SOLVED PYQs UGC NET (GEOGRAPHY)
Geographic Thought
UGC NET GEOGRAPHY
Geographic Thought (Unit 8)
Covered Topics: Contributions of Greek, Roman, Arab, Chinese, Indian & Other Scholars, Contributions of Geographers (Bernhardus Varentus, Immanuel Kant, Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Ritter, Scheafer & Hartshorne), Impact of Darwinian Theory on Geographical Thought, Contemporary Trends in Indian Geography (Cortography, Thematic & Methodological contributions), Major Geographic Traditions (Earth Science, man environment relationship, area studies and spatial analysis).
1. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. (SEPT 2013)
| List-I (Geographical approaches) | List-II (Geographers) |
|---|---|
| A. Probabilism | I. Von Humboldt |
| B. Stop-and-go determinism | II. Carl Ritter |
| C. Systematic | III. Griffith Taylor |
| D. Regional Geography | IV. O. H. K. Spate |
Codes:
(1) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
(2) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
(3) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
(4) A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
2. Who wrote the book Airs, Water and Places? (SEPT 2013)
(1) Anaximander
(2) Hippocrates
(3) Eratosthenes
(4) Hecataeus
3. Who among the following did not support the concept of environmental determinism? (SEPT 2013)
(1) Ratzel
(2) Davis
(3) Huntington
(4) None of these
4. In describing the patterns and processes of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with (DEC 2013)
(1) Accessibility and connectivity
(2) Density and dispersion
(3) Diffusion and pattern
(4) Pedestrian cities
5. Who amongst the following correlated the colour of ocean water and its salinity? (DEC 2013)
(1) Ibn-Khaldun
(2) Al-Masudi
(3) Ibn-Sina
(4) Al-Maqdisi
6. “All history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically.” Who wrote this? (DEC 2013)
(1) Herodotus
(2) Ratzel
(3) Vidal de la Blache
(4) Davis
7. Which school of thought developed the science of astronomy? (DEC 2013)
(1) Greeks
(2) Chinese
(3) Roman
(4) Arabs
8. The term ‘anthropogeographic’ was coined by Ratzel and used by him for the (JUNE 2014)
(1) Geography of man in terms of individuals and races
(2) Geography of man and his works in relation to the earth’s surface
(3) Organic theory of society and state
(4) Study of harmonious reciprocal relations of man and nature
9. Who coined the term ‘Cosmography’ and divided it into Uranography and Geography? (JUNE 2014)
(1) O. Peschel
(2) C. Ritter
(3) B. Varenius
(4) A. Humboldt
10. The book Perspective on the Nature of Geography (1959) was authored by (JUNE 2014)
(1) Ellen Churchill Semple
(2) Rudolf Kjellen
(3) Richard Hartshorne
(4) Isaiah Bowman
11. Who among the following was a strong supporter of Ritter’s teleological ideas? (JUNE 2014)
(1) Guyot
(2) Peschel
(3) Garland
(4) Ratzel
12. The term ‘Cosmography’ was coined by (DEC 2014)
(1) O. Peschel
(2) Humboldt
(3) W. M. Davis
(4) Ptolemy
| 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 3 (4) | 4 (1) | 5 (2) | 6 (1) | 7 (1) | 8 (4) | 9 (4) | 10 (3) |
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| 11 (1) | 12 (2) | 13 (2) | 14 (2) | 15 (3) | 16 (4) | 17 (1) | 18 (1) | 19 (1) | 20 (1) |
| 21 (4) | 22 (2) | 23 (1) | 24 (1) | 25 (1) | 26 (2) | 27 (3) | 28 (2) | 29 (4) | 30 (4) |
| 31 (1) | 32 (3) | 33 (3) | 34 (2) | 35 (3) | 36 (2) | 37 (2) | 38 (3) | 39 (1) | 40 (2) |
| 41 (4) | 42 (1) | 43 (2) | 44 (3) | 45 (1) | 46 (3) | 47 (3) | 48 (1) | 49 (1) | 50 (4) |
| 51 (1) | 52 (3) | 53 (2) | 54 (4) | 55 (3) | 56 (2) | 57 (3) | 58 (2) | 59 (3) | 60 (4) |
| 61 (4) | 62 (3) | 63 (4) | 64 (3) | 65 (4) | 66 (4) | 67 (2) | 68 (1) | 69 (2) | 70 (2) |
| 71 (3) | 72 (4) | 73 (3) | 74 (4) | 75 (4) | 76 (3) | 77 (3) | 78 (4) | 79 (1) | 80 (1) |
| 81 (4) | 82 (3) | 83 (1) | 84 (2) | 85 (2) | 86 (4) | 87 (3) | 88 (4) | 89 (4) | 90 (4) |
| 91 (3) | 92 (2) | 93 (4) | 94 (1) | 95 (3) | 96 (2) | 97 (4) | 98 (2) | 99 (2) | 100 (4) |
| 101 (3) | 102 (3) | 103 (1) | 104 (2) | 105 (3) | 106 (4) | 107 (1) | 108 (4) | 109 (4) | 110 (4) |
| 111 (1) | 112 (2) | 113 (2) | 114 (4) | 115 (2) | 116 (3) | 117 (3) | 118 (3) | 119 (1) | 120 (3) |
| 121 (1) | 122 (2) | 123 (1) |
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