🇮🇳 100 GK Questions About Indian Union Territories
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🗺️ Indian Union Territories GK Questions
1How many Union Territories does India have?
Answer: 8
2What is the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Answer: Port Blair
3What is the capital of Chandigarh?
Answer: Chandigarh
4What is the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?
Answer: Daman
5What is the capital of Delhi?
Answer: New Delhi
6What is the capital of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Srinagar (summer) and Jammu (winter)
7What is the capital of Ladakh?
Answer: Leh
8What is the capital of Lakshadweep?
Answer: Kavaratti
9What is the capital of Puducherry?
Answer: Puducherry
10Which Union Territory consists of a group of islands in the Arabian Sea?
Answer: Lakshadweep
11Which Union Territory consists of islands in the Bay of Bengal?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
12Which is India’s smallest Union Territory by area?
Answer: Lakshadweep
13Which Union Territory is India’s largest by area?
Answer: Ladakh
14Which Union Territory is famous for coral reefs and lagoons?
Answer: Lakshadweep
15Which Union Territory contains the Nicobar Islands?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
16Which Union Territory lies in the Himalayas and includes Leh?
Answer: Ladakh
17Which Union Territory is located between the states of Punjab and Haryana?
Answer: Chandigarh
18Which Union Territory contains the city of Kargil?
Answer: Ladakh
19Which Union Territory has enclaves surrounded by Gujarat?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
20Which Union Territory is located on India’s southeastern coast and has connections with Tamil culture?
Answer: Puducherry
21When did Jammu and Kashmir become a Union Territory?
Answer: 31 October 2019
22When did Ladakh become a Union Territory?
Answer: 31 October 2019
23Which two Union Territories were created in 2019 from the former state of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
24Which Union Territory was created by merging Dadra and Nagar Haveli with Daman and Diu?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
25When did Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu become a single Union Territory?
Answer: 26 January 2020
26Which Union Territory was formerly a French colony?
Answer: Puducherry
27Which Union Territory was formerly under Portuguese rule along with Goa?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
28Which Union Territory was known historically as the French settlement of Pondicherry?
Answer: Puducherry
29Which Union Territory includes the historic town of Mahé?
Answer: Puducherry
30Which Union Territory includes the former French settlement of Karaikal?
Answer: Puducherry
31Which is the largest island in the Andaman group?
Answer: Middle Andaman
32Which island is home to the active volcano known as Barren Island?
Answer: Barren Island
33Which Union Territory contains Barren Island?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
34Which island group is famous for its coral atolls?
Answer: Lakshadweep
35What is the main island group of Lakshadweep located in which sea?
Answer: Arabian Sea
36Which island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is famous for its limestone caves and beaches?
Answer: Baratang Island
37Which island is particularly famous for tourism and is commonly known as Swaraj Dweep?
Answer: Havelock Island
38What is the former name of Swaraj Dweep?
Answer: Havelock Island
39Which island is also known as Shaheed Dweep?
Answer: Neil Island
40What is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands located on South Andaman Island?
Answer: Port Blair
41Which historic prison is located in Port Blair?
Answer: Cellular Jail
42What is another name for the Cellular Jail?
Answer: Kala Pani
43Which freedom fighter was famously imprisoned in Cellular Jail?
Answer: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was among the prominent freedom fighters imprisoned there.
44Which national memorial in Port Blair commemorates Indian freedom fighters?
Answer: Cellular Jail National Memorial
45Which Union Territory is famous for Pangong Tso?
Answer: Ladakh
46Which Union Territory contains Nubra Valley?
Answer: Ladakh
47Which mountain range separates the Indus Valley from the Shyok and Nubra valleys in Ladakh?
Answer: Ladakh Range
48Which river flows through the Ladakh region?
Answer: Indus River
49Which famous high-altitude lake lies partly in India and partly in China and is associated with Ladakh?
Answer: Pangong Tso
50Which Union Territory is known for its high-altitude cold desert landscape?
Answer: Ladakh
51Which Union Territory includes the Kashmir Valley?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
52Which river is closely associated with Srinagar?
Answer: Jhelum River
53Which famous lake is located in Srinagar?
Answer: Dal Lake
54Which famous garden in Srinagar was built during the Mughal period?
Answer: Shalimar Bagh
55Which Union Territory contains the Vaishno Devi shrine?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
56Which Union Territory contains Gulmarg?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
57Which Union Territory contains Pahalgam?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
58Which traditional dance of Jammu and Kashmir is performed during festivals and celebrations?
Answer: Rouff is a traditional Kashmiri dance.
59Which traditional Kashmiri handicraft is famous for intricate embroidery?
Answer: Kashmiri embroidery, including Sozni work
60Which traditional woollen textile is associated with Kashmir?
Answer: Pashmina
61Which Union Territory contains the famous Dal Lake?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
62Which Union Territory contains the city of Jammu?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
63Which monument in Puducherry is dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi Statue and Memorial area on the seafront
64Which famous spiritual centre near Puducherry was founded by Sri Aurobindo’s followers?
Answer: Auroville
65Which French colonial influence is especially visible in Puducherry’s architecture?
Answer: French colonial architectural influence
66Which famous church in Puducherry is known for its Gothic architecture?
Answer: Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
67Which ashram is one of the major attractions of Puducherry?
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
68Which Union Territory is known for its French Quarter?
Answer: Puducherry
69Which Union Territory has four geographically separated districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam?
Answer: Puducherry
70Which Union Territory has Mahe on the Malabar Coast?
Answer: Puducherry
71Which Union Territory is surrounded by Kerala on the landward side at Mahe?
Answer: Puducherry
72Which Union Territory is famous for the Diu Fort?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
73Which Union Territory contains the historic Daman Fort?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
74Which Union Territory has the town of Silvassa as its major administrative centre?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
75Which Union Territory is located along the Arabian Sea coast and includes Daman and Diu?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
76Which Union Territory contains the town of Silvassa?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
77Which Union Territory is famous for its beaches at Diu?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
78Which Union Territory contains the wildlife-rich Dadra and Nagar Haveli region?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
79Which Union Territory contains Chandigarh city?
Answer: Chandigarh
80Chandigarh serves as the capital of which two Indian states?
Answer: Punjab and Haryana
81Who designed the master plan of Chandigarh?
Answer: Le Corbusier
82Which famous complex in Chandigarh is associated with Le Corbusier?
Answer: Capitol Complex
83Which unusual art attraction in Chandigarh was created by Nek Chand?
Answer: Rock Garden of Chandigarh
84Which Union Territory is India’s national capital territory?
Answer: Delhi
85Which historic monument in Delhi was built by Shah Jahan?
Answer: Red Fort
86Which famous minaret complex is located in Delhi?
Answer: Qutub Minar
87Which memorial is dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi?
Answer: Raj Ghat
88Which famous war memorial is located in New Delhi?
Answer: India Gate is a war memorial.
89Which presidential residence is located in New Delhi?
Answer: Rashtrapati Bhavan
90Which UNESCO World Heritage site in Delhi is famous for its tomb architecture?
Answer: Humayun’s Tomb
91Which Union Territory is known for extensive mangrove forests in the Andaman and Nicobar region?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
92Which Union Territory is famous for scuba diving and coral reefs?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep
93Which Union Territory is particularly famous for lagoons formed by coral atolls?
Answer: Lakshadweep
94Which Union Territory is famous for the world’s northernmost high-altitude landscapes in India?
Answer: Ladakh
95Which Union Territory is famous for Buddhist monasteries such as Thiksey and Hemis?
Answer: Ladakh
96Which Union Territory celebrates the Hemis Festival at a famous Buddhist monastery?
Answer: Ladakh
97Which Union Territory is famous for the traditional Kashmiri cuisine called Wazwan?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
98Which Union Territory is famous for traditional Lakshadweep cuisine influenced by Kerala and coastal traditions?
Answer: Lakshadweep
99Which Union Territory has Kavaratti as its administrative capital?
Answer: Lakshadweep
100Which Union Territory is made up of eight distinct administrative territories: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep and Puducherry?
Answer: India has 8 Union Territories.
📋 Answer Key – 1 to 100
1. 8
2. Port Blair
3. Chandigarh
4. Daman
5. New Delhi
6. Srinagar & Jammu
7. Leh
8. Kavaratti
9. Puducherry
10. Lakshadweep
11. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
12. Lakshadweep
13. Ladakh
14. Lakshadweep
15. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
16. Ladakh
17. Chandigarh
18. Ladakh
19. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
20. Puducherry
21. 31 October 2019
22. 31 October 2019
23. J&K and Ladakh
24. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
25. 26 January 2020
26. Puducherry
27. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
28. Puducherry
29. Puducherry
30. Puducherry
31. Middle Andaman
32. Barren Island
33. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
34. Lakshadweep
35. Arabian Sea
36. Baratang Island
37. Havelock Island
38. Havelock Island
39. Neil Island
40. Port Blair
41. Cellular Jail
42. Kala Pani
43. V. D. Savarkar
44. Cellular Jail National Memorial
45. Ladakh
46. Ladakh
47. Ladakh Range
48. Indus River
49. Pangong Tso
50. Ladakh
51. Jammu & Kashmir
52. Jhelum River
53. Dal Lake
54. Shalimar Bagh
55. Jammu & Kashmir
56. Jammu & Kashmir
57. Jammu & Kashmir
58. Rouff
59. Sozni / Kashmiri embroidery
60. Pashmina
61. Jammu & Kashmir
62. Jammu & Kashmir
63. Mahatma Gandhi Statue
64. Auroville
65. French colonial architecture
66. Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
67. Sri Aurobindo Ashram
68. Puducherry
69. Puducherry
70. Puducherry
71. Puducherry
72. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
73. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
74. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
75. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
76. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
77. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
78. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
79. Chandigarh
80. Punjab & Haryana
81. Le Corbusier
82. Capitol Complex
83. Rock Garden
84. Delhi
85. Red Fort
86. Qutub Minar
87. Raj Ghat
88. India Gate
89. Rashtrapati Bhavan
90. Humayun’s Tomb
91. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
92. Andaman & Nicobar Islands & Lakshadweep
93. Lakshadweep
94. Ladakh
95. Ladakh
96. Ladakh
97. Jammu & Kashmir
98. Lakshadweep
99. Lakshadweep
100. 8 Union Territories
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