Indian States & Capitals Quiz 🇮🇳
10 random questions on state and union territory capitals. Watch out for the trick ones!
10 random questions on state and union territory capitals. Watch out for the trick ones!
In these states the capital isn't the biggest or best-known city, which makes them classic GK traps:
| State | Capital | Common wrong answer |
|---|---|---|
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Ahmedabad |
| Assam | Dispur | Guwahati (Dispur is inside the Guwahati area) |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Kochi |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Indore |
| Nagaland | Kohima | Dimapur |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Cuttack |
| Punjab & Haryana | Chandigarh (shared) | Amritsar, Gurugram |
| State | Capital | State | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati* | Manipur | Imphal |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Assam | Dispur | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Bihar | Patna | Nagaland | Kohima |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| Goa | Panaji | Punjab | Chandigarh |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| Haryana | Chandigarh | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla (Dharamshala: winter capital) | Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru | Tripura | Agartala |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Uttarakhand | Dehradun (Gairsain: summer capital)* |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai (Nagpur: winter capital) | West Bengal | Kolkata |
* These capitals have changed or been debated in recent years, so they're left out of the quiz. Check the latest official position before an exam.
| Union territory | Capital |
|---|---|
| Delhi (National Capital Territory) | New Delhi |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Ladakh | Leh |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter) |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly Port Blair) |
Next: test world knowledge with the World Capitals Quiz or try the India GK Quiz and Indian Polity Quiz.