CUET Geography MCQs Unit II Human Settlements

Question: The number of towns in India is:
(a) 4161
(b) 5161
(c) 6161
(d) 7161

Answer : B

Question: How many megacities are there in the world in 2013?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 24

Answer : D

Question: River Thames is situated in
(a) London
(b) Cologne
(c) Bangkok
(d) Cairo

Answer : A

Question: Organized cluster of houses which is small in number is termed
(a) City
(b) Hemlet
(c) Dwelling
(d) None

Answer : B

Question: Zones in which only one kind of activities are to be carried such as manufacturing are called
(a) catchment zones
(b) business zones
(c) economic zones
(d) none

Answer : D

Question: 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 : C

Question: 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) Greater Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai
(b) Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(c) Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(d) Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai

Answer : D

Question:  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

Answer : C

Question: Which one of the following towns is NOT located on a river bank?
(a) Agra
(b) Bhopal
(c) Patna
(d) Kolkata

Answer : B

Question: Dwellings are of how many types
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Answer : D

Question: Which town has the in the world?
(a) Mexico City
(b) London
(c) Tokyo
(d) Mumbai

Answer : C

Question: Which of the following is an example of Common Property Resources?
(a) Park
(b) Hotel
(c) Self-owned house
(d) Self-owned car

Answer : A

Question .Which of the following city is the largest agglomeration with over 18.4 million people?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Chennai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Greater Mumbai

Answer : D

Question: Area in which wholesale and manufacturing activities are carried out is classified as
(a) rural urban fringe
(b) suburbs
(c) inner city
(d) Central Business District

Answer : C

Question: In which of the following regions has the oldest well-documented urban settlement found?
(a) Huang He Valley
(b) Indus Valley
(c) Nile Valley
(d) Mesopotamia

Answer : B

Question: 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 : A

Question: 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 : C

Question: Which one of the following settlements is usually located near waterbodies?
(a) Rural
(b) Planned
(c) Urban
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question: In which of the following country, Isenberg provide better location for settlements in terms of security ?
(a) Zimbabwe
(b) China
(c) Nigeria
(d) Egypt

Answer : C

Question: How many of the following cities in India have attained the million status at the beginning of 2011?
(a) 40
(b) 42
(c) 54
(d) 43

Answer : C

Question: The hourses in which modern material is used and layout is also changed are termed as
(a) Traditional Dwelling
(b) Modern Dwelling
(c) Modernized Traditional Dwelling
(d) None

Answer : C

Question: The oldest/earlier cities of the world is
(a) Egypt
(b) Brazil
(c) Urk
(d) None

Answer : C

Question: Who popularised the Greek word ‘megapolis’?
(a) Walter Burley Griffin
(b) Jean Gottman
(c) Patrick Geddes
(d) Lewis Mumford

Answer : B

Question: Which one of the following types of economic activities dominates in all rural settlement?
(a) primary
(b) tertiary 
(c) secondary
(d) quaternary

Answer : A