Discussion
A primary (main) road intersected at right angle by series of secondary roads, parallel to one another would develop ............................... type of rural settlement pattern.
Answer: C
The pattern described is herring bone.
A herring-bone (or fish-bone) settlement grows along a main road that serves as a spine, with a series of parallel secondary roads branching from it at right angles on both sides, like the bones of a fish. Houses line the side lanes, so the plan looks like the skeleton of a herring.
A grid pattern has two sets of parallel streets crossing each other at right angles, giving a chessboard plan, rather than one main road with side roads. A cruciform pattern develops at a crossroads, with houses strung out along the four arms of a cross. An angular pattern is not a standard term for this layout. Only the herring-bone fits a single main road with parallel side roads.
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