RAS question
Which city of Rajasthan is known as the 'Textile City' due to its large concentration of textile mills?
Correct answer: (A) Bhilwara.
Bhilwara is the Rajasthan city known as the Textile City because of its concentration of textile mills and its identity as a centre of textiles and looms.
Explanation
Bhilwara is the right answer because its textile identity is well established. Bhilwara is known as the Textile City of India, with over 200 textile manufacturing units, a major role in polyester-viscose suiting fabric, and textile companies such as Rajasthan Spinning, RSWM and Sangam Group based there. Rajasthan Tourism reinforces the same association by presenting Bhilwara as "the land of textiles" and calling it the "city of textiles and looms". The nickname is not a loose tourist label but reflects Bhilwara's recognised industrial specialisation in Rajasthan's textile economy.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Jodhpur is not Rajasthan's Textile City; Jodhpur is associated with the Sun City identity.
- (C) Pali has textile dyeing units, but the Textile City identity belongs to Bhilwara, which Rajasthan Tourism describes as the city of textiles and looms.
- (D) Jaipur is a major Rajasthan city, but Bhilwara carries the specific Textile City label.
Concept
Rajasthan's industrial geography includes location-based specialisation of textile clusters. Such nicknames recur in RAS because they compress economy, geography and district-level facts into one examinable association.