MCQ CH-4 BOOK-2

What is Human Settlement?

• hamlet to metropolitan cities.

• cluster of dwellings of any type or size where human beings live

• way of life is complex and fast

• functional relationship between the urban and rural settlements

The basic differences between rural and urban....

• primary economic activities whereas, urban settlements, depend on processing of raw materials and manufacturing

• Cities act as nodes of economic whereas, return for food and raw materials in rural settlement

• Rural people are less mobile whereas,In urban areas way of life is complex and fast

• All of above

Which is not physical factors and conditions responsible for

having different types of rural settlements in India?

• nature of terrain

• altitude, climate

• caste and religion

• availability of water

Which is not cultural factors and ethnic conditions responsible for having different types of rural settlements in India?

• social structure

• caste

• religion

• defence against thefts

Which is not security factors conditions responsible for having different types of rural settlements in India?

• defence against thefts

• altitude, climate

• War and battle

• robberies

Which is not feature of Clustered Settlements?

• living area is distinct and separated from the surrounding farms

• isolated huts or hamlets

• geometric shape, such as rectangular, radial, linear,

• closely built up area of houses

Which is not features of Semi-Clustered Settlements?

• dominant community occupies the central part of the main village

• result from tendency of clustering in a restricted area of dispersed settlement

• frequently found in the middle and lower Ganga plain,

• segregation or fragmentation of a large compact village

Which is not features of Hamleted Settlements?

• fragmented into several units physically separated from each other

• panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani, etc

• motivated by social and ethnic factors

• hamlets of few huts in remote jungles

Which is not features of Dispersed Settlements?

• extremely fragmented nature of the terrain and land resource base of habitable areas

• people of lower society settle on the outer flanks of the village

• Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala

• isolated huts or hamlets

Which is not feature of Ancient Towns?

• background spanning over 2000 years

• headquarters of principalities and kingdoms

• VaranasiPrayag (Allahabad), Pataliputra (Patna), Madurai

• developed as religious and

  cultural centres