🇮🇳 110 GK Questions About Indian States
Test your knowledge of India’s states, capitals, geography, history, culture, symbols, rivers, festivals and famous landmarks.
🗺️ Indian States GK Questions
1What is the capital of Andhra Pradesh?
Answer: Amaravati
2Which state is known as the “Rice Bowl of India”?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
3What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: Itanagar
4Which is the largest state of India by area?
Answer: Rajasthan
5What is the capital of Assam?
Answer: Dispur
6Which famous festival is associated with Assam and the Assamese New Year?
Answer: Bohag Bihu
7What is the capital of Bihar?
Answer: Patna
8Which ancient university was located near present-day Patna in Bihar?
Answer: Nalanda University was in present-day Nalanda district of Bihar.
9What is the capital of Chhattisgarh?
Answer: Raipur
10Which state is famous for its extensive Bastar region and tribal culture?
Answer: Chhattisgarh
11What is the capital of Goa?
Answer: Panaji
12Which state is famous for the Carnival celebration in India?
Answer: Goa
13What is the capital of Gujarat?
Answer: Gandhinagar
14In which state is the Statue of Unity located?
Answer: Gujarat
15What is the capital of Haryana?
Answer: Chandigarh
16Which state shares Chandigarh as its capital with Punjab?
Answer: Haryana
17What is the capital of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Shimla
18Which hill station in Himachal Pradesh is known as the “Queen of Hills”?
Answer: Shimla
19What is the capital of Jharkhand?
Answer: Ranchi
20Which waterfall near Ranchi is formed by the Subarnarekha River?
Answer: Hundru Falls
21What is the capital of Karnataka?
Answer: Bengaluru
22Which classical dance form is traditionally associated with Karnataka?
Answer: Yakshagana is a major traditional theatre/dance tradition of Karnataka.
23What is the capital of Kerala?
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram
24Which famous classical dance-drama originated in Kerala?
Answer: Kathakali
25Which state is popularly known as “God’s Own Country”?
Answer: Kerala
26What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh?
Answer: Bhopal
27Which Indian state is geographically located around the central part of India and is called the “Heart of India”?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
28What is the capital of Maharashtra?
Answer: Mumbai
29Which city is the capital of Maharashtra and India’s major financial centre?
Answer: Mumbai
30What is the capital of Manipur?
Answer: Imphal
31Which classical dance form is associated with Manipur?
Answer: Manipuri
32What is the capital of Meghalaya?
Answer: Shillong
33Which state is famous for Mawsynram, one of the wettest places on Earth?
Answer: Meghalaya
34What is the capital of Mizoram?
Answer: Aizawl
35Which state celebrates Chapchar Kut as an important festival?
Answer: Mizoram
36What is the capital of Nagaland?
Answer: Kohima
37Which major cultural festival is held annually in Nagaland?
Answer: Hornbill Festival
38What is the capital of Odisha?
Answer: Bhubaneswar
39Which classical dance form originated in Odisha?
Answer: Odissi
40In which state is the Sun Temple at Konark located?
Answer: Odisha
41What is the capital of Punjab?
Answer: Chandigarh
42Which state is famous for the Golden Temple at Amritsar?
Answer: Punjab
43What is the capital of Rajasthan?
Answer: Jaipur
44Which is the largest Indian state by area?
Answer: Rajasthan
45Which city in Rajasthan is known as the “Pink City”?
Answer: Jaipur
46What is the capital of Sikkim?
Answer: Gangtok
47Which is the highest mountain peak in India, located in Sikkim?
Answer: Kangchenjunga
48What is the capital of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Chennai
49Which classical dance form is strongly associated with Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Bharatanatyam
50In which state are the temples of Mahabalipuram located?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
51What is the capital of Telangana?
Answer: Hyderabad
52Which famous monument in Hyderabad is known for its four minarets?
Answer: Charminar
53What is the capital of Tripura?
Answer: Agartala
54Which famous palace is located in Agartala?
Answer: Ujjayanta Palace
55What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Lucknow
56Which is the most populous state of India?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
57In which state is the Taj Mahal located?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
58What is the capital of Uttarakhand?
Answer: Dehradun
59Which state is home to the Valley of Flowers National Park?
Answer: Uttarakhand
60What is the capital of West Bengal?
Answer: Kolkata
61Which major festival is especially associated with West Bengal?
Answer: Durga Puja
62Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
Answer: Gujarat
63Which state is famous for the Sundarbans?
Answer: West Bengal
64Which state is famous for the backwaters of Alappuzha?
Answer: Kerala
65Which state is home to Gir National Park, famous for Asiatic lions?
Answer: Gujarat
66Which state is known for the Kaziranga National Park?
Answer: Assam
67Which state is home to Kanha National Park?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
68Which state is home to Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve?
Answer: Kerala
69Which state is famous for the Gir Forest?
Answer: Gujarat
70Which state is home to the Chilika Lake?
Answer: Odisha
71Which state is famous for the Thar Desert?
Answer: Rajasthan
72Which state is traversed by the River Narmada and contains the Marble Rocks at Bhedaghat?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
73Which state is home to the Jog Falls?
Answer: Karnataka
74Which state is famous for Athirappilly Falls?
Answer: Kerala
75In which state is the Ajanta Caves complex located?
Answer: Maharashtra
76In which state are the Ellora Caves located?
Answer: Maharashtra
77Which state is home to the Khajuraho Group of Monuments?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
78Which state is home to the ruins of Hampi?
Answer: Karnataka
79Which state is associated with the historic city of Vijayanagara at Hampi?
Answer: Karnataka
80Which state was the birthplace of Gautama Buddha at Lumbini’s ancient cultural region, while Bodh Gaya is located in Bihar?
Answer: Bihar is home to Bodh Gaya, where Buddha attained enlightenment.
81Which state is associated with the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi at Porbandar?
Answer: Gujarat
82Which state is associated with the Sabarmati Ashram?
Answer: Gujarat
83Which state was formed as a separate linguistic state in 1956 and is famous for Telugu culture?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
84Which state was created in 2000 along with Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand?
Answer: Jharkhand was created in 2000; Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand were also created that year.
85Which state animal is the Indian elephant in Kerala?
Answer: Kerala’s state animal is the Indian elephant.
86What is the state flower of Kerala?
Answer: Kanikonna (Golden Shower Tree flower)
87What is the state animal of Karnataka?
Answer: Indian elephant
88What is the state bird of Rajasthan?
Answer: Great Indian Bustard
89What is the state animal of Gujarat?
Answer: Asiatic lion
90Which state has the one-horned rhinoceros as one of its best-known wildlife symbols?
Answer: Assam
91Which state is famous for the Onam festival?
Answer: Kerala
92Which state is famous for the Pongal harvest festival?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
93Which state is particularly associated with Bihu?
Answer: Assam
94Which state is famous for the Gangaur festival?
Answer: Rajasthan
95Which state is particularly famous for Navratri Garba celebrations?
Answer: Gujarat
96Which state is especially famous for Durga Puja celebrations?
Answer: West Bengal
97Which state is famous for the Hornbill Festival?
Answer: Nagaland
98Which state is famous for the Pushkar Camel Fair?
Answer: Rajasthan
99Which state is known for the Western Ghats and a long Arabian Sea coastline?
Answer: Kerala
100Which Indian state is home to the world’s largest population of Asiatic lions in the wild?
Answer: Gujarat
101Which state is home to the famous Darjeeling tea-growing region?
Answer: West Bengal
102Which state is famous for the Nilgiri Hills, shared geographically with neighbouring southern states?
Answer: Tamil Nadu is one of the principal states associated with the Nilgiri Hills.
103Which state is home to the famous Loktak Lake?
Answer: Manipur
104Which state is home to the famous Living Root Bridges?
Answer: Meghalaya
105Which state is home to the Valley of Flowers and several important Himalayan pilgrimage centres?
Answer: Uttarakhand
106Which state is home to the famous Rann of Kutch?
Answer: Gujarat
107Which state is home to the Victoria Memorial?
Answer: West Bengal
108Which state is home to the Gateway of India?
Answer: Maharashtra
109Which state is home to the famous Meenakshi Amman Temple at Madurai?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
110Which state is home to the Golden Temple at Amritsar?
Answer: Punjab
📋 Answer Key – 1 to 110
1. Amaravati
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Itanagar
4. Rajasthan
5. Dispur
6. Bohag Bihu
7. Patna
8. Nalanda University
9. Raipur
10. Chhattisgarh
11. Panaji
12. Goa
13. Gandhinagar
14. Gujarat
15. Chandigarh
16. Haryana
17. Shimla
18. Shimla
19. Ranchi
20. Hundru Falls
21. Bengaluru
22. Yakshagana
23. Thiruvananthapuram
24. Kathakali
25. Kerala
26. Bhopal
27. Madhya Pradesh
28. Mumbai
29. Mumbai
30. Imphal
31. Manipuri
32. Shillong
33. Meghalaya
34. Aizawl
35. Mizoram
36. Kohima
37. Hornbill Festival
38. Bhubaneswar
39. Odissi
40. Odisha
41. Chandigarh
42. Punjab
43. Jaipur
44. Rajasthan
45. Jaipur
46. Gangtok
47. Kangchenjunga
48. Chennai
49. Bharatanatyam
50. Tamil Nadu
51. Hyderabad
52. Charminar
53. Agartala
54. Ujjayanta Palace
55. Lucknow
56. Uttar Pradesh
57. Uttar Pradesh
58. Dehradun
59. Uttarakhand
60. Kolkata
61. Durga Puja
62. Gujarat
63. West Bengal
64. Kerala
65. Gujarat
66. Assam
67. Madhya Pradesh
68. Kerala
69. Gujarat
70. Odisha
71. Rajasthan
72. Madhya Pradesh
73. Karnataka
74. Kerala
75. Maharashtra
76. Maharashtra
77. Madhya Pradesh
78. Karnataka
79. Karnataka
80. Bihar
81. Gujarat
82. Gujarat
83. Andhra Pradesh
84. Jharkhand
85. Indian elephant
86. Kanikonna
87. Indian elephant
88. Great Indian Bustard
89. Asiatic lion
90. Assam
91. Kerala
92. Tamil Nadu
93. Assam
94. Rajasthan
95. Gujarat
96. West Bengal
97. Nagaland
98. Rajasthan
99. Kerala
100. Gujarat
101. West Bengal
102. Tamil Nadu
103. Manipur
104. Meghalaya
105. Uttarakhand
106. Gujarat
107. West Bengal
108. Maharashtra
109. Tamil Nadu
110. Punjab
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