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UGC NET December 2015 Geography Paper III — Solved Previous Year Questions

74 previous-year questions from UGC NET December 2015 Geography Paper III (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 of the following authors is associated with the concept of the geosyncline? · Ans: C
2. Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Book) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
3. Which one of the following plateaus can be considered as intermontane? · Ans: 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: · Ans: D
5. Negative movements of base level produce · Ans: A
6. Consider the following characteristics and choose which of them are true about sedimentary rocks, from the codes given below: · Ans: D
7. Match List-I (Place of deposition) with List-II (Name of deposit) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
8. Which one of the following features is formed when the roof of a limestone cavern collapses? · Ans: B
9. Which one of the following is devoid of atmosphere? · Ans: C
10. 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
11. Match List-I (Gas in the atmosphere above 100 km altitude) with List-II (Altitudinal range) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
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 is essential for the formation of equatorial westerlies? · Ans: B
14. A Koppen climate type marked by an almost uniform distribution of precipitation through the year, with the driest month receiving more than 6 cm and a very low daily temperature range, is denoted by · Ans: B
15. Which one of the following is a local cold wind? · Ans: B
16. At which of the following altitudinal ranges is ozone found in a concentrated form? · Ans: B
17. Identify the correct normal life cycle of a frontal depression from the following. · Ans: D
18. The maximum density of sea water is reached at a temperature of about · Ans: B
19. Which one of the following is the correct arrangement of oceans in ascending order of their size? · Ans: B
20. Match List-I (Ocean) with List-II (Current) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
21. Ocean waves obtain their energy from · Ans: D
22. Over the past century, world sea levels have risen by around · Ans: A
23. Identify the correct sequence of vegetation belts in ascending order in a mountain environment. · Ans: A
24. Who was the first person to divide the circle into 360 degrees? · Ans: D
25. The statement that there is a strong relationship between environment, image and decision making pertains to · Ans: B
26. Who are considered the founders of mathematical geography? · Ans: B
27. Who wrote the book 'Meteorologica'? · Ans: A
28. Who laid the foundation of modern geographical thought? · Ans: A
29. Read the following statements about Ratzel and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
30. Which is the correct chronological order of the following Greeks who contributed to the evolution of geographical thought in the ancient period? · Ans: C
31. Which one of the following concepts describes the absence of cities and towns within a radius of about 75 km from a large city? · Ans: D
32. How is the physiological density of population defined? · Ans: C
33. As per the estimate of 2014, about how much of the world's population was found in Africa? · Ans: C
34. The 'triangular pattern' of rural settlements generally develops · Ans: B
35. Which one of the following techniques would you consider for estimating the requirements of the population in an area for planning allocations? · Ans: C
36. Which of the following exhibits cumulative percentages of population against cumulative percentages of area? · Ans: D
37. The density of population is highest in which one of the following states of India, according to the Census of 2011? · Ans: A
38. Which of the following industrial regions of India is called the 'Ruhr of India'? · Ans: B
39. Match List-I (Industry) with List-II (Activity or technology) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
40. On which island is the 'Rice Bowl' of Japan situated? · Ans: B
41. Which one of the following authors suggested a fivefold division of adopters on the basis of the time lag between receiving and acting upon new information? · Ans: A
42. Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Technique) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
43. Which one of the following authors examined the structure of urban settlements prior to the impact of large-scale industrialization in the book 'The Pre-Industrial City: Past and Present'? · Ans: B
44. Match List-I (Human race) with List-II (Majority of persons from) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
45. Which one of the following waterways has more politico-economic significance? · Ans: C
46. H.J. Mackinder was the professor of which subject at London University? · Ans: C
47. Pollution from ships and offshore platforms is controlled under which one of the following acts of the Government of India? · Ans: B
48. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? · Ans: B
49. Whose theory of primate cities focuses on the forces of agglomeration and the cumulative effects of agglomeration in the growth of large cities? · Ans: D
50. Which of the following activities does not come under the scope of the Drought Prone Areas Programme? · Ans: D
51. Which of the following forces has an expansionary momentum emanating from the centres of economic expansion to other regions? · Ans: B
52. The growth pole model was postulated by · Ans: B
53. Which of the following sets of macro and meso regions was delineated by the Town and Country Planning Organization of India? · Ans: D
54. Match List-I (Zone) with List-II (Characteristic) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
55. The first master plan of Delhi was passed in which of the following years? · Ans: B
56. Match List-I (Theory) with List-II (Feature) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
57. Match List-I (Zone) with List-II (Definition) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
58. Match List-I (National park) with List-II (State) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
59. 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
60. The Rajasthan Canal, now the Indira Gandhi Canal, draws its water from which rivers? · Ans: D
61. Which state or union territory has continuously maintained a favourable sex ratio since censuses have been conducted in India? · Ans: C
62. Which group of states had a GDP share in 2013-14 greater than both its population share and its area share? · Ans: C
63. Which one of the following states recorded the highest population in the Census of 2011? · Ans: A
64. Which region of India is known as the 'Rice Bowl'? · Ans: B
65. Which one of the following types of data can be represented by means of a choropleth map? · Ans: C
66. Match List-I (Aspect) with List-II (Diagram) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
67. Which one of the following diagrams is called a pie diagram? · Ans: B
68. Match List-I (Satellite) with List-II (Altitude) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
69. Among the following, which type of water will have the highest spectral reflectance in the visible band? · Ans: B
70. Which of the following happens when satellite images are geo-referenced? · Ans: B
71. Match List-I (Linear length) with List-II (Fractional measure) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
72. The Lorenz curve is used to find out which one of the following? · Ans: A
73. Match List-I (Band of energy) with List-II (Wavelength in micrometres) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
74. Consider the road network diagram of an area given below. Select the correct connectivity matrix for the above network. · Ans: A

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