What Makes Mumbai A Mega City

Question 1

What is the biggest city in India and what is the population of the city?

Answer 1

Mumbai is the biggest city

The population of Mumbai is 12.5 million

Question 2

How has Mumbai changed over the years?

Answer 2

It used to be a small fishing village surrounded by mangrove swamps which developed into a port city and an industrial city

Question 3

How does the harbour allow Mumbai to develop?

Answer 3

It has a naturally deep harbour so it is more accessible to large modern container ships
On the west coast of India facing important markets (middle east and international markets in Europe)

Question 4

What percentage of India’s international trade is handled by the Mumbai docks?

Answer 4

25%

Question 5

Mumbai’s transport infrastructure

Answer 5

Very well connected to the rest of the country
Extensive roads
Rail network
Busiest international airport

Question 6

Mumbai generates how much of India’s GDP?

Answer 6

1/6

Question 7

What percentage of industrial jobs are in Mumbai?

Answer 7

10%

Question 8

What percentage of India’s exports come from Mumbai?

Answer 8

40%

Question 9

How many commuters do suburban trains carry every day and year?

Answer 9

Day = 7.5 million 
Year = 2.5 billion

Question 10

What are the result of really crowded railways?

Answer 10

Up to 636 ppl were killed in a year by falling into the tracks