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प्रश्न
"Most slum residents in urban area are better off than the rural poor." Give any two advantages the slum residents have over rural poor.
उत्तर
Slums are usually the only economical and accessible sort of settlement for the poor in cities, where competition for land and profits is fierce. Slum people enjoy the following benefits over the rural poor:
- Greater job opportunities than rural areas.
- The government provides better educational and medical facilities for the children.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the correct pairs:
| Group A | Group B | ||
| (1) | Technological development and mechanisation | (A) | Urban areas |
| (2) | Permanently staying away from your original place | (B) | Lack of planning |
| (3) | 75% males are engaged in non-agricultural occupation | (C) | Migration |
| (4) | The problems of solid waste | (D) | Urbanisation |
According to 2011 Census, what is the urban population of India?
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In India ______% people live in urban areas.
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______ provides people the opportunity to acquire training and work experience in hi-tech industries.
An urban way of life is characterised by ______.
Urbanisation is determined by ______ number of factors.
______ is determined by three number of factors.
An ecocity is ______.
List any two ecological impacts of urbanisation.
Read the following paragraph and answer the following questions:
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Counter urbanization is a demographic and social process. Of late urbanization process in India is witnessing counter- urbanization in its life cycle. The counter-urbanization increases urbanism in physically rural areas. The growth in information technology, increase in car ownership over the last 40 years, more mobility, new business parks on the edge of cities, more people tend to move when they retire and so on are factors responsible for counter urbanization. |
- Mention any two causes associated with Counter Urbanization as given to the paragraph.
- Write two more causes, other than the ones mentioned here, which you think lead people to return to rural areas.
- What changes will be observed in rural areas as an effect of counter urbanization.
