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UGC NET December 2013 Geography Paper II — Solved Previous Year Questions

50 previous-year questions from UGC NET December 2013 Geography Paper II (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

1. Which one of the following processes is responsible for the weathering of rocks in a karst region? · Ans: B
2. Match List-I (Authors) with List-II (Books) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
3. Which one of these glacial features is believed to have formed in the bed of a sub-glacial stream? · Ans: A
4. The Bureau of Indian Standards has divided India into how many seismic zones? · Ans: B
5. Bad-land topography is the product of the combined action of · Ans: B
6. An increase in temperature with an increase in height is known as · Ans: C
7. Identify the correct sequence of the given processes regarding rainfall: · Ans: C
8. Read the following conditions. Which of them promote inversion of temperature? Select the correct answer using the codes given below: · Ans: D
9. The climate of the southern Ganga plain in the Thornthwaite classification is denoted by · Ans: D
10. When the wind is deflected due to the rotation of the earth, it is known as · Ans: B
11. Salinity in water bodies increases with · Ans: A
12. 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: · Ans: C
13. Which one of the following primary greenhouse gases is not associated with global warming? · Ans: D
14. Match List-I (National Park) with List-II (State) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
15. Which one of the following is a Taiga biome? · Ans: B
16. Match List-I (Geographer) with List-II (Country) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
17. Who among the following defined geography as the 'discovery of predictive patterns' during the quantitative revolution period? · Ans: D
18. In describing the patterns and processes of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with · Ans: A
19. Who founded the humanistic school of geography? · Ans: B
20. Who amongst the following correlated the colour of ocean water and its salinity? · Ans: B
21. 'All history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically.' Who wrote this? · Ans: A
22. Which school of thought developed the science of astronomy? · Ans: A
23. The demographic transition is a framework that explores the historical sequence of changes in which of the following? Select the correct answer using the codes given below: · Ans: D
24. Name the state which employs the highest number of child labour in the country, among those given below. · Ans: B
25. India's decadal population growth rate has been continuously declining since · Ans: A
26. Read the Assertion (A) and the Reason (R) and find the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: · Ans: A
28. Diego Garcia is an island in which of the following oceans? · Ans: C
29. The Marquette range in the U.S.A. is known for · Ans: D
30. The location of paper industries is highly influenced by which one of the following factors? · Ans: A
31. Which one of the following is the largest volume of import commodities in India? · Ans: C
32. Kirkuk, one of the most important oilfields in the world, is located in · Ans: B
33. To which racial group do the Eskimos belong? · Ans: B
34. The concept of 'cultural landscape' was promoted by · Ans: C
35. Which one of the following Islamic countries is predominantly of the Shia sect? · Ans: B
36. Who among the following propounded the concept of Compage? · Ans: C
37. The organic theory of the state was propounded by · Ans: B
38. A quasi-federal form of government is found in · Ans: D
39. Which of the following was the earliest regional planning exercise in India? · Ans: C
40. Which one of the following is an incorrect pair? · Ans: D
41. Which one of the following states has the longest coastline? · Ans: C
42. In which one of the following states of India is the concentration of laterite soils higher? · Ans: A
43. 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: · Ans: A
44. 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: · Ans: C
45. The 'Valley of Kashmir' lies between which of the following ranges? · Ans: B
46. Which one of the following regions has the highest proportion of agricultural land under irrigation? · Ans: A
47. If the variability of rainfall is to be measured, which one of the following techniques will be used? · Ans: C
48. Which one of the following is not a quantitative distribution map? · Ans: A
49. The occupational structure of population in India at the state level is best represented by · Ans: D
50. Consider figures X and Y shown below. Which one of the following statements is correct? · Ans: C

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