Regions delineated on the basis of relationship are called

• Natural regions

• Nodal regions

• Planning regions

• Developing regions

The concept of 'natural region' was given by

• Jean Brunhes

• La Play

• Carl Sauer

• Vidal de la Blache

Which of the following is not a social indicator of regional development ?

• No.of primary schools in the region

• No.of primary health centres in the region

• No.of medical professionals per thousand population

• No.of tertiary workers in the population.

Regional dievrsity is essentially caused by

• Per capita income

• Natural resource base

• Industrial development

• Levels of urbanization

ASSERTION (A) : The growth pole strategy failed to bring balanced regional development in India.

REASON (R) : Diffusion of development under conditions of general regional backwardness is weak

• Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).

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

• (A) is correct , but (R) is wrong

• (A) is wrong , but (R) is correct

Patrick Geddes applied which of the following perspectives in Regional Planning ?

• Technological

• Socio-Economic

• Environmental

• Historical-ecological

Concern with regional disparities in development was explicitly mentioned in which Five Year Plan of India ?

• Second

• Fourth

• Seventh

• Tenth

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Who propounded the concept of areal differentiation?

• Jean Brunhes

• Richard Hartshorne

• Adam Smith

• Ptolemy

Which one of the following is a Nodal region ?

• Industrial region

• Tribal region

• Metropolitan region

• Central district in a state

Forward linkages falicitate

• Diversification

• Unbalanced development

• Excessive pressure on resource

• Social development