MOCK TEST ON GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT PYQS JUNE & DEC 2019 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Which one of the following books was not written by Al-Masudi? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Kitab-Muraj-al-Dhahab

(2) Kitab-Akhbar-al-Zaman

(3) Al-Qanun-al-Masudi

(4) Kitab-al-Ausat

Q.2. Match List-I with List-II (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

List-I (Proponent)                                

(a) Schaefer

(b) James Lovelock

(c) O.H.K Spate

(d) Gidden

List-II (Philosophy)

(i) Gainism

(ii) Structuralism

(iii) Exceptionalism

(iv) Probabilism

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

(1). (a)- (ii); (b)-(iii); (c)-(i); (d)-(iv)

(2). (a)-(i); (b)-(ii); (c)-(iv); (d)-(iii)

(3). (a)-(iii); (b)-(i); (c)-(iv); (d)-(ii)

(4). (a)-(iii); (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii); (d)-(i)

Q.3. Match List-I with List-II (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

List-I    (Proponent)                                

(a) Ritter

(b) Ptolemy

(c) Strabo

(d) Hippocrates

List-II (Philosophy)

(i) On Air, Water, Places

(ii) Geographia

(iii) Almagast

(iv) Erdkunde

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

(1). (a)- (ii); (b)-(i); (c)-(iv); (d)-(iii)

(2). (a)-(iv); (b)-(iii); (c)-(ii); (d)-(i)

(3). (a)-(i); (b)-(ii); (c)-(iii); (d)-(iv)

(4). (a)-(iv); (b)-(i), (c)-(ii); (d)-(iii)

Q.4. The philosophy of positivism DOES NOT believe in (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Speculation

(2) Objectivity

(3) Fact

(4) Truth

Q.5. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R): (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

Assertion (A): Ritter was a teleologist and had a strong belief in God.

Reason (R): Ritter had a vision of ordered and harmonious universe.

Select the correct answer from options given below:

(1). Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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

(3). (A) is true, but (R) is false

(4). (R) is true, but (A) is false

Q.6. Who among the following Arab geographers is most widely travelled and wrote down his travel account for posterity? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Ibn-Batua

(2) Ibn-Khaldun

(3) Ibn-Hakul

(4) Al-Masudi

Q.7. Who among the following was a Roman geographer? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Hippocrates

(2) Hecataeus

(3) Strabo

(4) Posidonius

Q.8. Whose work provides the concept of image to geographical studies? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Gilbert White

(2) Julian Wolpert

(3) Kenneth Boulding

(4) Peter Gould

Q.9. Who amongst the following propounded the ‘Theory of Intervening Opportunities’? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) E.G Ravenstein

(2) G.K.Zipf

(3) D.J Bogue

(4) S. Stouffer

Q.10. Which one of the following pairs is not matched correctly? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Julian Wolpert: Behavioural approach

(2) Aristotle: Inductive approach

(3) Ratzel: Man-land approach

(4) David Smith: Marxist perspective

Q.11. In Drewnowski’s conceptual framework of the need satisfaction curve, the lowest level of living indicates which state of well-being? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Insuffciency

(2) Affluence

(3) Sufficiency

(4) Destituion

Q.12 Who among the following geographers was pioneer of branching Geography into two, general or universal and special or particular? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Richthofen

(2) Varenius

(3) Ritter

(4) Humboldt

Q.13. Which of the following features hinders the social process of assimilation? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) The stages of development of society

(2) Social activities

(3) Intimate social contacts

(4) Amalgamation

Q.14. Who among the following provided a philosophical foundation for Geography as a field of scientific enterprise? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Bernhardus Varenius

(2) Nicolaus Copernicus

(3) Immanuel Kant

(4) Kepler

Q.15. Who is the founder of Possibilism? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) G. Carter

(2) L. Febre

(3) W. Bunge

(4) E.C. Semple

Q.16. Who among the following defined geography as a chrological science? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) F.Von. Ricthofen

(2) E. Huntington

(3) A.Hettner

(4) F.Ratzel

Q.17. Who says 'geography is a science which deals with the art of map-making? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) Erathosthenes

(2) Hipparcus

(3) Hecateus

(4) Ptolemy

Q.18. Who calculated the circumference of the Earth as 25000 miles? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) Thales of Miletus

(2) Poseidonius

(3) Hipparchus

(4) Erathosthenes

Q.19. Who is the founder of the Humanistic School in Geography? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) Wolpert

(2) Taun

(3) Kirk

(4) Harvey

Q.20. Match the scholars (List-I) with the theory/model/concept (List-II) they propounded. (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

List-I

(Scholars)

(a) J Gottman

(b) G.K Zipf

(c) M. Jefferson

(d) E. Burgess

List -II

(Theory/Model/Concept)

(i) Rank Size Rule

(ii) Concentric Zone

(iii) Primate city

(iv) Megalopolis

Choose the correct options from below:

(1). (a)- (i), (b)- (ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

(2). (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)

(3). (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

(4). (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

Q.21. Which of the following statements relating to Ratzel's concept of Lebensraum, is correct? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(a) It is the geographical area within living organisms develop

(b) It is the economic and cultural activity of the people outside their enclosed settled area

(c) It deals with the relation between human society and a spatial organization and it's physical setting.

(d) It is a geographical term which studies space from the view point of state.

Choose the correct option from below:

(1). (a), (b) and (c)

(2). (b) and (c)

(3). (b), (c) and (d)

(4). (a), and (c) only

Q.22. Who used the term chorography to describe Geography? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) B. Varenius

(2) A. Von Humboldt

(3) E. Kant

(4) C.Ritter

Q.23. Who for the first time emphasized the importance of mental map of environment in decision making process? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) D.Wood

(2) S.J Gould

(3) D. Woodward

(4) K. Lynch

Q.24. Who described 'quantitative revolution' as a radical transformation of the spirit and purpose of Geography? (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) I. Burton

(2) P. Haggett

(3) R. Chorley

(4) O.H.K spate

Q.25. The ‘Organic Theory of State’ was propounded by- (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

(1) Bowman

(2) Haushoffer

(3) Mackinder

(4) Ratzel