Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Secondary Activities

Question:

Choose the correct statement about traditional large scale industrial regions.

Options:

Well planned cities/towns

Green and well maintained surrounding and environment

Everyone having work and no unemployment problem

Inferior type high density housing with poor services

Correct Answer:

Inferior type high density housing with poor services

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Inferior type high density housing with poor services

Traditional Large-Scale Industrial Regions: These are based on heavy industry, often located near coal-fields and engaged in metal smelting, heavy engineering, chemical manufacture or textile production. These industries are now known as smokestack industries. Traditional industrial regions can be recognised by:

• High proportion of employment in manufacturing industry. High-density housing, often of inferior type, and poor services. Unattractive environment, for example, pollution, waste heaps, and so on.

• Problems of unemployment, emigration and derelict land areas caused by closure of factories because of a worldwide fall in demand.

Note: This question is from Pre Rationalised NCERT textbook.