Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Human Settlements

Question:

Dispersed settlements are NOT found in which one of the following states?

Options:

Meghalaya

Kerala

Gujarat

Uttarakhand

Correct Answer:

Gujarat

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Gujarat

Dispersed or isolated settlement pattern in India appears in the form of isolated huts or hamlets of few huts in remote jungles, or on small hills with farms or pasture on the slopes. Extreme dispersion of settlement is often caused by extremely fragmented nature of the terrain and land resource base of habitable areas. Many areas of Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala have this type of settlement.