According to the Census of 2011, which is the most populous district of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Lucknow
- B.Kanpur Nagar
- C.Prayagraj
- D.Ghaziabad
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Prayagraj, then called Allahabad. 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. Option A is wrong because Lucknow, the capital, has a smaller population than Prayagraj district, although it is one of the biggest cities. Option B is wrong because Kanpur Nagar, the old industrial centre, is also smaller as a district. Option D is wrong because Ghaziabad is the district of the highest population density in the state, not the largest total population; the two are easily confused and both are asked. Also remember Mahoba as the least populous district and Gautam Buddha Nagar as the most literate, both by the same census. Prayagraj was renamed from Allahabad in 2018, so recent papers use the new name for the old census figure.
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Practice Questions
View allHow many districts are there in Uttar Pradesh?
- A.70
- B.72
- C.75
- D.80
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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?
- A.16
- B.17
- C.18
- D.20
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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?
- A.Lalitpur
- B.Sonbhadra
- C.Saharanpur
- D.Jhansi
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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
- A.Chitrakoot
- B.Banda
- C.Mahoba
- D.Hamirpur
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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?
- A.Sonbhadra
- B.Lakhimpur Kheri
- C.Prayagraj
- D.Hardoi
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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.
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