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“The rural settlements in India are highly diversified due to both physical and cultural factors.” Justify the statement with examples.

  • UPSC 2025
  • Settlements

Water availability works in both directions. Scarcity nucleates — in the Thar and on the Deccan uplands dwellings crowd onto the one well or tank. Abundance disperses — in Kerala and the Western Ghats each homestead sits in its own garden plot.

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  • Physical Factors and the Settlement Response Each Forces
  • Cultural Factors: Where the Village Departs From the Physical Script
  • The Typology the Two Sets Together Generate
  • Judgement: Systematic Diversity, on a Dissolving Base

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