🇮🇳 100 GK Questions About Indian Capitals and Major Cities

Test Your Knowledge of India’s State Capitals, Union Territory Capitals & Major Cities

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India is home to hundreds of historically, culturally and economically important cities. This collection of 100 General Knowledge Questions covers Indian state capitals, Union Territory capitals, major metropolitan cities, historical cities, administrative centres, and important geographical facts.

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🏛️ State Capitals — Questions 1–40

1. What is the capital of Andhra Pradesh?

Amaravati

2. What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh?

Itanagar

3. What is the capital of Assam?

Dispur

4. What is the capital of Bihar?

Patna

5. What is the capital of Chhattisgarh?

Raipur

6. What is the capital of Goa?

Panaji

7. What is the capital of Gujarat?

Gandhinagar

8. What is the capital of Haryana?

Chandigarh

9. What is the capital of Himachal Pradesh?

Shimla

10. What is the capital of Jharkhand?

Ranchi

11. What is the capital of Karnataka?

Bengaluru (Bangalore)

12. What is the capital of Kerala?

Thiruvananthapuram

13. What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh?

Bhopal

14. What is the capital of Maharashtra?

Mumbai

15. What is the capital of Manipur?

Imphal

16. What is the capital of Meghalaya?

Shillong

17. What is the capital of Mizoram?

Aizawl

18. What is the capital of Nagaland?

Kohima

19. What is the capital of Odisha?

Bhubaneswar

20. What is the capital of Punjab?

Chandigarh

21. What is the capital of Rajasthan?

Jaipur

22. What is the capital of Sikkim?

Gangtok

23. What is the capital of Tamil Nadu?

Chennai

24. What is the capital of Telangana?

Hyderabad

25. What is the capital of Tripura?

Agartala

26. What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh?

Lucknow

27. What is the capital of Uttarakhand?

Dehradun

28. What is the capital of West Bengal?

Kolkata

29. Which state has Gandhinagar as its capital?

Gujarat

30. Which state has Jaipur as its capital?

Rajasthan

31. Which state has Lucknow as its capital?

Uttar Pradesh

32. Which state has Patna as its capital?

Bihar

33. Which state has Ranchi as its capital?

Jharkhand

34. Which state has Bhopal as its capital?

Madhya Pradesh

35. Which state has Raipur as its capital?

Chhattisgarh

36. Which state has Bhubaneswar as its capital?

Odisha

37. Which state has Shillong as its capital?

Meghalaya

38. Which state has Kohima as its capital?

Nagaland

39. Which state has Aizawl as its capital?

Mizoram

40. Which state has Gangtok as its capital?

Sikkim

🏝️ Union Territories & Capitals — Questions 41–50

41. What is the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

Port Blair

42. What is the capital of Chandigarh?

Chandigarh

43. What is the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?

Daman

44. What is the capital of Delhi?

New Delhi

45. What is the capital of Jammu and Kashmir?

Srinagar (summer) and Jammu (winter)

46. What is the capital of Ladakh?

Leh

47. What is the capital of Lakshadweep?

Kavaratti

48. Which Union Territory is administered from Kavaratti?

Lakshadweep

49. Which Union Territory has Leh as its administrative centre?

Ladakh

50. Which Union Territory shares Chandigarh as the capital of two states?

Chandigarh itself is a Union Territory and serves as the capital of Punjab and Haryana.

🌆 Major Indian Cities — Questions 51–75

51. Which city is known as the financial capital of India?

Mumbai

52. Which city is known as the Silicon Valley of India?

Bengaluru

53. Which city is popularly called the Pink City?

Jaipur

54. Which city is known as the City of Joy?

Kolkata

55. Which city is known as the City of Pearls?

Hyderabad

56. Which city is known as the Garden City of India?

Bengaluru

57. Which city is known as the Manchester of South India?

Coimbatore

58. Which city is known as the Manchester of India?

Ahmedabad

59. Which city is famous for the Taj Mahal?

Agra

60. Which city is associated with the Golden Temple?

Amritsar

61. Which city is famous for the Gateway of India?

Mumbai

62. Which city is famous for the Charminar?

Hyderabad

63. Which city is home to the Varanasi ghats along the Ganges?

Varanasi

64. Which city is often regarded as one of India’s oldest continuously inhabited cities?

Varanasi

65. Which city is famous for Dal Lake?

Srinagar

66. Which city is known for its beaches and Portuguese heritage in Goa?

Panaji

67. Which city is the major technology hub of Telangana?

Hyderabad

68. Which city is India’s major automobile and IT hub in Tamil Nadu?

Chennai

69. Which city is popularly called the Queen of the Arabian Sea?

Kochi

70. Which city is known as the cultural capital of Kerala?

Thrissur

71. Which city is famous for its backwaters and historic Chinese fishing nets?

Kochi

72. Which city is a major port city on India’s eastern coast and the capital of Tamil Nadu?

Chennai

73. Which city is famous for its diamond industry and textile industry in Gujarat?

Surat

74. Which city is one of India’s major centres for the automobile industry and engineering in Tamil Nadu?

Chennai

75. Which city is famous for the Victoria Memorial?

Kolkata

🏺 History, Geography & Culture — Questions 76–100

76. Which city served as the capital of British India before New Delhi?

Kolkata (then Calcutta)

77. In which city is the Red Fort located?

Delhi

78. In which city is the India Gate located?

New Delhi

79. Which city is home to the Qutub Minar?

Delhi

80. Which city is famous for the ruins of Hampi nearby?

Hampi is in Karnataka; Hospet, now officially Hosapete, is the nearest major city.

81. Which city is associated with the ancient university of Nalanda?

Nalanda is in Bihar; Rajgir and Bihar Sharif are nearby important cities.

82. Which city is famous for the Jagannath Temple?

Puri

83. Which city is famous for the Meenakshi Amman Temple?

Madurai

84. Which city is famous for the Brihadisvara Temple?

Thanjavur

85. Which city is famous for the Somnath Temple region?

Somnath, Gujarat

86. Which city is known as the spiritual capital of India by many travellers?

Varanasi

87. Which city is associated with Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram?

Ahmedabad

88. Which city is associated with the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919?

Amritsar

89. Which city is known for the Howrah Bridge?

Kolkata

90. Which city is famous for the Mysore Palace?

Mysuru

91. Which city is famous for the Gateway of India and Marine Drive?

Mumbai

92. Which city is famous for its Blue City nickname?

Jodhpur

93. Which city is popularly called the City of Lakes in Rajasthan?

Udaipur

94. Which city is known as the City Beautiful and serves as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana?

Chandigarh

95. Which city is famous for the Rock Garden created by Nek Chand?

Chandigarh

96. Which city is famous for the Ajanta and Ellora caves nearby?

Aurangabad, now officially Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

97. Which city is a major centre of Sikhism and home to the Golden Temple?

Amritsar

98. Which city is famous for its historic Fort Kochi area?

Kochi

99. Which city is known for the Sun Temple at Konark in its wider region?

Konark, Odisha

100. Which city is India’s national capital?

New Delhi

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📌 Quick Revision

India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories.
New Delhi is the national capital of India.
Mumbai is India's major financial centre.
Bengaluru is India's leading technology and startup hub.
Kolkata was the capital of British India before the capital was moved to Delhi in 1911.
Chandigarh serves as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana and is also a Union Territory.

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