Match List-I with List-II
| List-I (Type of Town) | List-II (Example) | ||
| (A) | Cultural Town | (I) | Saharanpur |
| (B) | Administrative Town | (II) | Bokaro |
| (C) | Commercial Town | (III) | Varanasi |
| (D) | Industrial Town | (IV) | New Delhi |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Cultural Town — this matches (III) Varanasi. It grew as a religious and cultural centre.
(B) Administrative Town — this matches (IV) New Delhi. It is the seat of the national government.
(C) Commercial Town — this matches (I) Saharanpur. It specialises in trade and commerce.
(D) Industrial Town — this matches (II) Bokaro. It is a steel town in Jharkhand.
Note: Bokaro as a steel (industrial) town is taken from the pre-rationalised NCERT book. The latest edition (2026-27) gives Bokaro only as a coal field. An extract of the pre-rationalised NCERT book is given below for the benefit of students.
NCERT (2026-27): “Functional Classification of Towns … 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.” “Commercial towns … Towns and cities specialising in trade and commerce are kept in this class. Kolkata, Saharanpur, Satna, etc., are some examples.” “Religious and cultural towns … Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar, Madurai, Puri, Ajmer, Pushkar, Tirupati, Kurukshetra, Haridwar, Ujjain came to prominence due to their religious/cultural significance.”
Pre-rationalised NCERT: “Bokaro Steel Plant … This steel plant was set up in 1964 at Bokaro with Russian collaboration.” |