Mumbai (iv)

Question 1

How has gender inequality faired ?

Answer 1

gender inequality is still very high

Question 2

female literacy rates improved from …. to 65.5% ,

Answer 2

female literacy rates improved from 53.7% to 65.5% ,

Question 3

only …. of working class women have jobs

Answer 3

only 1/3 of working class women have jobs

Question 4

What percentage of women are in parliament ?

Answer 4

only 12% of women accounted for parliament

Question 5

What percentage of women/men have bank accounts ?

Answer 5

access to finance has increased for men and women but the gender gap still remains
42% of women have bank accounts and financial accounts in comparison 62% of men

Question 6

Who does inequality apply to the most ?

Answer 6

inequality also applies to caste system and tribal populations

Question 7

what is India’s mean GDP?

Answer 7

mean GDP for India is 1627 us dollars

Question 8

Which regions have reached this target and which haven’t?

Answer 8

the core regions ( economic areas ) have figures above the mean 
periphery areas (less economic developed ) have figure below the mean

Question 9

Which region has the highest literacy rate and highest life expectancy ?

Answer 9

Kerala’s has one of the highest literacy rates 94% and life expectancy rates 75

Question 10

Which region has the lowest literacy rate and lowest life expectancy ?

Answer 10

Bihar has the lowest of 945 us dollars below the mean and the lowest literacy rates 64&

Question 11

What percentage of the countries GDP does environmental degradation account for ?

Answer 11

the cost of environmental degradation was costing 6% of the countries GDP which is around 80 billion US dollars

Question 12

How many cities out of 20 are considered highly polluted according to WHO ?

Answer 12

13 of the worlds top 20 polluted cities are in India according to World Health Org

Question 13

air pollution at …. micro grams per cubic metre

Answer 13

air pollution at 153 micro grams per cubic metre .

Question 14

Why is air pollution so high ?

Answer 14

this is down to low standards of vehicles emissions and fuel

Question 15

How does it impact the 600 million Indians in the city ?

Answer 15

it reduces life expectancy by 3.2 years and in India it is the 5th biggest cause of death

Question 16

In rural area the problem is worse because …

Answer 16

the use of drug fuelled fires

paraffin stoves and lights have killed 1 million people from unsafe air pollution

Question 17

how has this affected the workers ?

Answer 17

this has affected the productivity of labours who now suffer from heart and lung cancer

Question 18

Who and what else is affected ?

Answer 18

poorer populations living on the streets are at greater risk
tourists may also be affected
crop yields may also fall

Question 19

How many rivers are now polluted ?

Answer 19

121 rivers were defined as polluted and now 275 in the space of 5 yrs between 2010/15

Question 20

How much of the sewage is treated ?

Answer 20

less than 1/3 of urban sewage is treated , the rest flows into the water bodies

Question 21

Which rivers are the most polluted in India ?

Answer 21

Ganges and Yamuna are ranked some of the worlds most polluted

Question 22

other cause of pollution include…

Answer 22

other cause of pollution include industrial waste and agricultural runoff

Question 23

Who are BRICS

Answer 23

Brazil Russia India China and South Africa

Question 24

How much of the world’’s GDP do they own

Answer 24

1/4

Question 25

India’s growth is …. to China

Answer 25

Indias growth is second to China with 5.8% in 2014 and China 8.2%

Question 26

Why are BRICS deemed powerful ?

Answer 26

economic power of BRICS has increased as demands for goods and services on these countries provides buisness oppotunites

Question 27

What did they set up in 2015 ?

Answer 27

in 2015 they set up the new development bank to provide resources for infrastructure and sustainable development project in BRICS and other emerging countries