Solution of Chapter 4. Human Settlements (NCERT - India-People And Economy Book)

Exercises

1

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Which one of the following towns is NOT located on a river bank?
1

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Which one of the following is NOT the part of the definition of a town as per the census of India?
1

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

In which one of the following environments does one expect the presence of dispersed rural settlements?
1

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Which one of the following group of cities have been arranged in the sequence of their ranks i.e. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in size?


A. Greater Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai


B. Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata


C. Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata


D. Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai
2 A

Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

What are garrisson towns? What is their function?
2 B

Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

How can one identify an urban agglomeration?
2 C

Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

What are the main factors for the location of villages in desert regions?
2

Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

What are metropolitan cities? How are they different from urban agglomerations?
3

Answer the following questions in not more than 150 words.

Discuss the features of different types of rural settlements. What are the factors responsible for the settlement patterns in different physical environments?
3 B

Answer the following questions in not more than 150 words.

Can one imagine the presence of only one-function town? Why do the cities become multi-functional?