State Union Territories of India

Total Questions: 51

41. Capital of Gujarat is - [45th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2001]

(c) Gandhinagar
(a) Godhra
(b) Baroda
(d) Ahmedabad

Correct Answer: (c) Gandhinagar

Solution:Gandhinagar is the capital of the state of Gujarat, Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the industrial corridor between the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai. Gandhinagar lies on the west bank of the Sabarmati River, about 545 km (338 miles) north of Mumbai and 901 km (560 miles) southwest of Delhi. 151 The Akshardham temple is located in Gandhinagar. 16 There was a determination to make Gandhinagar a purely Indian enterprise, partly because the state of Gujarat was the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi.

42. Capital of Rajasthan is- [45th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2001]

(a) Jaipur
(b) Udaipur
(c) Jodhpur
(d) Ajmer

Correct Answer: (a) Jaipur

Solution:The capital city of Rajasthan is Jaipur. Jaipur is also known as Pink City. Hawa Mahal is situated in Jaipur. Jaipur is the 10th most populous city in India. As pink was the dominant colour scheme of the buildings in Jaipur, this city came to be known as the 'Pink City.' The famous Indian scientist, C.V. Raman had called Jaipur the 'Island of Glory.' Jaipur is also known as the Paris of India.
Kachhwaha Rajput ruler Jai Singh II founded Jaipur in 1727. He was the ruler of Amer. Jaipur was a planned city, designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. It is also the largest city in the state of Rajasthan.

43. Itanagar is the capital of which of the following states? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]

(a) Mizoram
(b) Puducherry
(c) Tripura.
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: (d) Arunachal Pradesh

Solution:Itanagar is the capital city of Arunachal Pradesh. Being the hub of all the major economic bases, Itanagar, along with the adjacent town of Naharlagun, comprise the administrative region of the Itanagar Capital Complex Region. This stretches from the Itanagar Municipal limit at Chandranagar Town extended until Nirjuli Town, and is a major junction of cultural, economic, fashion, education and recreational activities.

44. The capital of the twenty-ninth State of India is [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) Hyderabad
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Panaji
(d) Silvassa

Correct Answer: (a) Hyderabad

Solution:Telangana is the 29th State of India with Hyderabad as its capital. After the Reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir, there are 28 state in India.

45. Which one of the following is correctly matched? [Uttarakhand P.C.S.(Pre) 2002]

	List I	List I
(a)	Assam	Shillong
(b)	Meghalaya	Kohima
(c)	Mizoram	Aizawl
(d)	Nagaland	Guwahati

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:The States and their capitals are as follows:

State	Capital
Assam	Dispur
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima

46. Which of the following is not a planned capital city? [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A.(PRE) 2003]

(a) Chandigarh
(b) Bhubaneswar
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Gandhinagar

Correct Answer: (c) Bengaluru

Solution:Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, and Gandhinagar are well-planned cities whereas Bengaluru is not a planned city.

47. Match List-I (States) with List-II (Capitals) and selected the correct answer from the code given below: [U.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 1994]

	List I	List I
A.	Assam	1. Shillong
B.	Nagaland	2. Kohima
C.	Arunachal Pradesh	3. Dispur
D.	Meghalaya	4. Itanagar

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	3	1	4
(b)	3	2	4	1
(c)	4	1	3	2
(d)	1	4	2	3

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The correct matched of the given States and their capitals is as follows.

State	Capital
Assam	Dispur
Nagaland	Kohima
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
Meghalaya	Shillong

48. Match List I (States) with List II (Capitals) and select the answer from the code given below: [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A.(PRE) 2003]

	List I(States)	List II(Capitals)
A.	Assam	Gandhinagar
B.	Mizoram	Imphal
C.	Gujarat	Dispur
D.	Manipur	Aizawl

	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	3	4	1
(b)	3	4	1	2
(c)	1	3	2	4
(d)	4	1	3	2

Code:

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The correct match is as follows:

States	Capitals
Assam	Dispur
Mizoram	Aizawl
Gujarat	Gandhinagar
Manipur	Imphal

49. Which State of India touches maximum State boundaries? [M.P.P.C.S.(PRE) 2018]

(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: (d) Uttar Pradesh

Solution:The state Uttar Pradesh is bordered by Rajasthan to the West, Haryana, Himachal and Delhi to the Northwest, Uttarakhand to the North, Bihar to the East, Madhya Pradesh to the South, and touches the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to the Southeast. Hence it borders with 8 states and one Union Territory.

50. Which state does not touch the boundary of Madhya Pradesh? [M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: (c) Jharkhand

Solution:Madhya Pradesh shares borders with Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Jharkhand shares borders with Bihar, West Bengal. Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.

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