Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

UGC NET June 2015 Paper II

  1. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes :

    List-I(Concept) List-II(Proposer)
    (a) Peneplain (i) Holmes
    (b) Uniformitarianism (ii) W.M. Davis
    (c) Tetrahedral hypothesis (iii) Hutton
    (d) Convectional Current Theory (iv) Lothian Green
    Options:
    1. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
    2. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
    3. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
    4. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

    Option: A

  2. Ria is an example of :

    Options:
    1. Deposited land features
    2. Submerged upland shorelines
    3. Emerged upland shorelines
    4. Eroded land forms

    Option: B

  3. Who postulated the ‘Progressive Wave Theory of Tides’ ?

    Options:
    1. C. Darwin
    2. William Whewill
    3. R.A. Haris
    4. Daly

    Option: B

  4. Who wrote the book Illustration of the Huttonian Theory of the earth ?

    Options:
    1. James Hutton
    2. John Playfair
    3. Vidal de la Blache
    4. W.M. Davis

    Option: B

  5. Who postulated the concept of Base level ?

    Options:
    1. Walther Penck
    2. W.M. Davis
    3. J.W. Powell
    4. James Hutton

    Option: C

  6. According to single-cell circulation model proposed by George Hadley the most important factor causing the global atmospheric circulation is :

    Options:
    1. The rotation of the earth
    2. The jet stream
    3. Subsidence at the equator
    4. Temperature contrast between equator and pole

    Option: D

  7. The westerlies and trade winds are example of ‘ winds.’

    Options:
    1. Mesoscale
    2. Toposcale
    3. Macroscale
    4. Microscale

    Option: C

  8. When water evaporates the energy that was used to evaporate the water :

    Options:
    1. Heats up the surrounding air as evaporation takes place
    2. Will never be available again
    3. Is stored as latent heat in the evaporated water molecule
    4. Is destroyed

    Option: C

  9. Meteorologists group tropical cyclones into three main categories according to :

    Options:
    1. Barometric pressure in the eye of storm
    2. Precipitation
    3. Diameter of the storm
    4. Wind velocity

    Option: D

  10. A given volume of air holds 20 gram of water vapor. At that temperature, the air would be saturated with 80 grams of water vapor. What is the relative humidity ?

    Options:
    1. 40%
    2. 100%
    3. 25%
    4. 80%

    Option: C

  11. Surface circulation of ocean water is driven by :

    Options:
    1. Resisting force
    2. Tidal force
    3. Gravitational force
    4. Blowing wind

    Option: D

  12. For coastal sand dune formation, the ideal grain size diameter is :

    Options:
    1. 0.15 mm
    2. 0.50 mm
    3. 0.25 mm
    4. 0.75 mm

    Option: C

  13. Coastal area greatly affected by storm surge is :

    Options:
    1. Andhra coast
    2. West Bengal coast
    3. Chennai coast
    4. Kerala coast

    Option: B

  14. How many essential nutrients are required by plants to fulfil their growth requirements ?

    Options:
    1. 24
    2. 22
    3. 20
    4. 18

    Option: D

  15. Mesophytes are predominated in :

    Options:
    1. Tropical region
    2. Sub-polar region
    3. Temperate region
    4. Polar region

    Option: C

  16. Who is regarded as the father of Human Geography ?

    Options:
    1. Ratzel
    2. Blache
    3. Trewartha
    4. Vallaux

    Option: A

  17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

    List-I(Approaches) List-II(Contributors)
    (a) Neo-Determinism (i) D.M. Smith
    (b) Welfare (ii) Guman Olsson
    (c) Behavioral (iii) Griffith Taylor
    (d) Modern Humanist (iv) William Kirk
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    2. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
    3. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
    4. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

    Option: B

  18. Who is the pioneer in Commercial Geography ?

    Options:
    1. H.J. Mackinder
    2. G.G. Chisholm
    3. Patrick Geddes
    4. A.J. Herbertson

    Option: B

  19. Which one of the following philosophers did propagate the principle of Unity in Diversity ?

    Options:
    1. Carl Ritter
    2. Immanuel Kant
    3. Alexander Von Humboldt
    4. O.H.H. Spate

    Option: A

  20. To which school of Geography does E.C. Semple belong ?

    Options:
    1. American School of Geography
    2. Russian School of Geography
    3. British School of Geography
    4. French School of Geography

    Option: A