Which one of the following market locations is optimal in the given diagram of industrial landscape ?

• b

• c

• a

• d

The footloose industry are those for whom

• Transportation costs are relatively unimportant

• Transport costs are very important

• Presence of raw materials in the neighbourhood is necessary

• All of the above are necessary

Critical isodapane refers to

• The point of the least transport cost.

• The point of maximum transport cost.

• The point of minimum raw material cost.

• The point of maximum raw material cost

For the establishment of cotton textile industry which one of the folloeing factor is more ideal ?

• Nearness to raw material

• Nearness to market

• Nearness to water resources

• Transport network.

Who among the followings was the first to develop the method of crop combination ?

• Weber

• Wegener

• Weaver

• Wittfogel

ASSERTION (A) : A footloose can be defined as an industry with material index = 1

REASON (R) : A footloose industry can be located at any location without any special economic advantage or disadvantage.

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanantion of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correcte explanantion of (A).

• (A) is correct , but (R) is false.

• (A) is false but (R) is true.

Which of the steel plants is port based ?

• Bhilai

• Durgapur

• Vishakhapatnam

• Rourkela

48.

"A handbook of Commercial Geography" is a translated work published in 1889. Who of the following is the translator ?

• Dudley Stamp

• George Chisholm

• Von Thunen

• Karl Marx

Which one of the following is a footloose industry ?

• Iron and Steel industry

• Automobile industry

• Cement industry

• Cotton textile industry

Which one of the following is an ideal combination for setting up iron and steel industry ?

• Coal-Electricity-Market

• Coal-Iron ore-Water

• Electricity-Water-Iron ore

• Coal-Wter-Cotton