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As you Asking for the Question Paper of the Geography of the UGC NET Examination the Question Paper is given below 1. Landslides involve (A) Downslope movement of individual rock blocks which is usually not perceptible. (B) Rapid perceptible movement of relatively dry mass of earth debris or bed rock. (C) Slow to very rapid movement of water saturated rock debris. (D) Slow-flowing downslope masses of rock debris saturated with water. Answer: (B) 2. Which of the following pairs is not a correct match of desert and country/ continent? (A) Atacama desert – South America (B) Gobi desert – Central Asia (C) Sonoran – West Asia desert (D) Great Victorian – Australia desert Answer: (C) 3. One of the proponents of the turbidity current theory of the origin of submarine canyons was (A) Daly (B) Dana (C) Salis (D) Gregory Answer: (A) 4. The term panplane refers to (A) A level surface formed in the old age of fluvial cycle (B) A level surface formed by wind erosion (C) A plain formed by marine action (D) A plain formed by joining of flood-plains Answer: (D) 5. In the process of erosion, the removal of material by solution is called (A) Attrition (B) Corrasion (C) Corrosion (D) Sapping Answer: (C) 6. Arrange the solar spectrum in ascending order of its wavelength: (a) Ultraviolet (b) Microwaves (c) X-rays (d) Television waves Codes: (A) (d), (c), (b), (a) (B) (a), (c), (d), (b) (C) (c), (a), (b), (d) (D) (b), (c), (a), (d) Answer: (C) 7. Energy that is reflected by the atmosphere (A) Does not heat the atmosphere (B) Has a different wavelength than the incoming energy (C) Is usually short energy like visible light which does not penetrate the atmosphere (D) Heats the atmosphere by absorption Answer: (C) 8. Which one of the following statements about the polar jet stream is not true? (A) It moves northwards during summer. (B) It supplies energy to the circulation of surface storms. (C) Its location roughly coincides with that of the polar front. (D) Its velocity is greater during summer. Answer: (D) 9. The percentage of water vapour in the air in the tropical regions may be as high aswww.netugc.com (A) 4 percent (B) 10 percent (C) 30 percent (D) 50 percent Answer: (A) 10. The vertical air flow in an anticyclone results in (A) Diversion aloft (B) Conversion aloft (C) Diversion both aloft and at the surface (D) Convergence at the surface and divergence aloft Answer: (B) 11. The most common salt in the ocean is (A) Calcium chloride (B) Sodium nitrate (C) Sodium chloride (D) Calcium nitrate Answer: (C) 12. In the hydrological cycle evaporation is preceded by (A) Clouds (B) Precipitation (C) Heat (D) Condensation Answer: (C) 13. Which of the following occupies Trophic Level I in food chain? (A) Bacteria (B) Carnivores (C) Primary consumers (D) Plants Answer: (D) 14. Which of the following regions is known as the ‘carbon sink’ of the globe? (A) Antarctica (B) Savanna (C) N.W. Europe (D) Tropical rainforest Answer: (D) 15. Ecological Niche refers to (A) Interaction between man and environment (B) The functional role of an organism in the ecosystem (C) Interdependence of man and plant (D) None of the above Answer: (B) 16. Who among the following expounded the concept that “the present is the key to the past”? (A) Buffon (B) Lyell (C) Hutton (D) Playfair Answer: (C) 17. The approach that some of the geographical facts according to Ritter, cannot be explained scientifically, is termed as (A) Ecological (B) Regional (C) Teleological (D) Locational Answer: (C) 18. Whose pioneer statement on the scope and method of modern geography, according to Hartshorne, set the direction of geographic thought for the future? (A) Blache (B) Schluter (C) Ratzel (D) Richthofen Answer: (D) 19. Who among the following geographers emphasized the predominant role of climate in human life? (A) Geddes (B) Jefferson (C) Huntington (D) Brunhes Answer: (C) 20. Who is usually given the credit for establishing the validity of the idea that there was an ice age during which ice sheets covered much of northern Europe? (A) Agassiz (B) Ramsay (C) Jukes (D) Penck Answer: (A |
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