This question was not popular among the candidates.  Those who answered the question
            performed averagely.  Some of them were not able to state the characteristics of urban
            settlements.  The expected answers include:                                                                                                 
            -           densely populated;
-           have heterogeneous population;
-           high generation of waste;
-           high level of traffic;
-           have high area coverage;
-           have high concentration of social amenities;
-           nucleated in nature;
-           high rate of unemployment among the population;
-           high crime rate in urban areas;
-           centre of administration;
-           centre of innovations

Most of the candidates who answered the question were able to highlight problems       associated with urbanization such as:

-           -           a rise in government expenditure;
            -           environmental pollution;
            -           congestion in traffic;
            -           inflation;
            -           unemployment/underemployment;
            -           increase in social vices;
            -           increase in crime;
            -           housing congestion;
            -           increased pressure on social amenities;
            -           existence of squatter settlements;
            -           decrease in agricultural land;
            -           management problems;
            -           ease of spread of diseases;