Slums are inhabited by which of the following?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Lower income people
Low-paid people who cannot afford proper housing are the lower income group.
NCERT (2026-27): “… At the other extreme of it are the slums, jhuggi-jhopari clusters and colonies of shanty structures. These are inhabited by those people who were forced to migrate from the rural areas to these urban centres in search of livelihood but could not afford proper housing due to high rent and high costs of land.” “Moreover, most of the slum population works in low-paid, high risk-prone, unorganised sectors of the urban economy.” |