Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Human Settlements

Question:

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I
(Type of Town) 

 List-II
(Example) 

 (A) Industrial

 (I) Mhow

 (B) Commercial 

 (II) Katni

 (C) Transport

 (III) Satna

 (D) Garrison

 (IV) Modinagar 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A) -(IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (I)

Correct Answer:

(A) -(IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) - (A) -(IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

Industrial towns: Industries constitute prime motive force of these cities, such as Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore, Modinagar, Jamshedpur, Hugli, Bhilai, etc.

Commercial towns: Towns and cities specialising in trade and commerce are kept in this class. Kolkata, Saharanpur, Satna, etc., are some examples.

Transport Cities: They may be ports primarily engaged in export and import activities such as Kandla, Kochchi, Kozhikode, Vishakhapatnam, etc., or hubs of inland transport, such as Agra, Dhulia, Mughalsarai, Itarsi, Katni, etc.

Garrisson Cantonment towns: These towns emerged as garrisson towns such as Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow, Babina, Udhampur, etc.