Geography · Environmental Studies

Urban Planning

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Urban planning questions examine land use strategies, zoning incentives, and green infrastructure. Key topics include transit oriented development, pollution mitigation, and urban resilience against climate change. These are crucial for geography and general studies papers in civil services exams.

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Urban Planning Questions

Multiple choice geography urbanisation urbanisation and people urbanisation : causes and consequences industrialisation and urbanisation population and settlement

What is/are important feature/s of urbanisation?

  1. Fast growth in urban population

  2. Large increase in big towns

  3. Regional disparities

  4. All of the above
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Explanation

Urbanization is characterized by rapid population growth in cities, the expansion of large towns, and often results in regional economic disparities.

Multiple choice geography urbanisation urbanisation and people urbanisation : causes and consequences industrialisation and urbanisation population and settlement

Which is not the negative impact of urbanisation?

  1. Problem of ovepopulation

  2. Disintegration of joint family

  3. Concentration of educational facilities

  4. Environmental pollution
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Concentration of educational facilities is generally considered a positive impact of urbanization, as it provides better access to resources and services compared to rural areas.

Multiple choice geography urbanisation urbanisation and people urbanisation : causes and consequences industrialisation and urbanisation population and settlement

What is/are the positive impact/s of urbanisation?

  1. Creation of employment opportunities

  2. More access to education, health and social services

  3. Better social integeraion

  4. All of the above
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Urbanization offers several advantages, including better access to jobs, improved infrastructure for education and health, and opportunities for social interaction.

Multiple choice geography urbanisation urbanisation and people urbanisation : causes and consequences industrialisation and urbanisation population and settlement

Which of the following are causes of urbanisation?

  1. Development of secondary and tertiary occupations supporting the primary occupations

  2. Increase in employment opportunities

  3. Migration of people from surrounding areas and increase in the population

  4. All of the above
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Urbanization is caused by a combination of economic development, job creation, and the migration of people seeking better opportunities.

Multiple choice geography urbanisation urbanisation and people urbanisation : causes and consequences industrialisation and urbanisation population and settlement

What are the effects of Urbanisation?

  1. Rapid increase in population

  2. Development of service sector

  3. Dynamic life style

  4. All of the above
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The effects of urbanization are multifaceted, including demographic shifts, the growth of the service sector, and the adoption of more dynamic, modern lifestyles.

Multiple choice geography population and settlement urbanisation and people urbanisation : causes and consequences industrialisation and urbanisation

Which of the following can result because of urbanization?

  1. Congestion

  2. Electricity blackouts

  3. Growth of informal settlements

  4. All the above
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Explanation

Process of developing towns and making an area more urban is called urbanisation. Though urbanisation resulted in increased comfort and luxury of people, it also caused negative effects like congestion or crowding due to increased informal human settlement in urban areas, power blackouts etc.

Multiple choice geography population and settlement urbanisation and people urbanisation : causes and consequences industrialisation and urbanisation

Which of the following factors attract human settlement in urban areas?

  1. Government policies

  2. Transportation system

  3. Job opportunities

  4. All the above
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Explanation

A place where one inhabits or establishes a community to lead his life is called a settlement. Place should possess supportive characteristics to act as an ideal place for settlement like good water facilities, favourable climatic conditions, good government policies, employment opportunities and transportation.

Multiple choice physics sound and noise musical sound and scale pleasant, unpleasant sounds and noise pollution sound noise and pollution

What measures must be taken to reduce noise pollution?

  1. Noise creating factories must be set up away from residential areas.

  2. Trees must be planted around buildings to reduce the noise from reaching the buildings.

  3. Silencing the devices and automobiles making loud noises.

  4. All of the above
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It is very important to reduce noise pollution since it may cause serious health problems. Thus, various methods have to be adopted to reduce noise pollution like minimizing the sound coming from T.V., radio, etc., silencing automobiles, creating factories only in industrial areas, planting trees to block the noise etc.

Multiple choice civics migration of families raju's father transferred migration and its effects no place for us?

Polluted environment and crowded residential areas are the specialties of cities.

  1. True

  2. False
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Cities are known for crowded areas, many buildings, Industries and vehicles running on the road. The air in cities is much polluted than villages. There is a lack of plantation in cities which make polluted air remains in the environment. People live in flats and multi-storey buildings.

Multiple choice evs modern agriculture agricultural practices in india different types of farming and agriculture various agricultural practices

Rooftop gardening are mainly found in urban areas because

  1. It absorbs heat radiated in the atmosphere.

  2. In urban areas, there is a shortage of space.

  3. It reduces rate of pollutants in the atmosphere.

  4. All of the above.
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Roof gardening is a type of garden which is started on the roof of the building. It is an ideal way of urban gardening.  In urban areas, local and fresh food can be available due to this gardening. To make cities more efficient and to reduce pollution. It reduces heat buildup in cities in the summer season.

So, the correct option is 'All of the above'.

Multiple choice civics contemporary indian society changing family trends family trends the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats

Which of the following can be considered as a reason for the increase in employment opportunities in the cities?

  1. Industrialisation

  2. Urbanisation

  3. Development in technology

  4. All the above
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Explanation

A number of youths migrate from rural areas to cities. The main reason behind this migration is better employment opportunities in urban areas. There is an increased employment opportunity in urban areas because of industrialization in and around urban areas and also due to the introduction of technology in such areas.

Multiple choice zoology not for breathing not for drinking air pollution and its control air pollution - effects and control environmental issues

Modes of controlling pollution in large cities include

  1. Cleanliness and less use of insecticides

  2. Proper disposal of organic wastes, sewage and industrial effluents

  3. Broader roads and shifting of factories out of the residential areas

  4. All of the above
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Large cities have a big human population and concentration of industries and factories. So, the management of the industrial effluents and the domestic sewage a bif challenge because these cause massive water pollution. Further, the location of industries have to be decided so that the air pollutants emitted from them do not enter the populated areas directly. So, cleanliness and less use of insecticides, proper disposal of organic wastes, sewage and industrial effluents and broader roads and shifting of factories out of residential areas are considered to be essential steps in minimizing the pollution in large cities. Hence, the correct answer is 'All of the above'

Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

Why is worker-population ratio in urban areas low?

  1. Urban people have a variety of employment opportunities

  2. They look for the appropriate job to suit their qualifications and skills

  3. In urban areas, a considerable section is able to study in various educational institutions

  4. All of the above
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In urban areas, the worker-population ratio is about 34 whereas in rural India, the ratio is about 42. It is because in urban areas, a considerable section is able to study in various educational institutions. Urban people have a variety of employment opportunities. They look for the appropriate job to suit their qualifications and skills.