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17 Indian Sobriquets and Old Names

(A) Many places of India have some nick names which are called
Sobriquets. Can you match the following Sobriquets with the
correct name of places.
1. Silicon Valley a. Jamshedpur

2. Temple City of India b. Lucknow

3. Queen of the Hills c. Nagpur

4. City of Pearls d. Varanasi

5. Steel City of India e. Bengaluru

6. City of Nawabs f. Bhubneshwar

7. Orange City g. Darjeeling

8. Holy City h. Hyderabad

(B) With the passage of time many places in India have changed their names due
to variety of reasons. Match the following cities with their old names.

1. Khambat a. Tuticorin

2. Guwahati b. Bombay

3. Vizag c. Madras

4. Alappuzha d. Gauhati

5. Thiruvananthampuram e. Kashi

6. Thoothukudi f. Cambay

7. Chennai g. Vishakhapatnam

8. Mumbai h. Allepey

9. Varanasi i. Trivendrum

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