Geography Topic On Mumbai

Question 1

What is a squatter settlement?

Answer 1

Areas of cities that are built by people with whatever materials come to hand on land that doesn’t belong to them

Question 2

True or False the land that the slums are on is expensive

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False the government have a 2bn redevelopment plan for the slums

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False Navi Mumbai is on an Island

Answer 4

False it is on the mainland

Question 5

What is the middle class in Mumbai defined as?

Answer 5

Spending between 2 and 10 dollars a day

Question 6

What percentage of Mumbai’s population is from the middle class

Answer 6

50%

Question 7

What defines the upper middle class in Mumbai

Answer 7

Spending 6 to 10 dollars a day

Question 8

True or False India now have access to credit cards?

Answer 8

True and so their spending has increased

Question 9

What does Hyper urbanisation mean?

Answer 9

It is the rapid growth of city areas

Question 10

After how many years does Mumbai’s population double?

Answer 10

23 years at 3% a year