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Q.1. Study the map of India given below carefully and answer the questions that follow. Delhi 2012
(i) Define the term metropolitan city.
(ii) Which state of India has the largest number of metropolitan cities? Name any two northern states of India which have no metropolitan city.
OR
(i) How many metropolitan cities are there in Maharashtra?
(ii) Which one of them is the largest metropolitan city?
(iii) Name the Easternmost metropolitan city of India as shown in the map.
OR
(i) Name the Northernmost, Southernmost and Westernmost metropolitan cities of the country and also name the states to which they belong.

Ans:
(i) Cities that have population more than one million but less than 5 million are considered as ‘metropolitan’ or ‘metro city’.
(ii) Uttar Pradesh has the largest number of metropolitan cities.
(iii) Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, are the Northern states of India which do not have any metropolitan city.
OR
(i) There are four metropolitan cities in the state of Maharashtra.
(ii) Among the metropolitan cities of Maharashtra state. Greater Mumbai is the largest one.
(iii) It is a Kolkata metropolitan city.

Q.2. In the political outline map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols.
(i) Which is the metropolitan city of Kerala? All Indio 2012

Ans:
(i) Kochi is the metropolitan city of Kerala state.