________ is NOT an example of an administrative city.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Kansas City
Administrative towns house the administrative offices of governments. National capitals are the main examples.
Option (1) Canberra — An administrative city. Canberra is the national capital of Australia.
Option (2) Addis Ababa — An administrative city. Addis Ababa is the national capital of Ethiopia.
Option (3) Washington D.C. — An administrative city. Washington D.C. is the national capital of the U.S.A.
Option (4) Kansas City — Not an administrative city. Kansas City is an agricultural market town, a trading and commercial town.
Note: This question is taken from the pre-rationalised NCERT book. The latest edition (2026-27) does not have this part. An extract of the pre-rationalised NCERT book is given below for the benefit of students.
Pre-rationalised NCERT: “Administrative Towns National capitals, which house the administrative offices of central governments, such as New Delhi, Canberra, Beijing, Addis Ababa, Washington D.C., and London etc. are called administrative towns.” “Trading and Commercial Towns Agricultural market towns, such as, Winnipeg and Kansas city; banking and financial centres like Frankfurt and Amsterdam; large inland centres like Manchester and St Louis; and transport nodes such as, Lahore, Baghdad and Agra have been important trading centres.” |