URP3001 – Module 12 Quiz

In South Asia, what country has a dominant northern city and a dominant southern city, but not a well-balanced urban hierarchy?

In which of the following statements is the national capital not identified correctly?

They are called bustees, jhunggi, and chawl. They occur in all of the major cities of South Asia. What are they?

A supply of technically-skilled, and English-proficient (but underemployed) college graduates, combined with the forces of technology that have reduced distances and hence costs, have make Indian cities natural locations for:

One of the most magnificent planned cities in India dates from the pre-colonial period and has a great fort towering over it. It has become a top tourist attraction. What city is it?

Calcutta (now Kolkata) was to jute as Bombay (now Mumbai) was to:

What group of cities in South Asia has been expanding in population the most?

Which one of the following does not occupy one of the vertices of India's Golden Quadrilateral?

What city of South Asia is a world-renowned launching ground for treks in the Himalayas?

Simla served as the summer capital of colonial India. Why did the British need a summer capital?