Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

UGC NET June 2005 Paper II

  1. Rural to urban migration is the characteristic feature of :

    Options:
    1. Developed countries
    2. Developing countries
    3. Socialist countries
    4. Capitalist countries

    Option: B

  2. In villages, the type of house in which man lives depends on :

    Options:
    1. Cost of construction
    2. Climate
    3. Locally available materials
    4. Technology available

    Option: B

  3. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :

    Assertion (A) : Urban fringe is the surrounding areas of large cities which have strong socio – economic link with the city but yet not part of the city.

    Reason (R) : Rapid growth of cities lead to urban fringe development.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) does not explain (A)
    3. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
    4. (A) is wrong but (R) is correct

    Option: A

  4. In rural areas small towns develop mainly for providing

    Options:
    1. Market facilities
    2. Educational facilities
    3. Health facilities
    4. Administrative facilities

    Option: D

  5. With whom is associated the concept of Pragmatic Possibilism ?

    Options:
    1. Harvey
    2. Griffith Taylor
    3. Humbolt
    4. Ritter

    Option: B

  6. The concept of LEBENSRAUM was propounded by :

    Options:
    1. Humboldt
    2. Ritter
    3. Ratzel
    4. Semple

    Option: C

  7. In which of the following books did Ratzel compare the ‘State’ to an ‘Organism’ ?

    Options:
    1. Anthropogeographie
    2. Geographie Humaine
    3. Political Geography
    4. Both A and C above

    Option: A

  8. Which one of the following scholars was the first to divide the world landmass into three continents – Europe, Asia and Libya ?

    Options:
    1. Anaximander
    2. Hecataeus
    3. Herodatus
    4. Eratosthenes

    Option: C

  9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :

    Assertion (A) : Ferrel’s Law explains the clock wise direction of ocean currents in the northern hemisphere.

    Reason (R) : Coriolis force is responsible for anticlockwise direction of ocean currents in the southern hemisphere.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
    3. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
    4. (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

    Option: A

  10. The north equatorial current in the northern Atlantic Ocean and the south equatorial current in the Southern Atlantic Ocean are caused by :

    Options:
    1. Centrifugal force at the equator
    2. Trade winds
    3. Coriolis force
    4. Centripetal force towards the poles.

    Option: B

  11. The convergence of Ocean currents takes place in :

    Options:
    1. Equatorial region
    2. Tropical region
    3. Polar region
    4. Mid - latitude regions

    Option: A

  12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :

    Assertion (A) : The Indian Ocean currents have a circulation pattern very different from those of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

    Reason (R) : The Indian Ocean is influenced by the seasonal rythm of the monsoon winds and is landlocked in the north.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
    3. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
    4. (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

    Option: A

  13. The polar front is associated with :

    Options:
    1. Origin of tropical cyclones
    2. Origin of wind belts
    3. Origin of temperate cyclones
    4. Origin of tornadoes

    Option: C

  14. Seasonal contrasts are maximum in :

    Options:
    1. Low latitudes
    2. Mid latitudes
    3. High latitudes
    4. Sub-Tropics

    Option: B

  15. In which of the following weather conditions does the negative lapse rate of temperature operate :

    Options:
    1. Surface inversion of temperature
    2. Adiabatic change of temperature
    3. Isothermal change of temperature
    4. Advectional inversion of temperature

    Option: D

  16. Which one of the following is not a greenhouse gas :

    Options:
    1. Nitrogen
    2. Carbon dioxide
    3. Methane
    4. Chloroflurocarbon

    Option: A

  17. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :

    Assertion (A) : Continental tropical air masses are dry and hot.

    Reason (R) :  Continental tropical air masses are not localised.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
    3. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
    4. (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

    Option: C

  18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :

    Assertion (A) : Undercutting of base of soil or rock leads to headward erosion in a stream.

    Reason (R) :  Undercutting of channels is caused by underground percolation.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are true and (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

  19. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :

    Assertion (A) : Ozone layer protects the earth from excessive quantities of severely changing solar radiation.

    Reason (R) :  Ozone hole has been discoverd over the continent of Antartica.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
    3. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
    4. (A) is wrong but (R) is correct

    Option: D

  20. Eskers are :

    Options:
    1. A Tundra tribe
    2. Glacial land forms
    3. A type of arid vegetation
    4. A type of animal found in the tropical forests

    Option: B