Question

Concept of 'Primate City' was given by Jefferson in
1. 1929
2. 1938
3. 1939
4. 1940

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : 1939

​Concept of 'Primate City':

• This theory was developed by Mark Jefferson in 1939
• He was a cartographer
• He was the head of the geography department at Michigan State Normal College (MSNC)

Hence, option 3 is the correct answer.

Main concept:

• The leading city of a country is usually disproportionately larger than others
• Primate city has a stratum of small towns dominated  by a very large city with an absence of intermediate centers
• The ratio of the population of the countries,   100:30:20
• The largest city has pre-eminence in infrastructure, economic, social, and political affairs.