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Question
Where do you find dispersed settlements in India?
Options
Near the rivers
Near the transport routes
Hilly areas
industrial regions
Solution
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
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