Regional Development – Geography – UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Covered Topics: Concept of Regions (Typology of Regions, Formal and Functional Regions), World Regional Disparities, Theories of Regional Development (Albert O. Hirschman, Gunnar Myrdal, John Friedman), Dependency Theory of Underdevelopment, Global Economic Blocks, Regional Development & Social Movements in India.

1. Given below are the two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R). (SEPT 2013)

Assertion (A): Regional development planning solves the problem of regional disparities created by sectoral planning.
Reason (R): Sectoral planning concentrates on sectoral growth ignoring regional balance and regional development planning takes care of the growth and development of the delineated regions.

Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

2. Which of the following was the earliest regional planning exercise in India? (DEC 2013)

(1) National Capital Region Plan
(2) Dandakaranya Area Plan
(3) Damodar Valley Project
(4) Bhakra-Nangal Project

3. Which of the following is an incorrect pair? (DEC 2013)

(1) Utilitarian Planning – Functional Planning
(2) Comprehensive Planning – Integrated Planning
(3) Regional Planning – Spatial Planning
(4) Sectoral Planning – Coordinated Planning

4. Machu Picchu of Inca civilisation is located in: (DEC 2013)

(1) Argentina
(2) Brazil
(3) Columbia
(4) Peru

5. Who has defined that “there is only one region on the surface of the Earth on which mankind finds its home”? (JUNE 2014)

(1) Minshull
(2) Vidal de la Blasche
(3) Fenneman
(4) Herbertson

6. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (JUNE 2014)

Assertion (A): There are regional disparities in the spatial organisation of the economy.
Reason (R): Interactions among inherent factors in economic activities affect the texture of spatial organizations.

Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

7. The concept of ‘spread’ and ‘backwash’ effects were introduced by: (DEC 2014)

(1) A. O. Hirschman
(2) Gunnar Myrdal
(3) Gunder Frank
(4) Sameer Amin

8. Regional imbalances of economic development are largely affected by which of the following factors? (DEC 2014)

(1) Regional disparity in resources
(2) Lesser resource utilization
(3) Lack of education
(4) Lesser demand of the people

9. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer. (DEC 2014)

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

10. Whose theory propagated that “an area is poor because it is poor”? (JUNE 2015)

(1) Myrdal
(2) Berry
(3) Hirschman
(4) Boudeville