Which Indian city is known as the Manchester of India?
- A.Kanpur
- B.Ahmedabad
- C.Surat
- D.Ludhiana
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Ahmedabad. Its cotton textile mills, which began in the 1860s and multiplied in the early twentieth century, earned it the comparison with the English mill town of Manchester. Option A, Kanpur, is called the Leather City of India and was an important centre of woollen and cotton mills as well, which is why it appears in the same questions. Option C, Surat, is the Diamond City of India for its cutting and polishing industry and a large producer of man-made fabric, but the Manchester title is not its. Option D, Ludhiana, is the hosiery and woollen knitwear centre of Punjab and is sometimes called the Manchester of Punjab, a regional title that candidates must not confuse with the national one.
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Practice Questions
View allThe city of Ahmedabad is situated on the bank of which river?
- A.Tapi
- B.Sabarmati
- C.Narmada
- D.Mahi
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Ahmedabad was founded by Ahmad Shah in 1411 on the left bank of the Sabarmati, and the river gives its name to the Sabarmati Ashram from which Gandhi began the Dandi march in 1930.
Read the full explanation →Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana, stands on the bank of which river?
- A.Krishna
- B.Godavari
- C.Musi
- D.Tungabhadra
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Hyderabad was founded in 1591 on the Musi, a tributary of the Krishna, and the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs built on the Musi still help supply the city.
Read the full explanation →Jamshedpur, the first major steel town of India, is situated on the bank of which river?
- A.Damodar
- B.Subarnarekha
- C.Mahanadi
- D.Brahmani
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The Tata Iron and Steel Company plant of 1907 was built at Sakchi, later renamed Jamshedpur, where the Subarnarekha and its tributary the Kharkai meet, close to the coal of Jharia and the iron ore of Odisha.
Read the full explanation →The city of Lucknow is located on the bank of which river?
- A.Gomti
- B.Saryu
- C.Rapti
- D.Ramganga
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Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh and the old seat of the Nawabs of Awadh, stands on the Gomti, a tributary of the Ganga that rises in the Pilibhit district.
Read the full explanation →Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade are all situated on the bank of which river?
- A.Rhine
- B.Danube
- C.Elbe
- D.Volga
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The Danube rises in the Black Forest of Germany, flows east through central Europe and reaches the Black Sea, and it passes the capitals of Austria, Hungary and Serbia, which is why it is said to water more capital cities than any other river in the world.
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