Transportation Cost does not play a major role in the location of textile industry beacause :

• Cotton ia weight loosing material.

• Cotton ia weight gaining material.

• Cotton is a pure material mor eor less equal to the finished material.

• Weight loss in cotton during manufacturing is high.

Which one of the following was not assured by Weber in his least-cost theory ?

• Agglomeration economies lead to high transport and labour cost.

• Labour is indefinitely available.

• Location with high transport costs may be attractive because of a cheap labour supply.

• Transport costs were uniform by distance and weight in any direction.

13.

ASSERTION (A) : Between Durgapur-Asansol-Chittaranjan and numerous collieries and connected activities the Asansol sub-division represents one of the larger industrial complexes in the world.

REASON (R) : The substantial cost reserves and output , iron and steel  output and  engineering industry in the Asansol sub-division outside the Calcutta Metropolitan district are found.

• 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.

Alfred Weber's approach to optimization of spatial process in industrial landscape was towards the search of :

• Maximum revenue location

• Least transport cost location

• Uniformity of input demand 

• Uniformity of plant revenue

• a-3 , b-4 , c-1 , d-2

• a-4 , b-3 , c-2 , d-1

• a-4 , b-2 , c-3 , d-1

• a-2 , b-4 , c-1 , d-3

Which one of the following conditions of Input privce variables is applicable in the given diagram of the deviation of a boundary between the market areas of two competing firms A and B , where the freight rate is equal ?

• A^P > B^P

• A^P < B^P

• A^P = B^P

• A^P ≥ B^P

The concept of linear market price boundary between the market areas of two competing firms was given by :

• A. Weber

• T. Palander

• E. Hoover

• A. Losch

Which one of the following industries is called as heavy engineering industry ?

• Heavy Electricals

• Heavy Machinery

• Glass

• Iron and Steel

ASSERTION (A) : Losch's model is less restrictive than Christaller's model.

REASON (R) : Losch treated each section as having separate range , threshold and hexagonal hinterland.

• 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.

Which one of the following principles explains importance of transport cost as it maximises the number of central places on straight line routes ?

• Traffic

• Administrative

• Marketing 

• Service