Social Studies MCQ

lies the Mewad Plateau.

Para Urbanisation refers to the movement of people and human settlements from the rural areas to the urban areas.
Brazil is one of the highly urbanised developing countries.
But it is restricted to the south and southeastern parts.
Para is mostly to the central part of Brazil covered by dense forests having hotter climate and poor transportation facilities.
Thus, urbanisation will be limited.

The Lakshadweep Islands of Arabian Sea are coral islands.
The islands in the Arabian Sea are known as Lakshadweep whereas the islands in the Bay of Bengal are called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Most of the islands in Lakshadweep are atoll islands.
They are small in extent and not very high.

Like India, Brazil also has ancient plateaus.

India’s southernmost point is known as Indira point.

Concentrated settlements are found in Narmada Valley because of Cultivable Land.
Concentrated/clustered/nucleated settlements are those in which the habitation regions are closed together and clustered.
It is found mostly in the cultivable areas of the Narmada Valley, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and the Vindhyan plateau.

Amazon basin is mainly unfavorable for human settlements.

Maximum part of Brazil is occupied by highland.

Both the countries have republic type of government.

The economies of India and Brazil are of the developing type.
These countries are progressing in the field of technological advancement, education and industry.
For being a developed country, per capita income, living standard, income inequality has to be comparable with the top-performing economies in the world.

Hilly areas Scattered/dispersed settlements are those in which the habitation regions are isolated or located far away from each other.
They are mostly found in the plateaus, hilly or forested areas.
In India, such type of settlements are found in the tribal parts of Central India, eastern and southern Rajasthan and the Himalayan slopes

Number of females per thousand males in a region is known as sex ratio.

Rain forests of Brazil are known as Lungs of the world.

Amazon is a large river in the world.
Near its mouth, no deltas are found.

In India, sparse network of railway is found in Rajasthan.

The economy of Brazil is mainly dependent on the tertiary activities there.

Availability of water Human settlements refer to organised and structured human habitation in different regions.
The concentration of settlement depends upon many important factors like the availability of water, natural resources, climatic conditions and the type of region.
Even though the nature of the region and the climatic conditions also influence the concentration of settlement, the availability of clean water is the most important determinant.
Because of this reason, we can find most of the ancient human habitation on the banks of the rivers.
Thus the availability of water is the most important determinant of the concentration of human settlement.

India ranks second in population in the world.

In the north most region of India Himalayan forests are found.

The Amazon Basin is mainly covered by dense forests.

Brazil is famous for samba dance.

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