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UGC NET July 2018 Geography Paper II — Solved Previous Year Questions

97 previous-year questions from UGC NET July 2018 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.

The concept of geosyncline was propounded by · Ans: C
The term 'Cosmography' was coined and divided into 'Uranography' and geography by · Ans: C
The Ice Crystal Theory related to precipitation was postulated by · Ans: C
The subsidence theory related to coral reefs was propounded by · Ans: B
The Gutenberg discontinuity is found between the · Ans: B
The concept of panplain was propagated by · Ans: C
The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is termed as · Ans: A
Which one of the following scholars is the proponent of the Turbidity Current Theory on the origin of submarine canyons? · Ans: C
Paternoster lakes are · Ans: A
'The present is the key to the past.' This phrase is related to the concept of · Ans: D
Which one of the following instruments is used for the determination of the degree of stability or instability of an air parcel? · Ans: B
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: B
Which one of the following types of plate boundary and motion is exemplified by the San Andreas fault of California? · Ans: B
Match List-I (Thornthwaite's temperature province) with List-II (T/E index value) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
Which one of the following latitudes is known as the 'Calms of Cancer'? · Ans: C
Match List-I (Instrument) with List-II (Measured entity) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
The American climatologist C.W. Thornthwaite revised his scheme of the classification of world climates in which one of the following years? · Ans: D
Match List-I (Force) with List-II (Source) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
Match List-I (Process) with List-II (Outcome) and 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 your answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
Match List-I (Ocean trench) with List-II (Depth in metres) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Which one of the following is the main source for the vast reservoir of relatively inert nitrogen in the homosphere? · Ans: A
In which one of the following directions is the Nazca Plate moving? · Ans: A
Which one of the following sequences is the correct one in a littoral zone from land to sea? · Ans: A
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
Which one of the following is the correct average range of worldwide variation in sea water salinity? · Ans: A
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: B
Which one of the following groups of natural elements in living matter makes up more than 99 percent of the Earth's biomass? · Ans: A
Which one of the following phenomena plays a vital role in the dispersion of the majestic dinosaurs? · Ans: D
The U.N. Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro during June 3 to 14, 1992 was chaired by · Ans: B
Match List-I (Emitter) with List-II (Emitted product) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Who among the following scholars laid down the foundation of the dichotomy of general versus special geography? · Ans: C
Which one of the following pairs of author and book does not match? · Ans: A
The Hydraulic Slope Theory was propounded by · Ans: A
Who among the following scholars emphasised the behavioural approach in geography? · Ans: B
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of German geographers contributing to the development of geographical thought? · Ans: C
'The same environment carries different meanings to people with different ways of living and culture.' This statement is related to which one of the following concepts? · Ans: C
Which school of thought first developed the idea of possibilism? · Ans: D
'The dominant idea of all geographical progress is that of terrestrial unity.' This statement is attributed to · Ans: B
Which one among the following perspectives was responsible for a radical transformation in the spirit and purpose of geography? · Ans: D
Which one of the following states in India recorded the lowest sex ratio as per the 2011 census? · Ans: C
Which one of the following countries recorded the highest population density as per the U.N. Demographic Year Book, 2010? · Ans: C
Which one of the following statements correctly depicts the threshold according to the Central Place Model? · Ans: C
Which one of the following groups of states in India recorded a sex ratio higher than 950 according to the 2011 census? · Ans: A
Which one of the following statements indicates the potential use of a service at a location according to the Gravity Model? · Ans: C
Match List-I (Demographic term) with List-II (Explanation) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Which one of the following groups of states of India recorded more than one-fourth of the total population of the country in the census year 2011? · Ans: B
Among the following scholars, who introduced the concept of 'least-transport-cost location' using the frame of the 'locational triangle'? · Ans: D
Match List-I (Economy) with List-II (Feature) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Match List-I (Whittlesey's agricultural region) with List-II (Country) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
Which one of the following factors is the most dominant in the localisation of high-tech firms of Silicon Valley in California? · Ans: D
The Rimmer model for the development of the land transport system in less developed economies was proposed in which one of the following years? · Ans: C
Who applied the formula PI equals (Y divided by YN) divided by (T divided by TN) for measuring agricultural productivity levels, where Y and T are production and cropped area of the unit and YN and TN are… · Ans: B
Match List-I (Country) with List-II (Mineral reserve) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
Which one of the following conditions did Alfred Weber introduce in his concept of the 'locational triangle', where R1 and R2 are two raw materials? · Ans: D
Match List-I (Sector of the economy) with List-II (Activity) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
In which one of the following books or works did Mackinder in 1919 rename his theory of the 'pivot area' as the 'Heartland'? · Ans: B
The Organic Theory of state was propounded by · Ans: A
The book 'Geography of Peace' was authored by · Ans: B
Which of the following categories does Chile belong to according to its physical shape? · Ans: C
Whose works epitomised the relationship of political geography with foreign policy? · Ans: D
Match List-I (Country) with List-II (Official language) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
Match List-I (Name of book) with List-II (Name of author) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
In India, how many are the officially recognised languages in the Eighth Schedule? · Ans: C
Match List-I (Religious community) with List-II (Population share in percent, 2011) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
Which one of the following characteristic features is possessed by the Nordic race of India? · Ans: D
Which one of the following statements is not correct about the selection of indicators for conducting any study of the development process? · Ans: D
Match List-I (Name of city) with List-II (Period of being planned) 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 your answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
Which one of the following criteria was used to demarcate the 15 agro-climatic regions accepted by the Planning Commission of India to initiate a regional approach to agricultural planning during the Eighth Five-Year Plan? · Ans: C
Match List-I (Scholar who developed a scheme for delineation of planning regions) with List-II (Number of meso regions) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
Which one of the following criteria was used to delineate the National Capital Region for planning purposes? · Ans: D
Match List-I (Dimension of development) with List-II (Indicator of development) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
Which one of the following statements is not true about the concept of development? · Ans: C
Read the following statements about the Perspective Plan and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
Read the following statements about methods of measuring development and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
Which one of the following countries holds the first rank in commercial dairy farming? · Ans: A
In which one of the following years was the modern cotton textile mill first established in Maharashtra? · Ans: B
Match List-I (Name of dam) with List-II (State) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
Which one of the following dates is correct for the normal withdrawal of the south-west monsoon from Indian territory? · Ans: A
Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh is known for which one of the following ore deposits? · Ans: C
Who among the following architect-planners prepared the Master Plan for Chandigarh city? · Ans: D
Jharkhand ranks third, at the time of this examination, after which one of the following groups of states in the availability of coal reserves in India? · Ans: B
Adityapur Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is famous for which one of the following? · Ans: C
Match List-I (State) with List-II (Per capita SGDP in thousand rupees, 2015-16) and 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 your answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
Match List-I (Map type) with List-II (Information content) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
On a topographical map of 1:50,000 scale, the contour interval is 10 metres. Place A is on a contour of 200 m and place B on a contour of 240 m, and the distance between A and B… · Ans: C
Which one of the following organisations looks after the receiving and processing of remote sensing data in India? · Ans: D
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of EMR spectrum bands in ascending order of wavelength? · Ans: C
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
A sample of 20 places of mean annual rainfall was randomly selected from a normally distributed universe with a mean annual rainfall of 320 cm. The sample mean was 250 cm with a standard deviation of 150 cm.… · Ans: B
In a frequency distribution of an X series of 6 integers with one missing integer Xi, the sum of fx excluding the missing value is 370, the total frequency including the missing value's frequency of 10 is 58,… · Ans: B
Which one of the following scales correctly measures the rank-size distribution of settlements? · Ans: D
Which one of the following models is explained by the given figure showing Market, Threshold and Range? · Ans: B
In the given graph of population against rank, which one of the following patterns of distribution of population among cities is depicted by curve d? · Ans: C
For the network shown in the figure, which one of the following codes correctly shows the number of vertices, edges and the diameter? · Ans: B

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