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Questions Related to industrialisation and urbanisation

With the help of trade which type of services are developed?

  1. Business complex

  2. Banks

  3. Credit societies

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

As trade increased, with the help of it, newer business buildings grew up. With the shortage of area and also because of easier communication, they started growing complexes. A cooperative society that lends money collected from its members at low rates of interest also grew up to help for the time being. Banks also grew as did international trade to keep the growth and development of the country in check.

What is trade?

  1. The action of buying and selling goods and services.

  2. The development of industries

  3. Moving from one place to another

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Trade is buying and selling of goods and services between two individual or more than that. It is basic economic concept involving the buying and selling of goods and services, with compensation paid by a buyer to a seller, or the exchange of goods or services between parties.

Which of the following is/are the type of migration?

  1. Short-term

  2. Long-term

  3. Permanent

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The various types of migration are mainly international which means outside the nation, and national which means within a nation. There are others types of migration too such as, forced, long term, short term, voluntary, permanent etc.

Which of the following is/are the reason of urbanisation?

  1. Industrialisation

  2. Trade

  3. Mechanisation and technology

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Urbanisation means an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas. People started moving in the urban areas as there grew more factories during Industrialisation and hence employment in those factories grew. With industrialisation, trade improved among countries too.

Which of the following condition is/are required for 'urban'?

  1. More than 75% of the male working population should be engaged in non-agricultural occupations.

  2. The population of the settlement should be more than 5000.

  3. The population density of the settlement should be more than 400 persons per sq.km.

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To call a place as "Urban", some conditions are required which we do  not see in rural place or in township.

The population of that place must be more than a minimum of 5000 with the population density more than at least 400 persons per square km. This makes the urban city dense enough for people to settle down. Also, more than 75% percent of male working population must be engaged in occupations which are of non-agricultural type as we find more of industries and factories in urban areas.

Which of the following is/are the transport facilities?

  1. Road

  2. Railways

  3. Airlines

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Roads, railways, airways are all modes of transportation. Vehicles like motorbikes, cars, buses etc ply on roads. The vehicles may be publicly owned or private. Railways are owned by the Central Government and form a vast network. Airways has privrate players and a public sector player Air India.

Shifting from one place to other for job/education etc purpose is known as?

  1. Migration

  2. Transportation

  3. Urbanisation

  4. Industrialisation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Migration is essentially the movement of human capital in search for better opportunities, living conditions,etc. Urbanization is the movement of people from rural to urban areas. 

Exchange of cultural and social customs and traditions are called ______________.

  1. Modernisation

  2. Social Harmony

  3. Industrialisation

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Social harmony means that the people who live around and near each other get along and cooperate to make everything better for everyone exchanging each other's social and cultural customs and traditions.

Which of the following is/are the problem occur due to urbanisation?

  1. Slums

  2. Traffic jams

  3. Pollution

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There are some disadvantages that started growing due to urbanisation. The more the number of people in the area, the newer the ideas and technologies gets adopted. These eventually made urban population use cars more which ultimately leads to traffic jams. Also, with increase in industries and factories, the pollution too increased. With an increase in the base salary, the number of poor people also increased increasing the slum area in urban places.

Which of the following is/are the advantage of urban settlements?

  1. New ideas

  2. Updated technologies

  3. Technological facilities

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Urbanisation means migrating from rural to urban areas. This also means, the new population will adopt newer ideas, updated technologies, newer facilities etc. Adopting these new things are an added advantage over and above the occupation of the newly migrated ones.