Human Settlements and Land Use
38 Maharashtra HSC Class 12 Geography previous year questions (PYQs) from 6 papers, 2024 to 2026, with answers and worked solutions.
About this chapter
- Difficulty: 5 easy · 30 moderate · 3 hard.
- Most-asked subtopics: Types of Urban Settlements and Their Functions (16), Rural Land Use (5), Patterns of Settlements (5).
- Updated 24 September 2026.
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- Set · 1 questionIdentify the incorrect factor and write it :
#1ModerateFactors Affecting Human Settlements
- Set · 1 questionDifferentiate between (Any THREE) :
#2ModerateRural Land Use
- Set · 1 questionMark and name the following on the outline map of the world with suitable index (Any SIX) :
#3ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionWrite short notes on the following (Any THREE) :
#4HardUrban Land Use
- Set · 1 questionDraw neat, labelled diagrams ( Any TWO) :
#5ModeratePatterns of Settlements
- Set · 1 questionComplete the chain according to the co-relation of factors in coloumn 'A', 'B' and 'C' :
No. 'A' 'B' 'C' (1) Ice covered region (a) Capital of the country (l) Harmful farming (2) Administrative city (b) Artificial satellite (m) Sparsely populated (3) Shifting agriculture (c) Use of manpower (n) Communication (4) Cottage industry (d) Polar region (o) Weavers (5) Global Positioning System (GPS) (e) Small size of farm (p) Tokyo #6ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionChoose the correct option and complete the sentences.
#7ModerateRural Land Use
- Set · 1 questionTrue or False :
#8EasyFactors Affecting Human Settlements
- Set · 1 questionDo as directed :
#9ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionMark and name the following on the outline map of the world with suitable index (Any SIX) :
#10ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionWrite short notes on the following (Any THREE) :
#11HardRural Land Use
- Set · 1 questionDraw neat, labelled diagrams (Any TWO) :
#12ModeratePatterns of Settlements
- Set · 1 questionComplete the chain according to the co-relation of factors in column 'A', 'B' and 'C' :
No. 'A' 'B' 'C' (1) Consumer goods (a) Physical geography (h) Commercial area (2) Geography (b) International (i) Climatology (3) Migration (c) Industrial area (j) Pharmaceuticals (4) Formal region (d) Distinct boundaries (k) India to Australia (5) Urban land use (e) Ready for direct consumption (l) State (f) Current fallow (m) Automobiles #13ModerateUrban Land Use
- Set · 1 questionChoose the correct option by identifying the correct co-relation between the assertion and reason : (A : Assertion R : Reason)
#14ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionIdentify and write the incorrect factor :
#15ModerateTypes of Settlements
- Set · 1 questionIdentify whether the following statements are true or false :
#16EasyFactors Affecting Human Settlements
- Set · 1 questionGive geographical reasons (Any FOUR) :
#17ModerateRural-Urban Fringe and Suburbs
- Set · 1 questionDistinguish between (Any THREE) :
#18ModeratePatterns of Settlements
- Set · 1 questionMark and name the following on the outline map of the world with suitable index (Any SIX) :
#19ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionWrite True or False :
#20EasyRural Land Use
- Set · 1 questionDifferentiate between (Any THREE) :
#21ModerateTypes of Settlements
- Set · 1 questionWrite short notes on the following (Any THREE) :
#22HardTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionDraw neat, labelled diagrams (Any TWO) :
#23ModeratePatterns of Settlements
- Set · 1 questionComplete the chain according to the co-relation of factors in column 'A', 'B' and 'C' :
S.No. 'A' 'B' 'C' (1) Migration (a) Meat Processing (h) Cottage Industry (2) Urban problem (b) Communication (i) Milk processing (3) Pastoral based industries (c) Pulp processing (j) Transportation (4) Tertiary economic activity (d) Increase in slums (k) Climatology (5) Physical Geography (e) Geomorphology (l) Forced (f) Voluntary (m) Crime #24ModerateUrban Land Use
- Set · 1 questionChoose the correct option by identifying the correct co-relation between Assertion and Reason. A : Assertion R : Reason
#25ModerateFactors Affecting Human Settlements
- Set · 1 questionDo as directed :
#26ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionState whether the following statements are True or False :
#27EasyTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionGive geographical reasons (Any FOUR) :
#28ModerateRural Land Use
- Set · 1 questionDifferentiate between (Any THREE) :
#29ModerateTypes of Settlements
- Set · 1 questionMark and name the following on the outline map of the world with suitable index (Any SIX) :
#30ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionComplete the chain according to the co-relation of factors in column 'A', 'B' and 'C' :
No. 'A' 'B' 'C' (1) Making maps (a) Delhi (l) Niger (2) Administrative cities (b) Pampas (m) Small-Scale Industry (3) Grass-Land Region (c) Observation (n) Skills of Geographer (4) Toys (d) Bangladesh (o) New York (5) Population Explosion (e) Paper Industry (p) Argentina #31ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionWrite True or False :
#32EasyRural-Urban Fringe and Suburbs
- Set · 1 questionGive geographical reasons (Any FOUR) :
#33ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 4 questionsRead the following passage and answer the questions given below : More than 3,500 years back, the city of Knossos on the island of Crete was the main centre town of the Minuan civilization. By 500 BC, Greece had become one of the most highly urbanized areas on the Earth. The Greeks established over 500 cities and small towns on the main lands as well as on the islands. Athens and Sparta were the leading cities of Greece. Athens may have been the largest city in the world at the time, with an estimated 2,50,000 inhabitants. The Greek cities were the centres of religion and power but also served as economic nodes. Cities were the main market places and bases from which wealthy merchants, land and livestock owners and traders operated. As educational centres, residents of cities included teachers and philosophers. They also had handicrafts industries that attracted the best crafts people and investors. In all of these roles, ancient cities were the anchors of cultural society; the focal points of power, authority and change.
#34ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
#35ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
#36ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
#37ModerateTypes of Urban Settlements and Their Functions
- Set · 1 questionDraw neat, labelled diagrams (Any TWO) :
#38ModeratePatterns of Settlements