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_____ is the capital of Punjab.
  • a)
    Delhi
  • b)
    Jaipur
  • c)
    Chandigarh
  • d)
    Chennai
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Pranav Singh answered
The capital of Punjab is Chandigarh, which also serves as the capital of Haryana and is thus administered separately as a Union Territory of India.

Port Blair is the capital of which Union Territory?
  • a)
    Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • b)
    Daman and Diu
  • c)
    Puducherry
  • d)
    None of the above
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Focus Academy answered
  • Port Blair is the capital of the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
  • It is located on the east coast of the South Andaman Island.

Dispur is the capital city of which north-eastern state?
  • a)
    Assam
  • b)
    Tripura
  • c)
    Meghalaya
  • d)
    Mizoram
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Pranav Singh answered
  • After the creation of Meghalaya as a separate state, Shillong continued to be the joint capital of both Assam and Meghalaya.
  • However, in 1972, the Government of Assam decided to shift the Capital to Dispur, Guwahati.

Kolkata is the capital of which eastern state?
  • a)
    West Bengal
  • b)
    Odisha (Orissa)
  • c)
    Jharkhand
  • d)
    Tripura
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Pranav Singh answered
  • Kolkata, Bengali Kalikata, formerly Calcutta, city, capital of West Bengal state, and former capital (1772–1911) of British India.
  • It is one of India's largest cities and one of its major ports.

Kavaratti is the capital of which Union Territory?
  • a)
    Daman and Diu
  • b)
    Lakshadweep
  • c)
    Dadar and Nagar Haveli
  • d)
    Chandigarh
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
  • Kavaratti Island serves as the capital of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.
  • Tourism is the primary industry here.
  • Lakshadweep is known for the white sand beaches.

______ is the capital of Meghalaya.
  • a)
    Aizawl
  • b)
    Kohima
  • c)
    Shillong
  • d)
    Agartala
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

  • The capital of Meghalaya is Shillong.
  • During the British rule of India, the British imperial authorities nicknamed it the "Scotland of the East".

Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of ________.
  • a)
    Telangana
  • b)
    Andhra Pradesh
  • c)
    Jammu and Kashmir
  • d)
    Kerala
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Yashina Kapoor answered
  • Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala.
  • The city used to be known by the name of Trivandrum.

Which city is known as the “summer capital” of Jammu and Kashmir?
  • a)
    Jammu
  • b)
    Srinagar
  • c)
    Shimla
  • d)
    Anantnag
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
Srinagar, city, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir union territory (Jammu is the winter capital), northern India, situated in the Kashmir region of the Indian subcontinent.

Itanagar is the capital of _______.
  • a)
    Bihar
  • b)
    Goa
  • c)
    Chattisgarh
  • d)
    Arunachal Pradesh
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Naroj Boda answered
  • Itanagar, town, capital of Arunachal Pradesh state, northeastern India.
  • It is situated north of the Brahmaputra River in the southwestern part of the state.

Gandhinagar is the capital of which state?
  • a)
    Gujarat
  • b)
    Maharashtra
  • c)
    Telangana
  • d)
    Goa
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Glitz Classes answered
  • City is Located on the banks of the River Sabarmati.
  • The city is the administrative centre of Ahmedabad district, and was the capital of Gujarat from 1960 to 1970; the capital was shifted to Gandhinagar.

What is the capital of Himachal Pradesh?
  • a)
    Shimla
  • b)
    Chandigarh
  • c)
    Manali
  • d)
    Bhopal
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Naroj Boda answered
  • Shimla is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
  • In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India, succeeding Murree, northeast of Rawalpindi.

Gangtok is the capital of which state?
  • a)
    Sikkim
  • b)
    Arunachal Pradesh
  • c)
    Nagaland
  • d)
    Mizoram
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

  • Gangtok, city, capital of Sikkim state, northeastern India.
  • It lies on a tributary of the Tista River in the southeast-central part of the state at an elevation of about 5,600 feet (1,700 metres).

The capital of Goa is _________.
  • a)
    Imphal
  • b)
    Itanagar
  • c)
    Hyderabad
  • d)
    Panaji
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Rhea Reddy answered
  • Panaji, also spelled Panjim, town, capital of Goa state, western India.
  • It lies on the estuary of the Mandavi River at the river's mouth on the Arabian Sea.

______ is the capital of Uttarakhand.
  • a)
    Lucknow
  • b)
    Prayagraj (Allahabad)
  • c)
    Dehradun
  • d)
    Shimla
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Pranav Singh answered
  • Dehradun is the capital city of Uttarakhand – a northern state of India.
  • It is situated at an altitude of 640 mts (2100 fts) to 1,000 mts (3280 fts) above mean sea level.

______ is the capital of Chattisgarh.
  • a)
    Bengaluru (Bangalore)
  • b)
    Ranchi
  • c)
    Raipur
  • d)
    Patna
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
  • The state was formed by the partition of ten Chhattisgarhi and six Gondi-speaking districts in the southeast of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Its capital city is Raipur.

Silvassa is the capital of which Union Territory?
  • a)
    Mumbai
  • b)
    Puducherry
  • c)
    Daman and Diu
  • d)
    Dadar and Nagar Haveli
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
Silvassa, also spelled Silvasa, town, administrative headquarters of Dadra and Nagar Haveli district, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu union territory, western India.

What is the capital of Maharashtra?
  • a)
    Mumbai
  • b)
    New Delhi
  • c)
    Chennai
  • d)
    None of the above
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

______ is the capital of Odisha (Orissa).
  • a)
    Kolkata
  • b)
    Shillong
  • c)
    Bhubaneshwar
  • d)
    Cuttack
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
Bhubaneswar (Bhubaneswar means the Land of God, Bhuban - earth or land and Eswar - God) is the capital city of the Indian Middle Eastern state of Orissa (Odisha).

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