Geography solved paper with official answer key NTA UGC NET Dec 2020 and June 2021 cycle in this post you will get 1-50 questions with official answer keys of shift 1, Shift 1 geography solved paper nta ugc net june 2021, december 2020 Geography solved paper
PART 1 (1-50) QUESTIONS OF GEOGRAPHY PAPER 2 SHIFT-1
Q.1. Who among the following conceived the idea of shipping canal between India and Srilanka?
(1) F. Luna Leopold
(2) L. Farrell
(3) A.D. Taylor
(4) C. J. Barrow
Answer: 3
Q.2. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Photographs are originally produced in analogue form.
Statement II: Image is produced in digital form.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(4) Statement is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Answer: 1
Q.3. The present day spatial distribution of Buddhism is highly concentrated among following group of regions?
(1) China, Tibet, Korea, Siberia
(2) South East Asia Tibet. Mongolia, Japan
(3) Northern India. China, South East Asia
(4) Tibet, India, Middle East, Japan
Answer: 2
Q.4. Which one of the following refers to the mature stage of a thunderstorm?
(1) Electric tension between oppositely charged areas
(2) Sudden onset of rain
(3) Absolute instability
(4) Slackness of energy
Answer: 2
Q.5.Identify the processes of vorticity
(A) Acceleration
(B) Frictional influence
(C) Roughness
(D) Rotation
(E) Angular velocity
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (C) and (D) only
(3) (D) and (E) only
(4) (A) and (E) only
Answer: 4
Q.6 Arrange the following with respect to the interior of a thunderstorm cell
(A) Downdraft
(B) Rain
(C) Storm travel
(D) Anvil top
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(1) (C), (D), (A), (B)
(2) (B), (C), (D), (A)
(3) (A), (B, (C), (D)
(4) (B. (C), (A), (D)
Answer: 4
Q.7. Which of the following statements are correct about the benefits of international trade?
(A) It has allowed an enormous variety of resources to enter into trade basket
(B) It facilitates the distribution of a wide range of manufactured goods, produced in different parts of the world to global market
(C) International trade decreases the overall costs of production
(D) It has helped the developing countries more than developed countries
(E) It has helped the consumers to buy more goods from whatever wages they their living standards improved
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B), (E) only
(2) (C), (D), (E) only
(3) (A), (B), (C) only
(4) (A), (C), (E) only
Answer: 3
Q.8. Which of the following is a renewable resource?
(1) Metal ores
(2) Natural gas
(3) Fuel Cells
(4) Fishes
Answer: 4
Q.9. Advocates of Humanistic geography among the following are:
(A) Harris
(B) Blache
(C) Guelke
(D) Ratzel
(E) Ley and Samuels
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B), (C) and (D) only
(2) (A), (B) and (C) only
(3) (A), (C) and (E) only
(4) (C) and (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.10. Which one of the following group of states/U.T. in India recorded low sex ratio as per census 20211 data?
(1) Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana
(2) Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Odisha, West Bengal
(3) Manipur, Haryana, Goa, Uttar Pradesh
(4) Sikkim, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat
Answer: 4
Q.11. Which one of the following indicates a population pyramid with wide base narrowing as the age Cohorts progress?
(1) High fertility rates and low mortality rates
(2) Low fertility and low mortality rates
(3) High fertility and high mortality rates
(4) High fertility and high age specific fertility rates
Answer: 3
Q.12. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Kosi – Consequent river
(B) Narmada – Rift Valley river
(C) Sutlej – Antecedent river
(D) Ghaggar – Endoreic river
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) only
(B) (B) only
(3) (C)only
(4) (D)only
Answer: 1
Q.13. Which one of the following term is used for the distance between trough to crest of a wave?
(1) Wave trough
(2) Wave velocity
(4) Wave period
(3) Wave height
Answer: 3
Q.14. Which one of the following industries generates highest amount of waste water in the Ganga in U.P.?
(1) Chemical
(2) Pulp and Paper
(3) Sagar
(4) distillery
Answer: 2
Q.15. Who among the following climatologists advocated Hekisto thermal concept in his climatic classification?
(A) Miller
(B) Koppen
(C) Candole
(D) Trewartha
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (B) and (C) only
(3) (C) and (D) only
(4) (A) and (D) only
Answer: 2
Q.16. Which of the following natural characteristics are associated with dry monsoon forests of India?
(A) Annual rainfall is below 30 m
(B) The trees have short routs
(C) Conditions remain favourable for plant growth throughout the year
(D) Thorny shrubs and grasslands are found between the trees
(E) Mango, Mahua, Sisam, Keekar etc, are the prominent trees
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (C) and (D) only
(3) (B) and (C) only
(4) (D) and (E) only
Answer: 4
Q.17. In which one of the following water bodies the salinity is lowest
(1) Great salt lake
(2) Dead sea
(3) Lake Van
(4) Gulf of Karabugas
Answer: 4
Q.18. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Ascertain A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion (A): Prices and demand of real estate increases as distance towards CBD reduces
Reasons (R): Central Business District (CBD) of a city has high concentration of retail store offices and cultural and recreation activities
In the light of the above statements choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
(4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
Answer: 1
Q.19. Which one of the following rivers is not a tributary of Yamuna river?
(1) Giri river
(2) Tons river
(3) Bata river
(4) Tangri river
Answer: 4
Q.20. The phenomena of wind gap is associated with:
(1) Glacio-fluvial ercison
(2) Lateral erosion by river
(3) Head ward erosion by river
(4) Glacial planation
Answer: 3
Q.21. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Highest source of marine pollution is shipping.
Statement II: The South-East Asia has highest percentage of endangered coral reefs by marine pollution.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(2) Both Statement I and Statement. II are false
(3) Statement is true but Statement II is false
(4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Answer: 4
Q.22. ‘Rally for valley’ program in India was organized to highlight the problem of-
(1) Environmental degradation
(2) Biodiversity
(3) Resettlement of displaced persons
(4) Loss of agricultural land
Answer: 3
Q.23. Which of the following waterfalls pertain to Narmada River?
(A) Mandhar
(B) Hiran
(C) Tawa
(D) Dardi
(E) Sahasradhara
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B) and (C) only
(2) (A), (D) and (E) only
(3) (B), (C) and (D) only
(4) (C), (D) and (E) only
Answer: 2
Q.24. Which of the following terms are not associated with sling psychrometer?
(A) Thermometer
(B) Swivel joint
(C) Screen
(D) Sieve
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (B) and (C) only
(C) and (D) only
(4) (B) and (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.25. Arrange the following layers of vegetation on the basis of their height in ascending order
(A) Dominant layer
(B) Herbaceous layer
(C) Codominant layer
(D) Ground layer
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B). (C), (A), (D)
(2) (D), (C), (B), (A)
(3) (A), (C), (B), (A)
(4) (D), (B), (C), (A)
Answer: 4
Q.26. The theory of plate tectonics does not help to explain the origin and location of which one of the following?
(A) Mountain systems, major sea floors, earthquakes
(B) Earthquakes and major sea floors
(C) Ocean currents, climatic zones
(D) Earthquakes and mountain system
(E) Earthquakes
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (C) and (D) only
(3) (C) only
(4) (A) and (E) only
Answer: 3
Q.27. Match List I with List II:
List I
Tropical Disturbances
(A) Low pressure area
(B) Cyclonic storm
(C) Depression
(D) Severe cyclonic storm
List II
Wind speed in circulation (in kmph)
(I) 89-118
(II) 31-49
(III) <31
(IV) 62-88
Codes:
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(A) IV II III I
(B) III II I IV
(C) III IV II I
(D) I IV III II
Answer: 3
Q.28. Which of the following are very high risk areas of earthquake?
(A) Tripura
(B) North Bihar
(C) Eastern Gujarat
(D) Haryana
Codes:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (B) and (C) only
(3) (C) and (D) only
(4) (A) and (D) only
Answer: 1
Q.29. Arrange the given years in descending order on the basis of number of people affected by natural disasters in India?
(A) 1988
(B) 1980
(C) 1985
(D) 1991
(E) 1994
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (C), (B), (D), (E)
(2) (D), (A), (B), (C), (E)
(3) (B), (A), (E), (D), (C)
(4) (E), (D), (B), (C), (A)
Answer: 3
Q.30. Which of the following statements are correct regarding ‘Doabs’ of Punjab?
(A) Jalandhar Doab between the Beas and the Sutlej
(B) Bari Doab between the Beas and the Ravi
(C) Sindh Doab between the Ravi and the Jhelum
(D) Chhaj Doab between the Beas and the Ravi
Codes:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (A) and (C) only
(3) (C) and (D) only
(4) (B) and (D) only
Answer: 1
Q.31. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other in labelled as
Assertion (A): At greater ocean depths: water moves extremely slow and maintains a uniform low temperature
Reasons (R): The oceanic surface returns heat and water to the lower atmosphere.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) in the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) in correct but (R) is not correct
(4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
Answer: 2
Q.32. Stop and Go determinism was propounded by
(1) F. Ratzel
(2) G. Taylor
(3) A.V. Humboldt
(4) J. Brunhes
Answer: 2
Q.33. Which one of the following statements was not considered by Malthus while stating Malthusian theory of population growth?
(1) Food supply will increase in arithmetic proportion while population will increase in geometric proportion
(2) With increasing population food scarcity will increase, resulting in high death rate of population
(3) Development of technology leading to increasing food production
(4) People will suffer from malnutrition resulting in high death rate
Answer: 3
Q.34. Which of the following local winds are not related with drainage winds?
(1) Bora
(2) Mistral
(3) Santa Ana
(4) Rossby
Answer: 4
Q.35. Which of the following states recorded literacy rates in descending order as per census 2011 data?
(A) Kerala
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Haryana
(D) Odisha
Code:
(1) (A), (D), (C), (B)
(2) (B), (A), (C), (D)
(3) (A), (B), (C), (D)
(4) (A), (C), (B), (D)
Answer: 3
Q.36. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of oceanic currents of Northern Pacific Ocean
(A) West wind drift
(B) North Equatorial current
(C) Kuroshio current
(D) California current
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B), (C), (D)
(2) (C), (D), (B), (A)
(3) (B), (C), (A), (D)
(4) (D), (A), (B), (C)
Answer: 3
Q.37. Which one of the following group of State/UT recorded very high population growth rate during 2001-2011 as per data given by census of India?
(1) Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh Tripura
(2) Mizoram, Sikkim, Goa, Bihar
(3) Behar, Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, Delhi
(4) Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya Mizoram
Answer: 4
Q.38. Yardangs are the creation of erosion by
(1) Fluvial
(2) Aeolian
(3) Karst
(4) Glacial
Answer: 2
Q.39. The per minute solar radiation received on one centimeter square at the outer surface of a plane is
(1) Convection
(2) Solar constant
(3) Absorption
(4) Reflection
Answer: 2
Q.40. Who among the following developed the concept of “Mental Map”?
(1) P.Gould, H. White and Lynch
(2) Humboldt, Ritter and Paschel
(3) Semple and Huntington
(4) Boulding and Hagerstrand
Answer: 1
Q.41. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Ascertain A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion (A): Value system is a commonly held set of beliefs understandings and controls, that unite members of a culture group.
Reasons (R): Polytheism adheres to belief in many religious beliefs.
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true but (R) is not false
(4) (A) is false but (R) is true
Answer: 2
Q.42. Population migration
(A) pull factor in population migration refers to availability of livelihood opportunities at destination places
(B) step migration refers to stepwise availability of livelihood opportunities at destination places
(C) push factor in population migration refers to less limited availability of livelihood opportunities at originating place
(D) migration field refers to return migration to originating place
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
(1) (B) and (D) only
(2) (A) and (B) only
(3) (B) and (C) only
(4) (A) and (C) only
Answer: 2
Q.43. Which one of the following statements is/are incorrect regarding waves?
(A) wave height is not indicator of ware energy
(B) wave height is controlled by wind strength
(C) the distance of open water a wave travels over affects the wave height
(D) the depth of the sea is important factors affecting wave height
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) A only
(2) (A) and (B) only
(3) (C) only
(4) (C) and (D) only
Answer: 1
Q.44. Using the locational triangle, the concept of the least transport coat location was introduced by
(1) Walter Isard
(2) M.K. Bandman
(3) D.M. Smith
(4) Alfred Weber
Answer: 4
Q.45. Consider the following and choose the correct sequence of maps from larger scale to smaller scale
(A) Cadastral
(B) Topographical
(C) Wall
(D) Globe
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:
(1) (A), (C), (D), (B) only
(2) (B), (A), (C), (D) only
(3) (A), (B), (C), (D) only
(4) (C), (A), (B) (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.46. Arrange the following states in ascending order on the basis of population (2011):
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Meghalaya
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B), (C), (D)
(2) (C), (D), (B), (A)
(3) (B), (C), (A), (D)
(4) (D), (A), (B), (C)
Answer: 3
Q.47. Who among the following formalized the concept that there exists relationship between the spatial organization and National development?
(1) Friedmann
(2) Dickens
(3) Kuklinski
(4) Luten
Answer: 1
Q.48. Which of the following statements are incorrect about the origin and growth of international tourism industry?
(A) Thomas Cook arranged the first package tours in 1841. taking travellers from Leicester to Loughborough in U.K.
(B) The growing appreciation for variety in the cultural landscape in large European cities such as Paris, Rome and London among tourist and other citizen played a role in expansion of tourism
(C) The end of world war II provided the greatest impetus to tourism
(D) Jet plane failed to herald the new era in International tourism
(E) Boeing 747 in 1970 did not attract much international tourism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (C) only
(2) (C), (D) only
(3) (D), (E) only
(4) (B), (D) only
Answer: 4
Q.49. Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the German School of Geographers?
(A) F.V. Richthofen- F. Ratzel- Alfred Hettner- Oscar Paschel
(B) F. Ratzel- Oscar Paschel- F.V. Richthofen- Alfred Hettner
(C) Alfred Hettner- Oscar Paschel- F.V. Richthofen- F. Ratzel
(D) Oscar Pechel- F.V. Richthofen- F. Ratzel- Alfred Hettner
(E) F, N Richthofen – Alfred Hettner- F. Ratzel- Oscar Paschel
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (D)
(2) (C) and (D)
(3) (A) and (B)
(4) (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.50. Which of the following in the correct sequence in the development of geographic thought?
(A) Greeks, Roman, Arabs. Dark Ages
(B) Greeks, Roman, Dark Ages, Arabs
(C) Roman, Greeks, Arabs, Dark Ages
(D) Arabs, Greeks. Roman, Dark Ages
(E) Greeks, Dark ages. Roman, Arabs
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(1) (B)
(2) (A)
(3) (C)
(4) (E)
Answer: 2