Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

UGC NET July 2016 Paper III

  1. 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) : The footloose industries are having very high mobility

    Reason (R) : The industry is skill-based.

    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

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

    List I(Agricultural systems after Whittlesey) List II(Countries)
    I. Nomadic Herding A. Brazil
    II. Mediterranean Agriculture B. Morocco
    III. Commercial Dairy Farming C. New Zealand
    IV. Livestock Ranching D. Mangolia
    Options:
    1. B A D C
    2. A C B D
    3. D B C A
    4. C D A B

    Option: C

  3. 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) : Spain is one of the economically developed countries of the world

    Reason (R) : It has vast mineral resource base

    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

  4. Which one of the following authors identified three basic factors affecting interaction between regions : Complementarily, intervening opportunity and transferability ?

    Options:
    1. P.R. White
    2. H.L. Gauthier
    3. E. Taafe
    4. E.L. Ullman

    Option: D

  5. Dolichocephalic human race has a cephalic index value of

    Options:
    1. Less than 75
    2. Less than 80
    3. Less than 85
    4. Less than 90

    Option: A

  6. Throughout the 19th century, Russia was interested in acquiring Turkey mainly because Russia wanted to

    Options:
    1. Maintain peace in the Middle East
    2. Access to the Mediterranean Sea
    3. Establish the Byzantine Empire
    4. Both (1) and (3)

    Option: B

  7. Which of the following statements is not true about Humanism in Geography ?

    Options:
    1. Humanism does not treat humans as machines.
    2. Humanistic geography gives importance to human awareness, human consciousness and human duality.
    3. Humanists accept the reduction of space and place to geometrical concepts of surface.
    4. Humanism developed and criticised positivism and quantitative revolution.

    Option: C

  8. Carta-Marina is

    Options:
    1. A cartographic instrument used by Arab geographers
    2. A book authored by Al-Masudi.
    3. A map of America prepared by Wald Simular.
    4. An age succeeding to Age of Discovery.

    Option: C

  9. The book Polar Geopolitics is written by whom of the following ?

    Options:
    1. Richard Powell
    2. R.D. Dixit
    3. Vladimir Kolossov
    4. Taylor, P.J. and Jonston, R.J.

    Option: A

  10. Social processes explain the spatial organization, this statement pertains to

    Options:
    1. Humanism
    2. Marxism
    3. Positivism
    4. Behaviourlism

    Option: B

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

    List I List II
    I. Haggerstrand A. Theoretical geography
    II. William Bunge B. Geographical dissemination of Innovation
    III. Gilbert White C. Methods of regional analysis
    IV. Walter Isard D. Human responses to floods
    Options:
    1. D B A C
    2. C A B D
    3. A C B D
    4. B A D C

    Option: D

  12. 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) : Social indicator movement was quickly developed in 1960s in the USA.

    Reason (R) : It grew in response to rise of a wide range of social problems in US society.

    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: B

  13. Which one of the following five year plans of India adopted the Harrod-Domar growth model ?

    Options:
    1. Second
    2. Fourth
    3. Third
    4. First

    Option: D

  14. Which one of the following contributors made refinements to W. Christaller’s central place by including concept of ‘city rich’ sectors and ‘city poor’ sectors ?

    Options:
    1. R.P. Mishra
    2. B.J.L. Berry
    3. Walter Isard
    4. August Losch

    Option: D

  15. Which one of the following indicators is not concerned with Human Development Index (H.D.I.) ?

    Options:
    1. Life expectancy at birth
    2. Social overhead capital
    3. Educational attainment
    4. Standard of living

    Option: B

  16. 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) : There are regional disparities in spatial organization of economy.

    Reason (R) : Interaction among inherent factors in economic activities affect the texture of spatial organization.

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

    List I(Type of Regions) List II(Definitions)
    I. Problem Regions A. immense resource potentials but face socio-economic obstacles to technological transformations
    II. Major Regions B. those regions which show little promise of development in the near future
    III. Prospective Regions C. support advanced industrial areas and predominantly urban population
    IV. Dynamic regions D. those have minimum disparities within and distinctiveness from their neighbours in respect of regional character and resourcefor development
    Options:
    1. C B D A
    2. D A B C
    3. B D A C
    4. A C D B

    Option: C

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

    List I(Type of Towns) List II(Cities)
    I. Port Towns A. Singhbhum, Kyonjhar and Rewa
    II. Industrial Towns B. Agra, Jaipur and Madurai
    III. Mineral Resource based towns C. Bombay, Calcutta and Madras
    IV. Historic towns D. Bhilai, Rourkela and Jamshedpur
    Options:
    1. B A C D
    2. D B A C
    3. A C D B
    4. C D A B

    Option: D

  19. 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) : Metropolitan cities in general are flanked by satellite towns.

    Reason (R) : The towns have an important function to release the pressure of the city.

    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

  20. The famous Makrana marble mines are located in which of the following Indian States ?

    Options:
    1. Gujarat
    2. Rajasthan
    3. Madhya Pradesh
    4. Maharashtra

    Option: B