Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 12 Geography Important Questions Chapter 3 Human Settlements and Land Use Important Questions and Answers.
Maharashtra State Board 12th Geography Important Questions Chapter 3 Human Settlements and Land Use
Choose the correct option by identifying the correct correlation in the sentences.
Question 1.
In dry region is crucial for the development of settlements.
(a) climate
(b) water
(c) soil
(d) drainage
Answer:
(b) water
Question 2.
Sometimes factor is responsible to the fragmentation of settlement.
(a) social
(b) physical
(c) political
(d) religion
Answer:
(a) social
Question 3.
………………… settlement develops along a road.
(a) Rectangular
(b) Linear
(c) Radial
(d) Circular
Answer:
(b) Linear
Question 4.
……………… settlement is found at the confluence point of the river.
(a) Triangular
(b) Radial
(c) Linear
(d) Rectangular
Answer:
(a) Triangular
Question 5.
………………. settlement grows around a central object.
(a) Circular
(b) Radial
(c) Linear
(d) Rectangular
Answer:
(b) Radial
Question 6.
With the development of settlement and increase in size of population ………………. pattern develops.
(a) radial
(b) rectangular
(c) circular
(d) patternless
Answer:
(d) patternless
Identify the correct correlation.
Question 1.
A – Houses are built along the source of water.
R – In dry regions water is a crucial factor.
(a) Only A is correct.
(b) Only R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
(d) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Answer:
(d) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Question 2.
A – Land cover can be determined by analysing the satellite imagery.
R – Land use cannot be determined from satellite imagery alone.
(a) Only A is correct.
(b) Only R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
(d) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Answer:
(d) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Identify the incorrect factor.
Question 1.
Cantonment towns in India.
(a) Khadki
(b) Agra
(c) Dehu road
(d) Kolhapur
Answer:
(d) Kolhapur
Question 2.
Religious towns in India.
(a) Kolhapur
(b) Varanasi
(c) Nashik
(d) Pune
Answer:
(d) Pune
Question 3.
Mining towns in India.
(a) Chandrapur
(b) Singrauli
(c) Hutar
(d) Belgaum
Answer:
(d) Belgaum
Question 4.
Suburbs of Mumbai.
(a) Sion
(b) Dombivali
(c) Kalyan
(d) Virar
Answer:
(a) Sion
Question 5.
On the basis of spacing between the house’s settlement are divided.
(a) Compact
(b) fragmented
(c) dispersal
(d) linear
Answer:
(d) linear
Question 6.
Tourism towns in India.
(a) Shimla
(b) Udaipur
(c) Manali
(d) Mumbai
Answer:
(d) Mumbai
Question 7.
Industrial towns in India.
(a) Jamshedpur
(b) Chinchwad
(c) Khopoli
(d) Mahabaleshwar
Answer:
(d) Mahabaleshwar
Complete the Chain
Question 1.
| A | B | C |
| (1) Linear pattern | (1) Around central object | (1) Houses are closely spaced |
| (2) Triangular pattern | (2) Along the road | (2) Straight line |
| (3) Circular pattern | (3) Around lake | (3) Three sides growth |
| (4) Radial pattern | (4) Confluence of river | (4) Around centre |
Answer:
| A | B | C |
| (1) Linear pattern | (1) Along the road | (1) Straight line |
| (2) Triangular pattern | (2) Confluence of river | (2) Three sides growth |
| (3) Circular pattern | (3) Around lake | (3) Houses are closely spaced |
| (4) Radial pattern | (4) Around central object | (4) Around the centre |
Question 2.
| A | B | C |
| (1) Permanent pasture | (1) Land left fallow for more than 5 years | (1) Privately owned |
| (2) Area under miscellaneous tree crops | (2) Owned by village Panchayat | (2) It can be brought under cultivation |
| (3) Current fallow | (3) Orchards and fruit trees | (3) Common property resource |
| (4) Culturable waste-land | (4) Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year | (4) Cultural practice adopted for giving the land rest |
Answer:
| A | B | C |
| (1) Permanent pasture | (1) Owned by village Panchayat | (1) Common property resource |
| (2) Area under miscellaneous tree crops | (2) Orchards and fruit trees | (2) Privately owned |
| (3) Current fallow | (3) Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year | (3) Cultural practice adopted for giving the land rest |
| (4) Culturable waste-land | (4) Land left fallow for more than 5 years | (4) It can be brought under cultivation |
Write short notes on.
Question 1.
Size and types of settlements.
Answer:
- Settlements vary in size and type. The size of settlement varies from hamlet to metropolitan town.
- A small settlement could be sparsely spaced and large size settlement could be closely spaced.
- On the basis of spacing between the houses, settlements can be divided into four types such as compact/clustered/nucleated /dispersed settlements, semi clustered or fragmented settlements and isolated settlements etc.
- Economic character and social structure of settlement varies with the size of settlement.
- Settlements can also be divided into two types on the basis of their function namely rural settlements and urban settlements.
- Due to large population in urban areas, urban settlements are compact and larger in size.
- Rural settlements are semi-clustered or fragmented and smaller in size.
- In urban settlements there are various functions such as industrial, commercial, administrative, educational, religious, cantonment, tourism etc., therefore urban settlements are multifunctional.
- Some cities are known by their functional importance. For example, Allahabad is known as a religious centre, Jaipur is known as a tourist centre.
- Secondary and tertiary activities are more developed in urban settlements. ,
- In rural settlements primary activities are more developed compared to secondary and tertiary activities.
- In rural settlements agriculture is the main function and other activities related to agriculture such as livestock rearing, tree crops growing, lumbering, fishing are developed.
Differentiate between.
Question 1.
Linear Settlement and Triangular Settlement
Answer:
| Linear Settlement | Triangular Settlement |
| (i) Settlements which develop along Roads, railway lines, canals or rivers. | (i) Settlements which develop at the meeting point of two rivers or roads. |
| (ii) They grow in straight line or take shape of the road or river. | (ii) They grow in all three sides depending upon physical or social reasons. |
| (iii) For example, settlement along Mumbai- Pune Highway. | (iii) Settlement of Karad town along the meeting point of Krishna and Koyna river. |
Answer the following questions in detail.
Question 1.
Explain the land use in rural areas.
Answer:
1. In rural areas land use is mainly for agriculture and related activities. The Land Records Department has done classification of land use in rural areas as follows:
Net sown area: The land which is used to grow various crops is net sown area. This is main land used in rural areas for agriculture.
Area under tree crops and groves : This land is used to grow fruit crops and orchards.
Area under permanent pastures : This land is covered with grass permanently and it is used for grazing.
2. This land is mostly owned by government or village panchayat.
Current fallow : This is a cultivable land but it is kept empty that is without cultivation for twelve months or less than that.
3. Due to continuous cropping on same patch of land, the land loses its fertility, therefore to regain the fertility of the soil, rest is given to land. During this period land regains the fertility naturally.
Fallow other than current fallow : This land is kept fallow for more than one year but less than five years to regain fertility naturally. Land becomes culturable wasteland, if it is kept fallow for more than five years.
Culturable wasteland : If land is kept fallow for more than five years, it is called culturable wasteland. This land can be used again for cultivation after reclamation practices.
Barren land or wasteland : The land which is not useful for cultivation is called barren land and therefore it is wasteland. For example, hilly area, desert land, marshy land, ravines etc.
Non-agricultural land : The land used for residential purpose, for construction of canals, dams, roads, agro-based industries, fruit processing industries etc., comes under this category. Land under forest: In rural areas some lands are under forest.