This Uttar Pradesh quiz on Districts, Divisions and Firsts of Uttar Pradesh puts 10 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.
10 questions with answers and explanations
How many districts are there in Uttar Pradesh?
The state had seventy districts after thirteen hill districts were separated in November 2000 to form Uttarakhand, and five more were created between 2008 and 2011, namely Kasganj, Amethi, Hapur, Sambhal and Shamli, taking the number to seventy-five.
Read the full explanation →Uttar Pradesh is divided into how many administrative divisions, or mandals?
The seventy-five districts of Uttar Pradesh are grouped into eighteen divisions, each under a Commissioner: Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Basti, Chitrakoot Dham, Devipatan, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Varanasi.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Uttar Pradesh shares its boundary with four states and is the only district in India to do so?
Sonbhadra, in the extreme south-east of the state, touches Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar, which makes it the only district in India bordering four states; it is the second largest district of Uttar Pradesh in area and, because of its thermal and hydel stations, is called the energy capital…
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Chitrakoot Dham division of Uttar Pradesh is at
The Chitrakoot Dham division is one of the two divisions of the state that are not named after their headquarters, and its office sits at Banda, with Chitrakoot, Mahoba and Hamirpur as the other districts of the division.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest district of Uttar Pradesh by area?
Lakhimpur Kheri, on the Nepal border in the Terai, is the largest district of the state in area and holds the Dudhwa National Park, famous for the tiger and the swamp deer, the state animal.
Read the full explanation →According to the Census of 2011, which is the most populous district of Uttar Pradesh?
It had the largest population of any district of the state at the 2011 census, counting both the city and its very large rural area.
Read the full explanation →In 2018 the Faizabad district and division of Uttar Pradesh were renamed as
Faizabad, both district and division, was renamed Ayodhya in 2018 after the ancient city within it; in the same year Allahabad became Prayagraj and the Mughalsarai railway junction in Chandauli was renamed after Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh after independence, and also the first woman Governor in India?
Sarojini Naidu, the poet and Congress leader called the Nightingale of India, was appointed Governor of the United Provinces, soon renamed Uttar Pradesh, in 1947, which made her the first woman to hold a Governor's office in India.
Read the full explanation →Uttar Pradesh Day, marking the day the United Provinces were renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950, is observed on
The United Provinces were renamed Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950, two days before the Constitution came into force, and the state keeps that date as Uttar Pradesh Day.
Read the full explanation →Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in which year?
Thirteen hill districts were separated on 9 November 2000 to form the new state of Uttaranchal, which was renamed Uttarakhand in 2007, and Uttar Pradesh was left with seventy districts at that point.
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