Match List - I with List - II.
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List - I Type of Town |
List - II Name of Town |
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(A) Cultural Town |
(I) Frankfurt |
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(B) Administrative Town |
(II) Jamshedpur |
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(C) Trading and Commercial Town |
(III) Varanasi |
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(D) Industrial Town |
(IV) London |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Cultural Town — this matches (III) Varanasi. Varanasi came to prominence due to its religious and cultural significance.
(B) Administrative Town — this matches (IV) London. National capitals that house the administrative offices of central governments, such as London and New Delhi, are administrative towns.
(C) Trading and Commercial Town — this matches (I) Frankfurt. Frankfurt is a banking and financial centre, one kind of trading and commercial town.
(D) Industrial Town — this matches (II) Jamshedpur. Industries are the prime motive force of Jamshedpur.
Note: Items (B) and (C) are taken from the pre-rationalised NCERT book. The latest edition (2026-27) does not have these two items. An extract of the pre-rationalised NCERT book is given below for the benefit of students.
NCERT (2026-27): “Religious and cultural towns Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar, Madurai, Puri, Ajmer, Pushkar, Tirupati, Kurukshetra, Haridwar, Ujjain came to prominence due to their religious/cultural significance.” “Industrial towns Industries constitute prime motive force of these cities, such as Mumbai, Salem, Coimbatore, Modinagar, Jamshedpur, Hugli, Bhilai, etc.”
Pre-rationalised NCERT: “Administrative Towns National capitals, which house the administrative offices of central governments, such as New Delhi, Canberra, Beijing, Addis Ababa, Washington D.C., and London etc. are called administrative towns.” “Trading and Commercial Towns Agricultural market towns, such as, Winnipeg and Kansas city; banking and financial centres like Frankfurt and Amsterdam; large inland centres like Manchester and St Louis; and transport nodes such as, Lahore, Baghdad and Agra have been important trading centres.” |