Urbanisation and Related Issues – Geography – UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Covered Topics: Urban System (Law of primate city and rank size rule), Internal Structure of City, Central Place Theories (Christaller & Losch), Structure of the City, Models of Urban Land Use (Burgess, Harris and Ullman & Hoyt), Concept of Megacities, Global Cities and Edge Cities, Changing Urban Forms (Peri urban areas, rural Fringe suburban, ring & Satellite towns), Social Segregation in the City, Urban Social Area Analysis, Manifestation of Poverty in the City (Slums, Informal Sector growth, Crime & Social exclusion).

1. Match the items in List I with List II (Sector theory proposed by Homer Hoyt). (SEPT 2013)

Codes:
(1) A–I, B–II, C–III, D–IV
(2) A–II, B–III, C–IV, D–I
(3) A–II, B–I, C–IV, D–III
(4) A–IV, B–III, C–II, D–I

2. Who among the following is credited with incorporation of the concept of geographical space in the Growth Pole Theory? (SEPT 2013)

(1) François Perroux
(2) John Friedmann
(3) Gunnar Myrdal
(4) Torsten Hägerstrand

3. Which one of the following distances does not fit into Christaller’s scheme of K = 3 hierarchy of central places? (SEPT 2013)

(1) 7
(2) 11
(3) 21
(4) 36

4. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (SEPT 2013)

(1) Exurbanisation – commuter belt grows at the expense of core
(2) Counter-urbanisation – population loss of ring is more than the urban core
(3) Urbanisation – core starts regaining population
(4) Exo-urbanisation – labour-intensive and export-oriented industrialisation is the base

5. Who among the following used the term Ecumenopolis to describe a projected urbanised world or universal city by the end of the 21st century? (SEPT 2013)

(1) Patrick Geddes
(2) Jean Gottmann
(3) Constantinos Doxiadis
(4) Robert Dickinson

6. Who defined urban geography as the study of the city as a system within a system of cities? (SEPT 2013)

(1) H. Carter
(2) Michael Pacione
(3) Brian J. L. Berry
(4) A. E. Smailes

7. Which one of the following indicates the principle of transport in Central Place Theory? (DEC 2013)

(1) K = 3
(2) K = 4
(3) K = 7
(4) K = 9

8. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R). (DEC 2013)

Assertion (A): Post-industrial city is largely characterised by horizontal expansion.
Reason (R): Land prices are high in the central city.

Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) does not explain (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (R) is true, but (A) is false

9. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R). (DEC 2013)

Assertion (A): Urbanisation is a defining phenomenon of this century and the developing countries are at the focus of this transformation.
Reason (R): The urban shift has happened in the last few decades largely due to rapid megacity growth in the developing countries.

Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

10. Which of the following sentences is not correct? (DEC 2013)

(1) Utilitarian planning strives to achieve a single specific goal
(2) Sectoral planning is coordinated planning of various sectors
(3) Comprehensive planning is integrated planning of all elements of a single activity
(4) Town planning is an expression of spatial planning of an urban system