This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 9 Human Settlements – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 9 Human Settlements Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Most of the medieval towns developed in India as ..... A) Meeting points of important roads. B) Market centres. C) Headquarters of principalities and kingdoms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Headquarters of principalities and kingdoms. 2. Kandla is primarily known for: A) Mining. B) Tourism. C) Port-based trade. D) Religious pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Port-based trade. 3. 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) Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata. B) Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai. C) Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata. D) Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai. 4. Which of the following is NOT a function of Urban settlements? A) Administration. B) Mining. C) Trade. D) Fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fishing. 5. What is the reason for development of clustered settlement in Bundelkhand? A) Defence. B) Suitable climate. C) Ethnic factors. D) Water scarcity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defence. 6. NOT a part of urban areas A) Better entertainment. B) Cheaper rent. C) Larger healthcare options. D) More jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheaper rent. 7. Nucleated settlements are found on the Himalayan slopes A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. The town of Itarsi is known for: A) Manufacturing. B) Transport. C) Religious significance. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transport. 9. What factor is mainly responsible for the development of compact settlements in Rajasthan? A) Plain land. B) Scarcity of water. C) Security or defence reasons. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarcity of water. 10. Tribal people live in tribal hamlets also known as A) Adivasi padas. B) Metro cities. C) Suburban areas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adivasi padas. 11. The economic and social development of a settlement and its main activities is called ..... A) Service. B) Pull factor. C) Urbanization. D) Settlement function. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Settlement function. 12. What was the percentage of urbanization in India in the year 2001 A) 19%. B) 27.78%. C) 21%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 27.78%. 13. Houses few and far away from each other, are found in A) Nucleated settlements. B) Scattered settlements. C) Urban settlements. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scattered settlements. 14. Which city is an example of an ancient town? A) Hyderabad. B) Bhopal. C) Varanasi. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Varanasi. 15. In which province in the Western Region can we find Hua Hin? A) Ratchaburi. B) Samut Songkhram. C) Phrachuap Khiri Khan. D) Kanchanaburi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phrachuap Khiri Khan. 16. Which characteristic of a civilization is most likely to have started first? A) Urbanization, or the creation of cities, resulting from settlement. B) Government and religious institutions created to formalize cities. C) Specialized labor due to the development of agriculture. D) Advancement of technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Specialized labor due to the development of agriculture. 17. Which state had the highest number of urban agglomerations in 2011? A) West Bengal. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Maharashtra. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharashtra. 18. A very large settlement comprising of many buildings, services and activities. A) Rural area. B) Squatter camp. C) Urban area. D) Recreational area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urban area. 19. Which modern city was developed as a planned capital after independence? A) Bhubaneswar. B) Patna. C) Jaipur. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhubaneswar. 20. The level of urbanization is measured in terms of percentage of ..... population to total population. A) Rural. B) Urban. C) Total. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urban. 21. Historians believe that people first lived in A) Europe. B) Africa. C) Asia. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa. 22. In areas of ..... houses have slanting roofs. A) Hot deserts. B) Cold deserts. C) Heavy rainfall. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heavy rainfall. 23. Where do you find dispersed settlements in India? A) Near the rivers. B) Hilly areas. C) Industrial regions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hilly areas. 24. This is what pulled many immigrants and people from rural areas to Cities. A) Factory jobs. B) Paved roads. C) Coffee shops. D) Isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Factory jobs. 25. Zoning in cities is used to designate areas for specific purposes such as:A) Residential, Business, Industrial B) Commercial, Agricultural, Recreational C) Educational, Medical, Historical D) Political, Social, Cultural. A) Political, Social, Cultural. B) Commercial, Agricultural, Recreational. C) Educational, Medical, Historical. D) Residential, Business, Industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Residential, Business, Industrial. 26. Rural settlements develop over a time into A) Scattered settlements. B) Tribal settlements. C) Urban settlements. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urban settlements. 27. Aria is considering leaving her hometown because of a lack of job opportunities and frequent natural disasters. The motivating reasons that people migrate away from their country or region of residence are called ..... A) Migration zones. B) Border controls. C) Pull factors. D) Push factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Push factors. 28. What does HEI stand for A) Human Elephant interaction. B) Human example information. C) Human Environment interaction. D) High-End Innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human Environment interaction. 29. In hot climates, houses often have ..... A) Basements. B) Attics. C) Courtyards. D) Fireplaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courtyards. 30. Any place where a community of people is established is called a ..... A) Metropolitan. B) Settlement function. C) Human settlement. D) Urban sprawl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human settlement. 31. Why do rural people have intimate social relations? A) More education. B) Wealth equality. C) Less mobility. D) Less population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less mobility. 32. Towns based on modern industries also evolved after A) 1860. B) 1849. C) 1857. D) 1850. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1850. 33. An activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it A) Function. B) Plan. C) Zone. D) Service. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Service. 34. What is the reason for development of Semi clustered settlements in Gujarat plain? A) Suitable climate. B) Caste structure. C) Defence reasons. D) Nature of terrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caste structure. 35. Which of the following is a key aspect of urban planning? A) Entertainment. B) Zoning. C) Cuisine. D) Fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zoning. 36. Imagine a group of people decides to build homes and start living together in a new area. What is this type of place called, where a community of people is established? A) Urban sprawl. B) Spatial pattern. C) Settlement function. D) Human settlement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human settlement. 37. What is the meaning of human settlement A) Place inhabited more or less permanently. B) Building complex. C) Place inhabited more or less temporarily. D) Group of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place inhabited more or less permanently. 38. Which kinds of roads are made underground? A) Subway. B) Metalled roads. C) Highways. D) Expressways. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subway. 39. Priya opens a bakery where she sells cakes and pastries to customers. The activity of selling these items to fulfill people's wants and needs and earning money in return is called a ..... A) Commodity. B) Taxation. C) Service. D) Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Service. 40. Which of the following was an advantage to early humans discovering farming methods? A) Diseases spread from animals to humans. B) Conflict over land. C) More food was grown to support a larger population. D) Droughts would lead to starvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More food was grown to support a larger population. 41. Luna is considering moving to an outlying part of a city or town, where it is quieter than the city center but still close to urban amenities. What type of area is Luna looking at? A) Urban. B) Suburban. C) Rural. D) Agricultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suburban. 42. ..... settlements are seen along roads, railways, rivers, sea coasts and in foothill regions etc. A) Scattered settlement. B) Nucleated settlement. C) Linear settlement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linear settlement. 43. The functional relationship between rural and urban areas is driven by: A) Language and religion. B) Transportation and communication. C) Family ties. D) Population size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transportation and communication. 44. Name three types of human settlements. A) Industrial, commercial, residential. B) City, town, village. C) Rural, urban, suburban. D) Metropolitan, megalopolis, hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rural, urban, suburban. 45. If a location is urban, it is ..... A) Outside towns and cities. B) Far away from main centres of population. C) Within towns and cities. D) By a sea or an ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Within towns and cities. 46. Which factor majorly influences settlement patterns in Rajasthan? A) Fertility. B) Water scarcity. C) River valleys. D) Coastal region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water scarcity. 47. What law banned (stopped) immigration from China between 1882 and the end of WWII? A) Immigration Act of 1917. B) The Gentlemen's Agreement. C) The Chinese Exclusion Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Chinese Exclusion Act. 48. Which of the following is a commercial town? A) Bhilai. B) Satna. C) Digboi. D) Roorkee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satna. 49. ..... settlements are found on the Himalayan slopes A) Nucleated. B) Linear. C) Dispersed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dispersed. 50. Percentage of the world's population living in urban areas A) 30. B) 50. C) 40. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50. 51. Dispur is an example of: A) Religious Town. B) Smart City. C) Administrative Town. D) Mining Town. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Administrative Town. 52. To exchange goods or services. A) Surplus. B) Trade. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade. 53. Which is the largest type of settlement? A) City. B) Village. C) Hamlet. D) Town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) City. 54. Settlements Vary from A) From city to village. B) Hamlet to metropolitan cities. C) Thin to metropolitan. D) From metropolis to river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet to metropolitan cities. 55. After 1882, where did most European immigrants enter the U.S.? A) Ellis Island. B) Liberty Island. C) Angel Island. D) Long Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ellis Island. 56. Which city is an administrative town? A) Agra. B) Salem. C) Katni. D) Guwahati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guwahati. 57. Medieval towns in India mostly evolved as: A) Industrial hubs. B) Trade ports. C) Fort towns. D) Religious centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fort towns. 58. What factor is mainly responsible for the development of compact settlements in the Bundelkhand region of central India and in the Nagaland? A) Suitable climate. B) Availability of water. C) Security or defence reasons. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Security or defence reasons. 59. Minimum population density to qualify as urban is: A) 500 per sq.km. B) 400 per sq.km. C) 300 per sq.km. D) 1000 per sq.km. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 400 per sq.km. 60. Outside of an urban area; related to the countryside is described as ..... A) Industrial. B) Rural. C) Urban. D) Metrapolitan. 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