The principal seat of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh is at:
- A.Bhopal
- B.Indore
- C.Jabalpur
- D.Gwalior
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is C, Jabalpur. The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has its principal seat at Jabalpur, with benches at Indore and at Gwalior. Madhya Pradesh is one of the states where the capital and the seat of the High Court are different cities, a pattern it shares with Uttar Pradesh, where the capital is Lucknow and the High Court sits at Prayagraj, and with Kerala, Gujarat and Rajasthan among others.
Option A, Bhopal, is the capital and holds the Vidhan Sabha and the secretariat, but not the High Court. Option B, Indore, holds only a bench, and it is the largest city and the commercial centre of the state. Option D, Gwalior, also holds a bench. Questions on this topic usually test whether a candidate assumes that the High Court must sit in the capital, so the exception is worth marking.
Read the full article: Madhya Pradesh GK: Rivers, Parks, Heritage and Facts
Practice Questions
View allWhat is the capital of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Indore
- B.Bhopal
- C.Jabalpur
- D.Gwalior
Show answer
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.
Read the full explanation →Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in which year?
- A.1956
- B.1972
- C.2000
- D.2014
Show answer
Chhattisgarh became a separate state on 1 November 2000, taking sixteen districts from the eastern part of Madhya Pradesh, with Raipur as its capital.
Read the full explanation →The Narmada river rises from which place in Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Amarkantak
- B.Multai
- C.Janapav hills
- D.Bhedaghat
Show answer
The Narmada rises at Amarkantak on the Maikal range in Anuppur district and flows westward through a rift valley lying between the Vindhya range in the north and the Satpura range in the south.
Read the full explanation →Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh is particularly known for the conservation of which animal?
- A.Asiatic lion
- B.Barasingha
- C.One horned rhinoceros
- D.Snow leopard
Show answer
Kanha National Park, spread over the Mandla and Balaghat districts, is famous for bringing the hard ground barasingha, or swamp deer, back from the edge of extinction.
Read the full explanation →The temples of Khajuraho were built by which dynasty?
- A.Paramara
- B.Chandela
- C.Bundela
- D.Holkar
Show answer
The Khajuraho group of monuments in Chhatarpur district was built by the Chandela rulers of Bundelkhand between the tenth and the twelfth century.
Read the full explanation →