Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I (Types of town) | LIST-II (Example) | ||
| A. | Transport towns | I. | Mhow |
| B. | Religious and cultural towns | II. | Vishakhapatnam |
| C. | Administrative towns | III. | Kurukshetra |
| D. | Garrison towns | IV. | Gangtok |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
A. Transport towns — this matches II. Vishakhapatnam.
B. Religious and cultural towns — this matches III. Kurukshetra.
C. Administrative towns — this matches IV. Gangtok. Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim, so it holds administrative headquarters of a higher order, like Shillong or Imphal.
D. Garrison towns — this matches I. Mhow.
Note: Gangtok is not mentioned in NCERT (2025-26). Its examples of administrative towns are Chandigarh, New Delhi, Bhopal, Shillong, Guwahati, Imphal, Srinagar, Gandhinagar, Jaipur and Chennai; Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, is a town of the same kind, and the other three items of List-II are NCERT’s own examples.
NCERT (2025-26): “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, Kochchi, Kozhikode, Vishakhapatnam, etc., or hubs of inland transport, such as Agra, Dhulia, Mughalsarai, Itarsi, Katni, etc.” “Religious and cultural towns … Varanasi, Mathura, Amritsar, Madurai, Puri, Ajmer, Pushkar, Tirupati, Kurukshetra, Haridwar, Ujjain came to prominence due to their religious/cultural significance.…” “Garrisson Cantonment towns … These towns emerged as garrisson towns such as Ambala, Jalandhar, Mhow, Babina, Udhampur, etc.” |