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101.

Which one of the following sequences of land use in Burgess model is correct ?

  • Central Business District , Zone of workers home , commuters zone , zone of better residence

  • Central Business District , Zone of better residences , zone of workers home , commuters zone

  • Central Business District, zone of workers home , Zone of better residences , commuters zone

  • Central Business District , Zone of better residences , commuters zone , zone of workers home


102.

LIST I

(Stages of Urbanisation)

LIST II

(Explanation)

(a) Urbanisation (i) Certain settlements grow at the cost of surrounding countryside.
(b) Sub-urbanisation  (ii) The commuter belt grows at the cost the urban core.
(c) Disurbansiation (iii) The rate of population loss of the core tapers off or the core starts regaining population.
(d) Reurbanisation (iv) The population loss of the urban core exceeds the population gain of the commuter belt.
  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iv , d-iii

  • a-ii , b-iii , c-iv , d-i

  • a-iii , b-ii , c-i , d-iv


103.

The concept of Radiant city was propunded by

  • Le Corbusier

  • Ernst May

  • Soria Y.Mary

  • Clarence Perry


104.

The sector theory of city morphology

  • incorporates the importance of transport system into the evolution of the social structure of the city

  • is particularly concerned with the concept of ecology

  • postulates that multiple centres or nuclei are responsile for urban growth

  • is concerned with directional bias


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105.

Harris and Ullman are best known for their contributions to 

  • Political Geography

  • Urban Geography

  • Economic Geography

  • Agricultural Geography


106.

LIST I

(Concept)

LIST II

(Propounder)

(a) Garden cities (i) Clarence Perry
(b) New Towns (ii) Sir Colin Buchanan
(c) Neighbourhood (iii) Ebenezer Howard
(d) Traffic Segregation (iv) Sir Patrick Abercrombie
  • a-iv , b-iii , c-i , d-ii

  • a-iii , b-iv , c-i , d-ii 

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iv , d-iii

  • a-iv , b-i , c-iii , d-ii


107.

The regularity between the sizes of cities and their rank was the first noted by

  • Jefferson

  • Zipf

  • Christaller

  • Auerbach


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108.

The zones and strata theory pertaining to the origin and diffusion of human races was propounded by

  • Ripley

  • Taylor

  • Huntington

  • Baker


B.

Taylor


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109.

According to Burgess , which of the following sequences of the concentric zones of cities from the centre to the outer limit is correct ?

  • CBD , Zone of transition , Residential zone , Zone of worker's home , Commuters zone

  • Residential zone , CBD , Zone of transition , Commuter's zone , Zone of worker's home

  • Residential Zone , Zone of transition , CBD , Zone of worker's home , Commuter's zone

  • CBD , Zone of transition , Zone of worker's home , Residential zone , Commuter's zone


110.

One of the important determinants of urban land value is

  • Climate

  • Historical factors

  • Topography

  • Accessibility


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