MOCK TEST ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PYQS 2012 NTA UGC NET

Q.1. Which one of the following is a 'Formal' Region? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) Delhi metropolitan region

(2) Hyderabad - Secunderabad region

(3) Delhi - Jaipur - Agra Triangle

(4) Assam - Valley

Q.2. Who among the following formalized the concept that there exists relationship between the spatial organisation and national development? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) Luten

(2) Dickens

(3) Kuklinski

(4) Friedmann

Q.3. Which of the following sequences of the stages of economic growth according to Rostow’s model is correct? (UGC NET JUNE 2012)

(1) Traditional society, drive to maturity, take off, high mass consumption

(2) Traditional society, take off, drive to maturity, high mass consumption

(3) Traditional society, take off, high mass consumption, drive to maturity

(4) Traditional society, drive to maturity, high mass consumption, take off

Q.4. What are the bases of agro-climatic regionalization proposed by the Planning Commission of India? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Relief, soil and drainage

(B) Rainfall, temperature and cropped area

(C) Vegetation, soil and land use

(D) Relief, land use and Net Sown Area

Q.5. Which category of regions does metropolitan region belongs to? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Formal region

(B) Functional region

(C) Single purpose region

(D) Natural region

Q.6. Who among the following attempted division of India into planning regions? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) O.H.K. Spate

(B) L.D. Stamp

(C) R.L. Singh

(D) R.P. Misra

Q.7. In which of the Five Year Plans regional imbalance was given prominence for the first time? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) First

(B) Second

(C) Third

(D) Fourth

Q.8. Who among the following proposed a grand scheme of natural regions on a global scale by combining physical determinants of plants and animals life? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Unstead

(B) Herbertson

(C) Whittlesey

(D) Dickinson

Q.9. A functional region is delineated on the basis of (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Administrative boundaries

(B) Field of interactions

(C) Isolines

(D) Physical divisions

Q.10. Who in census of India applied the ‘ternary diagram’ for the functional classification of towns in India? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) P. Padmanabha

(B) A.R. Nanda

(C) Ashok Mitra

(D) Chandrasekhar

Q.11. Who authored the book entitled ‘growth Pole and Growth Centres for Regional Economic Development in India’? (UGC NET DEC 2012)

(A) Sen and Wanmali

(B) Sadasyuk and Sengupta

(C) Misra, Rao and Sundaram

(D) Rao and Sundaram