Rural Settlement

Q. What are rural settlements? Describe the pattern of rural settlements.

Q. Any settlement where most of the people are engaged in primary activities like agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishery is known as a ________________.

1. agricultural settlement
2. urban settlement
3. rural settlement
4. town settlement

Q. In which type of settlement do several roads converge to a single point?

1. Circular settlement
2. Rectangular settlement
3. Star-shaped settlement
4. Linear settlement

Q. Which the type of settlement involves people's engagement in primary activities?

1. Domestic settlement
2. Agricultural settlement
3. Primary settlement
4. Rural settlement

Q. Which of the following is not a type of rural settlement?

1. Spherical
2. Circular
3. Rectangular
4. Linear

Q. Sheetal was searching for her friend's house. She reached near the house and observed that the roads diverged in four directions and that the houses extended in all those directions. She was standing at the point where the four roads met.
Suddenly, she wondered which type of settlement this was?

Help her identify the type of settlement.

1. T-shaped
2. Y-shaped
3. Triangular shaped
4. Cruciform

Q. What type of settlement has roads that are straight and cut at right angles, and houses that are aligned perfectly in rectangular boxes created by the roads?

1. Rectangular
2. Linear
3. Circular
4. Star-shaped