DEC 2012 PAPER 3 GEOGRAPHY UGC NET SOLVED PAPER
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So, This is the official Questions Paper and Answer Key for the paper 3 geography conducted on DEC 2012, taken from www.cbsenet.nic.in
Note: This paper contains fifty (75) multiple choice questions, each questions carrying two (2) marks. Attempt all of them.
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Q.1. Most of the details of our present topography belong to the
(A) Pre-Cambrian era
(B) Paleozoic era
(C) Mesozoic era
(D) Cenozoic era
Answer: (D)
Q.2. If you are sitting on the beach facing the sea on a sunny afternoon, the local wind will be
(A) Striking your back and continuing to the sea because of sea breeze effect.
(B) Towards your from the sea because of the sea breeze effect.
(C) Towards your from the sea because of the lapse rate effect.
(D) Striking your back and continuing to the sea because of the land breeze effect.
Answer: (D)
Q.3. The temperature at which water vapours condense, is the
(A) Relative humidity
(B) Condensation point
(C) Dew point
(D) Evaporation point
Answer: (C)
Q.4. Examine the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2012)
(1) The atmospheric air is never completely dry.
(2) Water vapour can occupy as much as 4 percent of the atmospheric volume.
(3) Water vapour in the atmosphere is always invisible.
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2 are correct
(B) 2 and 3 are correct
(C) 1 and 3 are correct
(D) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
Answer: (A)
Q.5. Chemical weathering is more effective than mechanical weathering in
(A) Semi-arid region
(B) Arid region
(C) Coastal region
(D) Cool temperate region
Answer: (D)
Q.6. A drainage system which is not related to the structure of the region where it occurs is called a
(A) Radial drainage pattern
(B) Trellis drainage pattern
(C) Superimposed drainage pattern
(D) Dendritic drainage pattern
Answer: (D)
Q.7. Who calculated the slope based on the following formula (UGC NET DEC 2012)
(A) Wentworth
(B) Raiz
(C) Henry
(D) Davis
Answer: (A)
Q.8. Given below are the two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and other Labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The work of wind as an agent of gradation is not as wide spread as that of water.
Reason (R): It is effective only in the desert regions of the world where rainfall is scanty and soil particles are loose.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and(R) is the correct explanation of(A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but(R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
Q.9. “The Two-Cycle Theory” of the origin of limestone caverns was proposed by
(A) Davis
(B) Swinerton
(C) Gardner
(D) Malott
Answer: (A)
Q.10. All those processes which tend to bring the surface of the lithosphere to a common level are collectively known as
(A) Gradation
(B) Degradation
(C) Aggradation
(D) Mass wasting
Answer: (A)
Q.11. Which one of the following atmospheric layers reflects radio waves that are transmitted from the earth again back to the earth?
(A) Mesosphere
(B) Ionosphere
(C) Troposphere
(D) Stratosphere
Answer: (B)
Q.12. According to ‘Single cell circulation’ model proposed by Hadley, the most important factor causing global atmospheric circulation is
(A) Subsidence at the equator
(B) Temperature contrast between equator and pole
(C) The jet stream
(D) Rotation of the earth
Answer: (B)
Q.13. Which of the following would likely to have the lowest albedo?
(A) Mirror
(B) Fresh snow in the Arctic
(C) Moist ploughed soil
(D) Thick cloud
Answer: (C)
Q.14. Given below are the two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Hurricane cannot develop in the vicinity of equator.
Reason (R): Coriolis force is maximum over the equator.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true but(R) is not correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and(R) is the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer: (C)
Q.15. When sun is shining vertically over tropic of Capricorn?
(A) Days and nights are equal over the entire globe.
(B) Nights are longer than days in the Southern hemisphere.
(C) Nights are equal to 24 hours over the Arctic region.
(D) Days and nights are of 12 hour duration over Antarctica.
Answer: (A)
Q.16. Which of the following statements is not true?
(A) Evaporation is directly proportional to temperature
(B) Evaporation is more over land than ocean
(C) Evaporation is higher over warm surface than on cold surface.
(D) Evaporation reduces the amount of heat available in the atmosphere thereby reducing the temperature.
Answer: (B)
Q.17. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by using codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2012)
LIST- I
(a) Sublimation
(b) Freezing
(c) Evaporation
(d) Condensation
LIST-II
(i) the energy absorbed is used to give the motion needed the escape the surface.
(ii) Energy is released
(iii) Releases 80 cal/gm
(v) Absorb 680 cal/gm to change the state
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | ii | iii | iv | i |
| (B) | i | iii | ii | iv |
| (C) | iv | iii | i | ii |
| (D) | iii | ii | iv | i |
Answer: (C)
Q.18. Pelagic deposits consist of matter derived from algae and are mostly in the form of liquid mud known as
(A) Blue mud
(B) Ooze
(C) Red mud
(D) Coral mud
Answer: (B)
Q.19. The average temperature of the surface water of the oceans is (UGC NET DEC 2012)
(A) 22 º C
(B) 15 º C
(C) 26.7 º C
(D) 18.6 º C
Answer: (C)
Q.20. Ecosystem has two components which are
(A) Animals and plants
(B) Trees and weeds
(C) Frogs and men
(D) Abiotic and biotic
Answer: (D)
Q.21. All the ecosystems taken together in a geographical area form a bigger unit called
(A) Community
(B) Territory
(C) Biome
(D) Biosphere
Answer: (C)
Q.22. Which one of the following ocean currents belongs to Indian Ocean?
(A) Canary Current
(B) Antilles Current
(C) Labrador Current
(D) Agulhas Current
Answer: (D)
Q.23. The Western Coast of Australia records higher salinity due to
(A) Ocean currents
(B) Wind direction
(C) Dry weather condition
(D) All the above
Answer: (C)
Q.24. The highest salinity is found in the
(A) Baltic Sea
(B) Okhotsk Sea
(C) Mediterranean Sea
(D) Red Sea
Answer: (D)
Q.25. Which of the following statements about synecology is correct?
(A) It is a study of individual species in relation to its environment.
(B) It is a study of complex interrelationship of biotic communities.
(C) It is essentially habitat ecology.
(D) It is mainly social ecology.
Answer: (B)
Q.26. Organic deposits made by living or dead organisms that form rock elevation like a ridge are known as
(A) Corals
(B) Canyons
(C) Reefs
(D) Guyots
Answer: (C)
Q.27. Which one of the schools of thought first developed possibilism?
(A) German School of Geography
(B) Russian School of Geography
(C) French School of Geography
(D) British School of Geography
Answer: (C)
Q.28. Which one of the following is not a supporter of the theory of determinism?
(A) Wolfgang Hartake
(B) R. Hartshorne
(C) O.H.K. Spate
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)
Q.29. Who among the following noted first the regularity between the sizes of cities and their rank?
(A) Zipf
(B) Jefferson
(C) Auerbach
(D) Christaller
Answer: (C)
Q.30. Who among the following is an advocate of idealism in geography?
(A) Guelke
(B) Gilbert
(C) Samuels
(D) Pocock
Answer: (A)
Q.31. The statement that ‘a method by which one can rethink the thought of those whose actions one seeks to explain’ refers in human geography to the philosophy of
(A) Phenomenology
(B) Idealism
(C) Existentialism
(D) Positivism
Answer: (B)
Q.32. Which among the following was responsible for the radical transformation of spirit and purpose of geography?
(A) Post Modernism
(B) Humanism
(C) Structuralism
(D) Quantification
Answer: (D)
Q.33. Which among the following was one of the forces responsible for continental drift according to Wegner?
(A) Tidal Force
(B) Convection Currents
(C) Tensional Force
(D) Compressional force
Answer: (A)
Q.34. Which one of the following States /Union Territories recorded the highest density of population as per census 2011?
(A) Chandigarh
(B) West Bengal
(C) Kerala
(D) Maharashtra
Answer: (A)
Q.35. If economic landscape of a region is dependent on ‘transport principle’ of central place system, with the population size of 4.0 lakh of its highest order town, which one of the following population size of next lower order town is correct?
(A) 3.0 lakh
(B) 2.0 lakh
(C) 1.0 lakh
(D) 0.5 lakh
Answer: (C)
Q.36. Who defined settlement geography first time incorporating the concept of settlement pattern, house types and field system?
(A) Meitzen
(B) Stone
(C) Huntington
(D) Trewartha
Answer: (A)
Q.37. The sparsely populated countries have slow growth of industries because
(A) Of shortage of skilled labour
(B) Small population does not provide a good market
(C) Of both (A) and (B)
(D) Agriculture is more developed than industries
Answer: (C)
Q.38. Which one of the following countries has the highest density of population?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Pakistan
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) India
Answer: (A)
Q.39. The size of population in lower age group is large in countries where
(A) Birth rate is high
(B) Birth rate is low
(C) Death rate is high
(D) Death rate is low
Answer: (A)
Q.40. The base of the age-sex pyramid is broad and apex is narrow in
(A) Developed countries
(B) Developing countries
(C) Under developed countries
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
Q.41. Which one of the following market locations is optimal in given diagram of industrial landscape (UGC NET DEC 2012)
(A) c
(B) b
(C) d
(D) a
Answer: (B)
Q.42. Which one of the following matches in case of shifting cultivation is not correct?
(A) Ladang – Indonesia
(B) Ray – Vietnam
(C) Milpa – Mexico
(D) Tamrai – Brazil
Answer: (D)
Q.43. The Polar Regions are sparsely populated because
(A) The growing season is short owing to low temperature
(B) There are no mineral resources
(C) The regions are forested
(D) Both (B) and (C)
Answer: (A)
Q.44. Which one of the following countries is the major producer of mica?
(A) India
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Brazil
(D) China
Answer: (A)
Q.45. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
List – I (Sectors)
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) Quaternary
List – II (Economic Activities)
(i) Business organisation
(ii) Cultivation
(iii) Handloom textiles
(iv) Transport services
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (B) | ii | iii | iv | i |
| (C) | ii | iii | i | iv |
| (D) | iv | iii | ii | i |
Answer: (B)
Q.46. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
List – I (Industrial activities)
(a) Processing activities
(b) Fabricating activities
(c) Integrative activities
(d) Administrative activities
List – II (Explanations)
(i) Inputs are processed goods
(ii) Major inputs are raw material
(iii) Involve neither inputs nor outputs
(iv) Inputs are processed goods undergoing little change
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (B) | ii | i | iv | iii |
| (C) | i | iv | iii | ii |
| (D) | iii | ii | iv | i |
Answer: (B)
Q.47. The number of persons expressed in terms of unit area of agricultural land is known as
(A) Economic Density
(B) Physiological Density
(C) Arithmetical Density
(D) Agricultural Density
Answer: (D)
Q.48. Who among the following proposed a grand scheme of natural regions on a global scale by combining physical determinants of plants and animals life?
(A) Unstead
(B) Herbertson
(C) Whittlesey
(D) Dickinson
Answer: (B)
Q.49. Which of the following was not mentioned by Brunhes as essential fact of human geography?
(A) Facts of unproductive occupation of soil.
(B) Facts of plants and animal conquest
(C) Facts of destructive exploitation
(D) Facts of manufacturing
Answer: (D)
Q.50. Which one of the following factors is not affecting the voting behaviour?
(A) Religious
(B) Castes
(C) High level of literacy
(D) Size of landholdings
Answer: (D)
Q.51. Which indicator from among the following could be the best indicator of social well-being?
(A) Population growth rate
(B) Literacy rate
(C) Life-expectancy
(D) Per capita income
Answer: (C)
Q.52. Who among the followings gave the concept of ‘Rimland’ theory?
(A) A Ratzel
(B) O.H.K. Spate
(C) Spykman
(D) Griffith Taylor
Answer: (C)
Q.53. Who propounded the theory of ‘Heartland’ in political geography?
(A) Mackinder
(B) Spykman
(C) Smith
(D) Raiz
Answer: (A)
Q.54. A functional region is delineated on the basis of
(A) Administrative boundaries
(B) Field of interactions
(C) Isolines
(D) Physical divisions
Answer: (B)
Q.55. Who in census of India applied the ‘ternary diagram’ for the functional classification of towns in India?
(A) P. Padmanabha
(B) A.R. Nanda
(C) Ashok Mitra
(D) Chandrasekhar
Answer: (C)
Q.56. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
List – I (Author)
(a) W. Christaller
(b) V.L.S. PrakasaRao
(c) Manzoor Alam & W. Khan
(d) M. Chisholm
List – II (Name of the Book)
(i) Rural settlement and land use
(ii) Metropolitan Hyderabad and its region
(iii) Regional Planning
(iv) Central places in Southern Germany
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | i | iii | iv | ii |
| (B) | ii | i | iii | iv |
| (C) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (D) | i | ii | iii | iv |
Answer: (C)
Q.57. Who authored the book entitled ‘growth Pole and Growth Centres for Regional Economic Development in India’?
(A) Sen and Wanmali
(B) Sadasyuk and Sengupta
(C) Misra, Rao and Sundaram
(D) Rao and Sundaram
Answer: (C)
Q.58. Which one of the following states recorded the highest decadal growth rate of population between 2001 & 2011 as per census record?
(A) Bihar
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Arunanchal Pradesh
Answer: (D)
Q.59. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
List – I (Type of climate)
(a) Aw
(b) Amw
(c) BShw
(d) BWhw
List – II (Region)
(i) Rain shadow zone of Karnataka
(ii) Thar Desert
(iii) W. Bengal & Bihar
(iv) Malabar Coast
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | iii | iv | i | ii |
| (B) | iii | i | iv | ii |
| (C) | ii | i | iv | iii |
| (D) | ii | iv | i | iii |
Answer: (A)
Q.60. Which one of the following rivers does not make a delta?
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Godavari
(C) Tapti
(D) Ganga
Answer: (C)
Q.61. Which one of the following rivers does not flow through Himachal Pradesh?
(A) Jhelum
(B) Beas
(C) Chenab
(D) Ravi
Answer: (A)
Q.62. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
List – I (Rivers)
(a) Krishna
(b) Brahamaputra
(c) Godavari
(d) Yamuna
List – II (Their tributaries)
(i) Chambal
(ii) Indravati
(iii) Tista
(iv) Bhima
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (B) | iii | iv | ii | i |
| (C) | iv | iii | i | ii |
| (D) | i | iv | iii | ii |
Answer: (A)
Q.63. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
List – I (Soil)
(a) Alluvial
(b) Black soil (Regur)
(c) Desert
(d) Red
List – II (State)
(i) Rajasthan
(ii) Uttar Pradesh
(iii) Maharashtra
(iv) Meghalaya
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (B) | ii | iii | iv | i |
| (C) | ii | iii | i | iv |
| (D) | iv | ii | iii | i |
Answer: (C)
Q.64. Which one records the lowest normal temperature in the month of January?
(A) Bikaner
(B) Banglore
(C) Jaisalmer
(D) Firozpur
Answer: (D)
Q.65. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
List – I (Pass)
(a) Shipki La
(b) Nitipass
(c) Nathula
(d) Bomdi La
List – II (State)
(i) Arunachal Pradesh
(ii) Himachal Pradesh
(iii) Uttrakhand
(iv) Sikkim
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | ii | iii | iv | i |
| (B) | ii | iii | i | iv |
| (C) | iv | ii | i | iii |
| (D) | iv | ii | iii | i |
Answer: (A)
Q.66. Which one of the following states has the lowest percentage of scheduled tribes?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Manipur
(C) Mizoram
(D) Nagaland
Answer: (B)
Q.67. Which of the following hills forms the North Eastern edge of the Chhota Nagpur Plateau?
(A) Rajmahal Hills
(B) Mikir Hills
(C) Parasnath Hills
(D) Javadi Hills
Answer: (A)
Q.68. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
(1) In a Representative Fraction (R.F.), the numerator is always one.
(2) In an R.F. Scale, the unit of denominator is always as of the unit of numerator.
(3) R.F. is not suitable technique of showing scale on a map.
(4) The statement scale, e.g. 1 cm to 1 km is suitable scale on a map.
Codes:
(A) 1, 2 and 3 is correct
(B) 1, 3 and 4 is correct
(C) 2, 3 and 4 is correct
(D) 1, 2 and 4 is correct
Answer: (D)
Q.69. If Representative Fraction (RF) of a map is 1/5000 which is reduced three times, which of the following RF is correct for reduced map?
(A) 1/2,500
(B) 1/1,000
(C) 1/15,000
(D) 1/25,000
Answer: (C)
Q.70. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
(1) IRS is the mainstay of National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) in India.
(2) Development and operational responsibilities of earth observation in India is overseen by the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA).
Codes:
(A) Only 1 is correct
(B) Only 2 is correct
(C) Both 1 and 2 are correct
(D) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
Answer: (A)
Q.71. Which one of the following statement is correct in contest of Sten-de-Geer’s method used for showing population distribution?
(A) Rural population is shown by sphere method
(B) Urban population is shown by dot method
(C) Scale of Cube-roots are used for showing the spheres
(D) Spheres occupy bigger space on map.
Answer: (C)
Q.72. Which one of the following measurements is used for inequality distribution of farmers’ income subject to their landholding size of an area?
(A) Standard Deviation
(B) Coefficient of Variation
(C) Gini Index
(D) Correlation coefficient
Answer: (C)
Q.73. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) Random sampling is called as probability sampling.
(b) Random sampling is done with help of random table.
(c) Landscape elements are generally scattered at random.
Codes:
(A) (a) and (b) are correct.
(B) (b) and (c) are correct.
(C) (a) and (c) are correct.
(D) (a), (b) and (c) are correct.
Answer: (A)
Q.74. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)
List – I (Cartographic method)
(a) Chorochromatic
(b) Choroschematic
(c) Isopleth
(d) Choropleth
List – II (Map)
(i) Contour
(ii) Administrative map
(iii) Use of letters like R = Rice, W = wheat
(iv) Density of population
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | ii | iii | iv | i |
| (B) | ii | iii | i | iv |
| (C) | iii | ii | iv | i |
| (D) | iii | ii | i | iv |
Answer: (B)
Q.75. According to Nearest Neighbour Index, what would be the maximum value for the perfect uniform settlement distribution?
(A) 0.00
(B) 2.15
(C) 1.55
(D) 2.89
Answer: (B)
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