UGC NET Geography 25 Important Questions, Quiz No - 6

UGC NET Geography Quiz

1. A drainage pattern which is not related to the structure of the region is known as:

A) Trellis B) Dendritic C) Superimposed D) Rectangular

2. Crickmay, while disagreeing with Davis, supplemented peneplain with the term:

A) Panplain B) Etchplain C) Pediplain D) Structural plain

3. Which one of the following types of plate boundaries and motions are exemplified by the San Andreas Fault of California?

A) Transform boundary with lateral motion B) Divergent boundary with lateral motion C) Convergent boundary with compressional motion D) Transform boundary with compressional motion

4. The American climatologist C.W. Thornthwaite revised the scheme of the classification of world climates in which one of the following years?

A) 1931 B) 1938 C) 1948 D) 1955

5. Which one of the following arrangements of Pleistocene Ice Age is in a correct chronological order?

A) Wurm, Mindel, Riss, Gunz B) Gunz, Mindel, Riss, Wurm C) Riss, Mindel, Gunz, Wurm D) Mindel, Gunz, Wurm, Riss

6. Which one of the following statements about polar jet stream is not true?

A) It moves northwards during summer B) It is located at a higher altitude than the subtropical jet stream C) It is a high-altitude wind system D) It remains stationary throughout the year

7. Supercooled water is water which is:

A) Imported from glaciers B) Remains liquid below 0°C C) Cooled below 0°C but freezes instantly D) Frozen at 0°C

8. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of contributors in the development of Greek Geography?

A) Anaximander, Herodotus, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy B) Herodotus, Eratosthenes, Anaximander, Ptolemy C) Anaximander, Eratosthenes, Herodotus, Ptolemy D) Eratosthenes, Anaximander, Ptolemy, Herodotus

9. Which one among the following perspectives was responsible for a radical transformation in the spirit and purpose of geography?

A) Positivism B) Humanism C) Functionalism D) Structuralism

10. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of monsoon climate in India?

A) Seasonal reversal of winds B) Heavy rainfall in summer C) Dry winter season D) Uniform rainfall throughout the year

11. The concept of ‘Stop and Go’ determinism was put forward by:

A) J.E. Spencer B) Griffith Taylor C) J. Brunhes D) Vidal de la Blache

12. Which one of the following is strongly presumptive of a fault line scarp?

A) Superimposed drainage B) Frequent severe earthquakes C) Actual fault plane D) Poor correlation between rock resistance and topographic form

13. Which one of the following is not a correct statement about the definition of geography?

A) It is a study of spatial variations B) It studies man-environment relationships C) It is a study of temporal processes only D) It is concerned with areal differentiation

14. The term ‘Anthropogeography’ was coined by:

A) Friedrich Ratzel B) Carl Ritter C) Alexander von Humboldt D) Ellen Semple

15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A) Central Place Theory – Christaller B) Rank Size Rule – Zipf C) Heartland Theory – Mackinder D) Gravity Model – Ravenstein

16. Which one of the following groups of states in India recorded a sex ratio higher than 950 according to the 2011 Census?

A) Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala B) Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan C) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand D) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha

17. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the Green Revolution?

A) Use of high-yielding varieties B) Mechanized farming C) Dependence on traditional irrigation D) Application of chemical fertilizers

18. The term ‘Isodapane’ in industrial location theory was introduced by:

A) Weber B) Losch C) Christaller D) Palander

19. Which one of the following is a measure of dispersion?

A) Mean B) Median C) Standard deviation D) Mode

20. The concept of ‘Growth Pole’ was propounded by:

A) Perroux B) Myrdal C) Hirschman D) Friedman

21. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?

A) Benguela B) Humboldt C) Kuroshio D) Canaries

22. The term ‘Pediplain’ is associated with the work of:

A) W.M. Davis B) L.C. King C) W. Penck D) A. Strahler

23. Who among the following is considered the father of Human Geography?

A) Carl Ritter B) Friedrich Ratzel C) Alexander von Humboldt D) Vidal de la Blache

24. Which one of the following states recorded the highest literacy rate as per the 2011 Census?

A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu C) Himachal Pradesh D) Mizoram

25. The concept of ‘Areal Differentiation’ is closely associated with:

A) Carl Sauer B) Richard Hartshorne C) David Harvey D) Yi-Fu Tuan