Question 1 : In terms of area the biggest state of India is
a) Maharashtra
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer : c
Question 2 : Capital of Rajasthan is
a) Jaipur
b) Udaipur
c) Jodhpur
d) Ajmer
Answer : a
Question 3 : Amongst all the states of India, what is the rank of Uttar Pradesh in area-wise?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
Answer : d
Question 4 : Which state in the country has the largest number of districts?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : d
Question 5 : Which state of India touches maximum state boundaries?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : d
Question 6 : Vidarbha is a regional name in India and it is a part of
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Odisha
Answer : b
Question 7 : Latur is located in
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujarat
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer : b
Question 8 : Which of the following states ranks first in India in length of roads?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Answer : a
Question 9 : The pat region is located in
a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Meghalaya
Answer : b
Question 10 : Which state does not touch the boundary of Madhya Pradesh?
a) Rajasthan
b) Gujarat
c) Jharkhand
d) Maharashtra
Answer : c
Question 11 : Jhumri Telaiya (famous for request of songs on radio) is located in which state?
a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal
Answer : b
Question 12 : Sonbhadra district is touched by
a) boundaries of two states
b) boundaries of three states
c) boundaries of four states
d) boundaries of five states
Answer : c
Question 13 : Which among the following states does not share International boundary?
a) Bihar
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Meghalaya
Answer : b
Question 14 : With reference to India, Chhattisgarh comes under which geomorphological region?
a) Northern plain
b) Peninsular upland
c) Coastal plain
d) Northern mountain
Answer : b
Question 15 : Chhattisgarh does not have common border with
a) Maharashtra
b) Bihar
c) Odisha
d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : b
Question 16 : Which of the following states of India has the longest coastline?
a) Maharashtra
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Gujarat
Answer : d
Question 17 : Capital of Gujarat is
a) Godhra
b) Baroda
c) Gandhinagar
d) Ahmedabad
Answer : c
Question 18 : The State having shortest coastline is
a) Goa
b) Kerala
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal
Answer : a
Question 19 : Konkan Coast spreads from
a) Goa to Kochi
b) Goa to Diu
c) Daman to Goa
d) Goa to Mumbai
Answer : c
Question 20 : In which of the following states Sunderbans mangrove is located?
a) Gujarat
b) West Bengal
c) Odisha
d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : b
Question 21 : Which state is not a part of ‘Seven Sisters’ of North Eastern states?
a) Meghalaya
b) West Bengal
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Tripura
Answer : b
Question 22 : Which one among the following states is the smallest in area?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer : d
Question 23 : In India, the third largest state according to population and twelfth largest state in area is
a) Maharashtra
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Bihar
Answer : d
Question 24 : Which among the following states had never been granted Special Category Status (SCS)?
a) Bihar
b) Sikkim
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer : a
Question 25 : Which one of the following states is the smallest in area?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttarakhand
Answer : d
Question 26 : How many States and Union Territories surround the state of Assam?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
Answer : b
Question 27 : Chail Hill Station is situated in
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : b
Question 28 : The famous Biddhist Site, Taboo Monastery is situated in
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Sikkim
d) Uttarakhand
Answer : b
Question 29 : Itanagar is the capital of which of the following states?
a) Mizoram
b) Puducherry
c) Tripura
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer : d
Question 30 : The capital of the twenty-ninth State (Telangana) of India is
a) Hyderabad
b) Visakhapatnam
c) Panaji
d) Silvassa
Answer : a
Question 31 : If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of states, within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
Answer : b
Question 32 : Among the following cities, which one lies on a longitudinal closest to that of Delhi?
a) Bengaluru
b) Hyderabad
c) Nagpur
d) Pune
Answer : a
Question 33 : Among the following cities, which one is on the highest altitude above mean sea level?
a) Bengaluru
b) Delhi
c) Jodhpur
d) Nagpur
Answer : a
Question 34 : Which of the following is not a planned capital city?
a) Chandigarh
b) Bhubaneswar
c) Bengaluru
d) Gandhinagar
Answer : c
Question 35 : Some people in Manipur live in houses built on floating islands of weeds and decaying vegetation held together by suspended silt. These islands are called
a) Tipis
b) Burkhans
c) Phumdi
d) Izba
Answer : c
Question 36 : Most of the topography of Manipur is
a) Plain
b) Plateau
c) Marshy
d) Mountainous
Answer : d
Question 37 : Loktak lake is situated in the state of
a) Sikkim
b) Manipur
c) Odisha
d) Mizoram
Answer : b
Question 38 : Which state is known as ‘Silicon State of India’?
a) Goa
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
Answer : c
Question 39 : The National Capital Region does not include parts of
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : b
Question 40 : Which of the following states is known as the ‘Kohinoor of India’?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Answer : a
Question 41 : Sriharikota island is situated in
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer : a
Question 42 : Which of the following was the capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate state in the year 1953?
a) Guntur
b) Kurnool
c) Nellore
d) Warangal
Answer : b
Question 43 : The three largest States of India in order of area are
a) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
b) Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra
c) Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
Answer : a
Question 44 : Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the States of India in descending order of their area?
a) Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh
b) Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
c) Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
d) Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh
Answer : c
Question 45 : Which one of the following groups of state borders the state of Telangana?
a) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh
b) Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
c) Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
d) Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Answer : a
Question 46 : About 30 per cent of India’s area lies in the three states of
a) Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat
c) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
d) Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Answer : c
Question 47 : Which one of the following districts of India is the largest in terms of geographical area?
a) Leh
b) Kutch
c) Jaisalmer
d) Barmer
Answer : b
Question 48 : Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Tripura – Agartala
b) Manipur – Aizwal
c) Nagaland – Kohima
d) Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
Answer : b
Question 49 : Which of the following is correctly matched?
a) Aurangabad – Andhra Pradesh
b) Palanpur – Gujarat
c) Hubli – Maharashtra
d) Guntur – Odisha
Answer : b
Question 50 : Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) Assam – Shillong
b) Meghalaya – Kohima
c) Mizoram – Aizwal
d) Nagaland – Guwahati
Answer : c
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