Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

UGC NET January 2017 Paper II

  1. Which one of the following mountains is formed due to convergence of one oceanic and one continental plate ?

    Options:
    1. Urals
    2. Alps
    3. Andes
    4. Appalachians

    Option: C

  2. Which one of the following processes is responsible for the weathering of rocks in a Karst region?

    Options:
    1. Hydrolysis
    2. Carbonation
    3. Oxidation
    4. Scree formation

    Option: B

  3. The term panplane refers to

    Options:
    1. A level surface formed by wind erosion.
    2. A plane formed by joining of flood-plains.
    3. A level surface formed by the fluvial cycle at the old age.
    4. A level plain formed by human intervention.

    Option: B

  4. The statement The present is the key to the past was made by

    Options:
    1. Walther Penck
    2. W.M. Davis
    3. Huntington
    4. James Hutton

    Option: D

  5. A band of wind called ‘Jet Stream’ is found in

    Options:
    1. Lower Troposphere
    2. Middle Troposphere
    3. Upper Troposphere
    4. Whole Troposphere

    Option: C

  6. Negative Southern Oscillation Index’ refers to which of the following ?

    Options:
    1. Favourable condition for El Nino
    2. Favourable condition for La Nina
    3. Favourable conditions both for El Nino and La Nina
    4. Unfavourable conditions both for El Nino and La Nina

    Option: A

  7. In Indian Ocean between 0° – 10° N and 0° – 10° S latitudinal zones, the temperature variations is of about-

    Options:
    1. 3 °C
    2. 2 °C
    3. 1 °C
    4. 0 °C

    Option: C

  8. In which of the following areas, the main centre of ‘Hurricane Mathew’ that occured in Caribbean Sea in the 1st week of October, 2016 was located ?

    Options:
    1. Florida
    2. Georgia
    3. South Carolina
    4. South-West Haitti

    Option: D

  9. The general depth of abyssal plains varies between

    Options:
    1. 1000 6000 metres
    2. 2000 6000 metres
    3. 3000 6000 metres
    4. 4000 6000 metres

    Option: C

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

    List-I(River) List -II(Type of Delta)
    I. Nile A. Estuarine
    II. Mississippi B. Arcuate
    III. Ganga C. Bird foot
    IV. Tiber D. Cuspate
    Options:
    1. B D C A
    2. D B A C
    3. A D B C
    4. B C A D

    Option: D

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

    List-I(Ocean Deeps) List -II(Location)
    I. Challenger A. South Pacific
    II. Aldrich B. North Atlantic
    III. Romanche C. North Pacific
    IV. Nares D. South Atlantic
    Options:
    1. C A D B
    2. D C B A
    3. A B C D
    4. B D A C

    Option: A

  12. Tropical Evergreen Forests are found in the areas of rainfall ranging between

    Options:
    1. less than 100 cms
    2. 100 200 cms
    3. 200 300 cms
    4. more than 300 cms

    Option: B

  13. India has how many major bio-geographic regions ?

    Options:
    1. 7
    2. 8
    3. 9
    4. 10

    Option: D

  14. Which one of the following countries is devoid of Glossopteris flora ?

    Options:
    1. India
    2. Australia
    3. Norway
    4. South Africa

    Option: C

  15. 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) : In the altitudinal range between 3400 metre and 4500 metre in the Himalayas Alpine forest is found.

    Reason (R) : Alpine forest like no human interference.

    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

  16. In describing the process of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with

    Options:
    1. Density and Dispersion
    2. Diffusion and Pattern
    3. Accessibility and Connectivity
    4. Pedestrian Cities

    Option: C

  17. Who among the following formalised the concept that there exists relationship betweenthe spatial organization and national development ?

    Options:
    1. Luten
    2. Dickens
    3. Kuklinski
    4. Friedman

    Option: D

  18. The concept of ‘paradigm’ was propounded by

    Options:
    1. Peet
    2. Haggett
    3. Kant
    4. Kuhn

    Option: D

  19. Who defined Geography as human ecology ?

    Options:
    1. Schaefer
    2. Barrows
    3. Hartshorne
    4. Ellen Semple

    Option: B

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

    Options:
    1. Locational
    2. Ecological
    3. Teleological
    4. Regional

    Option: C