Question - 1 : -
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(i) Which one of the following forms of settlement develops along either side of roads, rivers or canals?

Answer - 1 : -

(a) circular

(b) linear

(d) square

Answer

(b) linear

Question - 2 : -
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(ii) Which one of the following types of economic activities dominates in all rural settlement?

Answer - 2 : -

(a) primary

(b) tertiary

(d) quaternary

Answer

(a) primary

Question - 3 : -
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(iii) In which of the following regions has the oldest well-documented urban settlement found?

Answer - 3 : -

(a) Huang He Valley

(b) Indus Valley

(d) Mesopotamia

Answer

(b) Indus Valley

Question - 4 : -
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(iv) How many of the following cities in India have attained the million status at the beginning of 2006?

Answer - 4 : -

1.(iv) How many of the following cities in India have attained the million status at the beginning of 2006?

(a) 40

(b) 42

(d) 43

Answer

(a) 40

Question - 5 : -
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:
1.(v) Sufficiency of which type of resources can help to create adequate social infrastructure catering to the needs of the large population in the developing countries?

Answer - 5 : -

(a) financial

(b) human

(d) social

Answer

Question - 6 : -
How would you define a settlement?

Answer - 6 : -

A human settlement is defined as a place inhabited more or less permanently. It may include temporary camps of hunters or herders and also the permanent settlements called villages, towns, cities, large agglomeration.

Question - 7 : -
Distinguish between site and situation.

Answer - 7 : - Do self student.

Question - 8 : -
What are the bases of classifying settlements?

Answer - 8 : -

Settlements can be classified on basis of residence and main occupation into rural and urban. Settlements may also be classified on bases of their shape, pattern types into Compact or Nucleated settlements and Dispersed settlements.

Question - 9 : -
How would you justify the study of human settlements in human geography?

Answer - 9 : -

The study of human settlements is basic to human geography because the form of settlement in any particular region reflects human relationship with the environment. Human settlement in any particular area reflects human land association and is affected by physical, economic and social factors. Availability of water, type of soil, topography, availability of minerals etc. play an important role in development of any settlement. As it reflects and is deeply affected by the inter-relation between human and physical world, it becomes an important part of human geography.

Question - 10 : -
What are rural and urban settlements? Mention their characteristics.

Answer - 10 : -

Rural settlement: These settlements are those which have population of less than 5000 people and density of less than 400 persons and more than 75% people are engaged in primary activities.

Characteristics:

Most of the people are engaged in primary activities. They directly depend on land resources for their livelihood.
The population of villages is less and they have less density of people.
They depend on urban areas for obtaining manufactured consumer goods whereas they are providers for all primary products.
They lack in both economic and social infrastructure.

Urban settlement: The census of India defines urban settlement as “All places which have municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee and have a minimum population of 5000 persons, at least 75 per cent of male workers are engaged in non-agricultural pursuits and a density of population of at least 400 persons per square kilometers are urban.

Characteristics:

The population as well as population density of urban areas is veiy high.
Most of the people are engaged in secondary and tertiary activities.
They depend on rural areas for raw material and primary products. They are supplier of manufactured and consumer goods.
They have advanced social and economic infrastructure.

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