Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| City | Nickname | ||
| (A) | Udaipur | (I) | Pink City |
| (B) | Jaipur | (II) | City of Lakes |
| (C) | Bengaluru | (III) | Manchester of India |
| (D) | Ahmedabad | (IV) | Silicon Valley of India |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
Many Indian cities are known by a nickname taken from their look, landscape or chief industry.
(A) Udaipur — this matches (II) City of Lakes. The city is built around lakes such as Pichola and Fateh Sagar.
(B) Jaipur — this matches (I) Pink City. The buildings of the old city were painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales in 1876, and the colour has been kept since.
(C) Bengaluru — this matches (IV) Silicon Valley of India. It is India’s biggest information technology hub, like Silicon Valley in California.
(D) Ahmedabad — this matches (III) Manchester of India. Its many cotton textile mills recalled Manchester, the cotton-mill city of England.