Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sobriquets | Names | ||
| (A) | Sorrow of Bengal | (I) | Udaipur |
| (B) | Venice of East | (II) | River Kosi |
| (C) | Sorrow of Bihar | (III) | Ahmedabad |
| (D) | Boston of India | (IV) | River Damodar |
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
(A) Sorrow of Bengal — this matches (IV) River Damodar. Before the dams of the Damodar Valley Corporation were built, the Damodar’s frequent floods ruined fields and villages in Bengal.
(B) Venice of East — this matches (I) Udaipur. Udaipur in Rajasthan, the “City of Lakes”, is built round lakes such as Pichola and Fateh Sagar, as Venice is built on water.
(C) Sorrow of Bihar — this matches (II) River Kosi. The Kosi brings down heavy silt from the Himalayas and keeps shifting its course, causing severe floods in north Bihar.
(D) Boston of India — this matches (III) Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad, an old cotton textile centre, has been compared with Boston for its mills; it is more often called the “Manchester of India”.