Class 12 Geography Ch 2 HUMANSETTLEMENTS MCQ
1.
What do we call a cluster of dwellings where human beings live?
(a) Metropolitan cities
(b) Settlements
(c) Hamlets
(d) Territories
Answer
Answer: (b) Settlements
2.
What is the economic support-base for settlements?
(a) Houses and structures
(b) Territory
(c) Grouping of people
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
3.
What term is used for sparsely located small settlements specializing in agriculture?
(a) Metropolitan cities
(b) Hamlets
(c) Urban settlements
(d) Villages
Answer
Answer: (d) Villages
4.
Which settlements depend on the processing of raw materials and manufacturing of finished goods?
(a) Rural settlements
(b) Hamlets
(c) Urban settlements
(d) Territories
Answer
Answer: (c) Urban settlements
5.
What is the functional relationship between urban and rural settlements?
(a) Social relations
(b) Economic growth
(c) Transport and communication network
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
6.
Which settlements are nodes of economic growth?
(a) Hamlets
(b) Urban settlements
(c) Villages
(d) Territories
Answer
Answer: (b) Urban settlements
7.
What is the primary economic activity for rural settlements?
(a) Processing of raw materials
(b) Manufacturing of finished goods
(c) Land-based activities
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) Land-based activities
8.
In urban areas, what is the way of life like?
(a) Complex and fast
(b) Simple and slow
(c) Intimate
(d) Rural
Answer
Answer: (a) Complex and fast
9.
What is the term for fewer but larger settlements specializing in secondary and tertiary activities?
(a) Hamlets
(b) Urban settlements
(c) Metropolitan cities
(d) Villages
Answer
Answer: (b) Urban settlements
10.
What characterizes social relations in rural areas?
(a) Formal
(b) Informal
(c) Intimate
(d) Complex
Answer
Answer: (c) Intimate
11.
What do cities provide to rural dwellers in return for food and raw materials?
(a) Social relations
(b) Economic growth
(c) Goods and services
(d) Territories
Answer
Answer: (c) Goods and services
12.
What is the primary focus of rural settlements?
(a) Secondary activities
(b) Tertiary activities
(c) Primary economic activities
(d) Social relationships
Answer
Answer: (c) Primary economic activities
13.
How do urban and rural settlements interact?
(a) Through social relations
(b) Through transport and communication network
(c) Through economic growth
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Through transport and communication network
14.
What is the economic dependence of rural settlements?
(a) Processing of raw materials
(b) Land-based activities
(c) Manufacturing of finished goods
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Land-based activities
15.
What is the economic dependence of urban settlements?
(a) Processing of raw materials
(b) Land-based activities
(c) Manufacturing of finished goods
(d) Variety of services
Answer
Answer: (d) Variety of services
1.
What determines the types of rural settlements?
(a) Population density
(b) Built-up area and inter-house distance
(c) Availability of water
(d) Altitude and climate
Answer
Answer: (b) Built-up area and inter-house distance
2.
Which factor is NOT mentioned as a determinant of rural settlements in India?
(a) Physical features
(b) Cultural and ethnic factors
(c) Economic factors
(d) Security factors
Answer
Answer: (c) Economic factors
3.
What is a universal feature in the northern plains of India?
(a) Dispersed settlements
(b) Semi-clustered settlements
(c) Clustered villages
(d) Hamleted settlements
Answer
Answer: (c) Clustered villages
4.
Which type of rural settlement is characterized by defense against thefts and robberies?
(a) Clustered
(b) Semi-clustered
(c) Hamleted
(d) Dispersed
Answer
Answer: (c) Hamleted
5.
How many types of rural settlements are mentioned in India?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
Answer
Answer: (c) Four
6.
What are the cultural and ethnic factors influencing rural settlements?
(a) Social structure, caste, and religion
(b) Altitude and climate
(c) Availability of water
(d) Built-up area
Answer
Answer: (a) Social structure, caste, and religion
7.
Which term is used for the type of rural settlement that is isolated or scattered?
(a) Clustered
(b) Semi-clustered
(c) Hamleted
(d) Dispersed
Answer
Answer: (d) Dispersed
1.
What characterizes a clustered rural settlement?
(a) Scattered houses
(b) Compact or closely built-up area
(c) Linear arrangement
(d) Radial pattern
Answer
Answer: (b) Compact or closely built-up area
2.
What distinguishes the general living area in a clustered settlement?
(a) Separation from surrounding farms
(b) Linear arrangement
(c) Scattered pattern
(d) Radial design
Answer
Answer: (a) Separation from surrounding farms
3.
In which geographical locations are clustered settlements generally found?
(a) Arid deserts
(b) Fertile alluvial plains
(c) Mountainous regions
(d) Coastal areas
Answer
Answer: (b) Fertile alluvial plains
4.
For what reasons do people sometimes choose to live in compact villages?
(a) Economic reasons
(b) Agricultural reasons
(c) Security or defence reasons
(d) Social reasons
Answer
Answer: (c) Security or defence reasons
5.
In which Indian region has the scarcity of water necessitated compact settlement for maximum water utilization?
(a) Bundelkhand region
(b) Nagaland
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Northeastern states
Answer
Answer: (c) Rajasthan
1.
What can lead to the formation of semi-clustered or fragmented settlements?
(a) Extreme dispersion
(b) Segregation or fragmentation of a large compact village
(c) Isolated huts in remote jungles
(d) Common name bearing
Answer
Answer: (b) Segregation or fragmentation of a large compact village
2.
In semi-clustered settlements, which community often occupies the central part of the main village?
(a) Land-owning and dominant community
(b) Menial workers
(c) Lower strata of society
(d) Social and ethnic communities
Answer
Answer: (a) Land-owning and dominant community
3.
What motivates the segmentation of a large village in hamleted settlements?
(a) Economic factors
(b) Social and ethnic factors
(c) Geographic factors
(d) Political factors
Answer
Answer: (b) Social and ethnic factors
4.
What are the locally used terms for physically separated units in hamleted settlements?
(a) Panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani
(b) Cluster, agglomerate, nucleate
(c) Bundelkhand, Nagaland, Gujarat
(d) Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh
Answer
Answer: (a) Panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani
5.
Where are hamleted settlements more frequently found in India?
(a) Gujarat plain and Rajasthan
(b) Middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh
(c) Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh
(d) Northeastern states
Answer
Answer: (b) Middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh
6.
What is the characteristic feature of dispersed settlement patterns?
(a) Compact or closely built-up area
(b) Linear arrangement
(c) Isolated huts or hamlets
(d) Segregation of land resources
Answer
Answer: (c) Isolated huts or hamlets
7.
Which regions in India have dispersed settlements due to the extremely fragmented nature of terrain?
(a) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(b) Northeastern states
(c) Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Kerala
(d) Middle and lower Ganga plain
Answer
Answer: (c) Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Kerala
8.
What factor may contribute to the formation of hamleted settlements?
(a) Availability of water
(b) Social and ethnic factors
(c) Extreme dispersion
(d) Scarcity of land
Answer
Answer: (b) Social and ethnic factors
9.
What term is used for physically separated units in hamleted settlements?
(a) Isolated huts
(b) Panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani
(c) Segregation units
(d) Common name units
Answer
Answer: (b) Panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani
10.
Which settlements may result from the tendency of clustering in a restricted area of dispersed settlement?
(a) Semi-clustered
(b) Hamleted
(c) Dispersed
(d) Compact
Answer
Answer: (a) Semi-clustered
11.
Where are semi-clustered or fragmented settlements often found?
(a) Gujarat plain and Rajasthan
(b) Northeastern states
(c) Middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh
(d) Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Kerala
Answer
Answer: (a) Gujarat plain and Rajasthan
12.
What may lead to the extreme dispersion of settlement in India?
(a) Availability of water
(b) Scarcity of land
(c) Fragmented nature of terrain and land resource base
(d) Segregation of land resources
Answer
Answer: (c) Fragmented nature of terrain and land resource base
13.
Which region in India has hamleted settlements?
(a) Gujarat plain and Rajasthan
(b) Northeastern states
(c) Middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh
(d) Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Kerala
Answer
Answer: (c) Middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh
14.
What term is used for physically separated units in hamleted settlements?
(a) Isolated huts
(b) Panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani
(c) Segregation units
(d) Common name units
Answer
Answer: (b) Panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani
15.
Which settlements may result from the tendency of clustering in a restricted area of dispersed settlement?
(a) Semi-clustered
(b) Hamleted
(c) Dispersed
(d) Compact
Answer
Answer: (a) Semi-clustered
1.
How do urban settlements differ from rural settlements in terms of size?
(a) Urban settlements are smaller
(b) Urban settlements are larger
(c) Rural and urban settlements are of the same size
(d) Size is not a distinguishing factor
Answer
Answer: (b) Urban settlements are larger
2.
What type of functions are urban settlements engaged in?
(a) Agricultural functions
(b) Industrial functions
(c) Nonagricultural, economic, and administrative functions
(d) Only administrative functions
Answer
Answer: (c) Nonagricultural, economic, and administrative functions
3.
How are cities functionally linked to rural areas?
(a) Through direct exchange only
(b) Through a series of market towns and cities only
(c) Both directly and indirectly
(d) Cities are not linked to rural areas
Answer
Answer: (c) Both directly and indirectly
4.
How is the exchange of goods and services performed in urban settlements?
(a) Only directly
(b) Only through market towns
(c) Only indirectly
(d) Sometimes directly and sometimes through a series of market towns and cities
Answer
Answer: (d) Sometimes directly and sometimes through a series of market towns and cities
5.
Where can one find the definition of towns according to the provided content?
(a) Chapter 8 of the book
(b) Chapter 9 of the book
(c) Chapter 10 of the book
(d) Chapter 11 of the book
Answer
Answer: (c) Chapter 10 of the book
1.
During which period did towns flourish in India, including towns like Harappa and Mohanjodaro?
(a) Medieval period
(b) British period
(c) Prehistoric times
(d) Modern period
Answer
Answer: (c) Prehistoric times
2.
How are Indian towns classified based on their evolution?
(a) Prehistoric towns, Ancient towns, Modern towns
(b) Ancient towns, Medieval towns, Modern towns
(c) Historical towns, Colonial towns, Contemporary towns
(d) Old towns, New towns, Industrial towns
Answer
Answer: (b) Ancient towns, Medieval towns, Modern towns
3.
Which town developed as a religious and cultural center during ancient times?
(a) Delhi
(b) Varanasi
(c) Agra
(d) Chennai
Answer
Answer: (b) Varanasi
4.
What is the characteristic feature of medieval towns in India?
(a) Development as religious centers
(b) Fort towns on the ruins of ancient towns
(c) Modern industries
(d) Administrative headquarters
Answer
Answer: (b) Fort towns on the ruins of ancient towns
5.
Which town is mentioned as an example of a medieval fort town in India?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Jaipur
(c) Madurai
(d) Nagpur
Answer
Answer: (b) Jaipur
6.
During the British period, which locations did they first develop as trading ports in India?
(a) Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar
(b) Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(c) Surat, Daman, Goa
(d) Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur
Answer
Answer: (c) Surat, Daman, Goa
7.
Which cities did the British consolidate their hold around during the colonial period?
(a) Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur
(b) Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar
(c) Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(d) Surat, Daman, Goa
Answer
Answer: (c) Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
8.
Which town is mentioned as an example of a modern industrial town that evolved after 1850?
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Bhubaneswar
(c) Jamshedpur
(d) Gandhinagar
Answer
Answer: (
c) Jamshedpur
9.
What was the British strategy in developing towns in India during the colonial period?
(a) Concentrated development in rural areas
(b) Development based on ancient ruins
(c) Coastal locations and trading ports
(d) Industrial towns only
Answer
Answer: (c) Coastal locations and trading ports
10.
After independence, which towns were developed as administrative headquarters?
(a) Surat, Daman, Goa
(b) Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(c) Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar
(d) Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Dispur
Answer
Answer: (d) Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Dispur
11.
Which type of towns developed as summer resorts during the British colonial period?
(a) Fort towns
(b) Industrial towns
(c) Administrative centers
(d) Hilltowns
Answer
Answer: (d) Hilltowns
12.
Which towns developed around metropolitan cities as satellite towns after independence?
(a) Surat, Daman, Goa
(b) Ghaziabad, Rohtak, Gurugram
(c) Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(d) Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar
Answer
Answer: (b) Ghaziabad, Rohtak, Gurugram
13.
What characterized the development of towns in India based on modern industries after 1850?
(a) Concentrated in rural areas
(b) Coastal locations and trading ports
(c) Hilltowns as summer resorts
(d) Industrial towns
Answer
Answer: (d) Industrial towns
14.
Which towns have developed all over the country with increasing investment in rural areas?
(a) Industrial towns
(b) Ancient towns
(c) Medium and small towns
(d) Fort towns
Answer
Answer: (c) Medium and small towns
15.
What happened to towns in India after the arrival of Europeans in the eighteenth century?
(a) They disappeared
(b) They experienced periodic ups and downs
(c) They remained the same
(d) They evolved only during the colonial period
Answer
Answer: (b) They experienced periodic ups and downs
1.
How is the level of urbanisation measured?
(a) Percentage of rural population
(b) Percentage of urban population to total population
(c) Percentage of industrial population
(d) Percentage of administrative population
Answer
Answer: (b) Percentage of urban population to total population
2.
What was the level of urbanisation in India in 2011?
(a) 20.05%
(b) 31.16%
(c) 42.50%
(d) 50.75%
Answer
Answer: (b) 31.16%
3.
How much has the total urban population increased during the twentieth century?
(a) Three-fold
(b) Six-fold
(c) Nine-fold
(d) Eleven-fold
Answer
Answer: (d) Eleven-fold
4.
What has played a significant role in the growth of urban population and urbanisation in India?
(a) Decrease in urban centres
(b) Emergence of new towns
(c) Industrialisation only
(d) Agricultural development
Answer
Answer: (b) Emergence of new towns
5.
What has happened to the growth rate of urbanisation in the last two decades?
(a) It has increased
(b) It has remained constant
(c) It has slowed down
(d) It has declined
Answer
Answer: (c) It has slowed down
6.
Apart from being central or nodal places, what other functions do many towns and cities perform?
(a) Administrative functions only
(b) Specialised services
(c) Agricultural functions
(d) Industrial functions only
Answer
Answer: (b) Specialised services
7.
Which towns are classified as administrative towns?
(a) Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore
(b) Agra, Dhulia, Mughalsarai
(c) Chandigarh, New Delhi, Bhopal
(d) Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar
Answer
Answer: (c) Chandigarh, New Delhi, Bhopal
8.
Which cities are classified as industrial towns?
(a) Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode
(b) Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore
(c) Kolkata, Saharanpur, Satna
(d) Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow
Answer
Answer: (b) Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore
9.
Which towns may be ports primarily engaged in export and import activities?
(a) Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode
(b) Agra, Dhulia, Mughalsarai
(c) Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow
(d) Kolkata, Saharanpur, Satna
Answer
Answer: (a) Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode
10.
Which towns and cities are classified as commercial towns?
(a) Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar
(b) Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode
(c) Kolkata, Saharanpur, Satna
(d) Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore
Answer
Answer: (c) Kolkata, Saharanpur, Satna
11.
Where have mining towns developed in India?
(a) Western Ghats
(b) Eastern Ghats
(c) Himalayan region
(d) Mineral-rich areas
Answer
Answer: (d) Mineral-rich areas
12.
Which towns emerged as garrison towns?
(a) Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar
(b) Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow
(c) Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode
(d) Kolkata, Saharanpur, Satna
Answer
Answer: (b) Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow
13.
Which towns started as centres of education and grew into major campus towns?
(a) Agra, Dhulia, Mughalsarai
(b) Roorki, Varanasi, Aligarh
(c) Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode
(d) Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow
Answer
Answer: (b) Roorki, Varanasi, Aligarh
14.
What characterizes towns like Varanasi, Mathura, and Amritsar?
(a) Industrial towns
(b) Administrative towns
(c) Religious and cultural significance
(d) Mining towns
Answer
Answer: (c) Religious and cultural significance
15.
Which towns are known for their religious and cultural significance?
(a) Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar
(b) Nainital, Mussoorie, Shimla
(c) Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode
(d) Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore
Answer
Answer: (a) Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar
16.
Which towns are classified as tourist towns?
(a) Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar
(b) Nainital, Mussoorie, Shimla
(c) Agra, Dhulia, Mughalsarai
(d) Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode
Answer
Answer: (b) Nainital, Mussoorie, Shimla
17.
What happens to the functions of cities as they grow into metropolises?
(a) Functions remain the same
(b) Functions become less intertwined
(c) Functions become more specialised
(d) Functions become multifunctional
Answer
Answer: (d) Functions become multifunctional
18.
What is the dynamic nature of cities?
(a) Static
(b) Constant
(c) Dynamic
(d) Declining
Answer
Answer: (c) Dynamic
1. What is the primary objective of the Smart Cities Mission?
(a) To enhance cultural heritage
(b) To promote sustainable and inclusive development
(c) To improve agricultural productivity
(d) To increase industrialization
Answer
Answer: (b) To promote sustainable and inclusive development
2. What is one of the key features of Smart Cities?
(a) Increased vulnerability to disasters
(b) Replication of existing models
(c) Application of smart solutions to infrastructure and services
(d) Focus on expanding city boundaries
Answer
Answer: (c) Application of smart solutions to infrastructure and services
3. What is the intended role of a Smart City’s replicable model?
(a) To limit development to a specific area
(b) To act as a lighthouse for other aspiring cities
(c) To discourage inclusive development
(d) To increase resource consumption
Answer
Answer: (b) To act as a lighthouse for other aspiring cities
