Question

As one travels from west to east, what will be the right sequence of cities that he will come across____.
A) Surat, Rajpur, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar
B) Surat, Nagpur, Rajpur, Bhubaneswar
C) Nagpur, Rajpur, Surat, Bhubaneswar
D) Rajpur, Nagpur, Surat, Bhubaneswar

Answer 1

Hint: While proceeding from west to east through India we will first begin our journey in the westernmost state that is, Gujarat. Then we will come across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and finally West Bengal. But West Bengal is not the eastern most state. The easternmost state is Arunachal Pradesh and one would have to travel through Assam to reach there.

Complete answer:
The city of Surat lies in the south-eastern state of Gujarat, westernmost state of India. It is situated in proximity to the mouth of the Tapti River at the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay). The city is also known as “THE SILK CITY'', “THE DIAMOND CITY”, “THE GREEN CITY”, etc. It is believed that the city was founded by a Brahman named Gopi, who built the Gopi Tank (water reservoir) in 1516 and named the area ‘Surajpur’ or ‘Suryapur'. In 1520, the city was renamed as Surat.

The city of Nagpur lies in the north-eastern state of Maharashtra, western India. Lying along the Nag River, it is situated almost at the geographic centre of India. After the independence of India, Nagpur was briefly the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh, until 1956, when it was included in the newly formed Bombay state, and eventually in 1960 it became part of the state which is now known as Maharashtra.

Bhubaneswar is the capital city of the Orissa state, eastern India and is also known as the “Temple City''. It is present in the eastern part of Orissa along the Kuakhai River, a constituent stream of the Mahanadi River delta and is the largest city in Odisha. Rajpur is a town situated in the state of Madhya Pradesh, central India.

From west to east, the sequence of states is Gujarat (westernmost India), Maharashtra (western India), Madhya Pradesh (central India) and then Orissa (eastern India). Hence, the correct order of the cities, as one proceeds from west to east would be Surat, Nagpur, Rajpur, Bhubaneswar.

Thus, the correct answer is Option C i.e, Nagpur, Rajpur, Surat, Bhubaneswar.

Note: One must also be aware of the states in India that span from North to South. The northernmost part of India is the Union Territory of Ladakh and the southernmost part of the Indian mainland is Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. But for India as a whole, it is Indira Point in the Nicobar Islands that is the southernmost point of our country.