NCERT Class 12 Geography Chapter 2 Human Settlements Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 2, Human Settlements, from the NCERT Class 12 India -People And Economy textbook. The 28 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
28 mins
Questions
28 MCQs
Total Marks
28 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
Topics Covered in This Paper
Sample Questions
Q1.The process of settlement, as the chapter describes it, inherently involves:
- AThe specialisation of the inhabitants in secondary and tertiary activities
- BThe presence of a municipality or notified town area committee
- CThe construction of permanent brick dwellings of a fixed size
- DGrouping of people and apportioning of territory as their resource base
Q2.The basic economic difference the chapter draws between rural and urban settlements is that rural settlements:
- ADerive their life support from land based primary economic activities, while urban settlements depend on processing raw materials, manufacturing finished goods and providing services
- BAre larger but fewer in number than urban settlements
- CHave no functional relationship with the settlements around them
- DDepend on services while urban settlements depend on agriculture
Q3.In terms of social relationships, the chapter contrasts rural and urban settlements by saying that:
- ASocial relations are equally formal in both because both depend on markets
- BRural settlements have no social structure worth studying
- CRural people are less mobile so their social relations are intimate, while in urban areas life is complex and fast and relations are formal
- DRural people are highly mobile so their social relations are formal, while urban relations are intimate
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- How many questions are in the NCERT Class 12 Geography Chapter 2 Human Settlements Test mock test?
- This paper has 28 multiple-choice questions carrying 28 marks in total, to be attempted in 28 minutes.
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