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.
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
Find all answers in the table below:
- (a) Bhubaneshwar 2. (d) West Bengal 3. (d) Shimla
- (b) Raipur 5. (d) Panaji 6. (a) Chandigarh
- (d) Sikkim 8. (b) Gujarat 9. (c) Kerala
- (d) Shillong 11. (c) Lucknow 12. (a) Arunachal Pradesh
- (d) Srinagar 14. (a) Assam 15. (a) Dehradun
- (b) Mumbai 17. (c) Telugu and Urdu 18. (b) Lotus
- (d) Jharkhand 20. (a) Meghalaya 21. (b) Karnataka
- (c) Rajasthan 23. (b) Meghalaya 24. (d) Kolkata
- (a) Agartala 26. (b) Jaipur 27. (b) Coimbatore
- (d) Patna 29. (d) Shillong 30. (d) Kolkata
- (c) Aizawl 32. (a) Panaji 33. (b) Ranchi
- (d) Raipur 35. (a) Chandigarh
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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