Geography · General Awareness

Indian Cities and Places

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Knowledge of Indian cities and places is a crucial component of general awareness, testing a candidate on state capitals, historical landmarks, and regional nicknames. Questions often cover the locations of premier research institutes, corporate headquarters, and major transportation hubs. This hub provides practice questions to help candidates memorize geographical facts for upcoming competitive exams.

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Indian Cities and Places Questions

Multiple choice

What is the nickname of Hyderabad?

  1. City of Joy

  2. City of Nawabs

  3. City of Pearls

  4. City of Palaces

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Hyderabad is famously known as the City of Pearls due to its historical role as a major center for the pearl trade.

Multiple choice

In which city was Ramanujan born?

  1. Madurai

  2. Erode

  3. Tiruchirapalli

  4. Salem
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in Erode, which is located in the present-day state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Multiple choice

What is India's largest city?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Varanasi

  3. Kolkata

  4. New Delhi
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Mumbai is the most populous city in India and serves as the country's financial and commercial hub.

Multiple choice

What is the capital of India?

  1. New Delhi

  2. Mumbai

  3. Kolkata

  4. Varanasi
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A Correct answer
Explanation

New Delhi is the capital city of India and the seat of the government.

Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

Where was the Imperial Forest Research Institute set up in $1906$?

  1. Dehradun

  2. Bastar

  3. Bangalore

  4. Nagpur
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A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Imperial Forest Research Institute was founded in the year 1906 in Dehradun. It is now called as Forest Research Institute which is under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India.
  • It hosts the campus Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), the staff college that trains officers selected for the Indian Forest Service (IFS).

Multiple choice legal studies the supreme court supreme court and high court of india supreme court the supreme court of india

The seat of Supreme Court of India is __________.

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkatta

  3. Chennai

  4. New Delhi
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The seat of Supreme Court of India is New Delhi. The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India. On 28 January 1950, India's Supreme Court succeeded the Federal Court of India which was established by Government of India Act 1935 and the Privy Council, which was highest judicial body in the country during British Era.

Multiple choice evs whose forests? conservation of forest and wildlife wildlife deforestation and conservation

Rice research institute is situated at

Or

International Rice research institute (IRRI) is located in


  1. Coimbatore

  2. Cuttack

  3. Shimla

  4. Trivendrum
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is an international agricultural research and training organization with headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna in the Philippines and offices in seventeen countries. The Central Rice Research Institute is located in Cuttack. It is Asia's largest Rice Research Institute.

So, the correct answer is 'Cuttack'