Question 1.
Which types of settlements are found in alluvial plains?
(A) Clustered
(B) Semi-clustered
(C) Hamleted
(D) Dispersed

Answer

Answer: (A) Clustered

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Question 2.
In which valley were Harappa and Mohanjodaro towns located?
(A) Ganga
(B) Narmada
(C) Indus
(D) Brahmaputra

Answer

Answer: (C) Indus

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Question 3.
Which is the most ancient town In India?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Varanasi
(C) Agra
(D) Chennai

Answer

Answer: (B) Varanasi

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Question 4.
Which is a medieval town?
(A) Pataliputra
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chandigarh

Answer

Answer: (B) Delhi

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Question 5.
Which is an administrative town?
(A) Varanasi
(B) Surat
(C) Gandhinagar
(D) Rohtak

Answer

Answer: (C) Gandhinagar

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Question 6.
How much percent is the urban population in India?
(A) 18
(B) 20
(C) 25
(D) 31

Answer

Answer: (D) 31

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Question 7.
How many times the urban population has increased during the 20th century?
(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 15

Answer

Answer: (C) 11

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Question 8.
How much is the population of a megacity?
(A) 1 Lakh
(B) 5 Lakh
(C) 10 Lakh
(D) 50 Lakh

Answer

Answer: (D) 50 Lakh

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Question 9.
The number of towns in India is:
(A) 4161
(B) 5161
(C) 6161
(D) 7161

Answer

Answer: (B) 5161

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Question 10.
How many million towns are there in India (as in 2014)?
(A) 25
(B) 30
(C) 55
(D) 40

Answer

Answer: (C) 55

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Question 11.
Which one of the following towns is not situated along the bank of a river?
(A) Agra
(B) Bhopal
(C) Patna
(D) Kolkata

Answer

Answer: (B) Bhopal

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Question 12.
Which one of the following is NOT part of the definition of a town as per the census of India?
(A) Population density of 400 persons per sq km.
(B) Presence of municipality, corporation, etc.
(C) More than 75% of the population engaged in the primary sector
(D) Population size of more than 5,000 persons

Answer

Answer: (C) More than 75% of the population engaged in the primary sector

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Question 13.
In which one of the following environments does one expect the presence of dispersed rural settlements?
(A) Alluvial plains of Ganga
(B) Arid and semi-arid regions of Rajasthan
(C) Lower valleys of Himalays
(D) Forests and hills in north-east

Answer

Answer: (A) Alluvial plains of Ganga.

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Question 14.
Which one of the following groups of cities has been arranged in the sequence of their ranks i.e. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in size?
(A) Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai
(B) Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata.
(C) Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata.
(D) Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai.

Answer

Answer: (D) Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai

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