Question

The settlement pattern in India which appears in the form of isolated huts in remote jungles or in small hills is known as ...........

• A. Linear settlement
• B. Dispersed settlement
• C. Clustered settlement
• D. Nucleated settlements

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Dispersed settlement

Settlements

• The clusters of permanent or temporary human habitats of different sizes are termed settlements

• Places with comparatively low population where the people largely depend on agriculture for their livelihood is called rural settlements.

• Places of human habitation are called nucleated settlements This kind of settlement is formed in the fertile river valley plains

• The settlements where houses are located farther apart as seen are called dispersed settlement.

• Undulating topography and other unfavourable conditions result in the people living in isolation.

• In such settlements the people are brought together by places of worship, markets etc.