Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (SSC) · Geography (भूगोल)
Chapter: Chapter 7 — Chapter 7: Human Settlements
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What are rural settlements often based on? [1]
(A) Agriculture
(B) Only industry
(C) Only technology
(D) Only tourism
2. What are the two rural settlement patterns? [1]
(A) Compact villages and dispersed hamlets
(B) Only compact villages
(C) Only dispersed hamlets
(D) No specific patterns
3. What has driven urban settlement growth? [1]
(A) Industrialisation
(B) Only agriculture
(C) Only tourism
(D) Random chance
4. What do urban areas offer? [1]
(A) Jobs, education, infrastructure
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only farming opportunities
(D) Only isolation
5. What is an example of a megacity in India? [1]
(A) Mumbai
(B) A small village
(C) A rural hamlet
(D) A farming community
6. How are urban settlements classified? [1]
(A) By population size
(B) By colour
(C) By age
(D) By random assignment
7. Why is balanced rural-urban development important? [1]
(A) For equitable access to resources
(B) It's not important
(C) No reason
(D) Only for decoration
8. Why learn about human settlements? [1]
(A) To understand India's diverse living patterns
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What are rural settlements often based on? [1]
(A) Agriculture
(B) Only industry
(C) Only technology
(D) Only tourism
10. What are the two rural settlement patterns? [1]
(A) Compact villages and dispersed hamlets
(B) Only compact villages
(C) Only dispersed hamlets
(D) No specific patterns
11. What has driven urban settlement growth? [1]
(A) Industrialisation
(B) Only agriculture
(C) Only tourism
(D) Random chance
12. What do urban areas offer? [1]
(A) Jobs, education, infrastructure
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only farming opportunities
(D) Only isolation
13. What is an example of a megacity in India? [1]
(A) Mumbai
(B) A small village
(C) A rural hamlet
(D) A farming community
14. How are urban settlements classified? [1]
(A) By population size
(B) By colour
(C) By age
(D) By random assignment
15. Why is balanced rural-urban development important? [1]
(A) For equitable access to resources
(B) It's not important
(C) No reason
(D) Only for decoration
16. Why learn about human settlements? [1]
(A) To understand India's diverse living patterns
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests