CUET UG Geography Answer Key 2024 May 17 & Shift- 1A and Paper Analysis - Download PDF (2024)

QuestionAnswer1. Which of the following is a land-locked harbour 2?
(1) Paradwip port
(2) Tuticorin port
(3) Haldia port
(4) Visakhapatnam port(2) Tuticorin port2.Which of the following ports is confronted with the problem of silt accumulation?
(1) Mumbai port
(2) New Mangalore port
(3) Kolkata port
(4) Paradwip port(3) Kolkata port3.Where is the headquarters of the 'Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC)?
(1) Montevideo
(2) Vienna
(3) Minsk
(4) Aden(2) Vienna4.The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was transformed into the World Trade Organization in
(1) 1995
(2) 1991
(3) 2005
(4) 1976(1) 19955. Pykara Hydroelectric Plant was built in
(1) 1929
(2) 1931
(3) 1932
(4) 1942(2) 19316. The total utilisable water resources in India is about _cubic km.
(1) 4,000
(2) 1,969
(3) 1,869
(4) 1,122(3) 1,8697. The first radio programme was broadcast in India in
(1) 1910
(2) 1913
(3) 1923
(4) 1932(3) 19238.Canberra was planned by
(1) Panck Geddes
(2) Walter Battey Griffin
(3) Jean Gottmann
(4) George Zinf(2) Walter Burley Griffin9. Match List I with List II
List I:
(A) Aerial Differentiation
(B) Spatial Organization
(C) Behavioural School
(D) Post Modernism
List II:
(I) Identifying the uniqueness of any region and understanding how and why it is different
(II) Application of quantitative techniques in Geography
(III) Discontent with quantitative revolution and its dehumanized manner of doing Geography.
(IV) Focus on local content
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(1), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(1), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(3) (A)-(1), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(1), (D)-(II)(1) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)10.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.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B) and (D) only
(2) (A), (C) and (D) only
(3)(A), (B) and (C) only
(4) (B), (C) and (D) only(3) (A), (B), and (C) only11. 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
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (C), (D), (A), (B)
(2) (D), (C), (A), (B)
(3) (D), (C), (B), (A)
(4) (C), (D), (B), (A)(2) (D), (C), (A), (B)12. Arrange the following as per the stages of 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.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B), (C), (D)
(2) (A), (C), (B), (D)
(3) (D), (B), (C), (A)
(4) (D), (C), (B), (A)(1) (A), (B), (C), (D)13. Match List-I with List-II:
List-I (Station):
(A) Chita
(B) Winnipeg
(C) Broken Hill
(D) Chicago

List-II (Trans-Continental Railway):
(I) Australian Trans-Continental Railway
(II) Union Pacific Railway
(III) Trans-Siberian Railway
(IV) Trans-Canadian Railway

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(1), (B) (II), (C) (III), (D)-(IV)
(2) (А)-(Ш), (B) (IV), (C) (1), (D) - (II)
(3) (А)-(II), (B)-(1), (C)-(IV), (D) - (III)
(4) (А)-(III), (B)-(II), (C) (TV), (D)-(1)

(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(1), (D)-(II)14. Arrange the following copper mines in North to South direction:
(A) Alwar
(B) Bhilwara
(C) Khetri
(D) Udaipur
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B), (D), (C), (A)
(2) (C), (B), (A), (D)
(3) (B), (C). (D), (A)
(4) (C), (A), (B), (D)(4) (C), (A), (B), (D)15. 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
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (C), (A), (B), (D)
(2) (B), (C), (D), (A)
(3) (B), (A), (D), (C)
(4) (D), (A), (C), (B)(1) (C), (A), (B), (D)16. Match List-I with List-II:
List-I (Energy Type):
(I) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(II) West Coast of India
(III) Tarapur
(IV) Manikaran

List-II (Key Locations/Regions):
(A) Nuclear energy
(B) Wind energy
(C) Tidal energy
(D) Geothermal energy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(1), (B)-(III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(1), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(1), (D)-(II)
(4) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D) (1)

(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)17. 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.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (C) and (D) only
(2) (A), (B) and (D) only
(3) (A), (B) and (C) only
(4) (B), (C) and (D) only(2) (A), (B) and (D) only18. Identify from the following the statement which is not correct about the Rhine waterways.
(1) It is navigable for 700 km.
(2) It flows through a rich coalfield and the whole basin has become a prosperous manufacturing area.
(3) Ocean-going vessels can reach upto Cologne.
(4) It connects the industrial areas of Switzerland, France and Russia.(4) It connects the industrial areas of Switzerland, France and Russia.19. 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
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (D),(A),(C),(B)
(2) (A),(C),(B),(D)
(3) (B),(A),(D),(C)
(4) (C), (B), (D), (A)(4) (C), (B), (D), (A)20. Match List-I with List-II: List-1 (Type of Town):
(1) Mhow
(II) Katni
(III) Satna
(IV) Modinagar

List-II (Example):
(A) Industrial
(B) Commercial
(C) Transport
(D) Garrison

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D) (1)
(2) (A)-(1), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D) - (IV)
(3) (A)-(1), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(3) (A)-(1), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)(1) (A), (B) and (D) only21.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.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B) and (D) only
(2) (A), (C) and (D) only
(3) (A), (B) and (C) only
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