MCQ Chapter 3 Geography Class 12 Maharashtra Board Human Settlements and Land Use 1. What is a settlement in the context of human geography?A natural resource areaA social group living in isolationA place where people construct houses and carry out activitiesA remote undeveloped areaQuestion 1 of 202. Which of the following is a key physical factor affecting human settlements?Government policiesPopulation growthClimateEconomic systemsQuestion 2 of 203. In dry regions, settlements are often located near which resource?ForestsMineral depositsWater sourcesAgricultural landsQuestion 3 of 204. What type of settlement develops for security concerns?Dispersed settlementLinear settlementNucleated settlementIsolated settlementQuestion 4 of 205. What defines a compact settlement?Sparse housing across a wide areaHousing concentrated closely togetherHousing scattered randomlyHousing along a linear pathQuestion 5 of 206. Which settlement pattern forms along a road, railway, or river?Circular patternLinear patternRadial patternClustered patternQuestion 6 of 207. What is the primary characteristic of a dispersed settlement?Close proximity of housesHouses located far from each otherHouses arranged in a circular patternHouses built in a triangular patternQuestion 7 of 208. Which settlement pattern is often found around a central feature like a lake?RadialTriangularCircularLinearQuestion 8 of 209. Which factor primarily determines the skyline of a city?Economic activitiesPhysical geographyPopulation densityBuilding height and structureQuestion 9 of 2010. In urban areas, land use primarily revolves around:AgricultureResidential and economic activitiesForest conservationPastoral grazingQuestion 10 of 2011. What is land use in rural areas mostly focused on?Residential housingIndustrial activitiesTransportation infrastructureAgricultureQuestion 11 of 2012. What does "mixed land use" mean?Land used exclusively for agricultureLand with overlapping uses like residential, commercial, and industrialLand reserved for recreational purposesLand exclusively for transport hubsQuestion 12 of 2013. What term describes the area that transitions between rural and urban spaces?Urban sprawlUrban coreRural-urban fringeSuburbQuestion 13 of 2014. What is a suburb?The rural area surrounding a cityA smaller town or city outside a metropolitan areaA village located within a cityAn industrial zone in an urban areaQuestion 14 of 2015. Which of the following settlements is considered temporary?Mega cityRefugee campVillageSuburban townQuestion 15 of 2016. What factor distinguishes urban settlements from rural settlements?Population size and densityProximity to water sourcesAgricultural productivitySecurity concernsQuestion 16 of 2017. Which settlement function is primarily associated with fishing and mining?Urban settlementsSuburban areasRural settlementsMega citiesQuestion 17 of 2018. What type of settlement is found at the confluence of two rivers or roads?RadialTriangularCircularPatternlessQuestion 18 of 2019. What leads to the development of haphazard settlement patterns?Economic planningIncreasing population and unplanned growthCircular road networksResource abundanceQuestion 19 of 2020. Which land use category includes roads, railways, and highways?InstitutionalTransportationRecreationalAgriculturalQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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