MOCK TEST ON GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT PYQS JAN & NOV 2017 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. who wrote the book ’La Geographic Humaine? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) P. E. James

(2) Jeans Brunhes

(3) R J Johnston

(4) E. Jones

Q.2. Who amongst the following defined geography as a chorological Science? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Richthofen

(2) Hettner

(3) Ptolemy

(4) Peter Haggett

Q.3. Match List-I with List–II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET JAN 2017)

List-I (Authors)             

(I) Haggerstrand

(II) Gilbert White

(III) Walter Isard

(IV) William Bunge

List-II (Books)

(A) Theoretical Geography

(B) Geography dimensions of innovations

(C) Human response to Floods

(D) Methods of regional analysis

Codes:

       I II III IV

(1). A C B D

(2) D B A C

(3). C D B A

(4). B C D A

Q.4. “The dominant idea in all geographical progress is that of terrestrial unity. ” This statement is attributed to (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Richard Hartshorne

(2) Vidal de la Blache

(3) Jean Brunhes

(4) Friedrich Ratzel

Q.5. Who was the first promoter of geographical knowledge from Germany? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Ferdinand Von Richthofen

(2) Carl Ritter

(3) Carl Andree

(4) Oscar Paschal

Q.6. Stop and go determinism was postulated by whom? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Humboldt

(2) Jean Brunhes

(3) Griffith Taylor

(4) Ratzel

Q.7. Match List-I with List–II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET JAN 2017)

List-I                                     

(Geographers)                      

(I) Alexander Von Humboldt

(II) Ellen Churchill Semple

(III) Peter Haggett

(IV) Jean Brunhes

List-II

(Country)

(A) France

(B) U. K.

(C) U. S. A.

(D) Germany

Codes:

      I II III IV

(1). D C B A

(2). C B A D

(3). B D C A

(4). A D C B

Q.8. Nomothetic approach in geography emphasizes of (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Induction study

(2) Ideographic study

(3) Law making study

(4) Empirical study

Q.9. Which one of the following authors developed the theory of social physics to create the field of macro geography? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Stewart and Warntz

(2) Jackson and Smith

(3) Shevky and Bell

(4) Jones and Eyles

Q.10. The concept of ‘paradigm’ was propounded by (UGC NET JAN 2017)

 (1) Peet

(2) Haggett

(3) Kant

(4) Kuhn

Q.11. Who defined Geography as human ecology? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Schaefer

(2) Barrows

(3) Hartshorne

(4) Ellen Semple

Q.12. The approach that some geographical facts according to Ritter, cannot be explained scientifically, is termed as (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Locational

(2) Ecological

 (3) Teleological

(4) Regional

Q.13. Who among the following emphasized on the behavioural environment in Geography? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Johnston

(2) Kirk

(3) Gregory

(4) Burton

Q.14. The term ‘cultural landscape’ was developed by: (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) C. Darwin

(2) C. O. Sauer

(3) A. Humboldt

(4) C. Ritter

Q.15. Who among the following developed the concept of mental map? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Gould and White

(2) Boulding and Haggerstrand

(3) Downs and Stea

(4) Saarinen

Q.16. Who among the following geographers focused on man-centered geography? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Huntington

(2) Semple

(3) Jefferson

(4) Ratzel

Q.17. Who was the first Greek scholar to calculate the circumference of the earth? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Aristotle

(2) Herodotus

(3) Anaximander

(4) Eratosthenes

Q.18. “Space is socially culturally Constructed” is the view under: (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Behaviouralism

(2) Logical Positivism

(3) Structuralism

(4) Post Modernism

Q.19. Match List –I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below Table Contain Shows the Geographer And School of Geography (UGC NET NOV 2017)

List-I (Geographer)          

(A) Albert Demangeon

(B) Friedrick Ratzel

(C) Halford J. Mackinder

(D) Isaiah Bowman

List-II (School of Geography)

(i) German school of geography

(ii) French school of geography

(iii) British school of geography

(iv) American school of geography

Code:

    (A)   (B)   (C)   (D)

(1) (i)   (ii)   (iv)   (iii)

(2) (ii)  (i)    (iv)   (iii)

(3) (ii)  (i)    (iii)   (iv)

(4) (iv) (ii)   (iii)    (i)

Q.20. Who wrote the book ‘Meteorologica’? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Aristotle

(2) Posidonius

(3) Plato

(4) Eratosthenes

Q.21. The concept of ‘Cultural landscape’ was popularised by: (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Wilbur Zelinsky

(2) Carl Sauer

(3) Anne Buttimer

(4) Ratzel

Q.22. Who among the following defined Geography as human ecology? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Hartshorne

(2) Schaefer

(3) Barrows

(4) Richthofen

Q.23. Who among the following defined geography as discovery of predictive patterns during quantitative revolution period? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Haggett

(2) Bunge

(3) Harvey

(4) Chorley

Q.24. who among the following correlated color of ocean water and salinity? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Al Masudi

(2) Al Maqdisi

(3) Ibn Khaldun

(4) Ibn -Sina

Q.25. Which pair does not match correctly? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) P. Haggett – Geography a modern synthesis

(2) G. P. Marsh- Explanation in Geography

(3) P. E. James – All possible worlds

(4) Abler, Adams and Gould – Spatial organizations

Q.26. Match List-I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below: Table Contain Shows the Ideology And Proponent (UGC NET NOV 2017)

List-I                                        

(Ideology)                               

(A) Probabilism

(B) Stop-and-go determinism

(C) Systematic Geography

(D) Modern Geography

List-II

(Proponent)

(i) Humboldt

(ii) Ritter

(iii) Griffith Taylor

(iv) O. H. K. Spate

Code:

     (A)   (B)   (C)   (D)

(1) (i)    (iii)   (ii)   (iv)

(2) (iii)  (iv)   (i)    (ii)

(3) (iv)  (iii)   (i)    (ii)

(4) (ii)   (iii)  (iv)   (i)