A settlement emerging at the place where several roads converge gives a _______

Star-shape

The correct answer is Option (1) → Star-shaped

Star like pattern: Where several roads converge, star shaped settlements develop by the houses built along the roads.

Circular pattern: Circular villages develop around lakes, tanks and sometimes the village is planned in such a way that the central part remains open and is used for keeping the animals to protect them from wild animals.

T-shaped, Y-shaped, Cross-shaped or cruciform settlements: T -shaped settlements develop at tri-junctions of the roads (T) while Y-shaped settlements emerge as the places where two roads converge on the third one and houses are built along these roads. Cruciform settlements develop on the cross-roads and houses extend in all the four direction.