Settlement Geography: Rural and Urban Settlement – UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Covered Topics: Rural Settlement (types, patterns & distribution), Contemporary problems of Rural Settlements (Rural – Urban Migration), Land Use Changes: (Land Acquisition Settlements), Theories of Origin of Towns: (Gordom Childe, Henri Pirenne, Lewis Mumford), Characteristics and Processes of Urbanization in Developed and Developed and Developing Countries: (Factors of Urban Growth, Trends of Urbanization Size, Structure & Functions of Urban Areas).

1. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (DEC 2013)

Assertion (A): Physical factors provide only a partial and deterministic explanation of geographical distribution of population.

Reason (R): Man is by no means passive in his choice of areas for settlement and everywhere demonstrates an ability to exercise some control over his environment.

Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the true explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

2. Who propounded the theory of rural settlement? (SEPT 2013)

(1) Carl Ritter
(2) Friedrich Ratzel
(3) August Meitzen
(4) Schulte

3. Settlements located at a distance from river banks and other water bodies are called (SEPT 2013)

(1) Wet point settlements
(2) Dry point settlements
(3) Strong point settlements
(4) Nucleated settlements

4. Which of the following is not considered a geographic pattern? (DEC 2013)

(1) Centralized
(2) Distributive
(3) Linear
(4) Random