MOCK TEST ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PYQS JAN & NOV 2017 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Who among the following formalized the concept that there exists relationship between the spatial organization and national development? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Kuklinski

(2) Dickens

(3) Friedmann

(4) Luten

Q.2. Who wrote the book “Growth Pole, and Growth Centres for Regional Economic Development in India”? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Misra, Rao and Sundaram

(2) Sundaram and T. B. Lahiri

(3) Sen and Wanamali

(4) Sadasyuk and Sengupta

Q.3. Who among the following formalised the concept that there exists relationship between the spatial organization and national development? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Luten

(2) Dickens

(3) Kuklinski

(4) Friedman

Q.4. Who wrote the book ‘Elements of Regional Economics’? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Harvey S. Perloff

(2) Jean Forbes

(3) Antoni Kuklinski

(4) Harry W. Richardson

Q.5. Which one of the following authors presented model that formed the basis of the planning strategy in the second plan of India? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Harrod

(2) Mahalanobis

(3) Domer

(4) Dandekar

Q.6. The gravity principle in identification of nodal regions states that the interaction between two geographical points is directly related to their (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Distance

(2) Masses

(3) Mode of Transport

(4) Size of settlement

Q.7. Who among the following is credited with incorporation of concept of geographical space in the Growth Pole Theory? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Myrdal

(2) Haggerstrand

(3) Boudeville

(4) Friedman

Q.8. For which one of the following regions, the flow analysis technique is used for delineation of regions? (UGC NET JAN 2017)

(1) Political

(2) Formal

(3) Functional

(4) Physiographic

Q.9. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET JAN 2017)

List I

(Macro-Economic regions by Bhatt)

(I) Southern

(II) North Central

(III) Eastern

(IV) Western

List II

(Group of states)

(A) Maharashtra and Gujarat

(B) Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam

(C) Mysore, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

(D) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

Codes:

    I II III IV

(1). B D C A

(2). C B D A

(3). D C A B

(4). C D B A

Q.10. Which one of the following writers quoted “merely packing together of existing Sectoral or departmental plans does not automatically make an integrated plan. A plan becomes integrated only when backward and forward linkages are thoroughly analysed and interlinked in the area of planning are clearly specified”? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) S. N. Bhattacharya

(2) R. P. Mishra

(3) L. K. Sen

(4) M. L. Dantwala

Q.11. Which one of the following regions does not constitute the Damodar Valley Region? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Deltaic Plain of west Bengal

(2) Deltaic plain of Padma river

(3) Chhotanagpur plateau

(4) Palamu Plateau

Q.12. Which one of the following proposed the definition of regional planning: “Regional planning is the process of formulating and classifying social objectives in the ordering of activities in supra-urban space”? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Charles L. Leven

(2) Antoni Kuklinski

(3) H. W. Richardson

(4) John Friedmann

Q.13. Which one of the following statements is very correct in context of the concept of Growth pole and growth centres? (UGC NET NOV 2017)

(1) Both the Growth pole and Growth centres are uniformly distanced in the region.

(2) Lower order Growth centers are located quite far away as compared to higher order Growth centres.

(3) Higher order Growth centres are located far away while lower order Growth centres are located closer to one and another.

(4) There does not exist any rule in the distance between Growth pole and Growth centres.