To study regional imbalances and regional disparities in India, which one of the following methods was applied ?

• Unweighted ranks

• Composite Index

• Principal Component Analysis

• Input-Output Method

Which one of the following factors does not determine the kinds and amount of economic activity in the region ?

• Cost of transportation

• Inequality of income

• Technology of production

• Demand side of the equation 

The main thrust of regional planning is :

• To remove areal disparity

• To initiate economic growth

• To have industrial expansion

• To increase per capita income

Regional growth model by Douglass C. North emphasizes the role of '______factors' in regional growth.

• Hexagenous

• Endogenous

• Indogenous

• Exogenous

The concept of "Spread" and "Backwash" effects introduced by :

• A.O. Hirschman

• Gunnar Myrdal

• Gunder Frank

• Sameer Amin

India has been divided into 13 Macro planning region . Which of the following authors have delineated planning regions of India ?

• P. Sengupta and Sadasyuk Gailina

• R.P. Sharma , K.V. Sundaram and V.L.S. Prakasa Rao

• L.S. Bhatia

• O.H.K. Spate and Learnmonth

Which of the following geographers defined region as : 'A geographic area unified at first economically and later by concensus of thought , education , recreation etc.' which distinguishes it from other areas ?  

• Vidal de la Blache

• A.J. Herbertson

• R.E. Dickinson

• K. Young

Regional imbalances of economic development largely affected by which of the following factors ?

• Regional disparity in resources

• Lack of education

• Lesser resource utilization

• Lesser demand of people

Who did bring spatial dimension to the concept of growth 

• Perroux

• Myrdal

• Bouldville

• Losch

Which one of the following suggested new method to measure regional imbalances in develoment and allocation of funds to different states of India ?

• A.Mitra

• Ashok Dutta

• Raghu Rajan

• A.Kundu