Worksheet-1 Human Settlement Class XII

1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [1x3=3]

Clustered Settlements: The clustered rural settlement is a compact or closely built-up area of houses. In
this type of village, the general living area is distinct and separated from the surrounding farms, barns,
and pastures. The closely built-up area and its intervening streets present some recognizable pattern or
geometric shape, such as rectangular, radial, linear, etc. Such settlements are generally found in fertile
alluvial plains and in the northeastern states. Sometimes, people live in compact villages for security or
defense reasons, such as in the Bundelkhand region of central India and in Nagaland. In Rajasthan,
scarcity of water has necessitated compact settlement for maximum utilisation of available water
resources.

Clustered Settlements are more likely to exist in which of the following environments?
a) Arid and semi-arid regions b) Forests and hills
b) Alluvial plains with fertile soil d) Lower valleys of Himalayas
ii. Complete the sentence:

Very often clustered settlements have a definite pattern due to ________.

a) Closely built-up area and its intervening street patterns

b) Segregation or fragmentation of a large compact village
c) Security or defence reasons
d) Streets meeting each other at an angle or are parallel to each other iii. The
organized cluster of houses that is small in number is termed
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2. Which of the following is paired incorrectly?
a) Satellite Town: Rohtak b) Industrial Towns:
Jamshedpur
b) Medieval Town: Madurai d) Ancient Town:
Varanasi
3. Settlements in low lying river basins, on terraces and levees are called
a) Farming villages b) Dry point
settlements
b) Wet point settlements d) Plateau village
4. The organized cluster of houses that is small in number is termed as-
a) Dwelling b) Hemlet
b) City d) None of these
5. Assertion (A): The availability of water plays an important role in the development of any
settlement.
Reason ®: Area of settlements reflects human-land association and is affected by physical, economic, and
social factors.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true.
6. Assertion (A): Smart city’s mission focus on the exclusive development of specific cities.

Reason ®: The idea is to look at compact areas, create a replicable model, which will act as a
lighthouse to other aspiring cities.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true.
7. How is the level of urbanization measured in India?
8. Classify Indian Towns on the basis of their evolution in three different periods. Name one town of
each Period.
9. Determine three characteristics of the clustered rural settlements in India.
10. Explain any three physical factors responsible for different types of rural settlements in India.
11. Name the metropolitan city of Karnataka.------------------------------------------------------------------