under the scope of Drought Prone Areas Programme ?

Options:

Which one of the following forces has expansionary momentum emanating from the centres of economic expansion to other regions ?

Options:

Which of the following exhibits cumulative percentages of population against cumulative percentages of area ?