Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

UGC NET July 2016 Paper II

  1. Who among the following gave the concept of Rimland Theory ?

    Options:
    1. Ratzel
    2. Spykman
    3. Griffith Taylor
    4. Mackinder

    Option: B

  2. How many major human races were identified by Griffith Taylor ?

    Options:
    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 5
    4. 6

    Option: C

  3. In which year Mackinder again demarcated the world island including Africa ?

    Options:
    1. 1922
    2. 1925
    3. 1919
    4. 1917

    Option: C

  4. The Red Indians or the American Indian belongs to

    Options:
    1. Caucasoid Race
    2. Mongoloid Race
    3. Austraoloid Race
    4. Negrito Race

    Option: B

  5. Which one of the following terms denotes the net population increase of towns and cities ?

    Options:
    1. Urban Growth
    2. Population Growth
    3. Urbanisation
    4. Urban Area

    Option: A

  6. Which one of the following processes is not associated with planning ?

    Options:
    1. Perception
    2. Revelation
    3. Preparation
    4. Evolution

    Option: D

  7. Who is regarded as the father of Regional Science ?

    Options:
    1. Louis Lefeber
    2. Walter Isard
    3. Harvey S. Perloff
    4. John M. Cumberland

    Option: B

  8. Which one of the following scholars believed that every deliberate action must start in the mind, the realm of thought. It must be conceived and rehearsed in the realm of thought before it can take place in the physical….

    Options:
    1. Lewis Mumford
    2. Patrick Geddes
    3. Chadwich
    4. Benton MacKaye

    Option: D

  9. The surveys that are conducted to identify deteriorated or deficient area in development are termed as

    Options:
    1. Socio-economic surveys
    2. Structural surveys
    3. Environmental Quality surveys
    4. Diagnostic surveys

    Option: D

  10. The largest milk producer state of India is

    Options:
    1. Gujarat
    2. Punjab
    3. Uttar Pradesh
    4. Rajasthan

    Option: C

  11. Which one of following groups of states accounts for about 90% of the annual coal production in India ?

    Options:
    1. Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal
    2. Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
    3. Jharkhand, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh
    4. Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal

    Option: D

  12. In which of the following years, India became the 7th largest manufacturer of vehicles in the world ?

    Options:
    1. 2007
    2. 2008
    3. 2009
    4. 2010

    Option: C

  13. 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) : Wheat producing area confine to sub-humid and semi-arial areas in India

    Reason (R) : This crop does not require plenty of stagnant water

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
    2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
    3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

    Option: B

  14. In which state of India Subansiri Hydropower Project is located ?

    Options:
    1. Manipur
    2. Meghalaya
    3. Arunachal Pradesh
    4. Tamil Nadu

    Option: C

  15. Which one of the following softwares is not a GIS software ?

    Options:
    1. AutoCAD
    2. Map Info
    3. ERDAS
    4. Arc view

    Option: A

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

    List I(R.F.) List II(Level of Scale)
    I. 1 : 2 A. Cadastral
    50 B. Large
    000 C. Medium
    II. 1 : 50 D. Small
    Options:
    1. C D A B
    2. C A B D
    3. A B C D
    4. C D B A

    Option: D

  17. Which one of the following areal extent is represented by an area bounded by a square of 3 cm × 3 cm on a 1 : 50,000 scale topographical sheet ?

    Options:
    1. 9.00 km2
    2. 1.00 km2
    3. 3.20 km2
    4. 2.25 km2

    Option: D

  18. 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) : Change detection in remote sensing is the process of identifying differences in the state of an object or phenomenon

    Reason (R) : The use of GIS facilitates for digital change detection

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
    2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
    3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

    Option: B

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

    List I(Scholars) List II(Global strategic views)
    I. Seversky A. Sea power
    A.N.P. B. Rimland theory
    II. Mackinder C. Air power
    III. Spykman D. Land power
    Options:
    1. A B C D
    2. C D B A
    3. B A D C
    4. D C A B

    Option: B

  20. The scale on the aerial photography is variable on account of which of the following ?

    Options:
    1. Shadows of the objects
    2. Texture of the objects
    3. Relief of the ground
    4. Shadows and relief both

    Option: C