Test: The Indian States- 2 - Class 3 MCQ

The state is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts with the capital being Lucknow.

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

• 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.

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

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.