Human settlements MCQ Class 12 Chapter-2 Book-India-People and Economy

 

What is the meaning of urban agglomeration?

A.  A chain of towns around an urban area 

B.  Increased congestion in cities 

C.    Both a and b 

D.  None of these

Sometimes settlements are physically separated from each other but their names remain the same, such a settlement is called:

A.  Clustered settlement

B.  Semi tufted settlement

C.  parish settlement

D.  None of these

Palli settlement is known by which of the following names:

A.  Pada 

B.  Nangla 

C.  Dhani 

D.  ALL OF THE ABOVE

Which of the following types of settlements is found in the fertile alluvial plains of India:

A.  Clustered settlements

B.  Dhani

C.  Dispersed settlements 

D.  None of these

Which of the following factors is not responsible for different types of rural settlements:

A.  Height

B.  Climate 

C.    Transportation ​ 

D.  Availability of water

Which one of the following is not a mining town?

A.  Raniganj 

B.  Jharia 

C.  Banaras 

D.  None of these

Which of the following settlements presents rectangular, radial and linear shapes  :

A.  Clustered settlement

B.  Palli Basti

C.  Semi-bunched

D.  None of these

Which pattern of rural settlements develops on the banks of roads, railway lines, rivers, canals etc.?

A.  Linear pattern 

B.  Rectangular pattern

C.    Both a and b 

D.  None of these

Any complex of houses in which humans live is called

A.  Human settlement

B.  Town 

C.  Gram 

D.  None of these

The places where there is a municipality and a cantonment board are called:

A.  Metropolis 

B.  tourist town 

C.  Administrative town 

D.  religious town

Which of the following is an example of an ancient city?

A.    Lucknow ​

B.  Pataliputra 

C.  Goa 

D.  Surat

Which of the following is an example of a medieval town?

A.    Lucknow ​ 

B.  Pataliputra 

C.  prayag 

D.  None of these

Which of the following is an example of a modern city?

A.  Goa

B.  Madurai

C.  Jaipur 

D.  Agra

Which of the following cities is not situated on the river bank?

A.    Agra ​ 

B.  Patna 

C.    Bhopal ​ 

D.  Kolkata

The percentage of urbanisation in India in 2011 was:

A. 20%

B. 31.16%

C. 50%

D. 60.5%

In which of the following environments dispersed rural settlements cannot be expected?

A.  Alluvial plain of Ganga

B.  Lower valleys of the Himalayas 

C.  Dry and semi-arid regions of Rajasthan 

D.  northeastern forests and hills

Which of the following classes of cities is ordered hierarchically?

A.  Greater Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai

B.  Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata 

C.  Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata 

D.  Brihan Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai

Which of the following is not an example of a tourist town?

A.    Shimla ​ 

B.  Mussoorie 

C.  Raniganj 

D.  Mount Abu

Which of the following cities is an example of an educational city?

A.  Roorkee

B.    Ooty ​

C.  Nainital

D.  Shimla

Which of the following is an example of a garrison town?

A.    Ambala ​ 

B.  Jalandhar 

C.  Babina 

D.  ALL OF THE ABOVE

Which of the following cities is an example of an industrial city?

A.    Varanasi ​

B.  Modinagar 

C.  Ambala 

D.  Shimla

Which of the following cities is an example of a religious city?

A.    Shimla ​

B.  Jharia 

C.  Saharanpur 

D.  Ujjain