Settlements and Its Types

Q. A _____ is an urban centre, with a population between 1 lakh and 10 lakhs.

1. city
2. metropolis
3. town
4. megacity

Q. Identify the star pattern settlement from the following images:

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Q. ____________ are places where people build their homes.

1. Colonies
2. Groups
3. Streets
4. Settlements

Q. Which among the following are not characteristics of an urban settlement?

1. Population density of at least 400 people per sq km.
2. Population greater than 3000.
3. 75% of working male population, non-farmers.
4. 50% farmers in the population.

Q. The most urbanised state in India is ______, where 62.17% of the population is urban.

1. Goa
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Delhi

Q. Arrange the following states of India from most urbanised to least urbanised and select the appropriate option:
(a) Bihar, (b) Gujarat, (c) Goa, (d) Himachal Pradesh, (e) Maharasthra, (f) Andhra Pradesh.

1. d, a, f, b, c, e
2. b, a, d, f, c, e
3. c, b, e, a, f, d
4. c, e, b, f, a, d

Q. What are the settlements, where the dwellings or buildings are grouped close together called?

1. Dispersed settlements
2. Unclustered settlements
3. Nucleated settlements
4. Circular patterned settlements

Q. Name the settlements where the dwellings or buildings are grouped close together.

1. Nucleated settlements
2. Dispersed settlements
3. Scattered Settlement
4. Linear settlement

Q. Based on what factors can rural settlements take different shapes? Give the classification of such shapes.

Q.

How can you tell if an area is rural or urban?

Q. Pick the odd one out from the following options.
Hint: India's administrative centres.

1. Delhi
2. Gandhinagar
3. Coimbatore
4. Srinagar

Q. Which of the following is a criteria for a settlement to be called urban in India?

1. At least 75% of the population must be involved in non-agricultural activities
2. At most 25% of the people in the settlement should be involved in agriculture-related activities
3. Population density must be at least 400 people per sq km
4. Population must be over 50000

Q. A town has a population of 45, 000. Which urban class of town does it belong to?

1. Class II
2. Class V
3. Class IV
4. Class III

Q. Urban settlements have high population, modern amenities, and are usually dependent on which of the following sectors?

1. Agricultural
2. Non-agricultural
3. Industrial
4. Manufacturing

Q. Maharashtra belongs to ________ part of India.

1. central
2. western
3. eastern
4. none of these

Q.

In the hierarchical human settlement what does a hamlet mean?

1. A large town with a population of 20, 000 to 100, 000.
2. A town which has a population of 1, 000 to 20, 000
3. That which has a tiny population of less than 100 and very few (if any) services, and few buildings
4. None

Q. Karnataka has been into divided into _____ industrial regions.

1. Two
2. Three
3. Four
4. Five

Q. Explain the following lines with reference to the poem An Elementary Classroom in aSlum:"A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky

Far far from rivers, capes, stars of words". Explain.