MOCK TEST ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PYQS JUNE & DEC 2019 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R): (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

Assertion (A): Panchayati Raj Institutions have 3-tier systems in planning and executing development projects within their jurisdictions.

Reasons (R): Panchayati Raj Act empowered local bodies participation in planning process.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(2) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(3) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(4) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Q.2. Functional region delineated on the basis of which of the following characteristics? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Transport intensity and commodity flow intensity

(2) Commodity flow intensity and river basin

(3) Physical features and population characteristics

(4) Agricultural intensity and rainfall pattern.

Q.3. Who among the following proposed the core-periphery model of economic development? (NTA UGC NET JUNE 2019)

(1) Rostow

(2) Friedman

(3) Myrdal

(4) Harschman

Q.4. Given below are two statements- one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). (NTA UGC NET DEC 2019)

Assertion (A): The agropolitan approach to regional development postulated that rural development could be best pursued by linking it to urban development at the local level.

Reason (R): The decentralization, democratization and participation were taken as the key factors in agropolitan approach to regional development.

Select the correct answer from options given below:

(1) Both (A) and (R)  are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true