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Which two towns are named as the only proper industrial cities of colonial India?
ADelhi and Lahore
BKanpur and Jamshedpur
CBombay and Calcutta
DMadras and Surat
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Kanpur and Jamshedpur
1. Kanpur made leather, woollens and cotton textiles.
2. Jamshedpur specialised in steel.
3. The port cities were mainly tertiary-sector economies.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._
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