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Question
List any three factors responsible for the urbanization of a place.
Solution
- Rapid industrial growth in and around cities provide plenty of job opportunities.
- Modern lifestyle and freedom from social practice like caste system in villages.
- Better medical facilities and health care services.
- Better education prospects for migrants and their children.
- Cities offer higher wages to workers.
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