What are garrison towns? What is their function?
Garrison towns are basically towns where military troops permanently stationed.
Functions of garrison towns are:
• It helps in maintaining peace and stability.
• It includes important settlements like training centre, offices and residences of military.
How can one identify an urban agglomeration?
(i) a town and its adjoining urban outgrowths
(ii) two or more contiguous towns with or without their outgrowths
(iii) a city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths together forming a contiguous spread.
What are the main factors for the location of villages in desert regions?
Availability of water is the main factor for the location of villages in desert regions as it is most important for human
survival. Others factors are relief and climate.
What are metropolitan cities? How are they different from urban agglomerations?
Cities accommodating population size between one to five million are called metropolitan cities.
Urban agglomeration differs from metropolitan cities as it a continuous urban spread constituting a town and it's
adjoining outgrowths.
Can one imagine the presence of only one-function town? Why do the cities become multi-functional?
No, one cannot imagine the presence of only one-function town. A town cannot grow on one function.
Certain towns and cities perform specialised services and functions and they are known for some specific activities,
products or services such as Ambala and Jalandhar are cantonment towns. But this does not mean they does not
perform other function. These towns have universities, offices and many other institutions which have another
functions. Thus, these town are multi-functional towns.
The cities are not static in their function. The functions change due to their dynamic nature. Even specialised cities,
as they grow into metropolises become multifunctional wherein industry, business, administration, transport, etc.
become important. The functions get so intertwined that the city cannot be categorised in a particular functional
class.
1 Which settlement pattern is found along coasts?
a) Triangular
b) Star-like
c) Rectangular
d) Linear
2. Which one of the following types of economic activities dominates in all rural settlements?
a) Quaternary
b) Tertiary
c) Secondary
d) Primary
3. The sparsely located small settelements are called:
a) City
b) Town
c) Village
d) Catchment area
4. Igloos are found in the region:
a) Savana
b) Sleppes
c) Selvas
d) Tundra
5. Which is the most ancient town In India?
a) Hyderabad
b) Varanasi
c) Chennai
d) Agra
6 Cities having more than 5 million population are known as:
a) Mega City
b) Metropolitan city
c) Super city
d) Hyper city
7. Dispersed or isolated settlement pattern in India appears in the form of:
a) Isolated huts
b) Close knit huts
c) Ill planned huts
d) Well dwelling huts
8. How much percent is the urban population in the world?
a) 42%
b) 48%
c) 58%
d) 38%
9. What is the population of mega cities?
a) More than 1 million
b) More than 5 million
c) More than 4 million
d) More than 2 million
10. In which one of the following environments does one expect the presence of dispersed rural settlements?
a) Lower valleys of Himalayas
b) Forest and hills in north -east
c) Alluvial plains of Ganga
d) Arid and Semi-arid regions of Rajasthan
11. Which one of the following is not covered under the definition of a town as per the Census of India?
a) Population density of 400 persons per sq. km.
b) More than 75% of the population is engaged in the primary sector.
c) Presence of municipality, corporation, etc.
d) Population size of more than 5,000 persons.
12. Which is a medieval town?
a) Mumbai
b) Chandigarh
c) Delhi
d) Pataliputra
13. 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) Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata.
b) Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
c) Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai
d) Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai
