Theories & Models 100 PYQS MOCK TEST 3 FOR NTA UGC NET

Q.32. Which one of the following categories of urban land use as per given graph has the highest gradient of its economic rent at 2 km distance?

1. Green land
2. Residential
3. Industrial
4. Commercial

Q.33.  Which one of the following authors initiated concept of ‘Isodapanes’ in space-economy?

1. A. Losch
2. A. Weber
3. E. Hoover
4. T. Planer

Q.34. Which one of the following indices is used to indicate if the optimal location was closer to either raw material source or the market?

1. Material Index
2. Labour Cost Index
3. Relative Spread Index
4. Weighted Index

Q.35. Which one of the following principles is representative of the following figure of Christaller's Model?

1. Transport Principle
2. Administrative Principle
3. Marketing Principle
4. Threshold Principle

Q.36. Which one of the following economic principles is correct for organisation of settlements based on K= 4 presented in the Christaller's central place model?

1. Agricultural activities
2. Transport
3. Administrative
4. Marketing

Q.37. The Two Cycle Theory on the origin of limestone caverns was proposed by

1. Davis
2. Gardner
3. Malott
4. Swinerton

Q.38. Which one of the following statements correctly explains the difference between Gravity model and Potential model?

1. Gravity model deals with only two places at a time, while Potential model accounts for interactions between many places.
2. Gravity model makes no provision for size of places, while Potential model considers size of places.
3. Both Gravity model and Potential model are the same.
4. Gravity model does not take distances into account, while Potential model takes distances into account.

Q.39. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below.

Assertion (A): Central Business District (CBD) of a city has high concentration of wholesale stores, offices and cultural and recreational activities.

Reason (R): Prices and demand of real estate increases as distance towards CBD reduces.

Code:

1. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.40. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the code given below

List I   (Model Concept)

(a) Sector Model

(b) Concentric Zone Model

(c) Bid-Rent theory

(d) Central Business District (CBD)

List II  (Definition)

(i) Model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings

(ii) Nucleus of a city where retail stores and offices are concentrated

(iii) Theory that refers how price and demand on real estate changes as distance  towards CBD increases.

(iv) Model of internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors or wedges radiating from CBD

Code:

1. (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
2. (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)
3. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
4. (a)-(i), (b)-(i), (c)-iv), (d)-(iii)

Q.41. Which one of the following statements correctly depicts the threshold according to Central Place Model?

(1) Point at which consumer movement is minimum

(2) Distance far which consumer will travel for a service

(3) Minimum number of people needed to support a service

(4) Economic base of a centre

Q.42. Which one of the following Models is explained by the given figure below?

(1) Weber’s Model

(2) Central Place Model

(3) Von Thunen Model

(4) Gravity Model