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UGC NET June 2025 Geography Paper II — Solved Previous Year Questions

99 previous-year questions from UGC NET June 2025 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. Identify the local winds which are hot. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
2. Which among the following statements are correct regarding Jet Streams? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
3. Arrange the following maps on the basis of their scale in descending order, from large to small scale: Topographical Map, Atlas Map, Cadastral Map and Wall Map. · Ans: B
4. Arrange the following states on the basis of their total area in ascending order: Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. · Ans: A
5. Match List-I (Concept) with List-II (Geographer) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
6. The geopolitics of world natural resources is influenced by all of the following factors except which one? · Ans: D
7. The horizontal air photos are also called as · Ans: D
8. Which one among the following religions belongs to the traditional form of religion? · Ans: D
9. Which among the following statements are NOT true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
10. What is true about Rossby waves? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
11. Richard Hartshorne recognized four distinct approaches to the study of the political geography of a State. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
12. Kates behavioural approach to Geography is based on which of the following assumptions? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
13. The first concrete step to protect the ozone layer was · Ans: D
14. Why is the Indian Ocean region geopolitically significant? · Ans: A
15. Among the following statements, choose the correct ones with reference to the Mediterranean Biome. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
16. Match List-I (Volcanoes) with List-II (Countries) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
17. Name the instrument which is used to measure horizontal and vertical angles more precisely. · Ans: C
18. Match List-I (Local names of grasslands) with List-II (Countries) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
19. Match List-I (Passes) with List-II (States) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
20. Match List-I (Theories) with List-II (Propounded by) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
21. The city of Mumbai is located in the centre of which region? · Ans: B
22. Match List-I (Glaciers) with List-II (Locations) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
23. The Annual Plans were formulated in between which two Five Year Plans in India? · Ans: B
24. Match List-I (Terms) with List-II (Explanation) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
25. The Government of India approved the Bharatmala Pariyojana covering a length of 34,800 kilometres in which year? · Ans: B
26. Which of the following regions are known for large scale agro industrialisation? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
27. Which of the following is the oldest Indian rock system? · Ans: B
28. The Geographic Information System has many important components. Identify the one which is NOT an important component. · Ans: A
29. In contrast to Mackinder's Heartland Theory, Spykman's Rimland Theory emphasises the strategic importance of which region? · Ans: A
30. Arid conditions are caused by a number of factors. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
31. Among the given definitions, choose the correct one that precisely defines standard deviation. · Ans: A
32. The concept of urban agglomeration in India was adopted for the first time in which census year? · Ans: C
33. Match List-I (Local names of tropical cyclones) with List-II (Countries) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
34. Which one of the following is an advantage of the vector data model? · Ans: A
35. Who propounded the concept of Innovation Diffusion as a Spatial Process? · Ans: C
36. Match List-I (Geographical concept) with List-II (Geographer) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
37. The process of cumulative causation was put forward by which author? · Ans: C
38. Among the public sector dockyards in India, which shipyard has the highest capacity for ship repairing? · Ans: D
39. Match List-I (Lake) with List-II (Type) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
40. A marginal worker is one who has worked for less than how many days in a year? · Ans: A
41. Which of the following statements are NOT correct for the Indian Jute Industry? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
42. The concept of sea floor spreading was first propounded by · Ans: A
43. Arrange the following natural hazards and disasters of India in chronological order from earlier to latest: Tsunami off the Tamil Nadu coast, Bhuj Earthquake, Super Cyclone of Orissa and Koyna Earthquake. · Ans: B
44. Match List-I (Theories of mountain building) with List-II (Propounded by) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
45. Which is the specialised form of tourism in which people experience relatively untouched natural environments? · Ans: D
46. Which one of the following is the most suitable diagram to represent the decadal growth of population? · Ans: B
47. The subordination of women by men as the primary inequality in human society is the main tenet of which approach in geography? · Ans: C
48. Identify the important components of the Green Revolution in India. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
49. In which year did India become a signatory to the Ramsar Convention for conserving potential wetlands? · Ans: B
50. Consider the following statements regarding the National Population Register and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
51. Arrange the following world cities in descending order on the basis of their size of population: Delhi, Dhaka, Tokyo and Shanghai. · Ans: B
52. Arrange the following states of India in ascending order on the basis of sex ratio as per the 2011 Census: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. · Ans: A
53. Arrange the following zones of land use around the central city based on Von Thunen's theory, from centre to periphery: Firewood and timber production, Crop farming with fallow and pasture, Three field system, Crop farming without fallow and… · Ans: D
54. Arrange the following major ports of India from North to South: Marmagao, Vishakhapatnam, Paradwip, Kandla and Mangalore. · Ans: A
55. Which Ministry of the Government of India looks after the census operations in India? · Ans: C
56. In the context of federalism in India, which of the following constitutional amendments granted more financial and administrative powers to local governments? · Ans: B
57. Arrange the following indigenous people of India on the basis of their primary habitat from South to North: Minas, Todas, Bakarwals and Nagas. · Ans: C
58. Arrange the following stages of growth of cities as propounded by Mumford from earliest to latest: Polis, Metropolis, Tyrannopolis, Eopolis and Megalopolis. · Ans: C
59. Which of the following electoral reforms in India introduced the NOTA option in electronic voting machines? · Ans: A
60. Who gave the concept of City Region? · Ans: A
61. Several international boundaries follow large and small rivers. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
62. Due to the practice of head hunting in the past, compact settlements developed at the tops of hills and ridges in which state? · Ans: B
63. Match List-I (Fundamental concept) with List-II (Theory or scholar) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
64. Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Name of book) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
65. Match List-I (Components of ecosystem) with List-II (Related to) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
66. Which of the following statements are correct for language? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
67. Who named his new scientific geography as Erdbeschreibung? · Ans: D
68. Ullman's model of spatial interaction does NOT introduce which of the following concepts? · Ans: D
69. The Indian navigation system known as NavIC, meaning Navigation with Indian Constellation, is designed with a constellation of how many satellites? · Ans: C
70. Which among the following statements are correct with regard to geopolitics? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
71. Identify the physical factors which affect the supply of energy in the world. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
72. How does climate change impact global geopolitics? · Ans: C
73. Who wrote the book Mainsprings of Civilization? · Ans: A
74. Arrange the following health care policies of India in chronological order on the basis of their launch year: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme, Mission Indradhanush, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya… · Ans: B
75. Which among the following salts constitutes the highest percentage of salt in the oceans? · Ans: A
76. Match List-I (Minerals) with List-II (Reserves) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
77. Arrange the following important peaks in ascending order of altitude: Nanda Devi, Badrinath, Kanchenjunga and Namcha Barwa. · Ans: D
78. Arrange the following theories related to urban settlement in chronological order by the year they were proposed, from old to new: The sector theory, Rank size rule, The multiple nuclei theory and The concentric or zonal theory. · Ans: B
79. Choose the cold currents among the given ocean currents of the world. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
80. The incoming solar radiation is known as · Ans: B
81. Which of the following economic activities is an example of the quaternary group of economic activities? · Ans: C
82. Arrange the following Greek geographers in chronological order from earlier to latest: Herodotus, Eratosthenes, Hippocrates and Ptolemy. · Ans: A
83. In Koppen's classification, the Cs type of climate represents which of the following? · Ans: C
84. Choose the correct statements with reference to the geographical cycle of Davis. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
85. Arrange the following tributaries of River Ganga from West to East: Sarda, Gandak, Gomati and Ghaghara. · Ans: B
86. The concept of ecological niche was first introduced by · Ans: A
87. Which of the following statements are correct with reference to the Circum Pacific belt? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
88. Arrange the following major gases as per their volume in the atmosphere in increasing order: Carbon Dioxide, Argon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Hydrogen. · Ans: A
89. The Albatross plateau is located in which ocean? · Ans: A
90. Based on a passage on earth movements caused by tectonic forces, folding and faulting, what is the primary distinction between an active and a dormant volcano? · Ans: B
91. Based on the passage on earth movements, what type of fault is created due to horizontal displacement of rock layers? · Ans: B
92. Based on the passage on earth movements, a reverse fault occurs when · Ans: A
93. Based on the passage on earth movements, why is the study of earth movements crucial for human societies? · Ans: D
94. Based on the passage on earth movements, what is the primary cause of seismicity? · Ans: C
95. Based on a passage on migration and its socio economic impacts, the concept of brain drain is most closely associated with which type of migration? · Ans: C
96. Based on the passage on migration, according to Lee's Push Pull theory, which of the following is NOT considered a push factor for migration? · Ans: B
97. Based on the passage on migration, which of the following best describes remittance dependency in migration studies? · Ans: D
98. Based on the passage on migration, which of the following best describes the phenomenon where migration leads to a decline in the working age population in the origin country? · Ans: A
99. Based on the passage on migration, which of the following is an example of involuntary migration? · Ans: C

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