NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam, June, 2023 Geography

Total Questions: 100

31. Which of the following are true for India's National Health Policy, 2017?

A. Increase of life expectancy at birth to 70 years by 2025.
B. Increase of health expenditure by Government to 5.0 per cent of GDP by 2025.
C. Reduction in infant mortality rate to 28 by 2019.
D. Reduction of Maternal Mortality rate to 200 by 2020.
E. Reduction of Maternal Mortality rate to 200 by 2020.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) A, C and E only
Solution:

National health policy 2017 replaces the 15 year old N.H.P. 2002 & aims to provide healthcare in assured manner by addressing current & emerging challenges
Highlights of NHP 2017
• Increase health expenditure of Govt. to 2.5% of GDP from current 1.4% with more than 2/3rd of those resources going towards primary healthcare
• Ensure availability of 2 beds per 1000 populations to access within golden hour
• Increase life expectancy from 67.5 to 70 years by 2025
• Reduce TFR to 2.1 at sub national & national level by 2025
• Reduce Mortality Rate of children under 5 year of age to 23 per 1000 by 2025 & maternal mortality rate to 100 by 2020 & option A CE is correct.

32. Which one of the following is the most suitable for representation of growth of population overtime?

Correct Answer: (b) Line graph
Solution:

Line graph- Line graph is commonly used to measure changes in one quantity with respect to another quantity mainly to show change in one entity (population, production, price etc) our time

33. Match List I with List II.

Correct Answer: (b) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
Solution:

34. Who among the following were the leading advocates of quantitative revolution in Geography?

A. Semple and Ratzel
B. Mackinder and Ritter
C. Peter Hagget and William Bunge
D. Kansky and Ratzel E. Hagerstrand and Chorley
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) C and E only
Solution:

Quantitative Revolution was a paradigm shift in geography discipline occurred during 1950's & 1960's. It aimed mainly to provide accurate orderly, systematic, rational description & explanation of the variation in geographical phenomenon that occurred over the earth's surface.
• It mainly focuses on law & model building in scientific way Major proponents - Robinson, Ullman, William Garrison, Christaller, Peter Hagget, W.Bunge, Hagerstrand, Chorley.

35. Which among the following is the correct chronological order of Greek scholars?

A. Eratosthenes
B. Posidonius
C. Hecataeus
D. Hipparchus
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) C, A, D, B
Solution:

Chronological order of Greek scholars

36. Match List I with List II

Correct Answer: (d) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
Solution:

37. Identify the scholar who was the first to report and map the Chinese coal fields.

Correct Answer: (d) Richthofen
Solution:

Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905)- A German traveler noted for coining the term silk route.
• He significantly contributed to the research of geology and geography in China like -
• Extensive Research on Hwang-Ho valley's, Yellow soil & renamed if as 'loess'
• Mapping the minerals of China in systematic way etc.

38. The density of oceanic water is generally lowest in _______.

Correct Answer: (a) Equatorial region
Solution:

The density of oceanic water is lowest in equatorial region because of abundance of water mainly from the diurnal convectional rainfall that occurs daily & from the subsurface ocean current that brings the polar water to the equators Usually the upper layer's density of sea water increases while moving from equator to pole.

39. Which one of the following models is based on the study of human ecology?

Correct Answer: (a) Concentric zone model by Burgess
Solution:

Sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925 devised the concentric zone model based on human ecology theory. It was the urban version of Von Thunen's regional land use model
Zones identified are-
(1) Central Business district
(2) Transition zone of mixed residential & commercial uses
(3) Working class residential homes or zone of independent working men's homes
(4) Better quality middle-class homes
(5) Commuter zone, high class homes having large spaces.

40. The long-term objective of the National Population Policy (2000) of India was to achieve population stabilization by the year_______.

Correct Answer: (a) 2045
Solution:

National population policy framed by Ministry health & family planning in 1976 introduced in 2000 provides a wide range of suggestion for population control viz -:
(1) Immediate objective- Address the unmet needs for contraception, health care & health personal
(2) Medium-term objective- Bring TFRTO Replacement level (TFR of 2.1) by 2010
(3) Long term objective- Achieve a stable population by 2045 consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth & environmental protection.