REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 60 MCQS MOCK TEST 1 FOR NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Who is regarded as the Father of Regional Science

(A) Walter Isard

(B) Lewis Mumford

(C) C. Geddes

(D) Ebenzer Howard

Q.2. The main thrust of regional planning is

(A) to initiate economic growth

(B) to have industrial expansion

(C) to remove areal disparity

(D) to increase per capita income

Q.3. Regional Imbalances of economic development largely affected by which of the following factors

(A) Lack of Education

(B) Lesser resource utilization

(C) Lesser demand of the people

(D) Regional disparity in resources

Q.4. To study regional imbalances and regional disparities in India, which one of the following methods was applied

(A) Composite Index

(B) Un-weighted Ranks

(C) Principal Component Analysis

(D) Input-Output Analysis

Q.5. Which one of the following factors does not determine the kinds and amount of economic activity in the region

(A) Cost of Transportation

(B) Inequality of Income

(C) Technology of Production

(D) Demand Side of Equation

Q.6. The surveys that are conducted to identify deteriorated or deficient area in development are termed as

(A) Diagnostic Surveys

(B) Structural Surveys

(C) Environmental Quality Surveys

(D) Socio-Economic Surveys

Q.7. The gravity principle in identification of nodal regions states that the interaction between two geographic points is directly related to (JUNE 2014)

(A) Their Masses

(B) Their Distance

(C) Their Mode of Transport

(D) Their Size of Settlement

Q.8. Which one of the following dimensions would you consider as indicators of development and composite indices for measurement of regional disparity and inclusive growth in India?

(A) Density and Growth of population social composition and worker’s activity

(B) Contributions of Agriculture, industry and services

(C) Demographic Characteristics, fertility, mortality and migration

(D) Economic development, basic amenities and social development

Q.9. The planning commission of India was set up in the year

(A) 1950

(B) 1952

(C) 1960

(D) 1948

Q.10. Which one of the following regions has been classified as the western dry region by the planning commission

(A) North Bihar Dry Region

(B) NEFA Region

(C) Rajasthan Dry Regions

(D) West Bengal Duars

Q.11. The Community Development Programme (CDP) was initiated in the year

(A) 22 October, 1950

(B) 2 October, 1952

(C) 2 October, 1954

(D) 2 October. 1956

Q.12. The Community Development Programme was initiated primarily to-

(A) bring in development among the people by raising the literacy level

(B) increase the control of the masses over the locally available resources

(C) bring out development of urban facilities

(D) increase the levels of overall development of the villages through self-help.

Q.13. Who is census of India applied the ternary diagram for the functional classification of towns in India?

(A) Rao and Sundaram

(B) Ashok Mitra

(C) A.R. Nanda

(D) Chandrasekhar

Q.14. Who authored the book entitled growth pole and growth centre for regional economics development in India?

(A) Sen and Wanmali

(B) Sadasyuk and Sengupta

(C) Mishra, Rao and Sundaram

(D) Rao and Sundaram

Q.15. A functional region is delineated on the basis of

(A) Isohaline

(B) Physical Divisions

(C) Administrative Boundaries

(D) Field of Interactions