List of top Geography Questions asked in CUET (UG)

Which of the following is not one of the pillars of Human Development?
(1) Equity
(2) Affordability
(3) Sustainability
(4) Empowerment

Which of the following approaches was initially proposed by the International Labour Organization?

Which of the following country’s population does not have a triangular shaped age sex pyramid?

Who, of the following, defined Human Geography as “Conception resulting from a more synthetic knowledge of the physical laws governing our earth and of the relations between the living beings which inhabit it”?
(1) Ratzel
(2) Blache
(3) Taylor
(4) Semple

Identify from the following, the correct statements about transportation in India.
(A) Atal Tunnel passes through Pir Panjal Range.
(B) About 80\(\%\) Indian Railway track is of metre gauge.
(C) The Inland Waterways Authority was set up in 1986.
(D) Konkan Railway connects Roha in Karnataka to Mangalore in Kerala.

Identify from the following, the correct statements with reference to oil refineries in India.
(A) Digboi is an example of market-based oil refinery.
(B) Tatipaka Oil Refinery is located in Andhra Pradesh.
(C) Numaligarh Oil Refinery is located in north-east India.
(D) Bina Oil Refinery is located in Madhya Pradesh.

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Identify from the following, the correct statements with reference to the metropolis.
(A) It is often the chief centre or seat of some form of activity.
(B) It could be administrative, commercial or industrial centre.
(C) It generally serves a small hinterland.
(D) It is a very large city or agglomeration of population.

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Arrange the following states in the descending order of their population density as per Census of India, 2011:
(A) West Bengal
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamil Nadu

Identify from the following the statement which is not correct about the Rhine waterways.
(A) It is navigable for 700 km.
(B) It flows through a rich coalfield and the whole basin has become a prosperous manufacturing area.
(C) Ocean-going vessels can reach up to Cologne.
(D) It connects the industrial areas of Switzerland, France and Russia.

Which of the following statements are correct with respect to land degradation?
(A) All degraded lands are wasteland.
(B) All degraded lands may not be wasteland, but unchecked process of development may
lead the conversion to wasteland.
(C) Land degradation is permanent or temporary decline in productive capacity of the land.
(D) Waterlogged, marshy areas and gullied lands are different types of degraded lands.

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Arrange the agricultural development of India in chronological order from Independence to the present day:
(A) Green Revolution
(B) Agro-Climatic Planning
(C) Intensive Agricultural District Programme
(D) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture

Arrange the following copper mines in North to South direction:
(A) Alwar
(B) Bhilwara
(C) Khetri
(D) Udaipur

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Arrange the following as per the stages of the demographic transition model:
(A) Population growth is slow due to high birth and high death rate.
(B) Fertility remains high, but mortality declines at a faster pace.
(C) Fertility declines at a faster pace, but mortality declines gradually.
(D) Population growth is slow due to low birth and low death rate.

Arrange the following agricultural regions from equator to pole:
(A) Commercial grain farming in the Prairies
(B) Reindeer rearing by the Eskimos
(C) Tea plantations of north-east India
(D) Primitive subsistence farming in Indonesia

Identify from the following, the correct statements with reference to the characteristics of intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by wet paddy cultivation.
(A) Land holdings are very small due to the high density of population.
(B) Farmers work with the help of family labour leading to intensive use of land.
(C) Farm yard manure is used to maintain the fertility of the soil.
(D) The yield per unit area is low, but productivity per labour is high.

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Canberra was planned by ____.

The first radio programme was broadcast in India in ____.

The total utilisable water resources in India is about ____cubic km

Pykara Hydroelectric Plant was built in _____.

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was transformed into the World Trade Organization in ______.