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Indian States & Capitals: questions and answers

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  1. 1. What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh?

    • A. Aizawl
    • B. Itanagar
    • C. Kohima
    • D. Imphal

    Answer: Itanagar

    Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, the region once known as the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA). It became a Union Territory in 1972 and a full state in 1987.

  2. 2. What is the capital of Meghalaya?

    • A. Guwahati
    • B. Agartala
    • C. Dispur
    • D. Shillong

    Answer: Shillong

    Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya ('abode of clouds'), which was carved out of Assam and became a full state on 21 January 1972 — the same day as Manipur and Tripura. Shillong had earlier been the capital of undivided Assam; Assam's capital is now Dispur.

  3. 3. Which city serves as the common capital of both Punjab and Haryana?

    • A. Chandigarh
    • B. Amritsar
    • C. Ambala
    • D. Ludhiana

    Answer: Chandigarh

    Chandigarh, a planned city designed largely by the architect Le Corbusier, is the capital of both states and is itself a Union Territory. Haryana was carved out of Punjab on 1 November 1966.

  4. 4. What is the capital of Mizoram?

    • A. Imphal
    • B. Kohima
    • C. Aizawl
    • D. Shillong

    Answer: Aizawl

    Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram, which became a full state on 20 February 1987 following the Mizoram Peace Accord of 1986. Arunachal Pradesh also became a state on the same day.

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  6. 5. What is the capital of Odisha?

    • A. Bhubaneswar
    • B. Cuttack
    • C. Puri
    • D. Sambalpur

    Answer: Bhubaneswar

    Bhubaneswar, planned after independence by the German architect Otto Königsberger, replaced Cuttack as the capital of Odisha. Odisha became a separate province on 1 April 1936, a date celebrated every year as Utkal Divas.

  7. 6. Chhattisgarh was carved out of which state in November 2000?

    • A. Bihar
    • B. Uttar Pradesh
    • C. Odisha
    • D. Madhya Pradesh

    Answer: Madhya Pradesh

    Chhattisgarh was formed from Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 2000. In the same month, Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh (9 November) and Jharkhand out of Bihar (15 November).

  8. 7. Gangtok is the capital of which state, which became part of India in 1975?

    • A. Arunachal Pradesh
    • B. Sikkim
    • C. Nagaland
    • D. Himachal Pradesh

    Answer: Sikkim

    Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim, a Himalayan kingdom ruled by the Chogyal monarchs until 1975. The 36th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1975 made Sikkim a full state of India.

  9. 8. Telangana, formed on 2 June 2014, has which city as its capital?

    • A. Warangal
    • B. Vijayawada
    • C. Hyderabad
    • D. Visakhapatnam

    Answer: Hyderabad

    Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, with Hyderabad as its capital. The Act also allowed Hyderabad to serve as the common capital of both states for a period of up to ten years.

  10. 9. What is the capital of Goa?

    • A. Margao
    • B. Panaji
    • C. Vasco da Gama
    • D. Mapusa

    Answer: Panaji

    Panaji, on the banks of the Mandovi river, is the capital of Goa. Goa, under Portuguese rule until 1961, was part of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu before becoming a full state on 30 May 1987.

  11. 10. What is the capital of Gujarat?

    • A. Ahmedabad
    • B. Surat
    • C. Vadodara
    • D. Gandhinagar

    Answer: Gandhinagar

    Gandhinagar, a planned city named after Mahatma Gandhi, is the capital of Gujarat; Ahmedabad served as the first capital. Gujarat and Maharashtra were both created on 1 May 1960 by dividing the former Bombay State.

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