Human Settlements Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1.
Identify the settlement type that develops on either side of a road, a river, a railway line or a canal.
(a) Cross shaped
(b) Circular
(c) Linear
(d) Square
Answer
Answer: (c) Linear
Question 2.
Which of these economic activities is dominant in rural areas?
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Tertiary
(d) Quaternary
Answer
Answer: (a) Primary
Question 3.
Which one of these regions has documented the oldest urban settlement?
(a) Indus Valley
(b) Huang-Ho valley
(c) Nile Valley
(d) Mesopotamia
Answer
Answer: (a) Indus Valley
Question 4.
At the beginning of the year 2016, how many cities in India gained the status of a million city?
(a) 400
(b) 412
(c) 500
(d) 512
Answer
Answer: (d) 512
Question 5.
Which of these resources are most essential for creating adequate social infrastructure to cater to the needs of a large population in developing nations?
(a) Financial
(b) Human
(c) Natural
(d) Social
Answer
Answer: (a) Financial
Question 6.
Which one of the following settlements is usually located near waterbodies?
(a) Rural
(b) Planned
(c) Urban
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Rural
Question 7.
Places such as Jerusalem and Mecca are known as towns.
(a) trading
(b) commercial
(c) cultural
(d) administrative
Answer
Answer: (c) cultural
Question 8.
Which capital city was planned by Waiter Burley Griffin?
(a) London
(b) Delhi
(c) Buenos Aires
(d) Canberra
Answer
Answer: (d) Canberra
Question 9.
Who popularised the Greek word ‘megapolis’?
(a) Walter Burley Griffin
(b) Jean Gottman
(c) Patrick Geddes
(d) Lewis Mumford
Answer
Answer: (b) Jean Gottman
Question 10.
In which of the following years was Addis Ababa established?
(a) 1800
(b) 1878
(c) 1880
(d) 1778
Answer
Answer: (b) 1878
Question 11.
Settlements in low lying river basins, on terraces and levees are called settlements.
(a) Dry point settlements
(b) Plateau villages
(c) Farming villages
(d) Wet point settlements
Answer
Answer: (a) Dry point settlements
Question 12.
Which of the following is not a type of village on the basis of function?
(a) Farming village
(b) Fishermen’s village
(c) Circular village
(d) Pastoral village
Answer
Answer: (c) Circular village
Question 13.
Which one of the following does not influence the pattern of rural settlements?
(a) Site and terrain
(b) Shape and size
(c) Surrounding topography
(d) Population
Answer
Answer: (d) Population
Question 14.
Villages can be identified on the basis of setting. Which one of the following does not fit the category?
(a) PLain village
(b) Coastal village
(C) Desert village
(d) Double village
Answer
Answer: (d) Double village
Question 15.
WhIch of th foIIow1n statements Is Incorrect?
(a) Canberra was planned as capital of Australia in 1912.
(b) Addis Ababa was established in 1878.
(c) London became a million city in 1800.
(d) New York became a megacity in 1850.
Answer
Answer: (d) New York became a megacity in 1850.
Question 16.
Which of these is not a problem faced by urban settlements in developing countries?
(a) Pollution
(b) Poor sewerage
(c) Housing in surplus
(d) Urban Slums
Answer
Answer: (c) Housing in surplus
Question 17.
Complete the followin table by writing appropriate names In the blank.
Answer
Answer: LumberJack Village, Pastoral Village
