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O-LevelGeographyPopulation and settlementMay/June 2010Paper 1 Q225 Marks

(a) Study Fig. 3, a map showing the population of the largest cities in India in 2008. [Fig. 3 is a map of India with various cities marked (New Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kanpur, Ahmadabad, Surat, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Nagpur). For each city, a bar chart shows its 'total city population (millions)' and 'Population living in squatter settlements (millions)'. The scale for population (millions) goes up to 12. Key: - total city population (light bar) - Population living in squatter settlements (darker bar) Selected populations (total city / squatter settlement in millions): - Mumbai: ~11.8 / ~6 - Kolkata: ~10.5 / ~4 - New Delhi: ~8.8 / ~2.5 - Bangalore: ~6.2 / ~0.5 - Chennai: ~4.5 / ~0.5 - Hyderabad: ~4 / ~0.2 - Pune: ~3.5 / ~0.5 - Ahmadabad: ~3.5 / ~0.5 - Surat: ~2.8 / ~0.2 - Jaipur: ~2.5 / ~0.2 - Kanpur: ~2.8 / ~0.1 - Lucknow: ~2.3 / ~0.1 - Nagpur: ~2.1 / ~0.1] (b) Study Photograph A (Insert), along with Fig. 4, which gives information about three plans being considered by the authorities of the city shown in the photograph to reduce the number of squatter settlements. [Photograph A (Insert) would show an image of a city with squatter settlements.] [Fig. 4 is a table showing three plans: - Plan 1: Provide low cost housing with basic amenities and services on the edge of the city. - Plan 2: Employ more police to remove people from squatter settlements, and teams of council workers to clear the land. - Plan 3: Give yearly grants to farmers in the countryside so they can buy machines, fertilizers and irrigation pumps.]

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About This O-Level Geography Question

Topic

This structured question tests Population and settlement in O-Level Geography (syllabus code 2217). It is worth 25 marks.

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This question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Geography May/June 2010 examination, Paper 1 Variant 3.

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