Human Geography Global Development

Question 1

What was the life expectancy in Japan in 2020?

Answer 1

84

Question 2

Which country occupied Ethiopia between 1936 and 1942?

Answer 2

Italy

Question 3

According to Department for International Development how much more effective is agriculture in reducing poverty than other forms of growth?

Answer 3

4 times

Question 4

Globally, how many people died due to water related diseases in 2017?

Answer 4

840,000

Question 5

How many airports does Mumbai aim to have by 2040?

Answer 5

3

Question 6

What is the average income in the North East compared to South East?

Answer 6

£17,000 compared to £21,000

Question 7

Average house price in NE compared to SE in 2016?

Answer 7

£140,000 compared to £280,000

Question 8

In 2020, what was the life expectancy in Ethiopia?

Answer 8

64

Question 9

What % of the world currently live in squatter settlements/slums?

Answer 9

30%

Question 10

How many children die before their 5th birthday each year globally?

Answer 10

6 million

Question 11

How many children in 2010 were not in primary education globally?

Answer 11

70 million

Question 12

Globally, what proportion of people do not have enough to eat?

Answer 12

1 in 9 people

Question 13

How many villages were drowned in the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam?

Answer 13

234 forcing out 320,000 people

Question 14

How many dams were built in India as part of the 2008 programme?

Answer 14

4500

Question 15

How many countries were given assistance under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative?

Answer 15

36 countries

Question 16

What % of world trade is deemed ‘fair’ ?

Answer 16

Less than 1%

Question 17

What was the population of India in 2020?

Answer 17

1.3 billion

Question 18

What % of India’s population are Hindu?

Answer 18

80%

Question 19

What’s happened to the contribution agriculture plays to India’s GDP?

Answer 19

It’s decreased from 58% to 26%

Question 20

What % of families lived below the poverty line in Bihar in 2012?

Answer 20

34%

Question 21

How much foreign direct investment occurred in India in 2014?

Answer 21

$34,400 million

Question 22

How much international aid did India give between 2015 and 2016?

Answer 22

$1.3 bn dollars, double what it receives

Question 23

What has happened to the number of people employed in secondary industry in India?

Answer 23

Up from 15% to 22%

Question 24

How many manufacturing locations did Coca Cola have in India in 2020?

Answer 24

57

Question 25

How has tertiary industry changed in India since their independence?

Answer 25

27% to 52%

Question 26

In 2020, how many people did Coca Cola employ in India?

Answer 26

25,000 people

Question 27

Give evidence to showcase how Coca Cola has developed infrastructure in India?

Answer 27

500 rainwater harvesting structures have been built by Coca Cola

Question 28

How many new jobs in ICT have been created in India between independence in 1949 and 2016?

Answer 28

Over 1 million

Question 29

What was the impact on agriculture of Coca Cola using water in rural India in 2016?

Answer 29

Harvest dropped by 40% due to poor irrigation as a result of 510,000 litres of water being extracted daily

Question 30

How did life expectancy in India change between 1980 to 2015?

Answer 30

Increased from 54 years to 68 years

Question 31

By what % has the population of India increased by since 1990?

Answer 31

68%

Question 32

How many broadband connections were there in India in 2013?

Answer 32

61 million (most in just 5 states)

Question 33

How does the literacy rate among the male population compare to the female in India?

Answer 33

82% in men compared to 65% in women

Question 34

In 2019 what % of India’s population lived in cities?

Answer 34

32%

Question 35

Average literacy rate in India in 2011?

Answer 35

74%

Question 36

In what year did the first Starbucks open in India?

Answer 36

2012

Question 37

How many tourists visited India in 2016?

Answer 37

8.9 million (up 11% from 2015)

Question 38

How much of India's energy could come from renewables by 2040?

Answer 38

49%

Question 39

How much did the Sardar Sarovar Dam cost?

Answer 39

$8bn

Question 40

How much land is deforested/desertified each year in India?

Answer 40

13.7 million ha

Question 41

By how many years is life expectancy reduced by in India due to air pollution ?

Answer 41

3.2 years for the 660 million living there