Read the following statements about urban agglomeration carefully.
(A) A town and its adjoining urban outgrowths.
(B) Two or more contiguous towns with or without their outgrowths.
(C) A city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths together forming a contiguous spread.
(D) All towns with population more than one lakh are urban agglomeration.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B), (C) Only
An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread made of a town or city together with its outgrowths or neighbouring towns. It may be formed in any one of three ways.
(A) A town and its adjoining urban outgrowths. — Correct. This is the first of the three combinations.
(B) Two or more contiguous towns with or without their outgrowths. — Correct. This is the second combination. Contiguous means touching each other.
(C) A city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths together forming a contiguous spread. — Correct. This is the third combination.
(D) All towns with population more than one lakh are urban agglomeration. — Incorrect. An urban centre with more than one lakh people is called a city or class I town. An urban agglomeration depends on how towns and outgrowths join, not on a population limit.
Note: This question is taken from the pre-rationalised NCERT book. The latest edition (2026-27) does not have this part. An extract of the pre-rationalised NCERT book is given below for the benefit of students.
Pre-rationalised NCERT: “Classification of Towns on the basis of Population Size Census of India classifies urban centres into six classes as presented in Table 4.2. Urban centre with population of more than one lakh is called a city or class I town. … Majority of metropolitan and mega cities are urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration may consist of any one of the following three combinations: (i) a town and its adjoining urban outgrowths, (ii) two or more contiguous towns with or without their outgrowths, and (iii) a city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths together forming a contiguous spread.” |