Lesson Y8-U04-L07

Y8-U04-L07 Two Sides of the City: Inequality in Mumbai Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 10

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Lesson Y8-U04-L07, Two Sides of the City: Inequality in Mumbai: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 10: Year 8: Asia in Focus: China and India, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. On which coast of India is Mumbai located?

    • The inland plateau, far from the sea and its ports
    • The west coast, on the Arabian Sea
    • The east coast, on the Bay of Bengal and its wide delta
    • The northern border, beside the Himalayan mountains and glaciers

  2. What does inequality mean?

    • When a city grows faster than its food supply can keep up with it
    • When a country has more men than women living in the same area
    • When some people have much more money or services than others
    • When everyone in a place earns exactly the same income each year

  3. What is a slum?

    • A quiet area of luxury homes with gardens, private swimming pools and wide tree-lined streets
    • A crowded, poorly built area where many people lack clean water or proper homes
    • A village that has no roads, so people walk between the houses
    • A large, modern shopping district with tall glass buildings and parking

  4. What is informal housing?

    • Tall flats with private pools, gardens and views over the sea
    • Homes people build themselves, often without permission or services
    • Hotels for tourists visiting a city, with restaurants and pools
    • Homes built by the government with full services and permission

  5. Which of these is a large slum in Mumbai?

    • Dharavi
    • Shenzhen, a large city in southern China
    • Malabar Hill, a wealthy area with luxury homes
    • Chennai, a large city on India's south-east coast

  6. Which area of Mumbai is known for luxury flats with sea views?

    • Narrow lanes of tin-roofed homes packed close together
    • Dharavi, a large slum with busy small workshops
    • Malabar Hill, with luxury flats and sea views
    • A shared toilet block for many families in one area

  7. Which kind of business is found in Dharavi?

    • Oil rigs out in the sea off the coast of Mumbai
    • Recycling and small workshops
    • Large nuclear power stations on the coastline
    • Luxury car showrooms and expensive jewellery shops

  8. What is the first step when reading evidence from a photo?

    • Guess the photographer's income and why they took the picture
    • Judge the people in the photo and their family income
    • Describe what you actually see
    • Decide the answer before looking at any detail

  9. A photo shows tin roofs packed close together, with a shared water tap. What does it suggest?

    • Crowded, basic living conditions
    • Wealthy, comfortable living conditions for most families
    • A city with no people living in it at all
    • A place with no buildings at all, just open land

  10. A photo shows glass towers and a private pool. What does it suggest?

    • A slum with shared toilets and narrow lanes
    • A village with no electricity and no running water
    • Crowded, basic living conditions in tin-roofed homes
    • Wealthy, comfortable living conditions

  11. Why should you not judge a place from a single photo?

    • It cannot show everything, such as jobs, income or community
    • Photos are only taken at night, when the streets are dark
    • Photos are always in black and white, so colour is missing from every picture
    • Photos can never show buildings clearly, only people

  12. Which factor helps explain why rich and poor areas exist in one city?

    • Well-paid jobs and high land prices concentrate wealth in some areas
    • Every area is given the same land and income by the law each year
    • Poor people are banned from living near the sea by local rules
    • Rich people always live in the countryside far from the city centre and its busy roads

  13. A photo shows clean wide roads, tall flats and trees. What kind of area does it most likely show?

    • A factory with no housing, just warehouses and loading bays
    • A village with no roads, only dirt tracks through fields
    • A crowded slum with shared taps and narrow lanes
    • A wealthier, well-planned area

  14. Photo A shows tin roofs and narrow lanes, while Photo B shows glass towers and a sea view. Which statement is correct?

    • Neither photo shows any homes at all, only roads and open land
    • Photo A suggests the poorer area and Photo B suggests the richer area
    • Both photos show exactly the same standard of living for people
    • Photo A suggests the richer area and Photo B suggests the poorer area

  15. A pupil says 'the slum has no community life'. Why is this a weak judgement from one photo?

    • One photo cannot show community, jobs or income, so the claim is not supported
    • Photos only show buildings and never show any people living there, so the pupil must be right about everything
    • Slums never have any people living in them at any point in time
    • Photos always show community life clearly, so the claim is true

  16. Which is a difference between a wealthy area and a poor area in Mumbai?

    • Both areas have shared taps and toilets for every family in them
    • Reliable clean water in the wealthy area and shared taps in the poorer area
    • The wealthy area has no electricity at all and relies on candles
    • The poorer area has luxury flats with sea views and private gardens

  17. What does 'standard of living' describe?

    • The number of people living in a city in a single census year
    • The height of a building in metres, counted from the street
    • How comfortable and well-off a person's daily life is
    • The distance from a city to the sea along the nearest road

  18. Why can rapid migration into Mumbai increase inequality?

    • Migrants stop the city from growing at all, so the gap stays the same
    • Many newcomers can only afford crowded informal housing, widening the gap with wealthy areas
    • Migrants reduce the number of people who need jobs in the city
    • Migrants buy all the luxury flats in the city and leave none for the rich families who already live there

  19. Which judgement about photos is most balanced?

    • Photos always tell the whole truth about a place and its people
    • Photos only show what the photographer wants to hide from viewers
    • Photos are useless as evidence in any situation at any time
    • Photos are useful evidence but must be checked against other sources

  20. Which is a fair suggestion for reducing inequality in Mumbai?

    • Stop all children in poor areas from going to school for a year
    • Move all rich families out to the countryside away from the city
    • Provide clean water, toilets and housing in poorer areas, although it costs money
    • Ban all businesses from Dharavi so that no one there can earn money, and close every shop in the area

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