Previous Year Question
Arrange the following cities of Uttar Pradesh in descending order of their population according to Census 2011:
I. Ghaziabad
II. Kanpur
III. Agra
IV. Lucknow
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A.
I, II, III, IV
B.
II, IV, I, III
C.
II, IV, I, III
D.
III, II, I, IV
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
The correct order is Kanpur → Lucknow → Ghaziabad → Agra.
According to the Urban Agglomeration data of Census 2011, the populations of these four cities were—
Kanpur UA — 2,920,067
Lucknow UA — 2,901,474
Ghaziabad UA — 2,358,525
Agra UA — 1,746,467
Thus, Kanpur had the highest population among the four. The population difference between Kanpur and Lucknow was quite small—about 18,593—but Kanpur was still slightly ahead.
It was followed by Ghaziabad and then Agra.