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UGC NET December 2019 Geography Paper II — Solved Previous Year Questions

98 previous-year questions from UGC NET December 2019 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.

In the measurement of drainage basin form, where basin area is denoted by 'A' and the maximum basin length by 'L', which one of the following expresses the form factor? · Ans: B
In the Multiple Nuclei Model of urban structure devised by C.D. Harris and E.L. Ullman, the nuclear centres numbered 3 and 6 represent which land use pattern? · Ans: B
If two places with populations of 24,000 and 6,000 respectively are located 18 km apart, the breaking point according to Reilly's Law will lie from the smaller town at a distance of · Ans: D
Which is the correct chronological order of events pertaining to the family welfare programme in India? · Ans: B
Which one of the following principles of the central place system operates in a region where K = 7 for the spatial organization of settlements? · Ans: C
The Hydraulic Slope Theory was given by · Ans: C
The digital image processing technique that examines the unknown pixels in an image and aggregates them into classes based on natural groupings or clusters present in the image is known as · Ans: C
Which one of the following is not an advantage of the raster data format? · Ans: D
The percentage share of Muslim population to total population is high in the following five states as per the 2011 census. Identify the correct descending order of these states by share of Muslim population. · Ans: B
Match List-I (Mercalli Scale) with List-II (Richter magnitude corresponding to the highest intensity reached) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
Which one of the following characteristics is best suited to intensive farming? · Ans: C
The volcanic deposits on the ocean floor at a depth of 2,500 fathoms or more are known as · Ans: B
Match List-I (Indian State) with List-II (Demographic characteristic) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
During which five year plan did the Government of India adopt a regional approach to agricultural planning? · Ans: C
Which one of the following groups is in correct chronological order of the conferences, protocols and agreements on climate change held at the global level? · Ans: C
Which one of the following electromagnetic radiations used in remote sensing has the shortest wavelength? · Ans: C
Which one of the following descriptions for 'Aw' in Koppen's world climatic classification is correct? · Ans: D
Match List-I (Geological Era) with List-II (Geological Period) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Who is the founder of Possibilism? · Ans: B
In 1687, who was the scientist to give for the first time a rational explanation of tides and the tide producing forces of the moon and the sun? · Ans: C
The 'Rally for Valley' programme in India was organized to highlight the problem of · Ans: C
The resolution related to the sensitivity of a remote sensing detector to record differences in portions of the electromagnetic spectrum is known as · Ans: B
Identify the correct option from the following terms regarding the formation of a mid-latitude cyclone: · Ans: D
Who among the following defined geography as a chorological science? · Ans: C
Which of the following is the correct sequence of ocean floor relief from land to sea? · Ans: B
The 'Doctrine of Uniformitarianism' was postulated by · Ans: C
Who said that geography is a science which deals with the art of map-making? · Ans: D
Lumbering falls in the category of · Ans: C
Which of the following parameters are the basis of the 'Fujita Scale' for classifying tornadoes? · Ans: C
Which of the following does not form an essential part of the process of photosynthesis? · Ans: C
Who gave the idea that there was an ice age during which most of Northern Europe was covered by ice sheets? · Ans: B
Who calculated the circumference of the Earth as about 25,000 miles? · Ans: D
Which one of the following land masses recorded the world's lowest air temperature of about minus 89 degrees Celsius on July 21, 1983? · Ans: A
Coastal and estuary waters are sometimes affected by algal foam and scum, often called · Ans: A
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
Which one of the following is an essential macronutrient for plant growth? · Ans: C
What would be the pattern of distribution of rural settlements in an area if their nearest neighbour statistic works out as 2.10? · Ans: D
Who is the founder of the Humanistic School in Geography? · Ans: B
'Ria Coast' is an example of · Ans: C
Match List-I (Isolines/points) with List-II (Description) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
At which one of the following temperatures is fresh water densest? · Ans: B
Match List-I (Scholar) with List-II (Theory, model or concept propounded) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Scheduled Caste population had a high concentration in the following five states of India in 2011. Identify the correct descending order of Scheduled Caste population size in these states. · Ans: C
Who coined the term 'Geopolitik'? · Ans: B
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
The location of the Lancashire cotton textile industry owes to which of the following favourable factors? · Ans: C
Match List-I (Term used in industrial or manufacturing geography) with List-II (Explanation) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
The statement 'The present is the key to the past' was made by · Ans: C
The North-South division of the world is based on the criterion of · Ans: C
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
Which one of the following weather instruments is kept outside the Stevenson screen? · Ans: B
Which one of the following is the leading cause of animal extinction since 1600 A.D., according to the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1995)? · Ans: B
Which of the following statements relating to Ratzel's concept of Lebensraum are correct? · Ans: D
Who advocated the policy of deliberate unbalanced development? · Ans: B
Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Works) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
In which part of India is the Dandakaranya region situated? · Ans: B
Who used the term 'chorography' to describe geography? · Ans: C
Which one of the following pairs of place and hazard is not correctly matched? · Ans: A
If in a region the largest city has a population of 10,00,000, what will be the population of the 4th largest city according to the rank-size rule? · Ans: C
Which one of the following options best describes the world distribution of active volcanoes? · Ans: D
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
Which one of the following groups of landforms are erosional features? · Ans: B
The 'Chipko movement', one of the social movements that emerged as a reaction to regional development policies, originated in areas covered under · Ans: D
Match List-I (Type of economy) with List-II (Characteristic feature) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Which one of the following states recorded the highest percentage share of India's total population as per the 2011 census? · Ans: C
The concept of 'Panplain' was propounded by · Ans: D
Two points A and B are located at elevations of 250 m and 500 m from mean sea level with a horizontal equivalent of 1000 m between them. Which one of the following values of slope gradient (in… · Ans: B
Which one of the following states recorded the highest percentage of urban population within it, among the given options, as per the 2011 census? · Ans: B
Which of the following statements are correct regarding the definition of 'census towns' formulated by the Census of India? · Ans: B
The rigid masses surrounding the geosyncline were termed by Kober as · Ans: A
Who for the first time emphasized the importance of the mental map of the environment in the decision-making process? · Ans: B
During the winter season, the north-western part of India gets rainfall from · Ans: C
In the regression model y = a + bx, where mean of x is 2.50, mean of y is 5.50 and a is 1.50, which one of the following values of the parameter b is correct? · Ans: B
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Who described the 'quantitative revolution' as a radical transformation of the spirit and purpose of geography? · Ans: A
How is stratified sampling carried out? · Ans: A
Arrange the following methods of delineating crop combination regions in order of their appearance: Doi's method, Rafiullah's method, Weaver's method, Coppock's method. · Ans: C
The 'Organic Theory of State' was propounded by · Ans: D
The 'Two Cycle Theory' regarding the origin of limestone caverns was propounded by · Ans: C
Which one of the following gives the correct decreasing order of altitude (from north-east to south-west) of mountain ranges in the Jammu and Kashmir region? · Ans: C
Which one of the following sequences of decreasing average annual rainfall is correct? · Ans: B
The boundaries between India and Pakistan, and India and Bangladesh, belong to which one of the following types? · Ans: C
In the process of erosion, the removal of materials by solution is called · Ans: C
Which one of the following statements is true regarding ecological productivity and consumers? · Ans: C
In David Smith's analysis of firm location, which one of the following describes the trend of delivered costs (plant cost plus supply cost) with reference to the demanded quantity within a market area? · Ans: B
In David Smith's analysis, which one of the following describes the relationship between the cost and the revenue of a firm within a market area? · Ans: C
In David Smith's framework, which one of the following variables is correct for the change in the cost of a firm supplying goods to its market area in the spatial perspective? · Ans: D
In David Smith's framework, which one of the following locational decisions of a firm, to take comparative advantage within a market area, is correct when the prices of goods produced by the firm increase? · Ans: C
In David Smith's analysis, which one of the following is correct for the sale of goods within a market area in a region? · Ans: A
According to the passage on tropical cyclones, the tropical depression intensifies into tropical storms after crossing · Ans: C
According to the passage on tropical cyclones, which of the following statements are correct? · Ans: C
According to the passage on tropical cyclones, the official tropical cyclone season runs during · Ans: D
According to the passage on tropical cyclones, from which of the following longitudes do the tropical storms tend to curve northward toward the North Atlantic, missing the United States? · Ans: D
According to the passage on tropical cyclones, which of the following statements is not true of tropical cyclones? · Ans: B
The hypsometric curve in the given diagram expresses different stages of basin development by plotting percentage of basin height against relative area. Which curve represents the youthful stage of basin development? · Ans: A
The given figure showing Market, Threshold and Range explains which one of the following models? · Ans: B

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