This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > 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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Settlement function where people visit to relax and enjoy themselves A) Industrial. B) Route center. C) Tourist. D) Residential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tourist. 2. What do governments invest in to improve the quality of life in settlements? A) Economy. B) Infrastructure. C) Social activities. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrastructure. 3. In how many types the rural settlements in India can broadly be classified? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 4. Most of the ancient towns developed in India as ..... A) Administrative centres. B) Transport centres. C) Religious and cultural centres. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religious and cultural centres. 5. Immigrants from China and Japan entered the US through which immigration station? A) Ellis Island. B) Liberty Island. C) Long Island. D) Angel Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angel Island. 6. Which city is known for its mining activities? A) Varanasi. B) Digboi. C) Mumbai. D) Rohtak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Digboi. 7. Which city is a good example of an industrial town developed after 1850? A) Cochin. B) Bhilai. C) Jamshedpur. D) Bhopal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jamshedpur. 8. What allowed cities to build up and have many skyscrapers? A) Really tall ladders. B) Lots of glass and chrome. C) Cheap steel and the elevator. D) Subways. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheap steel and the elevator. 9. People of which state live in villages due to security and immunity reasons A) UP. B) Bundelkhand region of central India and in Nagaland. C) Delhi. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bundelkhand region of central India and in Nagaland. 10. Panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani, etc. are the local name of which settlement type in India? A) Clustered. B) Semi-clustered. C) Hamleted. D) Dispersed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamleted. 11. Amanda is moving to a new area that has tall buildings, busy streets, and lots of businesses. The area, relating to or characteristic of a town or city, is described as ..... A) Rural. B) Urban. C) Suburban. D) Agricultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urban. 12. When a city spreads out over surrounding areas, it is called ..... A) Urban sprawl. B) Urban renewal. C) Gentrification. D) Suburbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urban sprawl. 13. What was a primary reason for people settling near water sources in ancient times? A) Entertainment. B) Drinking and agriculture. C) Defense. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinking and agriculture. 14. What is another word for urban areas? A) Suburbs. B) Slums. C) Tenements. D) Cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cities. 15. Hamleted settlements are more frequently found in A) Lower Ganga plain. B) Alluvial plains. C) Remote jungles. D) Parts of Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower Ganga plain. 16. Sufficiency of which type of resources can help to create adequate social infrastructure catering to the needs of the large population in the developing countries? A) Financial. B) Human. C) Natural. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural. 17. Scarlett is considering moving to a place outside of an urban area, somewhere related to the countryside. What type of area is Scarlett interested in? A) Urban. B) Suburban. C) Rural. D) Inner city. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rural. 18. People from different castes, religions, races and ideologies live together in these settlements. A) Scattered settlement. B) Nucleated settlement. C) Linear settlement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleated settlement. 19. Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow, Babina, Udhampur, etc. are examples of ..... A) Mining towns. B) Transport towns. C) Garrison/Cantonment towns. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garrison/Cantonment towns. 20. Why can't cities be categorised strictly by one function? A) Cities are too small. B) Cities are rural by nature. C) Cities evolve dynamically. D) Cities are uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cities evolve dynamically. 21. Which human settlement is also known as "a small village" ? A) Urban area. B) Town. C) City. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 22. What was the level of urbanisation/percentage of urban population in India (2011)? A) 27.78%. B) 31.16%. C) 25.71%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 31.16%. 23. Urban settlements are mostly associated with which sector? A) Primary. B) Quaternary. C) Secondary and Tertiary. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary and Tertiary. 24. Which term refers to small settlement units like panna, para, dhani, etc.? A) Hamleted. B) Fragmented. C) Urbanised. D) Dispersed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamleted. 25. Which of the following is NOT True for clustered settlements in India? A) Farms and living area are interspersed. B) Found in Rajasthan due to scarcity of water. C) Found in fertile alluvial plains. D) Are arranged in geometric pattern. 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