MOCK TEST ON SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY JUNE & DEC 2015 PYQS NTA UGC NET

Q.1. The concept of the laws of ‘primate city’ was given by: (UGC NET JUNE 2015)

(1) E. Huntington

(2) E. C. Semple

(3) M. Jefferson

(4) W. Christaller

Q.2. Which of the urban structure models labelled three areas: (1) The city of death, (2) the city of need and (3) the city of superfluity (UGC NET JUNE 2015)

(1) Exploitive model of urban structure

(2) Multiple nuclei

(3) Sector model

(4) Social area analysis model

Q.3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given below: (UGC NET JUNE 2015)

List- I (Concept)

(a) Urban growth

(b) Town group

(c) Urban

(d) Urbanisation

List-II (Definitions)

(i) Relatively large and densely settled populations engaged primarily in non- agricultural economic pursuits

(ii) Net population increase of towns and cities

(iii) Proportionate increase of the urban population in relation to total population in a given country

(iv) A group of towns which adjoined one another so closely as to form a single inhabited urban locality

Codes:

Q.4. Which one of the following authors has given the concept of “Demand cone” as shown in the diagram? (UGC NET JUNE 2015)

(1) Pareto

(2) August Losch

(3) Christaller

(4) Weber

Answer: 2

Q.5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2015)

List-I 

(a) Central Place Theory

(b) Multiple Nuclei Theory

(c) The Law of Retail Trade Gravitation

(d) Breaking Point Theory

List-II

(i) Land use pattern in large cities developed around a number of discrete centres rather than a single centre

(ii) Position of the breaking point between two towns

(iii) Hexagonal Service Area

(iv) Residential belt of considerable density surrounding the C.B.D

Codes:

    (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)

(1) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(2) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

(3) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

(4) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

Q.6. Which one of the concept describes the absence of cities and towns within a radius of 75 km from a large city? (UGC NET DEC 2015)

(1) Urban Clusters

(2) Urban Dispersals

(3) Urban Agglomeration

(4) Urban Shadows

Q.7. Which one of the following author’s theory of primate cities focuses on the forces of agglomeration and cumulative effects of agglomeration in the growth of large cities? (UGC NET DEC 2015)

(1) Walter Christaller

(2) G.K. Zipf

(3) C. Robert Mayfield

(4) Mark Jefferson

Q.8. Which one of the following does not refer to ‘Primate City’? (UGC NET DEC 2015)

(1) Harare

(2) Rabat

(3) Windhoek

(4) Size