Political Geography – UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Covered Topics: Boundaries and Frontiers (with special reference to India), Heartland & Bieland Theories, Trends & Developments in Political Geography, Determinants of Electoral Behaviour & Reforms in India, Geography of Federalism, Geopolitics of Climate Change, Geopolitics of World Resources, Geo-politics of Indian Ocean, Regional Organisations of Cooperation (SAARC, ASEAN, OPEC, EU), Geopolitics of World Natural Resources.

1. The concept of Lebensraum became popular in the discipline of political geography after the publication of (SEPT 2013)

(1) Politische Geographie
(2) Geographical Pivot of History
(3) Political Geography: World Economy, Nation-State and Locality
(4) Making Political Geography

2. Whose portrayals epitomized the relationship of political geography to foreign policy? (SEPT 2013)

(1) Isaiah Bowman
(2) Friedrich Ratzel
(3) Karl Haushofer
(4) Adolf Hitler

3. Which one of the following is not a general-purpose authority? (SEPT 2013)

(1) A district
(2) World Health Organisation (WHO)
(3) A department
(4) A country

4. Who gave the theory of Rimland, giving importance to sea powers due to their ability to make a rim around the ‘Heartland’, in the book The Geography of Peace? (SEPT 2013)

(1) Spykman
(2) Truman
(3) Haushofer
(4) Mahan

5. Mackinder’s ‘Pivot Area’, which he envisaged to be strategically very important, was (SEPT 2013)

(1) Arabia and its surroundings
(2) Central Africa
(3) The land between the Volga in the west and Eastern Siberia in the east
(4) The central regions of the New World (America)

6. Given below are two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). (SEPT 2013)

Assertion (A): Planning regions generally tally with administrative divisions.
Reason (R): Plan execution is convenient in uniform administrative regions.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are false
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

7. In 1919, Mackinder renamed his ‘Pivot Area’ as ‘Heartland’ in the famous book (DEC 2013)

(1) Foreign Affairs
(2) The Round World and the Winning of the Peace
(3) Democratic Ideals and Reality
(4) World War and Geography

8. The statement “Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island …” was made by (JUNE 2014)

(1) Mackinder
(2) Spykman
(3) Alfred Mahan
(4) Whittlesey

9. Which one of the characteristic features of Indian federalism does not have a geographical base? (JUNE 2014)

(1) Vast area size
(2) Physical and cultural diversities
(3) Regional inequalities in socio-economic development
(4) Division of powers and functions between Union and States

10. Which of the following countries is known as a unique assemblage of human races in the world? (JUNE 2014)

(1) Union of South Africa
(2) USA
(3) Indonesia
(4) India

11. The ‘Geostrategic model’, dividing the world into ten regions, was propounded by (JUNE 2014)

(1) P. J. Taylor
(2) John Short
(3) John Agnew
(4) Saul Cohen

12. Match List I with List II. (JUNE 2014)

Codes:

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