Question

Which of the following towns is a modern planned town?

• A. Varanasi
• B. Chennai
• C. Chandigarh
• D. Kolkata

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

• Chandigarh, the dream city of India's first Prime Minister, Sh. Jawahar Lal Nehru, was planned by the famous French architect Le Corbusier.
• Picturesquely located at the foothills of Shivaliks, it is known as one of the best experiments in urban planning and modern architecture in the twentieth century in India.
• The city has a pre-historic past. The gently sloping plains on which modern Chandigarh exists, was in the ancient past, a wide lake ringed by a marsh. The fossil remains found at the site indicate a large variety of aquatic and amphibian life, which was supported by that environment.
• About 8000 years ago the area was also known to be a home to the Harappans.