GK Questions On States And Capitals Of India

Knowledge about the states and Capitals of the country in which we live is essential. It widens your child’s general knowledge and forms a very important part of your little one’s education. It helps your child grow on a personal level and at the academic level. Among many other topics we encounter daily, states and Capitals play an essential role. Let’s discuss them in detail. Your child will have fun learning and improving their general knowledge about Indian states through this quiz on Indian states and Capitals. It will develop your little one’s understanding of  Indian states and their capitals and enhance their confidence. Let us look at a few GK questions on Indian states and Capitals for classes 1, 2 and 3. 

General Knowledge Questions On States And Capitals Of India With Answers

India has 28 States and 8 Union Territories. Each state and union territory has a Capital city. We will discuss the states and their Capitals through this quiz.

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Questions 

Let us help your child learn about the states and capitals in a fun way through questions and answers. For example, there is a list of questions like Chennai is the capital of which state or which is the capital of Bihar, and there are options given from which your little one chooses the right answer. Besides knowing the states and their capital, they also learn the special names of some states and their special attributes.

Let’s Begin The Quiz! 

Q1 . ________________ is the Capital of Odisha (Orissa). 

a) Bhubaneshwar
b) Cuttack
c) Kolkata
d) Shillong

Q2. Kolkata is the Capital of which state? 

a) Jharkhand
b) Odisha (Orissa)
c) Tripura
d) West Bengal

Q3. What is the Capital of Himachal Pradesh? 

a) Bhopal
b) Chandigarh
c) Manali
d) Shimla

Q4. _________________ is the Capital of Chhattisgarh. 

a) Bengaluru (Bangalore)
b) Raipur
c) Ranchi
d) Patna

Q5. The Capital of Goa is _____________________. 

a) Hyderabad
b) Imphal
c) Itanagar
d) Panaji

Q6.  _______________ is the Capital of Punjab.

a) Chandigarh
b) Chennai
c) Delhi
d) Jaipur

Q7. Gangtok is the Capital of which state? 

a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Mizoram
c) Nagaland
d) Sikkim

Q8. Gandhinagar is the Capital of which state? 

a) Goa
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Telangana

Q9. Thiruvananthapuram is the Capital of __________________. 

a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Kerala
d) Telangana

Q10. _________________ is the Capital of Meghalaya. 

a) Agartala
b) Aizawl
c) Kohima
d) Shillong

Q11. What is the Capital of Uttar Pradesh? 

a) Gorakhpur
b) Kanpur
c) Lucknow
d) Prayagraj (Allahabad)

Q12. Itanagar is the Capital of _______________. 

a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Goa

Q13. Name the “Cummer Capital” of Jammu and Kashmir? 

a) Anantnag
b) Jammu
c) Shimla
d) Srinagar

Q14. Name the North-Eastern state with Dispur as the Capital.

a) Assam
b) Meghalaya
c) Mizoram
d) Tripura

Q15. ________________ is the Capital of Uttarakhand. 

a) Dehradun
b) Lucknow
c) Prayagraj
d) Shimla

Q16. What is the Capital of Maharashtra? 

a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) New Delhi
d) None of the above

Q17. What are the major languages spoken in Andhra Pradesh? 

a) Bengali and Odia
b) Odia and Telugu
c) Telugu and Kannada
d) Telugu and Urdu

Q18. What is the state flower of Haryana? 

a) Golden Shower
b) Lotus
c) Not declared
d) Rhododendron

Q19. Select the state which is not located in the North?

a) Haryana
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Jharkhand

Q20. Khasi is the main language of which of the following state? 

a) Meghalaya
b) Mizoram
c) Nagaland
d) Tripura

Q21. Which is the largest coffee-producing state in India?

a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Kerala
d) Tamil Nadu

Q22. Which state has the largest area? 

a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh

Q23. In what state is Elephant Falls located? 

a) Manipur
b) Meghalaya
c) Mizoram
d) Orissa

Q24. What is the Capital of West Bengal? 

a) Calicut
b) Durgapur
c) Kharagpur
d) Kolkata

Q25. What is the Capital of Tripura? 

a) Agartala
b) Aizawl
c) Kanchanpur
d) Udaipur

Q26. What is the Capital of Rajasthan? 

a) Ajmer
b) Jaipur
c) Jodhpur
d) Rajsamand

Q27. What is the Capital of Tamil Nadu?

a) Chennai
b) Coimbatore
c) Kanchipuram
d) Madurai

Q28. What is the Capital of Bihar? 

a) Chennai
b) Imphal
c) Kolkata
d) Patna

Q29. What is the Capital of Meghalaya? 

a) Durgapur
b) Imphal
c) Shallang
d) Shillong

Q30. Which Capital city is known as the City of Joy? 

a) Chennai
b) Coimbatore
c) Imphal
d) Kolkata

Q31. _______________ is the Capital of Mizoram. 

a) Agartala
b) Shillong
c) Aizawl
d) Kohima 

Q32. What is the Capital of Goa? 

a) Panaji
b) Vasco da Gama
c) Margao
d) Ponda 

Q33. _______________ is the Capital of Jharkhand. 

a) Jamshedpur
b) Ranchi
c) Bokaro
d) Dhanbad 

Q34. What is the Capital of Chhattisgarh? 

a) Bilaspur
b) Durg
c) Korba
d) Raipur 

Q35. _______________ is the Capital of Haryana. 

a) Chandigarh
b) Panchkula
c) Ambala
d) Hisar

Answers

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We hope this quiz will help your little one gain a lot of knowledge about the states and Capitals of India. Getting this basic idea about one’s country is important. The general knowledge will make your little one acquainted with their country and will enable them to engage in conversations with confidence. We have incorporated as many points as possible and have kept the language very simple so that it is easy for your child to understand.

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