MOCK TEST ON SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY JUNE & DEC 2012 PYQS NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Which one of the following reasons dominates in Rural to Urban migration in India? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Marriage

(B) Education

(C) Family movement

(D) Employment

Q.2. Who argued that multiple centres of nuclei were responsible for urban growth? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Harris and Ullman

(B) Hoyt

(C) Park and Burgess

(D) Nelson

Q.3. The largest and most dominating city in a State with respect to commercial, industrial, educational and political activities refers to: (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) City Region

(B) Urbanfield

(C) Primate city

(D) Neckropolis

Q.4. Which one of the following sequences of land use in Burgess model is correct? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) Central Business District, zone of workers’ home, commuters’ zone, zone of better residences

(B) Central Business District, zone of better residences, zone of workers’ home, commuters’ zone

(C) Central Business District, zone of workers’ home, zone of better residences, commuters’ zone

(D) Central Business District, zone of better residences, commuters’ zone, zone of workers’ home

Q.5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

List – I Stage of Urbanisation

(a) Urbanisation

(b) Suburbanisation

(c) Disurbanisation

(d) Reurbanisation

List – II Explanation

(i) Certain settlements grow at the cost of surrounding countryside

(ii) The commuter belt grows at the cost the urban core

(iii) The rate of population loss of the core tapers off or the core starts regaining population

(iv) The population loss of the urban core exceeds the Population gain of the commuter belt

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Q.6. The law of primacy in the context of urban development is most relevant to the countries which have: (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(A) A relatively simple economy and spatial structure

(B) Complex economy

(C) Integrated spatial structure

(D) Matured economy

Q.7. The 'Range of a Good' refers to (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) The maximum distance which people have to travel to purchase a good or service.

(2) The variety of goods available at a market place.

(3) The maximum demand to make the service or good viable.

(4) The maximum population necessary for survival of a function.

Q.8. The 'Administrative Principle' in Christaller's 'Central Place Theory' refers to (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) K = 3

(2) K = 4

(3) K = 7

(4) K = 9

Q.9.  Which one of the following describes a projected urbanised world or universal city by the end of 21st Century? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Conurbation

(B) City-Region

(C) Megalopolis

(D) Ecumenopolis

Q.10. Who defined settlement geography first time incorporating the concept of settlement pattern, house types and field system? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Meitzen

(B) Stone

(C) Huntington

(D) Trewartha

Q.11. The sparsely populated countries have slow growth of industries because (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Of shortage of skilled labour

(B) Small population does not provide a good market

(C) Of both (A) and (B)

(D) Agriculture is more developed than industries

Q.12. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2012)

List – I (Author)  

(a) W. Christaller

(b) V.L.S. PrakasaRao

(c) Manzoor Alam & W. Khan

(d) M. Chisholm

List – II (Name of the Book)

(i) Rural settlement and land use

(ii) Metropolitan Hyderabad and its region

(iii) Regional Planning

(iv) Central places in Southern Germany

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