MOCK TEST ON GEOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES PYQS JUNE & DEC 2012 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Which one of the following may be categorised as footloose industry? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) Cement

(2) Ship building

(3) Electronic components

(4) Cotton textile

Q.2. Gross Cultivated Area divided by Net Sown Area is known as (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) Agricultural efficiency

(2) Crop diversification

(3) Crop concentration

(4) Crop intensity

Q.3. The intensive cultivation of vegetables, fruits and flowers in the periphery of cities in USA is called (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) Truck farming

(2) Factory farming

(3) Market gardening

(4) Agri - farming

Q.4. Why are steel mills within Japan drawn to coastal locations? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) Nearness to iron ore reserves

(2) Nearness to local markets

(3) Availability of cheap labour

(4) To minimise transportation cost for imported raw materials and steel exports

Q.5. Which one of the following indicators is most commonly used to measure the economic development of a country? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) Infant mortality rate

(2) Availability of potable water

(3) Female literacy

(4) Gross National Product per capita

Q.6. The essential feature of shifting cultivation is (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Intensity of crops

(B) Rotation of fields

(C) Single cropping

(D) Double cropping

Q.7. The footloose industries are those for whom: (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Transportation costs are relatively unimportant

(B) Transport costs are very important

(C) Presence of raw material in the neighbourhood is necessary

(D) All of the above are necessary

Q.8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below: (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

List – I   

(a) Malaysia

(b) Brazil

(c) Cuba

(d) Hawai

List – II

(1) Coffee

(2) Sugar

(3) Pineapple

(4) Rubber

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Q.9. The three iron and steel plants at Kulti, Burnpur and Hirapur have been merged together as: (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Tata Iron and Steel Company

(B) Indian Iron and Steel Company

(C) Bengal Iron Works

(D) Mysore Iron Works

Q.10. The rice producing areas are associated with (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Low density of population

(B) Moderate density of population

(C) High density of population

(D) None of the above

Q.11. The informal sector of economy refers to (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Capitalist mode of economy

(B) Bazaar type of economy

(C) Dynamic and stable income

(D) Permanent and productive establishment

Q.12. Which one of the following is not related with informal sector of economy? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Market type of economy

(B) Unskilled/semiskilled labour force

(C) Temporary & unstable income

(D) Capitalist mode of economy

Q.13. Which one of the following market locations is optimal in given diagram of industrial landscape (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) b

(B) c

(C) a

(D) d

Q.14. The stretchability of resource refers to (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) The ability to find adequate substitution

(B) Susceptibility to destruction

(C) Ability to produce greater yields

(D) Non-exhaustibility

Q.15. Resource creation is the result of (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Interaction of natural and cultural processes

(B) Interaction of different natural processes

(C) Interaction of different social processes

(D) Interaction of different economic processes

Q.16. The final stage in the process of energy resource utilization is (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Transport

(B) Storage

(C) Disposal of waste material

(D) Conversion

Q.17. Which one of the following is related to Tribal Economy? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Intensive cultivation

(B) Footloose Industry

(C) Mining and Quarrying

(D) Shifting cultivation

Q.18. Which one of the following matches in case of shifting cultivation is not correct? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Ladang – Indonesia

(B) Ray – Vietnam

(C) Milpa – Mexico

(D) Tamrai – Brazil

Q.19. Which one of the following countries is the major producer of mica? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) India

(B) U.S.A.

(C) Brazil

(D) China

Q.20. 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

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Q.21. 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

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Q.22. The number of persons expressed in terms of unit area of agricultural land is known as (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Economic Density

(B) Physiological Density

(C) Arithmetical Density

(D) Agricultural Density

Q.23. Which one of the following sequences of land use according to Von Thunen’s model is correct? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming

(B) Firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk

(C) Intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber

(D) Market gardening and fresh milk, intensive crop farming, firewood and lumber

Q.24. 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

Q.25. 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

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