RAS question
Which Indian city is known as 'Cyberabad'?
Correct answer: (B) Hyderabad.
Hyderabad is known as Cyberabad because its IT and ITES economy developed around HITEC City.
Explanation
Hyderabad is the city referred to as Cyberabad. The official Hyderabad district economy page says the city is also called Cyberabad because of the development of the IT industry, and it separately links this infrastructure story to HITEC City. Hyderabad's IT/ITES sector is centred around HITEC City, with major offices of Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook. The nickname therefore points to Hyderabad's role as an information-technology hub, not merely to a generic urban label. Cyberabad belongs with Hyderabad's IT industry and HITEC City.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Noida is not Cyberabad; the Hyderabad District, Government of Telangana, applies that nickname to Hyderabad because of IT-industry development.
- (C) Bengaluru is a major IT city, but Cyberabad is Hyderabad's nickname in connection with its IT industry and HITEC City.
- (D) Pune is not Cyberabad; the nickname is tied to Hyderabad's IT industry and HITEC City.
Concept
This tests the economic-geography habit of linking Indian cities with sectoral identities and technology corridors. Such nicknames recur in RAS because they compress urbanisation, infrastructure and industrial-location facts into one exam-friendly clue.