Which of the following does NOT belong to the functional category of tourist town?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Aligarh
Option (1) Udagamandalam — A tourist town (Incorrect). Udagamandalam (Ooty) is one of the tourist towns.
Option (2) Pachmarhi — A tourist town (Incorrect). Pachmarhi is a tourist town, like Nainital and Shimla.
Option (3) Nainital — A tourist town (Incorrect). Nainital is a tourist town as well.
Option (4) Aligarh — Not a tourist town (Correct). Aligarh is an educational town: it started as a centre of education and grew into a major campus town, like Roorki, Varanasi and Pilani.
NCERT (2025-26): “Educational towns Starting as centres of education, some of the towns have grown into major campus towns, such as Roorki, Varanasi, Aligarh, Pilani, Allahabad, etc.… Tourist towns Nainital, Mussoorie, Shimla, Pachmarhi, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Udagamandalam (Ooty), Mount Abu are some of the tourist destinations.…” |