Deck 8: Urban Planning and Development in India

Question 1

Which of the following has replaced JNNURM -

A)AMRUT
B)Smart City Mission
C)BSUP
D)NULM

Answer 1

AMRUT

Question 2

Smart City Mission aims at building -

A)50 smart cities
B)100 smart cities
C)120 smart cities
D)150 smart cities

Answer 2

100 smart cities

Question 3

The beneficiaries of PMAY (urban) include -

A)Economically Weaker Section (EWS)
B)Low Income Groups (LIGs)
C)Middle Income Groups (MIGs)
D)All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

Which of the following is named after the former Prime Minister of India?

A)CDP
B)MGNREGS
C)JNNURM
D)NUSP

Question 5

Swatch Bharat Mission associated with -

A)Eradication of slum areas
B)Sanitation
C)Construction of houses
D)Providing drinking water

Question 6

Urban planning is -

A)Continuous
B)Time-oriented
C)Cyclic
D)All of the above

Question 7

The relation between industrialization and population rise is -

A)Direct
B)Indirect
C)null
D)None of the above

Question 8

Low-rent housings for urban poor are provided under the scheme -

A)IAY
B)NULM
C)BSUP
D)PMGSY

Question 9

The basic objective of town planning is the systematic use of -

A)Water
B)Land
C)Buildings
D)Services

Question 10

Which of the following is peculiar to urban areas?

A)Crime
B)Unemployment
C)Inequality
D)Slums

Question 11

Low-rent housings for urban poor in Aizawl is constructed in -

A)Durtlang
B)Rangvamual
C)Lawipu
D)All of the above

Question 12

Zoning and parking places in Aizawl city is under the jurisdiction of -

A)Govt. of Mizoram
B)AMC
C)Local Council
D)None of the above

Question 13

Which of the following is not an aspect of urban planning?

A)Garbage disposal
B)Traffic Control
C)Control of Land use
D)None of the Above

Question 14

Crowding and congestion are the results of -

A)Population growth
B)Unplanned growth of towns
C)High birth rate
D)Ignorance

Question 15

The nodal department of AMC is -

A)Ministry of Finance
B)UD&PA
C)PHE
D)PWD

Question 16

Urban outlook is -

A)Inherited
B)Acquired
C)Learned
D)None of the above

Question 17

The physical and social environment of man determines his -

A)Attitudes
B)Aptitudes
C)Interests
D)All of the above

Question 18

The urban man is more _____ than his rural counterpart.

A)Dynamic
B)Conservative
C)Rigid
D)Civilized

Question 19

Community feeling is _______ in urban areas than in rural areas.

A)Weaker
B)Stronger
C)Neither weaker or stronger
D)None

Question 20

The nature of relationship in urban areas is mostly -

A)Primary
B)Secondary
C)Personal
D)Permanent

Question 21

Every society has -

A)Hierarchy
B)Equity
C)Equality
D)All of the above

Question 22

Social change is -

A)Quicker in rural areas
B)Quicker in urban areas
C)The same in rural and urban
D)None of the above

Question 23

The distinction between rural and urban outlook is -

A)Absolute
B)Clear
C)Definite
D)Relative

Question 24

The differences in rural and urban outlook is mainly due to -

A)Heredity
B)Family background
C)Education
D)Religion

Question 25

Which of the following is the characteristic of urban population?

A)Individualism
B)Liberalism
C)Dynamism
D)All of the above