It has acore area and a periphery

• Formal region

• Perceptual region

• Functional region

• Vernacular region

Who laid the philosophical basis of regional planniing ?

• Benton MacKaye

• Fredric Le Play

• F.S. Chapin

• Carol Aronovinci

Growthmania refers to

• Aversion to growth

• Growth only attitude

• Growth of employment

• Growth with environmental concerns

Boundaries that are allocated and delimited before significant settlement in an area are called 

• Antecedent boundaries

• Subsequent boundaries

• Superimposed boundaries

• Relic boundaries

ASSERTION (A) : Mackinder's theory of Heartland put forward a key formula - "Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland , who rules the Heartland commands the World island , who rules the World Island commands the World "

REASON (R): Mackinder's formula offered Poland the strategy for the territorial expansion and international supremacy.

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

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

• (A) is correct , (R) is wrong.

• (A) is wrong , (R) is correct.

ASSERTION (A) : Denmark is a nation state in true sense of the term.

REASON (R) : A nation-state has a territorial base , but does not have necessarily a social or cultural bases .

• 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 correct explanantion of (A).

• (A) is true , (R) is false.

• (A) is false , but (R) is true.

A functional region is delineated on the basis of

• Politico-administrative boundaries

• Isolines

• Physical division

• Fields of Interactions

The office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India is responsible for

I. Conducting decennial census and publication of its related data.

II. Publication of annual land-use data.

III. Publication of annual health and education data.

IV. Publication of annual vital statistics based on sample registration system.

• I and II are correct.

• I and IV are correct

• I and III are correct

• All are correct

In India the State is used as a national planning unit because

• it is a administrative unit

• It is a homogenous unit

• because of political considerations

• uniform physical features

ASSERTION (A) : In modern time artifacts are changing faster than the mentifacts of culture.

REASON (R) : Economic liberalisation and modernization forces tend to bring critical economy and culture.

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

• Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is true , but (R) is false.

• (A) is false , but (R) is true.