Sat. Jun 29th, 2024

UGC NET December 2015 Paper III

  1. Growth Pole Model is postulated by :

    Options:
    1. Smith
    2. Perroux
    3. Eratosthenese
    4. Haggerstand

    Option: B

  2. Which of the following sets of Macro and Meso regions were delineated by the Town and Country Planning Organisation of India ?

    Options:
    1. 13 Macro Regions and 32 Meso Regions
    2. 15 Macro Regions and 61 Meso Regions
    3. 7 Macro Regions and 42 Meso Regions
    4. 13 Macro Regions and 35 Meso Regions

    Option: D

  3. The first master plan of Delhi was passed in which of the following year ?

    Options:
    1. 1952
    2. 1962
    3. 1965
    4. 1968

    Option: B

  4. 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) : Indian economy is diversifying its base towards non-primary activities.

    Reason (R) : During Post-Independence period service sectors are slowly but gradually increasing its contribution to Gross Domestic Products in India.

    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

  5. The Rajasthan Canal (Indira Gandhi Canal) draws its water from the rivers :

    Options:
    1. Yamuna river
    2. Chambal river
    3. Ravi
    4. Satluj and Beas

    Option: D

  6. Which of the state Union Territory has continuously maintained favourable sex ratio since census are conducted in India ?

    Options:
    1. Arunachal Pradesh
    2. Meghalaya
    3. Kerala
    4. Puducherry

    Option: C

  7. Which one of the following states recorded the highest population in the Census 2011 ?

    Options:
    1. Uttar Pradesh
    2. Maharashtra
    3. Bihar
    4. West Bengal

    Option: A

  8. Which region of India is known as the ‘Rice Bowl’ ?

    Options:
    1. Indo-Gangetic Plain
    2. Krishna-Godavari Delta Region
    3. North Eastern Region
    4. Kerala and Tamil Nadu

    Option: B

  9. Which one of the following data can be represented by means of choropleth map ?

    Options:
    1. Location specific
    2. Point specific
    3. Area specific
    4. Line specific

    Option: C

  10. Which of the following diagrams are called Pie-diagrams ?

    Options:
    1. Pictorial diagrams
    2. Circle and sector diagrams
    3. Ring diagrams
    4. Sphere diagrams

    Option: B

  11. Among the following water which will have highest spectral reflectance in visible band ?

    Options:
    1. Clear water
    2. Clay filled/Suspended water
    3. Algae mixed with water
    4. Silt and Algae mixed water

    Option: B

  12. Which of the following will happen when satellite images are geo-referenced ?

    Options:
    1. Contrast of images are improved
    2. Positional errors are removed
    3. Errors in DN values are removed
    4. None of the above

    Option: B

  13. Lorenz curve is used to find out which of the following ?

    Options:
    1. Relative concentration of a phenomenon
    2. Absolute concentration of a phenomenon
    3. Both relative and absolute concentration of a phenomenon
    4. Probability of dispersion of a phenomenon

    Option: A

  14. Consider the following rock characteristics :

    1. These are layered
    2. These contain fossils
    3. These are transported rocks
    4. These are formed in water bodies

    Which of the above characteristics is true of sedimentary rocks ?

    Options:
    1. (a), (b) and (c)
    2. (a), (b) and (d)
    3. (a) and (d)
    4. (a), (b), (c) and (d)

    Option: D

  15. A type of climate after Koppen which is characterized by an almost uniform distribution of precipitation throughout the year with the precipitation for the driest month more than 6 cms. and a very low daily range of temperature is devoted by :

    Options:
    1. Aw
    2. Af
    3. Am
    4. As

    Option: B

  16. Read the following statements :

    1. Ratzel dominated German Geography in the second half of the 19th century
    2. Ratzel coined the term Anthropogeographic
    3. Ratzel was highly influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution of species

    Which of the above statements are correctly associated with Ratzel ?

    Options:
    1. (a), (b) and (c)
    2. (a) and (b)
    3. (b) and (c)
    4. Only (c)

    Option: A

  17. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :

    Assertion (A) : Tropical cyclones have a life span of about one week time

    Reason (R) : They can produce low amount of rainfall due to low atmospheric pressure

    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: C

  18. Which group of states GDP share in 2013-14 was greater than population share and area share ?

    Options:
    1. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan
    2. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Manipur
    3. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Gujarat
    4. Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala

    Option: C