1. Employment Opportunities: Regions with industrial and commercial hubs, such as urban centers, attract large populations. Example: New York City.
2. Economic Stability: Areas with higher incomes and better living standards, like Western Europe, have denser populations.
3. Agricultural Productivity: Fertile plains like the Ganga Basin in India support dense rural populations.
Read the following characteristics of retail trading carefully and choose the correct option:
I. This is concerned with the sale of goods directly to the consumers.
II. Most of the retail trading takes place in fixed establishments or stores.
III. It is formed by many middlemen, traders, and suppliers.
IV. Hawkers, street peddling, automatic vending machines, etc., are its examples.
Read the programmes related to the proposed Bharatmala umbrella scheme carefully and choose the correct option:
I. Backward areas, religious and tourist places connectivity programme
2. To interconnect the four metropolitan cities of the country
3. To develop State roads in adjoining coastal areas
4. To connect non-major ports in coastal states