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upsc-p1-geography-economic-resource-location MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1With reference to transport as a factor of economic location, consider the following statements: 1. Roads provide flexibility and last-mile reach. 2. Rail is suited to bulk goods over long distances. 3. Waterways remain economical for heavy cargo even where navigability is absent. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Roads offer flexible last-mile access, while rail suits bulky, long-distance freight. Waterways are economical for heavy cargo only where navigability exists, so Statement 3 is incorrect.
Q2Arrange the following filters in the sequence through which a primary-sector resource becomes economically usable: A. Market evacuation B. Technical extractability C. Natural occurrence D. Legal permission Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The four filters operate as natural occurrence, technical extractability, legal permission and market evacuation. Unless all four align in that sequence, the resource does not become economically usable. Thus C-B-D-A is correct.
Q3Arrange the following stages of a location decision in the sequence in which they are normally undertaken: A. Legal and institutional clearance B. Resource and demand scan C. Input-output calculation D. Site screening Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The decision begins by scanning resources and demand. Alternative sites are then screened, their input-output requirements are calculated, and legal and institutional clearances are checked. Hence the sequence is B-D-C-A.
Q4Consider the following statements about the legal setting of economic location in India: 1. Article 19(1)(g) guarantees an enterprise the right to operate at any site it chooses. 2. Articles 301-307 deal with trade, commerce and intercourse throughout India, subject to constitutional limitations. 3. Article 48A directs the State to protect the environment, while Article 51A(g) places an environmental duty on citizens. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 2 and 3 correctly describe the constitutional framework. Statement 1 is incorrect: Article 19(6) permits reasonable public-interest restrictions, so business freedom does not guarantee any particular site and remains subject to zoning, safety, health and environmental rules.
Q5Match List I with List II: List I (Sector) A. Primary sector B. Secondary sector C. Tertiary sector List II (Characteristic location constraint) 1. Skills, rent, congestion and digital access 2. Ecology, tenure and extractability 3. Land, power, pollution and logistics Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Primary activities face ecology, tenure and extractability constraints; secondary activities face land, power, pollution and logistics constraints; tertiary activities face skills, rent, congestion and digital-access constraints. Therefore A-2, B-3, C-1 is correct.
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6Consider the following statements about port-led industrial location: 1. Proximity to a port is by itself sufficient to attract manufacturing. 2. Hinterland connectivity, customs efficiency, power, labour, land and environmental compliance determine whether port proximity becomes a real advantage. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7Match List I with List II: List I (Theory) A. Von Thunen B. Weber C. Christaller List II (Core location idea) 1. Threshold population and range of services 2. Transport cost, labour cost and agglomeration economies 3. Land rent, distance from market and transport cost Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8Consider the following statements concerning the location of agriculture in India: 1. Alluvial plains support intensive rice-wheat and sugarcane systems. 2. Black-soil regions favour cotton cultivation. 3. Irrigation, procurement, cold chains and roads can shift crop geography away from pure climatic logic. Select the correct answer using the code given below.