Which is not a characteristic of urban life ?

Related Mcqs:

1. As consequence of rural urban migration ?

   A. More and more urbanization is taking place N successfully
   B. Ruralization of Urban areas is taking place
   C. Ruralization of Urban areas and ripid growth seem to be the result
   D. None of the above

2. Since World War II, people in both Africa and Latin America have moved from rural to urban areas, The major cause of this movement has been the ?

   A. rejection of traditional custom
   B. expectation of improved economic opportunities
   C. guarantee of better housing
   D. fear of civil war

3. Which one of the following is the best criterion of contrast between a rural and urban community ?

   A. Geographic location
   B. Specific size of population
   C. Specific density of population
   D. Diversification of occupations

4. Mention the name for that urban and rural region which is closely associated economically with an adjoining town or city. Term is also used to describe the area that is serviced by a port or coastal settlement ?

   A. Hinterland
   B. Country land
   C. Dependent land
   D. Parasite land

5. The success of regional and urban policies has been limited by ?

   A. bureaucracy
   B. bad luck
   C. poor communications
   D. the low level of government grants and by the fact that some projects would have gone ahead anyway

6. Which of the following is a form of urban bais ?

   I- Government may set price floors on food and price ceilings for industrial goods
   II- Tax incentive and subsidies to infant industry
   III- Tariff and quota protection for industry
   IV- Spending more for education training housing, health and transport in urban areas than in rural areas.

   A. I, II , III only
   B. I, II and IV only
   C. II, III and IV only
   D. I, II, III and IV

7. When an individual buys a car in a congested urban area, it generates ?

   A. a positive externality
   B. a technology spillover
   C. an efficient market outcome.
   D. a negative externality

8. According to Harris and Todaro, creating urban jobs by expanding industrial output ?

   A. is insufficient for solving the urban unemployment problem
   B. will generate capital-intensive technologies
   C. will generate more government revenue through urban wages
   D. induces government to increase minimum wages

9. The simplest explanation based on Lewis’s model for rural-urban migration is ?

   A. That people migrate when urban wages exceed rural wages
   B. a higher expected income in urban areas
   C. better infrastructure in urban areas
   D. the availability of labor-intensive jobs in urban areas

10. Which of the following is not TRUE about rural urban migration ?

    A. Migration to the cities is a larger contributor than natural population growth to urban labor growth is sub Saharan Africa
    B. In Latin America natural population increase is the major source of urban growth
    C. From 1975 to 2000 the number of cities in LDC with populations over 1 million increased from 20 to 50
    D. The urban share of total LDC population grew from 27 percent in 1975 and 35 percent in 1992 to 40 percent in 2003