Question

Read the graph in Fig. below and answer the following questions:

1. What was the percentage of urbanisation in 1961?
2. In which decade was urbanisation the highest?
3. In which decade was the growth of urbanisation lowest?
4. What inference can you draw regarding India’s urbanisation after reading the graph?

Answer 1

1. The percentage of urbanisation in 1961 was 18%. 
2. The highest urbanization took place in the decade 1971–1981.
3. The growth of urbanisation was lowest in the decade 1961–1971. 
4. After reading the graph, we can say that urbanisation in India is slowly but continuously rising.