Indian States & UTs Mixed Quiz: Set 5

The Khajuraho group of monuments in Chhatarpur district was built by the Chandela rulers of Bundelkhand between the tenth and the twelfth century.

The Manikya dynasty ruled Tripura for centuries, and its kings all took the title Manikya. Their history is recorded in the Rajmala, a chronicle in Bengali verse first compiled in the fifteenth century under Dharma Manikya.

Rakhigarhi lies in the Hisar district on the dry bed of an old river course, and its mounds spread over a larger area than any other Harappan site in India, which makes it the biggest in the country.

With an area of only about 32 square kilometres, Lakshadweep is the smallest Union Territory of India. It is a group of 36 coral islands in the Arabian Sea, of which only ten are inhabited, and its capital is Kavaratti.

The rock shelters of Bhimbetka lie in Raisen district, in the foothills of the Vindhya range not far from Bhopal.

On that day the Hindi speaking districts of the former Punjab were separated to form Haryana, which became the seventeenth state of India, while Chandigarh was made a union territory serving as the capital of both states.

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in January 1761 between the Maratha army, led by Sadashivrao Bhau with Vishwasrao, and the Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali, who had the support of the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh.

Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh and the seat of its Vidhan Sabha and secretariat. It is called the city of lakes because of the Upper and Lower Lakes at its centre, and it holds the Van Vihar National Park within the city limits.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi in Raisen district was first raised in brick by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the third century before the common era, to hold relics of the Buddha.

It was formed on 2 June 2014 under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, out of the north-western districts of Andhra Pradesh, and Hyderabad was made the common capital of both states for a transitional period.

Karoh stands in the Morni hills of Panchkula district, in the Shivalik range along the northern edge of the state, and is the highest point in Haryana.

Known to the state as Shri Babu, he became the first Chief Minister of Bihar and held the office for many years after independence.

Mahakaleshwar stands at Ujjain on the bank of the Shipra, the city where the Simhastha fair is held, and Omkareshwar stands on an island in the Narmada in Khandwa district.

Kalibangan, in Hanumangarh district, stands on the dry bed of the Ghaggar, the river many identify with the Saraswati of the texts.

It is a ground bird of the fields and scrub of the plains, recognised by its dark plumage with white spots and its loud call from the edge of a crop field.

The Nawab of Awadh had the Bara Imambara built at Lucknow in 1784 as a famine relief project, so that people could earn wages through a hard year, and the Rumi Darwaza was raised at the same time.

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has its principal seat at Jabalpur, with benches at Indore and at Gwalior.

Sultanpur National Park lies at Sultanpur village in Gurugram district on the road to Jhajjar and is a shallow wetland where large numbers of birds gather in winter, among them flamingos, pelicans, storks and many kinds of duck.

Madhya Pradesh sends twenty nine members to the Lok Sabha and elects eleven members to the Rajya Sabha, while its own Vidhan Sabha has two hundred and thirty seats.

The fair is held each February at Surajkund near Faridabad, beside the old stepped reservoir ascribed to the Tomar ruler Surajpal, from which the place takes its name.