Identify the correct points about urban settlements in the world.

(A) London is the first Million City of the world
(B) Paris was the second city to reach the million mark in 1850
(C) By 1982, the number of million cities rose to 375
(D) By 2017, 54 percent people of the world were living in urban areas

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A), (B) and (D) only

Rapid urban growth is a recent phenomenon. Until recent times, few settlements reached the population size of more than a few thousand inhabitants. The first urban settlement to reach a population of one million was the city of London which reached the million mark in 1800, followed by Paris in 1850, New York in 1860, and by 1950 there were around 80 such cities.

By 1982 approximately 175 cities in the world had crossed the one million population mark. In 2017, 54 per cent of the world’s population lives in urban settlements compared to only 3 per cent in the year 1800.