MOCK TEST ON SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY JULY 2016 PYQS NTA UGC NET

Q.1. In which year, M. Jefferson examined the size relationship between the primate city and next largest cities in a study entitled ‘The Law of the Primate City’? (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) 1938

(2) 1937

(3) 1936

(4) 1939

Q.2. Which one of the following authors identified three basic factors affecting interaction between regions: Complementarily, intervening opportunity and transferability? (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) P.R. White

(2) H.L. Gauthier

(3) E. Taafe

(4) E.L. Ullman

Q.3. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET JULY 2016)

List – I (Type of Towns)

(I) Port Towns

(II) Industrial Towns

(III) Mineral Resource based towns

(IV) Historic towns

List – II (Cities)

(A) Singhbhum, Kyonjhar and Rewa

(B) Agra, Jaipur and Madurai

(C) Bombay, Calcutta and Madras

(D) Bhilai, Rourkela and Jamshedpur

Codes:

      I II III IV

(1) B A C D

(2) D B A C

(3) A C D B

(4) C D A B

Q.4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET JULY 2016)

Assertion (A): Metropolitan cities in general are flanked by satellite towns.

Reason (R): The towns have an important function to release the pressure of the city.

Codes:

(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.

Q.5. Match List –I with List –II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET JULY 2016)

List-I (Concepts)

(I) Continuum of urban Sizes

(II) Losch Model

(III) Urban Hierarchy

(IV) Primate City

List – II (Definitions)

(A) Group of towns of decreasing but approximately equal size and importance

(B) Relationship between the largest city and second largest city

(C) Various hexagonal systems operate at different levels and are superimposed on each other

(D) Gradual and continuous decrease of urban population size with descending rank

Codes:

Q.6. Which one of the following authors used the formula   (d_x = d_o e ^–bx)  where, d_x represents. Population density (d) at a distance x form the city centre, d_o the centre density, e an exponent of distance and b the density gradient, to describe the pattern of population density in any city?   (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) C. Clark

(2) B.J.L. Berry

(3) J.W. Simmonds

(4) W. Isard

Q.7. Which one of the following terms denotes the net population increase of towns and cities? (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) Urban Growth

(2) Population Growth

(3) Urbanisation

(4) Urban Area

Q.8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET JULY 2016)

Assertion (A): Losch’s model is less restrictive than Christallers’s model

Reason (R): Losch treated each section as having separate range, threshold and hexagonal hinterland

Codes:

(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

Q.9. Which one of the following principles explains importance of transport costs as it maximises the number of central places on straight line routes? (UGC NET JULY 2016)

(1) Traffic

(2) Administrative

(3) Marketing

(4) Service

Q.10. 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

Q.11. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:  (UGC NET JULY 2016)

List – I (Type of Village)

(I) Green village

(II) Cruciform village

(III) Dispersed

(IV) Street village

List – II (Definitions)

(A) Villages which have developed at an intersection of roads

(B) With houses and church clustered around a small village green

(C) Found along route ways or where conditions have impeded a village lateral development of the settlement

(D) Isolated farms and dwellings are scattered irregularly throughout countryside

Codes:

     I II III IV

(1) C B A D

(2) B C D A

(3) A B C D

(4) B A D C