Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

UGC NET June 2013 Paper III

  1. Cephalic index, which is to classify human races, is calculated as

    Options:
    1. Ratio between the length and breadth of the nose.
    2. Ratio between the length of head and weight of human body.
    3. Ratio between flatness and length of the head.
    4. Ratio between breadth and length of the head.

    Option: D

  2. Which one of the following characteristics separates GIS from the other systems ?

    Options:
    1. Map making and generalized output
    2. Linking spatial and non-spatial data
    3. Map designing and lay-out
    4. All of the above

    Option: B

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

    List I(Satellite) List II(Altitude in km)
    a. Landsat V i. 832
    b. IRS ii. 705
    c. SPOT iii. 904
    d. IKONOS iv. 681
    Options:
    1. iii ii i iv
    2. ii iii i iv
    3. iv ii iii i
    4. iv i iii ii

    Option: B

  4. The satellite image shown in television clearly depicts

    Options:
    1. Temperature and rainfall
    2. Pressure and wind
    3. Clouds and snow cover
    4. Humidity and fog

    Option: C

  5. 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) :Passive remote sensing systems have their own source of energy..

    Reason (R) : Active remote sensing systems depend on solar energy.

    Options:
    1. (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    3. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
    4. Both (A) and (R) are wrong.

    Option: D

  6. Ajai ranks seventeenth in a class of thirty one. What is his rank from the last ?

    Options:
    1. 13
    2. 14
    3. 15
    4. 16

    Option: C

  7. What is the pattern of settlement distribution if its Rn = 2.14 ?

    Options:
    1. Perfect cluster
    2. Partially cluster
    3. Random
    4. Perfect uniform

    Option: D

  8. Population density is usually shown by

    Options:
    1. Isopleth method
    2. Choropleth method
    3. Chorochromatic method
    4. Decimetric method

    Option: B

  9. A map of R.F. 1/2,500 is enlarged by two-and-a-half times, what will be the scale of the enlarged map ?

    Options:
    1. 1/6,250
    2. 1/1,000
    3. 1/10,000
    4. 1/12,500

    Option: B

  10. Which one of the following groups of iron and steel plants is located outside the Chota Nagpur region ?

    Options:
    1. Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela
    2. Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Durgapur
    3. Bhilai, Salem, Bhdravati
    4. Salem, Bhadravati, Jamshedpur

    Option: C

  11. Among the following which one is related to Blue Revolution in India ?

    Options:
    1. Horticulture
    2. Floriculture
    3. Pisciculture
    4. Sericulture

    Option: C

  12. Which of the following hills does not join the Anaimudi knot ?

    Options:
    1. Elamalai hills
    2. Palni hills
    3. Anaimalai hills
    4. Kudremukh hills

    Option: D

  13. Which one of the following islands of India has volcanic origin ?

    Options:
    1. Car-Nicobar
    2. Barren
    3. North-Andaman
    4. Little-Nicobar

    Option: B

  14. 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 task of preparing a reasonably sound district plan has not made much headway in the States.

    Reason (R) : There is lack of effective coordination at the district level between various agencies involved in planning exercises.

    Options:
    1. (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
    2. (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
    3. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
    4. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

    Option: C

  15. The city region is an example of

    Options:
    1. Formal region
    2. Functional region
    3. Compage region
    4. Adhoc region

    Option: B

  16. In ancient geography, the concept of region was first postulated by whom ?

    Options:
    1. Homer
    2. Herodotus
    3. Strabo
    4. Ptolemy

    Option: C

  17. In which Five Year Plan, balanced regional development was emphasized as one of the major objectives of the planning exercise and was one full chapter in the plan document ?

    Options:
    1. Second Plan
    2. Third Plan
    3. Fourth Plan
    4. Fifth Plan

    Option: B

  18. Who among the following applied the growth pole concept to geographic space, whereby growth poles came to be known as growth centres ?

    Options:
    1. Friedmann
    2. Perroux
    3. Frank
    4. Boudeville

    Option: D

  19. Which of the following are not the major objectives of the Hill Area Development Programme ?

    1. Agro-forestry
    2. Large scale industries
    3. Eco-preservation
    4. Major irrigation projects
    Options:
    1. (i) and (ii) are correct.
    2. (ii) and (iii) are correct.
    3. (ii) and (iv) are correct.
    4. (iii) and (iv) are correct.

    Option: C

  20. Which technique was adopted by B.J.L. Berry in his classic study on functional regionalization of Indian economy ?

    Options:
    1. Composite Index Method
    2. Cluster Analysis
    3. Regression Analysis
    4. Multiple Factor Analysis

    Option: D