Multiple Choice Questions

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ASSERTION (A) : Global urban population is not uniformly distributed by location and nearly two-thirds is relatively concentrated within low elevation coastal areas.

REASON (R) : Soil fertility in the coastal areas caused concentration of rural settlements.

  • 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 correct , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is correct.


B.

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


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Which one of the following indicates the principle of transport in Central Place Theory ?

  • K3

  • K4

  • K7

  • K9


Factorial ecology is a method genrally used to analyse

  • Urban socio-spatial structures

  • Physiographic regions

  • Agro-climatic regions

  • Combination of (B) and (C)


Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

  • Homer Hoyt - Sector theory

  • Sinclair - Concentric theory

  • Christaller - Central place theory

  • Harris and Ullman - Multiple Nuclei theory


Which one of the following is not an assumption or principle of the concentric zone model of urban land use ?

  • Cultural and social heterogeneity of the population

  • Transport is equally easy , rapid and cheap in every direction within the city

  • None of the districts is attractive due to differences in terrain

  • There is a concentration of heavy industry


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Under the scope of town planning in India is covered :

  1. Urban renewal
  2. Planning of urban amenities and facilities
  3. Building of new towns
  4. Building of metropolitan cities

  • 1 and 3 are correct

  • Only 1 is correct.

  • 1 , 2 and 3 are correct

  • 2 , 3 and 4 are correct


When higher income groups re-occupy and revive older housing in attractive inner city areas , the process is called 

  • Filtering

  • Gentrification

  • Housing re-development

  • Residential upgradation


ASSERTION (A) : Post-industrail city is largely characterised by horizontal expansion.

REASON (R) : Land prices are high in the central city.

  • Both (A) and (R) are correct.

  • Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A).

  • (A) is correct , but (R) is false.

  • (R) is correct , but (A) is false.


ASSERTION (A) : In the core-periphery model , the core region dominates whilst the periphery is dependent.

REASON (R) : This dependence is structured mainly through relations of exchange and production between core and periphery.

  • 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.


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'Information city' is a term coined by

  • David Harvey

  • Richard Peet

  • Edward Soja

  • Manuel Castella


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