Question

Which of the following is the fourth largest city in india?
1. Chennai
2. Visakhapatnam
3. Mumbai
4. Hyderabad

Answer 1

Hint: Here we will discuss the largest city of india. Basically, it is one of the southernmost states of India. It is also the best governed state in india. The state is also a recognised one in its entirety.

Complete answer:
Recently that is in 2019, chennai was declared as the fourth largest city in india with the population of 10 million and sixth most populous city. It is also the $36^{th}$ largest urban area population in the world. Now why is it declared as the fourth largest is because of
a. Population of ten million,
b. Fifth largest urban economy and
c. Largest municipal economies of india.
Now we also see that being the largest city in india, it is also present in the top ten in other such criterions like, it ranks 5 in the world’s most dynamic city out of 129 cities of the world, ranks 2 in the best governed state in india, ranks 10 in cleanliness, ranks4 in tamil nadu human development report of2017. Along with this, it is the sixth indian megacity to join C40’s global network committed to tackling climate change along with five other indian cities that are Bengaluru, Delhi NCT, Jaipur, Kolkata and mumbai.
So, the correct answer is Option A.

Note: Although Chennai ranks fourth in the largest city, Mumbai tops the list by being at the first position followed by Delhi NCT and Bangalore. These cities have a large concentration of urban settlements and that too of both natives and mostly migrants along with rural settlements, more popularly known as slums.