This Madhya Pradesh quiz on Districts, Divisions and Firsts of Madhya Pradesh puts 11 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. 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.
11 questions with answers and explanations
How many divisions is Madhya Pradesh divided into?
The divisions are Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Chambal, Jabalpur, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol and Narmadapuram, and every district of the state falls in one of them.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Chambal division of Madhya Pradesh is at
The Chambal division is administered from Morena and contains the districts of Morena, Bhind and Sheopur. It is the one division of the state whose headquarters does not carry the name of the division, which is exactly why it is asked so often.
Read the full explanation →Which division and district of Madhya Pradesh was renamed Narmadapuram in 2021?
The district and the division called Hoshangabad were renamed Narmadapuram in 2021 after the river Narmada, which flows through the district; the division contains Narmadapuram, Harda and Betul.
Read the full explanation →When Chhattisgarh was created on 1 November 2000, how many districts did it take from Madhya Pradesh?
The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 created Chhattisgarh as the twenty-sixth state of India on 1 November 2000 with sixteen districts and Raipur as its capital, leaving Madhya Pradesh with forty-five districts and with the position of second largest state by area, behind Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The first Chief Minister of the reorganised state of Madhya Pradesh was
He took office as Chief Minister when the present Madhya Pradesh came into being on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, with Bhopal as the capital.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?
Uma Bharti became the first woman Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh after her party won the assembly election of 2003, and she had earlier been a Union minister.
Read the full explanation →According to the Census of 2011, which is the most populous district of Madhya Pradesh?
Indore, the commercial capital of the state, was the most populous district in the 2011 Census, while Harda was the least populous.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest sex ratio in the 2011 Census?
Balaghat, in the Jabalpur division on the border with Maharashtra, was the only district of the state to record more than a thousand females per thousand males in the 2011 Census, against a state figure of 931.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest university of Madhya Pradesh?
It was founded in 1946 by the jurist and educationist Dr Hari Singh Gour, who endowed it largely from his own earnings, and it is therefore ten years older than the present state itself.
Read the full explanation →Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh belongs to which division?
The Rewa division, with its headquarters at Rewa, covers the Baghelkhand districts of Rewa, Satna, Sidhi and Singrauli, together with the districts notified more recently in the same region.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh?
He became the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh when the court was constituted on 1 November 1956 with its principal seat at Jabalpur, and he went on to become Chief Justice of India and later Vice-President of India.
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