MOCK TEST ON GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT PYQS JUNE, SEP & DEC 2013 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Strabo – Published 17 volumes work entitled as geography

(2) Ptolemy Published a famous text called Almagest or Geographike Syntaxis

(3) Hipparchus Designed orthographic and stereographic projections

(4) Hecataeus Invented an instrument known as ‘Astrolabe’ for determination of latitudes and longitudes

Q.2. Who among the following geographers laid down the foundation of dichotomy of General versus Special Geography? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Bernhard Varenius

(2) Immanuel Kant

(3) Peter Apian

(4) Sebastian Munster

Q.3. The concept of Teleology was propounded by (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Alexander Von Humboldt

(2) Carl Ritter

(3) Oscar Peschel

(4) Vidal de la Blasche

Q.4. Who among the following geographers specifically emphasized on climatic determinism? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Griffith Taylor

(2) Friedrich Ratzel

(3) Ellsworth Huntington

(4) Ellen Churchill Semple

Q.5. The concept of Areal Differentiation is also termed as (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Exceptionalism

(2) Chorological Study

(3) Systematic Geography

(4) Regionalism

Q.6. Which one of the following is correct sequence of contributors in the development of Greek Geography? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Anaximander, Herodotus, Hipparchus, Eratosthenes

(2) Herodotus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Anaximander

(3) Anaximander, Eratosthenes, Herodotus, Hipparchus

(4) Anaximander, Herodotus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus

Q.7. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

List – I (Scholar)

(a) Brian Berry

(b) Carl Sauer

(c) Dorreen Massey

(d) O.H.K. Spate

List – II (Area of Specialization)

(i) Regional Geography

(ii) Radical Geography

(iii) Social Geography

(iv) Urban Geography

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Q.8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R): (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): Behavioral Geography is now becoming much closer to a constructivists or transaction list epistemology, as propounded by neo-Kantian philosophers and psychologists.

Reason (R): The Geographers like White, Kirk, Gold and Kates have made signal contributions for behavioral movement in Geography.

Select your answer from the codes given below.

Codes:

(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.

(B) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.

(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Q.9. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

 List – I (American Geographers)

(a) Carl Sauer

(b) H.H. Barrows

(c) W.M. Davis

(d) M. Jafferson

 List – II (Contributions)

(i) Laws of primate city

(ii) Cycle of erosion

(iii) Geography as human ecology

(iv) Morphology of landscape

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Q.10. ‘An Introduction to the Application of Geography to History’ and ‘The Geographical Distribution of Mankind’ is the works of (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Vidal de la Blache

(B) Carl Ritter

(C) Alfred Hettner

(D) Friedrich Ratzel

Q.11. First quarter of 20th century was to be considered as the golden age of German geography. Among the following, who were the great leaders of this period? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(i) A. Penck

(ii) H. Lautensach

(iii) C. Ritter

(iv) A. Hettner

(A) (i) and (iii) are correct.

(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(C) (i) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

Q.12. Who one of the following determined the place of Geography in the classification of sciences? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Bernhard Varenius

(B) Philip Cluverius

(C) Immanuel Kant

(D) Sebastian Munster

Q.13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R): (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): Humanistic Geography rejects positivism and quantification in geography.

Reason (R): Humanistic Geography emphasizes the role of the human agency and its creativity in the construction of place, space and landscape.

Select your answer from the codes given below.

Codes:

(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.

Q.14. Which one of the following is correct chronological sequence of Arab geographers in the development of geography? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Al-Biruni, Al-Idrisi, IbnBattuta, Ibn Khaldun

(B) Al-Idrisi, Ibn-Khaldun, Al- Masudi, Al-Biruni

(C) Ibn-Khaldun, Al-Masudi, Al- Biruni, Al-Idrisi

(D) Al-Masudi, Ibn-Battuta, Ibn- Khaldun, Al-Biruni

Q.15. ‘Informational city’ is a term coined by (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) David Harvey

(B) Richard Peet

(C) Edward Soja

(D) Manuel Castells

Q.16. “Time-space compression” is a spatial concept given by (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Dorreen Massey

(B) David Harvey

(C) Daniel Bell

(D) Edward Soja

Q.17. Who among the following did not support the concept of environmental determinism? (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Ratzel

(B) Davis

(C) Huntington

(D) None of these

Q.18. Match the following and find the correct answer from the code: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

List – I

(a) Probabilism

(b) Stop-and-go determinism

(c) Systematic Geography

(d) Regional Geography

List - II

(i) Von Humboldt

(ii) Carl Ritter

(iii) Griffith Taylor

(iv) O.H.K Spate

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Q.19. Who wrote the book Airs Water and Places? (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Anaximander

(B) Hippocrates

(C) Eratosthones

(D) Hecateus

Q.20. The Humanistic Geography aims at ‘Verstehn’, that is (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Life style of man.

(B) Inter personal relations of men.

(C) Understanding of man in his environment.

(D) Objective experiences of man.

 Q.21. Geographia in 17 volumes was written by (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Ptolemy

(B) Miletus

(C) Strabo

(D) Ritter

Q.22. Who for the first time emphasized the importance of mental map of environment in decision-making process? (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Woolridge

(B) Downs

(C) Gould

(D) Lynch

Q.23. Which of the following is not true about welfare geography? (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) It studies the question of who gets what, where and how.

(B) It is much concerned about spatial distribution of poverty, resources and civic amenities.

(C) It was part of the reaction against positivism in geography.

(D) It seeks to change the present economic and political set up.

Q.24. Who of the following can be considered as an opponent of quantitative revolution? (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Stamp

(B) Chorley

(C) Haggelt

(D) Hagerstrand

Q.25. Identify the wrong pair: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) A.J. Herbertson – Major Natural Regions

(B) H. Robert Mill – Realm of Nature

(C) Peter Hagget – Locational Analysis in Human Geography

(D) L.D. Stamp – Frontiers in Geographical Teaching

Q.26. The concept of Paradigm was propounded by (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Thomas Kuhn

(B) E. Soja

(C) P. Hall

(D) Lewis Mumford

Q.27. Match the following and answer from the codes: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

List – I  

(a) A Hundred Years of Geography

(b) Geography in the Twentieth Century

(c) Man and Nature

(d) Influences of Geographic Environment

List - II

(I) Griffith Taylor

(II) T.W. Freeman

(III) E.C. Semple

(IV) G.P. Marsh

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Q.28. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given: (UGC NET DEC 2013)

List – I (Geographer) 

(a) Alexander Von Humboldt

(b) Ellen Churchill Semple

(c) Peter Haggett

(d) Jeans Brunhes

List – II (Country)

(i) France

(ii) U.K.

(iii) U.S.A.

(iv) Germany

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Q.29. Who among the following defined Geography as Discovery of Predictive Patterns during quantitative revolution period? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Haggett

(B) Harvey

(C) Stewart

(D) Bunge

Q.30. In describing the patterns and processes of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Accessibility and Connectivity

(B) Density and Dispersion

(C) Diffusion and Pattern

(D) Pedestrian Cities

Q.31. Who founded the Humanistic School of Geography? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Wolpert

(B) Tuan

(C) Kirk

(D) Harvey

Q.32. Who amongst the following correlated colour of ocean water and its salinity? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Ibn – Khaldun

(B) Al – Masudi

(C) Ibn – Sina

(D) Al – Maqdisi

Q.33. “All history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically.” Who wrote this? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Herodotus

(B) Ratzel

(C) Blache

(D) Davis

Q.34. Which school of thoughts developed the Science of Astronomy? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Greeks

(B) Chinese

(C) Roman

(D) Arabs

Q.35. The concept of ‘Cultural landscape’ was promoted by (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Ratzel

(B) Anne Buttimer

(C) Carl Saur

(D) Wilbur Zelinsky

Q.36. Who, among the following, propounded the concept of compage? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Minshull

(B) Blache

(C) Whittlesey

(D) Isard

Q.37. Space is socially or culturally constructed” is the view under (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Logical positivism

(2) Behaviouralism

(3) Post modernism

(4) Structuralism

Q.38. Who, amongst the following, defined Geography as a chorological science? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Ptolemy

(2) Richthofen

(3) Hettner

(4) P.E. James

Q.39. Who, amongst the following, has propounded the concept of Time Space Geography? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Hagerstrand

(2) Haggett

(3) Johnston

(4) Harvey

Q.40. Match the following from the codes: (UGC NET DEC 2013)

List I (Major Proponent)  

(a) Gibson

(b) Guelke

(c) Peet

(d) Wright and Kirk

List II (Philosophy of Geography)

(i) Idealism

(ii) Realism

(iii) Behaviouralism

(iv) Radicalism

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