Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

UGC NET September 2013 Paper III

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

    Assertion (A) : Annual growth rate of population in developed nations is much lower than in developing nations.

    Reason (R) : Economic development results in reduction in birth rate.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A).
    3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

    Option: A

  2. Which one of the following statements is not correct about migration ?

    Options:
    1. Migration varies inversely with the distance between source and destination.
    2. The majority of migrants move in order to improve their economic conditions
    3. Governments create migration policies to attract the talents that they lack.
    4. Women tend to move longer distances than men.

    Option: D

  3. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the categories below :

    List-I List-II
    (a) Post neonatal mortality age (i) Less than 28 days
    (b) CMR age (ii) Less than one year
    (c) Neonatal mortality age (iii) 28 days 364 days
    (d) IMR age (iv) Less than five years
    Options:
    1. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
    2. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
    3. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
    4. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

    Option: C

  4. 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 distribution of population is highly uneven in the world.

    Reason (R) : The environmental conditions favourable for human settlement differ from place to place.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A) correctly.
    3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

    Option: A

  5. Which of the following sets of countries does not use coal as essential energy for industries ?

    Options:
    1. Poland and Switzerland
    2. Switzerland and Holland
    3. Sweden and Italy
    4. None of these

    Option: C

  6. The greatest share of fisheries comes from

    Options:
    1. Deep seas
    2. Continental shelves
    3. Deep ocean trenches
    4. Fresh waters

    Option: B

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

    List-I (Cities) List-II (Industries)
    a. Bangaluru i. Machine tool
    b. Pithampur ii. Aircraft
    c. Mangalore iii. Locomotives and Coaches
    d. Aurangabad iv. Automobiles
    Options:
    1. ii iv i iii
    2. ii iv iii i
    3. iv ii iii i
    4. iv ii i iii

    Option: A

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

    List-I List-II
    (a) Weber (i) Crop combination
    (b) Von Thunen (ii) Agricultural location
    (c) Christaffer (iii) Central place theory
    (d) Weaver (iv) Theory of Industrial location
    Options:
    1. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
    2. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
    3. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    4. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

    Option: B

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

    Assertion (A) : The pattern of consumption of goods and services varies from one country to another.

    Reason (R) : The population distribution varies from one country to another.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A).
    3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

    Option: B

  10. According to Lynch, the elements which help to perceive urban environment are

    Options:
    1. Path and node
    2. Path, node and landmark
    3. Boundaries and districts
    4. Path, boundaries, districts, nodes and landmark

    Option: D

  11. Which one of the following theories is based on the concept of economic rent ?

    Options:
    1. Agricultural land use
    2. Rank-size rule
    3. Innovation diffusion
    4. Urban land use

    Option: A

  12. Green Revolution is a technological package, consistency of

    1. High yielding variety of seeds.
    2. Land Reforms.
    3. Assured Irrigation facility.
    4. Use of chemical fertilizers.

    Options:
    1. 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
    2. 2, 3 and 4 are correct.
    3. 1, 3 and 4 are correct.
    4. Only 3 is correct.

    Option: C

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

    List-I (Town) List-II (Industry)
    a. Kalpakkam i. Newsprint
    b. Jharia ii. Oil Refining
    c. Mathura iii. Coal mining
    d. Nepanagar iv. Nuclear plant
    Options:
    1. iv ii i iii
    2. iv iii ii i
    3. i ii iii iv
    4. iii iv i ii

    Option: B

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

    Assertion (A) : Most transportation networks begin as branching networks.

    Reason (R) : Because the first priority of the public or private agencies that build them is generally to get all points connected.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct, 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.

    Option: B

  15. Which one of the followings is not a general purpose authority ?

    Options:
    1. A District
    2. World Health Organisation (WHO)
    3. A Department
    4. A County

    Option: B

  16. Match the List-I with List-II identifying the relation. Select the correct answer from the codes given :

    List-I List-II
    a. Austric Family 1. Santhal
    b. Dravidian Family 2. Bodo Prakrit
    c. Sino-Tibetan Family 3. Karukh Oraon
    d. Indo-Aryan Family 4. Bodo
    Options:
    1. 1 2 3 4
    2. 1 3 4 2
    3. 1 4 3 2
    4. 1 4 2 3

    Option: B

  17. Who defined urban geography as the study of the city as a system within a system of cities ?

    Options:
    1. H.C. Carter
    2. Michael Pacione
    3. B.J.L. Berry
    4. A.E. Smails

    Option: C

  18. Given below are the two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correctanswer from the codes given below :

    Assertion (A) : Regional development planning solves the problem of regional disparities created by sectoral planning.

    Reason (R) : Sectoral planning concentrates on sectoral growth ignoring regional balance and regional development planning takes care of the growth and development of the delineated regions.

    Options:
    1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
    2. Both (A) and (R) are true and 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.

    Option: A

  19. Who gave the theory of Rimland, giving importance to sea powers due to their ability to make a rim around ‘Heartland’, in the book ‘The Geography of Peace’ ?

    Options:
    1. Spykman
    2. Truman
    3. Haushoffer
    4. Mahan

    Option: A

  20. Mackinder’s ‘Pivot Area’, which he envisaged to be strategically very important, was

    Options:
    1. Arabia and its surroundings
    2. Central Africa
    3. Land between Volga in the west and eastern Siberia in the east.
    4. The central regions of 'new world' i.e. America's.

    Option: C