Human Sattlements

Consider the following statements:
1. The form of settlement in any particular region reflects human relationship with the environment.
2. A human settlement is defined as a place inhabited more or less permanently.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Population size is a universal criterion for differentiating rural and urban areas.
2. In towns the main occupation of the people is related to secondary and tertiary sectors.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. New trend of people moving away from congested urban areas to cleaner areas outside the city is called Sub-urbanisation.
2. The census of India, 1991 defines urban settlements as places with a minimum population of 5000 persons.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. In Nucleated settlements houses are spaced far apart and often interspersed with fields.
2. Compact settlements develop along river valleys and in fertile plains
Which of the above mentioned statements is are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Rural settlements are most closely and directly related to land.
2. The settlements size ts larger.
3. Usually rural settlements are located near water bodies.
Which of the above mentioned statement is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. In Europe villages grew up near rolling country avoiding swampy, low lying land.
2. In south east Asia people chose to live near low lying river valleys.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. In low lying river basins people chose to settle on terraces and levees.
2. In tropical countries people build their houses on stilts near marshy lands.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
Ancient dwellings : Countries
1. Cave dwellings: Loess, China
2. Mud bricks: Savanna\’s, Africa
3. Igloos: polar regions
4. Inselbergs: Nigeria
Which of the above is/ are matched correctly?

Consider the following statements:
1. The site of planned settlement is spontaneously chosen by villagers themselves.
2. Indira Gandhi Canal command area in India is an example of a planned settlement.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following :
1. T-shaped village
2. Double village
3. Cross-shaped village
4. Linear
5. Rectangular
Which of the above settlements are differentiated on the basis of forms or shapes?

Consider the following statements:
1. Settlements along a road, railway line, river, canal edge of a valley or along a levee are examples of linear pattern.
2. Rectangular pattern of rural settlements are found in wide inter montane valleys.
3. Circular villages may develop around lakes, tanks etc.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Cruciform settlements develop on the crossroads and houses extend in all the four directions.
2. Where several roads converge, star shaped settlements develop by the houses built along the roads.
3. Double village settlements extend on both sides of a river where there is a bridge or a ferry.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
(1) Inadequate Supply of water
(2) Absence of toilet facilities
(3) Water borne diseases
(4) Unmetalled roads
(5) Lack of modern communication
Which of the above are the conditions prevailing in rural settlements in the developing countries?

Consider the following statements:
1. The first urban settlement to reach a population of one million was the city of London.
2. Presently 54 per cent of the world\’s population lives in urban settlements compared to only 1 per cent in the year 1800.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. The major economic activities in addition to the size of the population are criterion for a urban settlement.
2. If more than 50 per cent of its economically productive population is engaged in non-agricultural activities, the settlement is urban.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct In context of India?

Consider the following:
City : Dominant function
1. Sheffield: industrial city
2. London: port city
3. Chandigarh: administrative city
Which of the above are matched correctly?

Consider the following:
1. Winnipeg: Agricultural market town
2. Frankfurt: banking and financial centre
3. St. Louis: large inland centre
Which of the above are matched correctly?

Consider the following statements:
1. The most important cause of urbanisation is rural-urban migration.
2. Developed countries experienced rapid urbanization during the second half of the twentieth century.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. An urban settlement may be linear, square, star or crescent shaped.
2. Towns and cities of developed and developing countries reflect marked differences in planning and development.
3. The form of the settlement, architecture and style of buildings are an outcome of its historical and cultural traditions.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Addis Ababa, the capital of Australia was planned in 1878.
2. Canberra, the capital of Ethiopia was planned in 1912.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. A city may be regarded as a leading town, which has outstripped its local or regional rivals.
2. Cities are much larger than towns.
3. When the population crosses the one million mark tt is designated as a million city.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements about conurbation:
1. The term conurbation was coined by Patrick Geddes In 1915.
2. It 1s applied to a large area of urban development that resulted from the merging of originally separate towns or cities.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Megalopolis:
1. The term ‘ Megalopolis \’ was popularised by Jean Gottman.
2. It is a region extending as union of conurbations, 3. Greater London, Manchester, Chicago and Tokyo are examples.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/ are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Inadequate social infrastructure
2. Lack of educational and health facilities
3. Lack of employment
4. Male selective migration
Which of the above are the socio-cultural problems of cities in the developing countries?