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

74 previous-year questions from UGC NET June 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 one of the following is formed due to tectonic forces? · Ans: A
2. Drowned glaciated valleys in high-latitude regions are known as · Ans: C
3. Match List-I (Rock) with List-II (Metamorphic form) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
4. Consider the following statements regarding Kant's view on the origin of the earth and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
5. Excessive folding results in · Ans: C
6. The statement that all coral reefs began as fringing reefs around an island was indicated in · Ans: D
7. The Gutenberg discontinuity is found between the · Ans: B
8. Who postulated the concept of sea-floor spreading? · Ans: D
9. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is famous for · Ans: D
10. Match List-I (Isoline) with List-II (Meaning) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
11. The only truly continuous pressure belt on the earth is the · Ans: D
12. Which two global winds originate from the subtropical highs? · Ans: C
13. An aircraft is flying at an altitude of 10 km, where the temperature is minus 40 degrees Celsius. Using the normal lapse rate, what is the temperature on the ground below? · Ans: B
14. Which one of the following is not a necessary condition for condensation? · Ans: C
15. 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
16. Which of the following does not enhance the instability of air? · Ans: A
17. The speed of an ocean current is about · Ans: A
18. The ocean water was iceberg-free during which era? · Ans: D
19. The salinity of sea ice ranges from · Ans: A
20. Match List-I (River) with List-II (Sediment carried to the ocean, in million tonnes per year) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
21. The place where an organism or a community of organisms lives is called · Ans: C
22. Photosynthesis is the process by which · Ans: A
23. Vadose water remains between the · Ans: C
24. Which one of the following is not a macronutrient for plants? · Ans: B
25. The concept of the law of the primate city was given by · Ans: C
26. Eratosthenes, the father of geography, belonged to which school? · Ans: D
27. Von Thunen's agricultural location theory is based on the · Ans: B
28. Who was greatly influenced by Le Play's trilogy of place, work and folk and adopted an alternative trilogy of environment, function and organism? · Ans: B
29. Which Indian geographer wrote the book 'Geography of the Puranas'? · Ans: A
30. Match List-I (Modern Indian geographer) with List-II (Field of specialization) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
31. Who among the following scholars is not related to behavioural geography? · Ans: C
32. Which one of the following states in India has the lowest population density in the latest census? · Ans: A
33. Which one of the following stages of districts in India recorded the highest sex ratio in 2011? · Ans: A
34. Which one of the following districts in India recorded the highest sex ratio in 2011? · Ans: A
35. Which one of the following densities is calculated using the ratio of the population's requirement to the resources produced in an area? · Ans: D
36. Which one of the following measures of central tendency is used to indicate the centre of population? · Ans: C
37. Which concept relates population size to land area with a view to assessing the pressure of population upon the resources of an area? · Ans: B
38. Which one of the following religions has the maximum territorial region of dominance in the world? · Ans: C
39. Which one of the following authors gave the concept of the demand cone? · Ans: B
40. Which one of the following groups of crops can be grown in an area having temperature and annual rainfall of more than 150 cm? · Ans: B
41. Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Theory) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
42. 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
43. Whittlesey classified the agricultural systems of the world. How many agricultural systems did he identify? · Ans: D
44. Which one of the following groups of countries were the leading total coal-importing countries of the world in 2013? · Ans: C
45. Match List-I (Risley's classification of Indian races) with List-II (Representative of the race) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
46. 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
47. Match List-I (State) with List-II (Tribe) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
48. Match List-I (Country) with List-II (Party system of government) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
49. Which one of the following statements is the base of the concept of a caste region? · Ans: C
50. Which one of the following is defined as a contiguous geographical area characterized by cultural homogeneity? · Ans: C
51. Which constitutional amendment act added the Twelfth Schedule devolving functions to municipal bodies? · Ans: C
52. Which urban structure model labels three areas as the city of death, the city of need and the city of superfluity? · Ans: A
53. To study regional imbalance and regional disparities in India, which one of the following methods was applied? · Ans: C
54. Which one of the following factors does not determine the kind and amount of economic activity in a region? · Ans: B
55. The main thrust of regional planning is · Ans: A
56. The regional growth model by Douglass C. North emphasizes the role of which factors in regional growth? · Ans: D
57. Match List-I (Concept) with List-II (Definition) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
58. Where is Govind Sagar Lake located? · Ans: D
59. The maximum percentage share of irrigated area to the gross cultivated area is found in · Ans: C
60. The Kakrapar irrigation project is on which river? · Ans: C
61. The river Indus originates from · Ans: B
62. 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
63. Which canal has transformed the agricultural activities of the Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner and Jaisalmer districts? · Ans: D
64. The report published by the UNDP which compares countries on the education levels of people, their health status and per capita income is the · Ans: C
65. Spatial data is stored in a computer by using · Ans: D
66. LANDSAT, SPOT and IRS are examples of · Ans: A
67. Which one of the following statistical methods is best suited for groundwater exploration using GIS tools? · Ans: D
68. Which one of the following countries first launched an operational remote sensing satellite? · Ans: A
69. Raster data starts from which corner of the displayed window? · Ans: B
70. There are four families in a country whose average per capita income is Rs 5000. If the incomes of three families are Rs 3000, Rs 4000 and Rs 7000, what is the income of the fourth family? · Ans: D
71. Match List-I (Landsat 4 and 5 TM) with List-II (System characteristic) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
72. Consider the map of an area given below in which eight numbered regions show school, hospital, railway station and post office. Select the correct connectivity matrix for the above map. · Ans: C
73. Which one of the following is correct sequence of urban land uses in respect of ab, bc and cd as per given graph? · Ans: B
74. Which one of the following is the propounder of the shown model? · Ans: D

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