Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Human Settlements

Question:

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:

Options:

(A), (B), (D) Only

(A), (C), (D) Only

(A), (B), (C) Only

(B), (C), (D) Only

Correct Answer:

(A), (B), (C) Only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B), (C) Only.

An urban agglomeration may consist of any one of the following three combinations:

(i) a town and its adjoining urban outgrowths, (A)

(ii) two or more contiguous towns with or without their outgrowths (B), and

(iii) a city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths together forming a contiguous spread. (C)