Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

UGC NET November 2017 Paper III

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

    Assertion (A) : The regional boundaries of biomes are some-what arbitrary.

    Reason (R) : All kinds of major biomes are existing both in ocean and land.

    Options:
    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 a correct explanation of (A).
    3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

    Option: C

  2. Match List – I with the List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :

    List – I(Zoogeographic regions) List – II(Country)
    (a) Orientel (i) Brazil
    (b) Nearctic (ii) Sumatra
    (c) Neotropical (iii) Netherland
    (d) Palaearctic (iv) USA
    Options:
    1. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
    2. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
    3. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
    4. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

    Option: C

  3. The term ‘cultural landscape’ was developed by :

    Options:
    1. C. Darwin
    2. C.O. Sauer
    3. A. Humboldt
    4. C. Ritter

    Option: B

  4. Who among the following emphasized on the behavioural environment in Geography ?

    Options:
    1. Johnston
    2. Kirk
    3. Gregory
    4. Burton

    Option: B

  5. Who among the following developed the concept of mental map ?

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

    Option: A

  6. Who among the following geographers focused on man-centered geography ?

    Options:
    1. Huntington
    2. Semple
    3. Jefferson
    4. Ratzel

    Option: C

  7. Who was the first Greek Scholar to calculate the circumference of the earth ?

    Options:
    1. Aristotle
    2. Herodotus
    3. Anaximender
    4. Eratosthenes

    Option: D

  8. Space is Socially or Culturally Constructed is the view under :

    Options:
    1. Behaviouralism
    2. Logical Positivism
    3. Structuralism
    4. Post Modernism

    Option: D

  9. Match List – I with the List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :

    List – I(Geographer) List – II(School of Geography)
    (a) Albert Damangeon (i) German school of geography
    (b) Friedrick Ratzel (ii) French school of geography
    (c) Halford J. Mackinder (iii) British school of geography
    (d) Isaiah Bowman (iv) American school of geography
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
    2. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
    3. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
    4. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

    Option: C

  10. Who wrote the book ‘Meteorologica’ ?

    Options:
    1. Aristotle
    2. Posidonius
    3. Plato
    4. Erastosthenes

    Option: A

  11. Which one of the following continents recorded highest density of population as per United Nations Population Fund 2015 data ?

    Options:
    1. Europe
    2. Asia
    3. North America
    4. Australia

    Option: B

  12. Japan’s population pyramid would most likely resemble to that of :

    Options:
    1. USA
    2. Brazil
    3. Denmark
    4. India

    Option: C

  13. Consider the following statements :

    Developing countries have registered increase in population despite significant decline in fertility rates because of :
    (a) Increase in Life Expectancy Rate
    (b) Increase in Infant Mortality Rate
    (c) Falling Death rate
    (d) Better Living conditions
    Tick one of the following code which reflects the above statements ?

    Options:
    1. (a), (b) and (d) are correct
    2. (a), (c) and (d) are correct
    3. (a), (b), (c) are correct
    4. (b), (c) and (d) are correct

    Option: B

  14. Which one of the following statements represents Population Pyramid with Wide base :

    Options:
    1. Declining Fertility Rates
    2. High Fertility Rates
    3. Declining Death Rates
    4. High Death Rates

    Option: B

  15. Which one of the following depicts correct statement of Population Threshold for any service ?

    Options:
    1. Maximum distance that people can travel to use a service
    2. Minimum distance required for opening a service
    3. Minimum population size required for a service
    4. Maximum population size required for a service

    Option: C

  16. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :

    List – I(Term) List – II(Definition)
    (a) Site of human settlements (i) Movement due to opportunities of employment
    (b) Situation of human settlements (ii) The physical and cultural characteristics and attributes of a place
    (c) Pull factor in Migration (iii) The relative location with particular reference to the significance to a place
    (d) Migration field (iv) Area that dominates a locale in and out migration pattern
    Options:
    1. (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
    2. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
    3. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
    4. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

    Option: B

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

    List – I(Term) List – II(Definition)
    (a) Central City (i) Continuous built-up landscape with high density of buildings with no reference to political boundary
    (b) Network City(c) Urban Influence Zone (ii) Areas outside city with urban characteristics
    (d) Urbanized Area (iii) Urban area contained within the official boundaries of the main city around which suburb develops
    (iv) Two or more independent but complementary cities having high speed transport corridors
    Options:
    1. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
    2. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
    3. (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
    4. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

    Option: B

  18. Locate the following places in Multiple Nuclei theory of urban structure in the figure and match it with the list given below :

    List :
    (a) Wholesale and Light Manufacturing
    (b) High class residential
    (c) Medium class residential
    (d) Industrial Suburb

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

    Option: C

  19. Which one of the following does not have role in push factors that seem to be operative in rural India ?

    Options:
    1. Rapid increase in the population growth
    2. High pressure of population on arable land
    3. Low per capita income and glaring disparity between levels of income of urban and rural areas
    4. Slow but consistent increase in amenities in rural areas and increase in per capita income

    Option: D

  20. Which one of the following defined regional growth pole as a set of expanding industries located in an urban area and including further development of economic activity throughout its zone of influence.

    Options:
    1. A.O. Hirchman
    2. F. Perroux
    3. Boudeville
    4. B.J.L. Berry

    Option: C