Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

UGC NET January 2017 Paper II

  1. How much of the liquid precipitation is equivalent to ten inches of snowfall at deep/nearfreezing temperature ?

    Options:
    1. About 3 inches
    2. About 2 inches
    3. About 1 inch
    4. At times about one inch and at times about two inches

    Option: C

  2. Which one of the following letters represent the total number of settlements of a certainorder served by a central place of the next higher order ?

    Options:
    1. K
    2. J
    3. L
    4. F

    Option: A

  3. Who developed the theory of demographic transition ?

    Options:
    1. Zelinskey
    2. Whittlesey
    3. Warren Thompson
    4. Ravenstein

    Option: C

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

    List-I(General Terms) List -II(Definitions)
    I. Crude birth rate A. Births over deaths per thousand of population
    II. General fertility rate B. Number of deaths per thousand of population
    III. Natural increase of population C. Ratio between number of births and number of females in productive age
    IV. Death rate D. Ratio between the number of births and total population
    Options:
    1. D C A B
    2. A B C D
    3. C D B A
    4. B A D C

    Option: A

  5. The rule size of population of nth ranking town in a region will be 1/nth of the largest city in terms of population was given by

    Options:
    1. M. Jafferson
    2. J. Gattman
    3. G.K. Ziph
    4. C.D. Harris and E.L. Ullman

    Option: C

  6. When 0 14 and 15 44 age groups population of a country is almost identical, the growth of population would be called

    Options:
    1. Rapid growth
    2. Slow growth
    3. Zero growth
    4. Negative growth

    Option: C

  7. Who modified the crop-combination method propounded by J.C. Weaver ?

    Options:
    1. S.M. Rafiullah
    2. Jasbir Singh
    3. Doi
    4. S.S. Bhatia

    Option: C

  8. World’s largest Uranium reserves are found in

    Options:
    1. Canada
    2. Chile
    3. Zaire
    4. Nigeria

    Option: C

  9. Which one of the following deserts is famous for the deposits of Nitrates ?

    Options:
    1. Sahara
    2. Gobi
    3. Kalahari
    4. Atakama

    Option: C

  10. Who among the following is credited with incorporation of concept of geographical space in the Growth Pole Theory ?

    Options:
    1. Myrdal
    2. Haggerstand
    3. Boudeville
    4. Friedman

    Option: C

  11. What are the three basic aspects for spatial interaction as described in Edward Ullman’s model ?

    Options:
    1. Human behaviour, Transferability, Convenience
    2. Surplus-deficit relationship, Community specific relationship, Complementarity
    3. Complementarity, Intervening opportunity, Transferability
    4. Residential neighbourhood, Complementary, Convenience

    Option: C

  12. The concept of Cultural landscape was promoted by

    Options:
    1. Ratzel
    2. Carl Sauer
    3. Wilber Zelinsky
    4. Aune Bultimer

    Option: B

  13. Which one of the followings is the largest entity in areal location ?

    Options:
    1. Cultural Region
    2. Cultural Landscape
    3. Cultural Realm
    4. Cultural Point

    Option: C

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

    List-I(Scholar) List -II(Definitions)
    I. O.H.K. Spate A. Role of relief features in the horizontal expansion and segregation of cultures.
    II. Terre and Peterson B. Late stone age must be associated with people much like the modern tribal groups in more remote regions.
    III. Richards and Subbarao C. Values of the mountain wall are determined by as much as what lies beyond as by its own topography
    IV. Allchin D. Direct relationship between the climatic changes and the rise of early human cultures
    Options:
    1. C D A B
    2. C B A D
    3. B D C A
    4. D A C B

    Option: A

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

    List-I(Scholar) List -II(Definitions)
    I. Southern A. Maharashtra and Gujarat
    II. North-Central B. Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam
    III. Eastern C. Mysore, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
    IV. Western D. Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
    Options:
    1. B D C A
    2. C B D A
    3. D C A B
    4. C D B A

    Option: D

  16. Which one of the following regions separates the Great Plains of North India from the plateaus and coastal plains of the Deccan ?

    Options:
    1. Central Highlands
    2. Western Himalayas
    3. Eastern Himalayas
    4. Western Arid Plains

    Option: A

  17. For which one of the following regions, the flow analysis technique is used for delineation of regions ?

    Options:
    1. Political
    2. Formal
    3. Functional
    4. Physiographic

    Option: C

  18. Which one of the following authors used 1961 Census of India date to group the seven industrial categories of workers (excluding the first two categories representing theagricultural sector) into the functional types of manufacturing town, trade and transport town and service towns ?

    Options:
    1. Amrit Lal
    2. Qazi Ahmed
    3. Ashok Mitra
    4. S.M. Rafiullah

    Option: C

  19. Who wrote the book ‘Elements of Regional Economics’ ?

    Options:
    1. Harvey S. Perloff
    2. Jean Forbes
    3. Anotoni Kuklinski
    4. Harry W. Richardson

    Option: D

  20. Which one of the following authors presented model that formed the basis of the planning strategy in the second plan in India ?

    Options:
    1. Harrod
    2. Mahalanobis
    3. Domer
    4. Dandeker

    Option: B