Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

UGC NET June 2012 Paper III

  1. The main occupation of the Gonds is

    Options:
    1. Food gathering
    2. Forestry
    3. Hunting
    4. Cultivation

    Option: D

  2. The law of primacy in the context of urban development is most relevant to the countries which have :

    Options:
    1. A relatively simple economy and spatial structure
    2. Complex economy
    3. Integrated spatial structure
    4. Matured economy

    Option: A

  3. Which one of the following is not related with informal sector of economy ?

    Options:
    1. Market type of economy
    2. Unskilled/semiskilled labour force
    3. Temporary & unstable income
    4. Capitalist mode of economy

    Option: D

  4. The informal sector of economy refers to

    Options:
    1. Capitalist mode of economy
    2. Bazaar type of economy
    3. Dynamic and stable income
    4. Permanent and productive establishment

    Option: B

  5. Which of the following statements about the consequences of migration is correct ?

    Options:
    1. The population resource relationship of the two areas involved in the process of migration gets modified significantly as a result of migration.
    2. The people who migrate from the rural areas to the urban industrial areas suffer from the lack of open space, fresh air and good housing.
    3. The dietary habits of emigrants also changes in new areas
    4. All of the above

    Option: D

  6. The rice producing areas are associated with

    Options:
    1. Low density of population
    2. Moderate density of population
    3. High density of population
    4. None of the above

    Option: C

  7. The three iron and steel plants at Kulti, Burnpur and Hirapur have been merged together as :

    Options:
    1. Tata Iron and Steel Company
    2. Indian Iron and Steel Company
    3. Bengal Iron Works
    4. Mysore Iron Works

    Option: B

  8. The footloose industries are those for whom :

    Options:
    1. Transportation costs are relatively unimportant
    2. Transport costs are very important
    3. Presence of raw material in the neighborhood is necessary
    4. All of the above are necessary

    Option: A

  9. The essential feature of shifting cultivation is

    Options:
    1. Intensity of crops
    2. Rotation of fields
    3. Single cropping
    4. Double cropping

    Option: B

  10. Which one of the following market locations is optimal in the given diagram of industrial landscape ?

    Options:
    1. b
    2. c
    3. a
    4. d

    Option: B

  11. If a circle with 1 cm radius represents one lac population, what will be the radius of the circle representing 4 lac population ?

    Options:
    1. 1 cm
    2. 2 cm
    3. 4 cm
    4. 16 cm

    Option: B

  12. Which one of the following sequences of land use in Burgess model is correct ?

    Options:
    1. Central Business District, zone of workers' home, commuters' zone, zone of better residences
    2. Central Business District, zone of better residences, zone of workers' home, commuters' zone
    3. Central Business District, zone of workers' home, zone of better residences, commuters' zone
    4. Central Business District, zone of better residences, commuters' zone, zone of workers' home

    Option: C

  13. The largest and most dominating city in a State with respect to commercial, industrial, educational and political activities refers to :

    Options:
    1. City Region
    2. Urban field
    3. Primate city
    4. Necropolis

    Option: C

  14. Who argued that multiple centres of nuclei were responsible for urban growth ?

    Options:
    1. Harris and Ullman
    2. Hoyt
    3. Park and Burgess
    4. Nelson

    Option: A

  15. Which one of the following reasons dominates in Rural to Urban migration in India ?

    Options:
    1. Marriage
    2. Education
    3. Family movement
    4. Employment

    Option: D

  16. The Age-Specific Fertility Rate is maximum in the age-group of

    Options:
    1. 20-24 years
    2. 25-29 years
    3. 30-34 years
    4. 35-39 years

    Option: A

  17. Who among the following first initiated the concept of Second Demographic Transition ?

    Options:
    1. Van de Kaa
    2. Lesthaeghe
    3. Coleman
    4. Fitzgerald

    Option: A

  18. Who, among the following, developed the concept of mental map ?

    Options:
    1. Downs and Stea
    2. Gould and White
    3. Saarinen
    4. Boulding and Hagerstrand

    Option: B

  19. Who among the following geographers, focused on man centered geography ?

    Options:
    1. W. H. Davis
    2. Jefferson
    3. Semple
    4. Huntington

    Option: B

  20. Who among the following wanted to develop ‘Universal Science’ encompassing all aspects of knowledge ?

    Options:
    1. Humboldt
    2. Ritter
    3. Recluse
    4. Guyot

    Option: A