UGC NET Geography Unit 7 PYQs

UGC NET Geography Unit 7 focuses on Human, Cultural, Social, and Political Geography, covering important topics such as cultural landscapes, population movements, territoriality, geopolitics, political boundaries, regional identity, and social processes. Questions from this unit frequently appear in the UGC NET Geography examination, making it an important area for preparation. 

Practising Previous Year Questions (PYQs) helps candidates understand the exam pattern, identify frequently tested concepts, and strengthen their conceptual understanding. Here, we have compiled UGC NET Geography Unit 7 PYQs with answers to help aspirants revise important topics, improve accuracy, and enhance their overall exam readiness.

UGC NET Geography Unit 7 PYQs 

Check the UGC NET Geography Unit 7 PYQs below to practise important questions from Human, Cultural, Social, and Political Geography. These questions help candidates revise key concepts, understand repeated exam patterns, and improve accuracy for the upcoming UGC NET Geography exam.

1. Cultural Turn in Human Geography refers to:

A. Shift towards quantitative methods
B. Study of meaning, representation, identity and social construction through space
C. Study of agricultural landscapes
D. Study of physical geography

Answer: B. Study of meaning, representation, identity and social construction through space

2. Who is credited with the formulation of the Core-Periphery Model in spatial and political-economic geography?

A. Immanuel Wallerstein
B. John Friedmann
C. Mackinder
D. Spykman

Answer: B. John Friedmann

3. Who coined the term "Geopolitics"?

A. Mackinder
B. Friedrich Ratzel
C. Rudolf Kjellén
D. Alfred Mahan

Answer: C. Rudolf Kjellén

4. Cultural Landscape was first introduced by:

A. Yi-Fu Tuan
B. Carl Sauer
C. Peter Haggett
D. David Harvey

Answer: B. Carl Sauer

5. What type of political boundary is drawn to accommodate existing linguistic and cultural divisions?

A. Superimposed Boundary
B. Relic Boundary
C. Subsequent Boundary
D. Antecedent Boundary

Answer: C. Subsequent Boundary

6. Time-Space Compression is most closely associated with:

A. Edward Soja
B. Peter Haggett
C. Yi-Fu Tuan
D. David Harvey

Answer: D. David Harvey

7. Which concept explains the emotional and symbolic attachment of people to a particular place?

A. Placelessness
B. Topophilia
C. Place Identity
D. Territoriality

Answer: C. Place Identity

8. Heartland Theory was proposed by:

A. Nicholas Spykman
B. Friedrich Ratzel
C. Halford Mackinder
D. Alfred Mahan

Answer: C. Halford Mackinder

9. Disease Ecology primarily studies:

A. Pharmaceutical industries
B. Genetic mutations
C. Pandemics only
D. Diseases and environmental factors influencing their spatial distribution

Answer: D. Diseases and environmental factors influencing their spatial distribution

10. Topophilia was introduced by:

A. Carl Sauer
B. David Harvey
C. Yi-Fu Tuan
D. Edward Soja

Answer: C. Yi-Fu Tuan

11. Who categorized Indian tribes into racial types based primarily on the Cephalic Index?

A. H.H. Risley
B. Guha
C. Mackinder
D. Griffith Taylor

Answer: B. Guha

12. Rimland Theory was proposed by:

A. Mackinder
B. Alfred Mahan
C. Nicholas Spykman
D. Ratzel

Answer: C. Nicholas Spykman

13. Gravity Model explains:

A. Agricultural productivity
B. Interaction between two places based on population and distance
C. Cultural diffusion
D. Political boundaries

Answer: B. Interaction between two places based on population and distance

14. Gerrymandering refers to:

A. Creation of natural boundaries
B. Electoral reforms
C. Manipulation of electoral district boundaries for political advantage
D. Population migration

Answer: C. Manipulation of electoral district boundaries for political advantage

15. "Orientalism" was written by:

A. David Harvey
B. Carl Sauer
C. Edward Soja
D. Edward Said

Answer: D. Edward Said

16. Transhumance refers to:

A. Permanent migration
B. Seasonal movement of people and livestock between highlands and lowlands
C. International migration
D. Urbanization

Answer: B. Seasonal movement of people and livestock between highlands and lowlands

17. The concept of Core, Domain and Sphere in cultural regions was developed by:

A. Carl Sauer
B. Meinig
C. Yi-Fu Tuan
D. Hartshorne

Answer: B. Meinig

18. Which school of political geography views the state as a biological organism that must grow and occupy new territory to survive?

A. Functionalism
B. Possibilism
C. Social Darwinism
D. Humanism

Answer: C. Social Darwinism

19. Isogloss is a boundary separating:

A. Rainfall regions
B. Temperature regions
C. Different linguistic dialects
D. Population regions

Answer: C. Different linguistic dialects

20. Territoriality is most closely associated with:

A. David Harvey
B. Robert Sack
C. Hartshorne
D. Ratzel

Answer: B. Robert Sack