Match List-I with List-II
| List-I (Town Name) | List-II (Town Type) | ||
| (A) | Chandigarh | (I) | Administrative Town |
| (B) | Kandla | (II) | Transport Town |
| (C) | Jharia | (III) | Mining Town |
| (D) | Jalandhar | (IV) | Garrison Town |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(A) Chandigarh — this matches (I) Administrative Town.
(B) Kandla — this matches (II) Transport Town. Ports are transport cities.
(C) Jharia — this matches (III) Mining Town.
(D) Jalandhar — this matches (IV) Garrison Town.
NCERT (2026-27): “Functional Classification of Towns … Administrative towns and cities Towns supporting administrative headquarters of higher order are administrative towns, such as Chandigarh, New Delhi, Bhopal, Shillong, Guwahati, Imphal, Srinagar, Gandhinagar, Jaipur, Chennai, etc.” “Transport Cities They may be ports primarily engaged in export and import activities such as Kandla, Cochin, Kozhikode, Vishakhapatnam, etc., or hubs of inland transport, such as Agra, Dhulia, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar, Itarsi, Katni, etc.” “Mining towns These towns have developed in mineral rich areas such as Raniganj, Jharia, Digboi, Ankaleshwar, Singrauli, etc.” “Garrisson Cantonment towns These towns emerged as garrisson towns such as Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow, Babina, Udhampur, etc.” |