Match List I with List II
| LIST I | LIST II | ||
| Town | Function | ||
| (A) | Pilani | (I) | Industrial |
| (B) | New Delhi | (II) | Garrison cantonment town |
| (C) | Hugli | (III) | Educational |
| (D) | Udhampur | (IV) | Administrative |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
(A) Pilani — this matches (III) Educational. It started as a centre of education and grew into a campus town.
(B) New Delhi — this matches (IV) Administrative. It supports administrative headquarters of a higher order.
(C) Hugli — this matches (I) Industrial. Industries are the prime motive force of this town.
(D) Udhampur — this matches (II) Garrison cantonment town. It grew as a garrison town.
NCERT (2026-27): “Administrative towns and cities Towns supporting administrative headquarters of higher order are administrative towns, such as Chandigarh, New Delhi, Bhopal, Shillong, Guwahati, Imphal, Srinagar, Gandhinagar, Jaipur, Chennai, etc.” “Industrial towns Industries constitute prime motive force of these cities, such as Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore, Modinagar, Jamshedpur, Hugli, Bhilai, etc.” “Garrisson Cantonment towns These towns emerged as garrisson towns such as Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow, Babina, Udhampur, etc.” “Educational towns Starting as centres of education, some of the towns have grown into major campus towns, such as Roorki, Varanasi, Aligarh, Pilani, Prayagraj, etc.” |