Agricultural Geography – UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Covered Tropics: Land Capability Clossification & Land Use Planning, Cropping Pattern & Crop Diversification, Methods of Delineating Crop Combination Regions (Weaver, Doi and Roflullah), Von Thunen’s Model of Land Use Planning, Measurement & Determinants of Agricultural Productivity, Regional Variations in Agricultural Productivity, Agricultural Systems of the world.

1. Which one of the following theories is based on the concept of economic rent? — (SEPT 2013)

(1) Agricultural land use
(2) Rank–size rule
(3) Innovation diffusion
(4) Urban land use

2. Green Revolution is a technological package, — (SEPT 2013)

I. High yielding variety of seeds
II. Land reforms
III. Assured irrigation facility
IV. Use of chemical fertilizers

Codes:

(1) I and II are correct
(2) II, III and IV are correct
(3) I, III and IV are correct
(4) Only III is correct

3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer — (SEPT 2013)

Codes:

(1) A–IV, B–II, C–I, D–II
(2) A–IV, B–III, C–II, D–I
(3) A–I, B–II, C–III, D–IV
(4) A–III, B–IV, C–I, D–II

4. Assertion–Reason — (JUNE 2014)

Assertion (A): With the development of HYV rubber trees and later synthetic rubber, the rubber of the Amazon basin has become a little more than memory.

Reason (R): Resources are created and destroyed by human culture.

(1) A is true, R is false
(2) A is false, R is true
(3) Both A and R are true and R explains A
(4) Both A and R are false

5. Which one of the following cultural realms is characterized by the given features? — (JUNE 2014)

I. Heritage of ancient civilization and classical culture
II. Rise of ancient city states
III. Importance of agriculture and horticulture including viticulture

(1) East European
(2) Indian
(3) Mediterranean
(4) Chinese

6. The agricultural region is a — (JUNE 2014)

(1) Homogeneous region
(2) Functional region
(3) Nodal region
(4) Natural region

7. Which one of the following crop practices refers to crop rotation? — (JUNE 2014)

(1) More than one crop in the same field in different seasons
(2) Same crop in the same field in different seasons
(3) Many crops in the same field in one season
(4) One crop in one season followed by a different crop in the next season in the same field

8. Who developed the technique to measure agricultural efficiency? — (DEC 2014)

(1) S.S. Bhatia
(2) R.L. Singh
(3) S.M. Rafiullah
(4) L.D. Stamp

9. Which type of agriculture of India is classified by D. Whittlesey? — (DEC 2014)

(1) Nomadic herding
(2) Livestock ranching
(3) Intensive subsistence agriculture
(4) Commercial agriculture

10. Which group of countries represents the flow of food grains to food-deficit regions? — (JUNE 2015)

(1) North America, Argentina, Indian Sub-continent and China → Western Europe, Middle East and Japan
(2) Australia, South Africa, India → Middle East, Western Europe and North Africa
(3) North America, Argentina, South Africa and Australia → Japan, Russia and Western Europe
(4) North America, Australia, Russia → China, Japan and Middle East

11. Which group of countries requires import of iron? — (JUNE 2015)

(1) Western Europe, Brazil and Canada
(2) Japan, Western Europe and USA
(3) India, China and South Africa
(4) USA, Western Europe and Mexico

12. Von Thünen’s agricultural location theory is based on — (JUNE 2015)

(1) Empirical approach
(2) Normative approach
(3) Deductive approach
(4) Behavioural approach