UGC NET June 2008 Paper II

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1. Mature stage of glacial erosion
2. Old age of fluvial cycle of erosion
3. Youthful stage of fluvial cycle of erosion
4. Old age of arid cycle

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1. Alfred Wegener
2. Davis
3. Penck
4. A. N. Strahler

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1. Pacific Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean

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1. Griffith Taylor
2. Davis
3. Penck
4. Thornbury

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1. Excess Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
2. Washout of Sulfuric acid by precipitation
3. Excess in greenhouse gases emission from tropical forests
4. Abnormal variations in composition of gases in the atmosphere

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Assertion (A) : The river valleys are usually narrow shaped in the youthful stage.

Reason (R) : Pothole drilling is a dominant erosional process responsible for down cutting of river valleys

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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

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1. Stratus
2. Cumulus
3. Cumulonimbus
4. Cirrus

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1. A regional wind caused by a pressure gradient
2. Unequal distribution of temperature
3. Abnormalities caused by latent heat of condensation
4. Interaction among different types of air masses

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1. Origin of trade wind tract
2. Origin of midlatitude cyclones
3. Origin of Tornadoes
4. Origin of Jet Stream

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1. A natural reservoir
2. A pressure system
3. A coral development
4. Development of the carbon sink in the ocean

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1. Firewood and lumber
2. Intensive crop farming (grazing and root crops)
3. Crop farming (with fallow and pasture)
4. Market gardening and fresh milkSelect the correct sequence of the land use zones from center to outward using the codes given below :

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1. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
2. (iv), (ii), (iii) and (i)
3. (iv), (i), (ii) and (iii)
4. (iii), (ii), (iv) and (i)

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1. Jean Brunhes
2. Richard Hartshorne
3. David M. Smith
4. H. S. Barrows

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1. David M. Smith
2. T. W. Freeman
3. Peter Haggett
4. L. Dudley Stamp

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1. Kant ” Varenius ” Vidal de la Blach ” Humboldt.
2. Varenius ” Kant ” Humboldt ” Vidal de la Blach.
3. Vidal de la Blach ” Humboldt ” Varenius ” Kant.
4. Humboldt ” Varenius ” Kant ” Vidal de la Blach.

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1. Social infrastructure
2. Physical Linkages
3. Population growth rate
4. Agricultural Practices

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1. Under development
2. Backwardness
3. Availability of mineral resources
4. Concentrated development

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1. 20.11%
2. 26.20%
3. 23.60%
4. 21.34%

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1. Transport modes
2. Administrative status
3. Functional strength
4. Number of education institutions

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1. Mackinder
2. Spykman
3. Monkhouse
4. Hartshorne

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1. Truck ” Railway ” Shipment ” Bullock cart
2. Bullock cart ” Truck ” Railway ” Ships
3. Railway ” Ship ” Air Transport ” Bullock cart
4. Bullock cart ” Railway ” Air transport ” Ship

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