Grade 7 A- The Human Environment

When streets radiate from a common point in several directions, a ___________________settlement develops.

• Linear

• Scattered

• Radial

Which of these is not a rural settlement?

• Nucleated pattern

• Defence towns

• Dispersed settlement

_____________is an example of an industrial town.

• Danapur

• Durgapur in West Bengal

• National Capital Territory of New Delhi

___________ towns are centres of art, culture, and education.

• Cultural

• Administrative

• Industrial

Urban settlements usually have a dense population compared to the rural areas.

• True

• False

_____________ towns have some kind of manufacturing industries as their major function. For example_____________.

• Administrative, NCT of New Delhi

• Industrial, Osaka in Japan

• Industrial, Jalandhar in Punjab

Urban settlement is a settlement in which most people are engaged in agriculture, hunting, fishing and gathering.

• True

• False

The structure of an urban settlement is compact with abundance of facilities like colleges, banks, hospitals, shopping centres , schools, etc.

• True

• False

Administrative towns include centres of provinces, districts, states, capital cities of countries and several administrative divisions.

• True

• False

In hot regions, the houses are plastered with mud, have thatched roofs and thin walls.

• True

• False