Characteristics of Urban Marketing Centres are usually
A. Widely specialized urban services
B. Offer manufactured goods as well as many specialized markets
C. Have only retail trading centres
D. Have services of educational institutions and professionals
E. Trading centres of the most rudimentary type
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and D only
Trading centres are of two kinds. Urban marketing centres give specialised goods and services. Rural marketing centres are simple centres that serve nearby villages.
(A) Widely specialized urban services — Correct. Urban marketing centres have more widely specialised urban services.
(B) Offer manufactured goods as well as many specialized markets — Correct. Urban centres offer manufactured goods, and markets for labour, housing and semi or finished products develop there.
(C) Have only retail trading centres — Incorrect. Urban centres provide ordinary as well as specialised goods and services and many specialised markets, so they are not only retail centres.
(D) Have services of educational institutions and professionals — Correct. Teachers, lawyers, consultants, physicians, dentists and veterinary doctors are available there.
(E) Trading centres of the most rudimentary type — Incorrect. This describes rural marketing centres, where personal and professional services are not well developed.
NCERT (2026-27): “Urban marketing centres have more widely specialised urban services. They provide ordinary goods and services as well as many of the specialised goods and services required by people. Urban centres, therefore, offer manufactured goods as well as many specialised markets develop, e.g. markets for labour, housing, semi or finished products. Services of educational institutions and professionals such as teachers, lawyers, consultants, physicians, dentists and veterinary doctors are available.” “Rural marketing centres cater to nearby settlements. These are quasi-urban centres. They serve as trading centres of the most rudimentary type.” |