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A city in a low‑income country experiences a rapid population rise mainly because of natural increase. What does this imply about the city’s birth and death rates?

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MCQ

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Style

Topic

Section A: Urban issues and challenges

Question

A. Birth rates are high and death rates are low
B. Birth rates are low and death rates are high
C. Birth rates and death rates are both high
D. Birth rates and death rates are both low

Answer

The correct answer is Birth rates are high and death rates are low.

Explanation

The correct option is Birth rates are high and death rates are low. Birth rates are high and death rates are low is correct because it directly matches the approved learning objective to explain factors affecting urbanisation rates including migration, push-pull theory and natural increase. This belongs to Urban issues and challenges within Section A: Urban issues and challenges, so the answer must stay focused on the geographical process, evidence, place, or impact named by the curriculum. The other options are weaker because they move away from Urban issues and challenges, reverse the geographical relationship, or make a broader claim than the objective supports.

Common mistake

Understanding Urbanisation Factors

Students often confuse push factors with pull factors, thinking they are the same.

Remember that push factors drive people away from their current location, while pull factors attract them to a new location.

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