Identify the correct statements about rural-urban relationship carefully :
(A) Rural population depends on primary economic activities while urban population depends on secondary and tertiary activities
(B) The functional relationship between rural and urban settlements takes place through transport and communication networks
(C) Rural and urban settlements do not differ in terms of social relations, attitudes and outlook
(D) All rural settlement become urban due to rural-rural migration
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (B) only
Rural and urban settlements are told apart mainly by the work their people do and by the way they live. Villages live on the land. Towns and cities process, make and serve. The two are not cut off from each other: they depend on each other and are joined by transport and communication.
(A) Rural population depends on primary economic activities while urban population depends on secondary and tertiary activities — True. Village people get their living from the land, through farming and other primary work. Urban people process raw materials, make finished goods and provide services, which is secondary and tertiary work.
(B) The functional relationship between rural and urban settlements takes place through transport and communication networks — True. Cities send goods and services to the villages around them and get food and raw materials in return. This exchange moves along roads, railways and communication lines, so the network is what links the two.
(C) Rural and urban settlements do not differ in terms of social relations, attitudes and outlook — False. They do differ. Rural people move less, so their social relations are close and personal. City life is complex and fast, so social relations there are formal. NTA added “do not” to the book’s line, and a true line became false. Read every word before you mark the answer.
(D) All rural settlement become urban due to rural-rural migration — False. Rural-rural migration only moves people from one village to another. A settlement is rural or urban because of its size and the work of its people, so people moving between villages does not turn a village into a town.
NCERT (2026-27): “Human Settlements … The basic differences between rural and urban settlements are as follows :” “• The rural settlements derive their life support or basic economic needs from land based primary economic activities, whereas, urban settlements, depend on processing of raw materials and manufacturing of finished goods on the one hand and a variety of services on the other.” “• Cities act as nodes of economic growth, provide goods and services not only to urban dwellers but also to the people of the rural settlements in their hinterlands in return for food and raw materials. This functional relationship between the urban and rural settlements takes place through transport and communication network.” “• Rural and urban settlements differ in terms of social relationship, attitude and outlook. Rural people are less mobile and therefore, social relations among them are intimate. In urban areas, on the other hand, way of life is complex and fast, and social relations are formal.” |