NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam, December, 2019 Geography

Total Questions: 100

71. Which one of the following states recorded the highest percentage share of India in total population as per 2011 census?

Correct Answer: (c) Uttar Pradesh
Solution:

Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest percentage share of India's total population as per 2011 census. The four states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and account for almost half (48.89 percent) of the total Indian population. 16.49% of people live in Uttar Pradesh, 9.29% in Maharashtra, 8.58% in Bihar, and 7.55% in West Bengal as per census 2011.

72. The concept of 'Panplain' was propounded by

Correct Answer: (d) Crickmay
Solution:

The concept of 'Panplain' was propounded by Crickmay. He defines 'Panplain' as a broad and level surface created by lateral corrosion of rivers leading to the coalescence of adjacent floodplains. Panplains are formed by lateral planation by rivers whereas peneplains are formed by fluvial action and pediplains are formed by retreat of rivers. Thus, the correct answer is 4.

73. Two points A and B are located at the elevation of 250 m and 500 m from mean sea level with a horizontal equivalent of 1000 m between them. Which one of the following values of slope gradient (in tan - value scale) is correct?

Correct Answer: (b) 0.25
Solution:

To find the Gradient of a feature, the horizontal distance, as well as the vertical distance between two points on a line parallel to the feature, needs to be determined.
The slope is obtained by dividing the vertical distance over the horizontal distance.
The vertical distance is the elevation difference between point A and point B. So, the vertical distance is 250 m. Gradient = vertical distance / horizontal distance = 250/1000 = 0.25

74. Which one of the following states recorded the highest percentage of urban population within them as per 2011 census?

Correct Answer: (b) Haryana
Solution:

Haryana recorded the highest percentage of urban population within them as per 2011 census. Among major states, Tamil Nadu continues to be the most urbanized state with 48.4 percent of the population living in urban areas followed now by Kerala (47.7 percent) upstaging Maharashtra (45.2 percent). In the case of the percentage of the urban population in terms of the total population, Haryana shows the highest one.

75. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the definition of 'census towns' formulated by the Census of India?

(a) 75 percent of total working population should be engaged in agricultural activities
(b) Minimum population size is 5,000 persons
(c) 75 percent of total males of main working population should be engaged in nonagricultural activities
(d) Maximum population density is 400 persons per square kilometreSelect the correct option:

Correct Answer: (b) (b) and (c)
Solution:

A census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population has attained urban characteristics. They are characterized by the following: A minimum population of 5,000 At least 75 percent of the male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; and A density of population of at least 400 persons per sq. km. As per 2011 there were 3894 census towns.
Hence option (b) and (c) is correct.

76. The rigid masses surrounding the geosyncline were termed by Kober as-

Correct Answer: (a) Kratogen
Solution:

The rigid waves surrounding the Geosynclines were called by Kober as Kratogen. Geosynclines are the area of long, wide, and shallow depression of the water body bordered by rigid masses and which get huge sedimentation deposition from surrounding areas.
The concept of geosynclines was forwarded by Hall and Dana and elaborated by Haug.
Geosnclinal Orogen theory of kober
• Kober propounded his geosynclinal theory in his book 'Der bau Der erde'.
• Accor. to Kober their were mobile zones of water in the places of present day mountains. He called mobile zones of water as geosynclines or orogen (the place of
mountain building) These mobile zones of mountain building were surrounded by rigid masses which were termed by Kober as kratogen.

77. Who for the first time emphasized the importance of mental map of environment in decision making process?

Correct Answer: (b) S.J Gould
Solution:

S. J. Gould for the first time emphasized the importance of a 'mental map' of the environment in the decision-making process. His paper on mental map was first published in (1966) further Down (1970), Downs and Stea (1973), Gould and white (1974) through their writings mental map concept further developed. The aspect which was most enthusiastically adopted by geographers from the behavioral analysis was the concept of mental maps.
In behavioral geography, a mental map is a person's point-of-view perception of their area of interaction.

78. During the winter season, the north-western part of India gets rainfall from

Correct Answer: (c) Western disturbances
Solution:

Western disturbances cause rainfall during winter in the north western part of India. This is a pattern driven by Westerlies. Western Disturbances are important to the development of the Rabi crop in the northern subcontinent, which includes the locally important staple wheat.
It is an extratropical storm that originates from the Mediterranean region and brings sudden winter rain to the North-Western part of the Indian subcontinent.

79. In the regression model (y=a + bx) Where x=2.50, v=5.50 and a=1.50 (x and y denote mean of variables x and y and a is a constant), which one of the following values of parameter 'b' of the model is correct?

Correct Answer: (b) 1.60
Solution:

Linear regression model:
Linear regression is a way to model the relationship between two variables. You might also recognize the equation as the slope formula.
The equation has the form Y= a + bX,

80. Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Losch believed that price increase is the result of transport cost and by rotating the demand curve around the production point 'P', the shape of the market area is seen to be circular
Reason (R): Losch treated each function having a separate range, threshold and hexagonal hinterland.
Select the correct answer from options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Solution:

August Losch, a German economist, published his Theory of 'Profit Maximisation' in the year 195(d) According to Losch, industry will not necessarily be located within the least cost (transport cost and labour cost) location; rather it would locate in areas where maximum profit will occur. According to Losch each function of central place theory have a separate range, threshold and hexagonal hinterland. So A and R both are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.