Q191
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeArt, Culture, Literature & Cinema
Which two Indian cities for the first time have been designated as members of UNESCO's Creative Cities Network (UCCN)?
- a.Kolkata and Mumbai
- b.Bangalore and Jamshedpur
- c.Varanasi and Jaipur
- d.Bhopal and Imphal
Answer: (C) Varanasi and Jaipur
Answer as of 2016 — this may have changed since.
In 2015, Varanasi (City of Music) and Jaipur (City of Crafts and Folk Art) became the first Indian cities to be designated as members of UNESCO's Creative Cities Network (UCCN). The UCCN was created in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor of sustainable urban development.