Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Human Settlements

Question:

Match List I with List II

LIST I
Specialised function 

"LIST II Towns"

 A. 

 Commercial town 

 I. 

 Ankaleswar

 B. 

 Industrial town

 II. 

 Coimbatore 

 C. 

 Educational town 

 III. 

 Saharanpur 

 D. 

 Mining town

 IV. 

 Roorki

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A - I, B - II, C - III, D - IV

A - II, B - III, C - IV, D - I

A - II, B - I, C - III, D - IV

A - III, B - II, C - IV, D - I

Correct Answer:

A - III, B - II, C - IV, D - I

Explanation:

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

Mining towns: These towns have developed in mineral rich areas such as Raniganj, Jharia, Digboi, Ankaleshwar, Singrauli, etc.

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

Educational towns: Starting as centres of education, some of the towns have grown into major campus towns, such as Roorki, Varanasi, Aligarh, Pilani, Allahabad, etc.