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Indian states and capitals: GK questions and answers

India has 28 states and 8 union territories. Every state has a capital city where its government sits. These questions cover the capitals that are asked most often in school quizzes and entrance tests.

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20 questions on Indian states and capitals

  1. What is the capital of Rajasthan? Jaipur Jaipur is also called the Pink City.
  2. What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? Lucknow
  3. What is the capital of Maharashtra? Mumbai Nagpur hosts the winter session of the state legislature.
  4. What is the capital of West Bengal? Kolkata Kolkata was the capital of British India until 1911.
  5. What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? Chennai Chennai was earlier called Madras.
  6. What is the capital of Karnataka? Bengaluru
  7. What is the capital of Kerala? Thiruvananthapuram
  8. What is the capital of Gujarat? Gandhinagar Ahmedabad is the largest city, but the capital is Gandhinagar.
  9. What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? Bhopal Bhopal is known as the City of Lakes.
  10. What is the capital of Bihar? Patna Patna stands on the site of ancient Pataliputra.
  11. What is the capital of Odisha? Bhubaneswar
  12. What is the capital of Assam? Dispur Dispur is a locality of Guwahati.
  13. What is the capital of Telangana? Hyderabad Telangana became a separate state on 2 June 2014.
  14. What is the capital of Jharkhand? Ranchi
  15. What is the capital of Chhattisgarh? Raipur
  16. What is the capital of Himachal Pradesh? Shimla Shimla was the summer capital of British India.
  17. Which city is the capital of both Punjab and Haryana? Chandigarh Chandigarh is itself a union territory.
  18. What is the capital of Goa? Panaji Goa is the smallest state of India by area.
  19. What is the capital of Sikkim? Gangtok
  20. What is the capital of Meghalaya? Shillong Meghalaya means "abode of clouds".

These are well-established facts, written in our own words and last checked on 11 November 2026. If your textbook says something different, follow your textbook and tell us.

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