General Awareness · Geography

Indian States and Union Territories

1,755 Questions

Build your general awareness with questions centered on Indian states and union territories. Topics include state boundaries, regional welfare schemes, hydroelectric projects, and official languages. This hub is highly beneficial for aspirants of civil services and state level administrative examinations.

Regional welfare schemesHydroelectric project locationsState borders and boundariesOfficial state languagesUnion territory formation

Indian States and Union Territories Questions

Multiple choice

Which states ranks first and last respectively in Education Development Index (EDI) prepared to track the progress of states towards providing universal elementary education?

  1. Kerala and Orissa respectively

  2. Kerala and Bihar repectively

  3. Andhra Pradesh and Orissa respectively

  4. Karnataka and Bihar respectively
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Education Development Index (EDI) for elementary education historically ranked Kerala at the top due to its high literacy and infrastructure, while Bihar consistently ranked at the bottom during that period.

Multiple choice

Sugar mills of which of the following state will have to pay farmers an extra Rs 1,480 crore by September 6, 2008 as the supreme court refused to stay the Allahabad High Court judgment that asked them to pay the state-advised price (SAP) of Rs 125-130 per quintal for the 2007-08 season?

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Maharashtra

  3. West Bengal

  4. Haryana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In 2008, the Supreme Court of India upheld the Allahabad High Court's decision regarding the State Advised Price for sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh, forcing mills to pay the higher rate.

Multiple choice

The smallest Union Territory is

  1. Pondicherry

  2. Lakshadweep

  3. Chandigarh

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Lakshadweep is the smallest Union Territory of India in terms of total land area. It is an archipelago in the Laccadive Sea.

Multiple choice

In July 2015, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the creation of an Intra-state Transmission System (ISTS) in 7 states across the country. Which of the following is not one among them?

  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Karnataka

  3. Maharashtra

  4. West Bengal

  5. Gujarat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the creation of an intra state transmission system in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.So, option (4), West bengal does not belong to the group.

Multiple choice

The states of India having common border with Myanmar are

  1. Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh

  2. Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Meghalya

  3. Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalya and Assam

  4. Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian states that share a land border with Myanmar are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram. Tripura and Meghalaya do not share a border with Myanmar.