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Which of the following cities bagged the Cleanest City Award for three consecutive years?

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Mysore
  • Ahmedabad
  • Chandigarh
  • Indore
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The question is checking which city topped the national cleanliness survey three years in a row.

  1. Mysore: It held an earlier cleanliness distinction, but not the three-year consecutive streak referred to here.
  2. Ahmedabad: It has not achieved the top rank for three straight years in the Swachh Survekshan rounds.
  3. Chandigarh: Despite its reputation for orderly planning, Chandigarh did not secure the number-one cleanliness rank three years running.
  4. Indore: Indore topped the Swachh Survekshan rankings in 2017, 2018 and 2019, becoming the first city to be named India's cleanest for three consecutive years.

The correct answer is Indore, the city that retained the top cleanliness rank across three successive annual surveys.

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Swachh Survekshan is conducted every year, so a city holding the "cleanest" tag for three consecutive years must appear at rank one in three back-to-back editions of the same survey. Testing this against each option is a quick way to confirm the answer.

  1. Mysore: Its cleanliness distinction predates the annual Swachh Survekshan format, so it cannot be credited with three consecutive editions at rank one.
  2. Ahmedabad: It has ranked well in some editions but not at number one across three straight years.
  3. Chandigarh: Its record includes strong showings but not an unbroken three-year run at the very top.
  4. Indore: It ranked first in the 2017, 2018, and 2019 editions back to back, the only city to do so at that stage of the survey's history.

The correct answer is Indore, the only city with three back-to-back number-one finishes in the Swachh Survekshan rankings.

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