This Indian States & UTs quiz on Uttar Pradesh GK puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic, 2 of them asked in real previous-year papers. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
12 questions with answers and explanations
Fatehpur Sikri was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire by ______.
He built Fatehpur Sikri in the Agra district of present day Uttar Pradesh in the sixteenth century and made it his capital, naming it after his victory in Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →Identify the city which is situated on the banks of river Sarayu.
The city stands on the Sarayu in eastern Uttar Pradesh and is one of the oldest towns named in Indian literature.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the United Provinces renamed Uttar Pradesh?
The province was called the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh and then simply the United Provinces, and the name was changed to Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950, two days before the Constitution came into force.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only national park located in Uttar Pradesh?
It lies in Lakhimpur Kheri district along the border with Nepal and protects the tall grassland and sal forest of the Terai.
Read the full explanation →Which bird is the state bird of Uttar Pradesh?
It is the tallest flying bird in the world, stands over a metre and a half high, has a grey body with a bare red head and neck, and is found in the wetlands and flooded fields of the state.
Read the full explanation →At which place in Uttar Pradesh did Gautam Buddha attain mahaparinirvana?
The Buddha died there, an event described as the mahaparinirvana, and the town in eastern Uttar Pradesh keeps the Mahaparinirvana temple with its long reclining image of the Buddha, along with a stupa raised over his relics.
Read the full explanation →The Bara Imambara at Lucknow was built by which ruler?
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.
Read the full explanation →Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi was founded in 1916 by whom?
He raised the funds and pushed through the legislation for Banaras Hindu University, which was founded at Varanasi in 1916 and became one of the largest residential universities in Asia.
Read the full explanation →Which state of India is the largest producer of sugarcane?
The deep alluvial soil of the Ganga plain, the canal network of the western districts and a long growing season have made the state the leading producer of sugarcane in the country, and its western belt around Meerut, Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur holds a large share of the sugar mills.
Read the full explanation →The High Court of Uttar Pradesh has its principal seat at which city?
Uttar Pradesh is one of the few states where the High Court does not sit in the capital: its principal seat is at Prayagraj and it has a bench at Lucknow, an arrangement that goes back to the merger of the courts of Agra and Oudh.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
He led the government of the United Provinces before independence and continued as the first Chief Minister of the state after it, staying in office through the renaming of 1950.
Read the full explanation →Which classical dance form of India grew up in the courts and temples of the Uttar Pradesh region?
The name comes from the katha or story that the wandering storytellers of northern India told through gesture, and the form took its present shape in the temples of Braj and the courts of Lucknow and Jaipur.
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