The statement that "A race is a valid biological concept ........... not a valid socio-cultural concept" was made by

• A.L. Kroeber

• J.B. Birdsell

• Vidal de la Blache

• A.C. Haddon

Geography of public finance can simply be defined as "Who gets what , where , at what cost" ? Name of the geographer who made this statement.

• R.J. Chorley

• Richard Peet

• Alaister Bonnett

• R.J. Bennett

International aid helps poor countries due to resource transfers from rich countries but 

1. Divides world into donor and recipient countries.
2. Makes donor countries more powerful in International Trade and power countries.
3. Forces recipient countries to carry out such economic reforms that might leave worse-off.
4. Compels recipient countries to buy donor nation goods.

• 1 and 4 are correct.

• 1 , 2 and 3 are correct.

• 3 and 4 are correct.

• All are correct.

• a-iii , b-iv , c-ii , d-i

• a-ii , b-iv , c-i , d-iii

• a-ii , b-ii , c-iii , d-i

• a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i

ASSERTION (A) : Regions , in fact , do change over time , they change in response to changing relationships of the spatial elements.

REASON (R) : Planned intervention certainly proves to be of rapid momentum within the frame of socio-economic activities.

• 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 wrong.

• (A) is wrong , but (R) is right.

Which technique was adopted by B.J.L. Berry in his classic study on functional regionalization of Indian economy ?

• Composite Index Method

• Cluster Analysis

• Regression Analysis

• Multiple Factor Analysis

Which of the following are not the major objectives of the Hill Area Development Programmes ?

(i) Agro-forestry

(ii) Large scale industries

(iii) Eco-preservation

(iv) Major irrigation projects

• (i) and (ii) are correct.

• (ii) and (iii) are correct

• (ii) and (iv) are correct

• (iii) and (iv) are correct

Who among the following applied the growth pole concept to geographic space , whereby growth poles came to be known as growth centres ?

• Friedmann

• Perroux

• Frank

• Boudeville

In which Five Year Plan , balanced regional development was emphasized as one of the major objectives of the planning exercise and was one full chapter in the plan document ?

• Second plan

•  Third plan

• Fourth plan

•  Fifth plan

60.

In ancient geography , the concept of region was first postulated by whom ?

• Homer

• Herodotus

• Strabo

• Ptolemy