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Bernard Cohn classified rural settlements into which one of the following typology of villages?

The correct answer is
Nucleated, Dispersed, Hamleted

Bernard Cohn's Rural Settlement Classification

Bernard Cohn proposed a specific typology for classifying rural settlements, focusing on the spatial arrangement and structure of villages.

Cohn's Village Typology

According to Bernard Cohn's classification, rural settlements are categorized into the following three main types:

  • Nucleated: Settlements where buildings are clustered closely together in a central area.
  • Dispersed: Settlements where buildings are scattered over a wide area, often separated by considerable distances.
  • Hamleted: Settlements that consist of several small clusters or hamlets, often located some distance apart but functioning as a single settlement unit.

Therefore, the correct typology presented by Bernard Cohn includes Nucleated, Dispersed, and Hamleted villages.

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Important Questions from Indian Rural & Agrarian Structure

  1. Match the following national leaders in Column I with their views on village in Column II.
     

    Column IColumn II
    National LeaderViews on Village
    LJawaharlal Nehru1Villages are little republics,
    independent and yet interdependent.
    MB. R. Ambedkar2Village structure is not democratic, and
    marked by untouchability and
    exclusion.
    NM. K. Gandhi3In traditional village, the functions of
    each group or caste were related to
    functions of other castes [...] then
    society as a whole worked
    harmoniously. The ultimate weakness
    and failing of the caste system and the
    Indian social structure were that they
    degraded mass of human beings and
    gave them no opportunities [...]
  2. The concept of ‘footloose' labour is associated with______.

  3. Select the option that best describes ‘petty commodity producers' in the context of the agrarian economy in India.
  4. Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?
  5. Which of the following option(s) is/are feature(s) of the protests against the farm laws of 2020?
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