Which of the following towns developed as a satellite town?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Rohtak
Some old towns grew as satellite towns around big metropolitan cities; Rohtak, Ghaziabad and Gurugram grew in this way around Delhi.
NCERT (2026-27): “After independence, a large number of towns have been developed as administrative headquarters, e.g., Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Dispur, etc., and industrial centres, such as Durgapur, Bhilai, Sindri, Barauni. Some old towns also developed as satellite towns around metropolitan cities, such as Ghaziabad, Rohtak, Gurugram around Delhi.” |