MOCK TEST ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PYQS JULY 2016 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Which one of the following five year plans of India adopted the Harrod-Domar growth model? (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) Second

(2) Fourth

(3) Third

(4) First

Q.2. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET JULY 2016)

List – I (Type of Regions)

(I) Problem Regions

(II) Major Regions

(III) Prospective Regions

(IV) Dynamic regions

List – II (Definitions)

(A) immense resource potentials but face socio-economic obstacles to technological transformations

(B) those regions which show little promise of development in the near future

(C) support advanced industrial areas and predominantly urban population

(D) those have minimum disparities within and distinctiveness from their neighbours in respect of regional character and resource for development

Codes:

     I II III IV

(1) C B D A

(2) D A B C

(3) B D A C

(4) A C D B

Q.3. Which one of the following processes is not associated with planning? (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) Perception

(2) Revelation

(3) Preparation

(4) Evolution

Q.4. Who is regarded as the father of Regional Science? (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) Louis Lefeber

(2) Walter Isard

(3) Harvey S. Perloff

(4) john M. Cumberland

Q.5. Which one of the following scholars believed that “every deliberate action must start in the mind, the realm of thought. It must be conceived and rehearsed in the realm of thought before it can take place in the physical…..” (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) Lewis Mumford

(2) Patrick Geddes

(3) Chadwich

(4) Benton MacKaye

Q.6. Which one of the following contributors made refinements to W. Christaller’s central place by including concept of ‘city rich’ sectors and ‘city poor’ sectors? (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) R.P. Mishra

(2) B.J.L. Berry

(3) Walter Isard

(4) August Losch