Thu. Feb 20th, 2025

UGC NET July 2016 Paper III

  1. Which one of the following countries has the world’s longest coastline ?

    Options:
    1. Australia
    2. Brazil
    3. Japan
    4. Canada

    Option: D

  2. The term ‘microtidal’ has been adopted to refer to spring tidal range

    Options:
    1. > 6 m
    2. 4-6 m
    3. 2-4 m
    4. < 2 m

    Option: D

  3. The endemic species of India are mainly found in

    Options:
    1. Eastern India
    2. Central India
    3. North-east India
    4. North-west India

    Option: C

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

    List I(Author) List II(Book)
    I. C.A.M. King A. The Physics of the Blown Sand and Desert Dunes
    II. D.F. Ritter B. To Interpret the Earth
    III. R.A. Bagnold C. Process Geomorphology
    IV. S.A. Schumm D. Beaches and Coasts
    Options:
    1. B A C D
    2. D C A B
    3. C D A B
    4. C D B A

    Option: B

  5. Who was the author of the book Nature of Geography ?

    Options:
    1. Isaih Bowman
    2. Rudolf Kjellen
    3. Fredrich Ratzel
    4. Richard Hartshorne

    Option: D

  6. Arrange the following scholars in the correct chronological order. Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

    1. Aristotle
    2. Eratosthenese
    3. Plato
    4. Strabo
    Options:
    1. II III I IV
    2. I II IV III
    3. IV III I II
    4. III I II IV

    Option: D

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

    List I(Author) List II(Book)
    I. Olto Schluter A. Political Geography
    II. Von Richtofen B. Das Ausland
    III. Oscar Paschel C. Major Works on China
    IV. Friedrich Ratzel D. Visible Contents of Landscape
    Options:
    1. D C B A
    2. A B D C
    3. B D C A
    4. C B A D

    Option: A

  8. Which one of the following pairs does not matched correctly ? (Author) (Book)

    Options:
    1. Ibn Khaldun Muqaddimah
    2. Al-Balakhi Kitabul Ashkal
    3. Al-Masudi Routes and Realms
    4. Al-Baruni Kitab-al-Hind

    Option: C

  9. Who founded the Humanistic school of geography ?

    Options:
    1. Wolpert
    2. Tuan
    3. Kirk
    4. Harvey

    Option: B

  10. Which one of the following authors has stated there are not necessities but everywhere possibilities and man as master of these possibilities is the judge of their use ?

    Options:
    1. Semple
    2. Blashe
    3. Febvre
    4. Durkheim

    Option: C

  11. Who defined geography as human ecology ?

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

    Option: D

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

    List I(Geographer) List II(Contribution)
    I. L.D. Stamp A. Makers of Modern Geography
    II. Alexander Von Humboldt B. Nature of Geography
    III. Richard Hartshorne C. Great Britain : Use and Misuse of Land
    IV. R.E. Dickinson D. Cosmos
    Options:
    1. B D A C
    2. A C B D
    3. C B A D
    4. C D B A

    Option: D

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

    List I(States) List II(Literacy Rates as per Census of India 2011)
    I. Tripura A. 91.33%
    II. Goa B. 94.00%
    III. Mizoram C. 88.70%
    IV. Kerala D. 87.22%
    Options:
    1. D A C B
    2. D C A B
    3. B C D A
    4. B C A D

    Option: B

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

    List I(State/UTs) List II(Decadal Growth Rate of Population as per Census of India 2011)
    I. Arunachal Pradesh A. 27.95%
    II. Daman and Diu B. 28.08%
    III. Meghalaya C. 53.76%
    IV. Puducherry D. 26.03%
    Options:
    1. B C D A
    2. D C A B
    3. C B D A
    4. A C B D

    Option: B

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

    List I(Type of Village) List II(Definitions)
    I. Green village A. Villages which have developed at an intersection of roads
    II. Cruciform village B. With houses and church clustered around a small village green
    III. Dispersed village C. Found along routeways or where conditions have impeded a lateral development of the settlement
    IV. Street village D. Isolated farms and dwellings are scattered irregularly throughout countryside
    Options:
    1. C B A D
    2. B C D A
    3. A B C D
    4. B A D C

    Option: D

  16. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).

    Assertion (A) : Losch’s model is less restrictive than Christallers’s model

    Reason (R) : Losch treated each section as having separate range, threshold and hexagonal hinterland

    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

  17. Which one of the following principles explains importance of transport costs as it maximises the number of central places on straight line routes ?

    Options:
    1. Traffic
    2. Administrative
    3. Marketing
    4. Service

    Option: A

  18. Which one of the following criteria is used by Census of India 2011 to define the town ?

    Options:
    1. Population Growth
    2. Population Density
    3. Literacy Rate
    4. Sex Ratio

    Option: B

  19. In which year, M. Jefferson examined the size relationship between the primate city and next largest cities in a study entitled ‘The Law of the Primate City’ ?

    Options:
    1. 1938
    2. 1937
    3. 1936
    4. 1939

    Option: D

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

    List I(Mineral Ores) List II(Minerals)
    I. Chalcopyrite A. Mica
    II. Limonite B. Iron
    III. Muscovite C. Aluminium
    IV. Bauxite D. Copper
    Options:
    1. A C D B
    2. D B A C
    3. B A C D
    4. C D B A

    Option: B