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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

Which city of Gujarat is associated with salt production ?

• Surat

• Kandla

• Vadodara

• Gandhidham

• a-iv , b-iii , c-i , d-ii

• a-ii , b-i , c-iv , d-iii

• a-ii , b-i , c-iii , d-iv

• a-ii , b-iii , c-i , d-iv

Which of the following cities is situated on the mouth of river Tapti ?

• Ankleshwar

• Vadodara

• Ahmedabad

• Surat

Which of the following is in th rain shadow of the Western Ghats ?

• Mahabaleshwar

• Baramati

• Panchghani

• Ratnagiri

Arrange the following Indian States in descending order of their geographical area :

I. Maharashtra

II. Karnataka

III. Rajasthan

IV. Tamil Nadu

• III , I , IV , II

• I , III , IV , II

• IV , III , I , II

• III , I , II , IV