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Uttar Pradesh General Knowledge
Answer: Govind Ballabh Pant (26 January 1950 – 27 December 1954)
Answer: Sucheta Kripalani and Mayawati
Answer: Lucknow
Answer: 24 January 1950
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra
Answer: Rajasthan (342,239 km²)
Answer: 4th (Fourth)
Answer: 243,286 km²
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Answer: United Kingdom
Answer: United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
Answer: 18 Divisions
Answer: 75 Districts
Answer:
1) Agra
2) Firozabad
3) Mainpuri
4) Mathura
Read: The Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh
Answer: 9 November 2000
Answer:
1) Ganga
2) Gomti
3) Saraswati
4) Varuna
5) Yamuna
Answer: Yamuna River
Answer: Hindi and Urdu
Answer:
1) Agra Fort
2) Fatehpur Sikri
3) Taj Mahal
Answer: Nepal
Answer:
1) West: Rajasthan
2) Northwest: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi
3) North: Uttarakhand
4) East: Bihar
5) South: Madhya Pradesh
6) Southeast: Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
Answer: 7.34%
Answer: Ten Times (since 1968)
Answer: 25 February 1968 – 26 February 1969
Answer: 8 March 2002 – 3 May 2002
Answer: Yogi Adityanath
Answer: Akhilesh Yadav (at 38)
Answer: Mayawati
1) 3 June 1995 – 18 October 1995
2) 21 March 1997 – 21 September 1997
3) 3 May 2002 – 29 August 2003
4) 13 May 2007 – 15 March 2012
Answer:
1) Chandra Bhanu Gupta
2) N. D. Tiwari
3) Mulayam Singh Yadav
Answer:
1) Charan Singh
2) Kalyan Singh
Answer: 1,700 Days
Answer: Two
Answer:
1) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (Lucknow): LKO
2) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (Varanasi): VNS
Answer: Jewar Airport and Kushinagar Airport
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Answer: AGR
Answer: IXD
Answer: KNU
Answer: GOP
Answer: Prayagraj Junction Railway Station
Answer: Prayagraj
Answer: Prayagraj
Answer: Hinduism
Answer: 13 November 2018
Answer: Mathura District
Answer: River Ganges
Answer: Prayagraj
Answer: UP
Answer: 31 Seats
Answer: 80 Seats
Answer: Allahabad (14 November 1889)
Answer: Kathak
Answer:
1) Animal: Swamp Deer
2) Bird: Sarus Crane
3) Dance: Kathak
4) Flower: Palash
5) Sport: Field Hockey
6) Tree: Ashoka
Answer: Hinduism and Islam
Answer: 404 Members
Answer: 100 Members
Answer: Gulabo Devi
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh Police
Answer: Agriculture
Answer: Gorakhpur
Answer:
1) Green Park Stadium (Kanpur)- Capacity: 32,000
2) Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground (Greater Noida)- Capacity: 8,000
3) Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium (Lucknow)- Capacity: 50,000
Answer: Six
Answer:
1) Aligarh Muslim University
2) University of Allahabad
3) Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
4) Banaras Hindu University
5) Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University
6) Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University
Answer: Two
1) IIT Kanpur
2) IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Answer: 31 (Thirty-One)
Read: List of Institutions of Higher Education in Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Eight
Answer: Kanpur
Answer: Aligarh
Answer: Sohar, Kajari, Ghazal, Qawwali, etc
Answer:
1) Awadhi
2) Bhojpuri
3) Braj Bhasha
4) Bundeli
5) Hindustani
6) Kannauji
Answer: Ayodhya
Answer: Noida
Answer: Agra
Answer: Gateway Of Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Varanasi
Answer: Kumbh Mela
Answer: Taj Nagari
Answer: Agra, Lucknow, Prayagraj
Answer: Hot Summers and Dry Winters, Lucknow gets an average rainfall of 896.2 millimeters.
Answer: June
Answer: Uttar Pradesh has a Humid Subtropical Climate
Answer: 1921
Answer: The City of Nawabs
Answer: Anandiben Patel
Answer: 13 (Thirteen)
Answer: 226
Answer: 822
Answer: 8135
Answer: 915
Answer: 59163
Answer: 180000
Answer: 2885
Answer: 97941
Answer: 404
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Answer: 100 Members
Answer:
1) Arhar
2) Barley
3) Moong
4) Maize
5) Millet
6) Paddy
7) Urad
8) Wheat
Answer: NH2
Answer: 752 KM (Kosi to Mathura)
Nicknames Of Uttar Pradesh Cities
| No. | City | Nickname |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agra | a) City Of Love b) City Of Taj |
| 2 | Ayodhya | a) Hindu Sacred Place b) Identity Place Of Hindus |
| 3 | Ballia | Baghi Ballia |
| 4 | Firozabad | Bangle City Of India |
| 5 | Ghaziabad | Gateway Of Uttar Pradesh |
| 6 | Gorakhpur | a) Nawabo Ke Baap Ka Sahar b) Purvanchal Main City |
| 7 | Kanpur | a) Crossroad Of National Highways b) Leather City Of The World c) Manchester Of The East |
| 8 | Lucknow | a) City Of Nawabs b) Golden City Of India |
| 9 | Meerut | a) Scissor City b) Sports Capital Of India |
| 10 | Noida | a) India’s First Smart City b) Singapore Of India |
| 11 | Prayagraj | a) Abode Of God b) King Of Pilgrims |
| 12 | Varanasi | a) The City Of Ghats b) The Religious Capital Of India |
| 13 | Vrindavan | City Of Widows |
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101. Which city is known as Constantinople of the East and Shiraz-e-Hind?
Answer: Lucknow
102. What will be the name of the World’s Longest Expressway?
Answer: Ganga Expressway
103. What is the name of Present India’s Longest Expressway?
Answer: Purvanchal Expressway (341 Km)
104. Which is the Largest City in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Kanpur
105. Name the 18 Divisions of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer:
1) Agra Division
2) Aligarh Division
3) Ayodhya Division
4) Azamgarh Division
5) Bareilly Division
6) Basti Division
7) Chitrakoot Division
8) Devipatan Division
9) Gorakhpur Division
10) Jhansi Division
11) Kanpur Division
12) Lucknow Division
13) Meerut Division
14) Mirzapur Division
15) Moradabad Division
16) Prayagraj Division
17) Saharanpur Division
18) Varanasi Division
106. What was the Population of Tigers in Uttar Pradesh in 2018?
Answer: 173
107. Where is the Headquarters of Gautam Buddh Nagar?
Answer: Noida
108. When was the Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act Signed by the Governor-General?
Answer: 7 December 1947
109. Who is the Longest-Serving Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Mayawati
1) 3 June 1995 – 18 October 1995: 137 Days
2) 21 March 1997 – 21 September 1997: 184 Days
3) 3 May 2002 – 29 August 2003: 1 year, 118 Days
4) 13 May 2007 – 15 March 2012: 4 years, 307 Days
Total: 7 Year 16 Days
110. Who is the Longest-Serving Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh considering before the Independence of India?
Answer: Govind Ballabh Pant (11 Years 13 Days)
List Of Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh
| No. | Chief Minister | Term In | Term Out | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Govind Ballabh Pant (Bareilly) | 26 Jan 1950 | 27 Dec 1954 | INC |
| 2 | Sampurnanand (Varanasi South) | 28 Dec 1954 | 06 Dec 1960 | INC |
| 3 | Chandrabhanu Gupta[1] (Ranikhet South) | 07 Dec 1960 | 01 Oct 1963 | INC |
| 4 | Sucheta Kripalani (Menhdawal) | 02 Oct 1963 | 13 Mar 1967 | INC |
| Chandrabhanu Gupta[2] (Ranikhet) | 14 Mar 1967 | 02 Apr 1967 | INC | |
| 5 | Chaudhary Charan Singh[1] (Chhaprauli) | 03 Apr 1967 | 25 Feb 1968 | BKD |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 25 Feb 1968 | 26 Feb 1969 | ⟰ |
| Chandrabhanu Gupta[3] (Ranikhet) | 26 Feb 1969 | 17 Feb 1970 | INC | |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh[2] (Chhaprauli) | 18 Feb 1970 | 01 Oct 1970 | BKD | |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 01 Oct 1970 | 18 Oct 1970 | ⟰ |
| 6 | Tribhuvan Narain Singh | 18 Oct 1970 | 18 Oct 1970 | INC (O) |
| 7 | Kamalapati Tripathi (Chandauli) | 04 Apr 1971 | 12 Jun 1973 | INC |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 13 Jun 1973 | 08 Nov 1973 | ⟰ |
| 8 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (Bara) | 08 Nov 1973 | 29 Nov 1975 | INC |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 30 Nov 1975 | 21 Jan 1976 | ⟰ |
| 9 | Narayan Dutt Tiwari[1] (Kashipur) | 21 Jan 1976 | 30 Apr 1977 | INC |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 30 Apr 1977 | 23 Jun 1977 | ⟰ |
| 10 | Ram Naresh Yadav (Nidhauli Kalan) | 23 Jun 1977 | 27 Feb 1979 | JP |
| 11 | Babu Banarasi Das (Hapur) | 28 Feb 1979 | 17 Feb 1980 | JP |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 17 Feb 1980 | 09 Jun 1980 | ⟰ |
| 12 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Tindwari) | 09 Jun 1980 | 18 Jul 1982 | INC |
| 13 | Sripati Mishra (Isauli) | 19 Jul 1982 | 02 Aug 1984 | INC |
| Narayan Dutt Tiwari[2] (Kashipur) | 03 Aug 1984 | 24 Sep 1985 | INC | |
| 14 | Vir Bahadur Singh (Paniyara) | 24 Sep 1985 | 24 Jun 1988 | INC |
| Narayan Dutt Tiwari[3] (Kashipur) | 25 Jun 1988 | 05 Dec 1989 | INC | |
| 15 | Mulayam Singh Yadav[1] (Jaswantnagar) | 05 Dec 1989 | 24 Jun 1991 | JD |
| 16 | Kalyan Singh[1] (Atrauli) | 24 Jun 1991 | 06 Dec 1992 | BJP |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 06 Dec 1992 | 04 Dec 1993 | ⟰ |
| Mulayam Singh Yadav[2] (Jaswantnagar) | 04 Dec 1993 | 03 Jun 1995 | SP | |
| 17 | Mayawati[1] | 03 Jun 1995 | 18 Oct 1995 | BSP |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 18 Oct 1995 | 21 Mar 1997 | ⟰ |
| Mayawati[2] (Harora) | 21 Mar 1997 | 21 Sep 1997 | BSP | |
| Kalyan Singh[2] (Atrauli) | 21 Sep 1997 | 12 Nov 1999 | BJP | |
| 18 | Ram Prakash Gupta (MLC) | 12 Nov 1999 | 28 Oct 2000 | BJP |
| 19 | Rajnath Singh (Haidergarh) | 28 Oct 2000 | 07 Mar 2002 | BJP |
| ~ | President’s Rule | 08 Mar 2002 | 03 May 2002 | ⟰ |
| Mayawati[3] (Harora) | 03 May 2002 | 29 Aug 2003 | BSP | |
| Mulayam Singh Yadav[3] (Gunnaur) | 29 Aug 2003 | 13 May 2007 | SP | |
| Mayawati[4] (MLC) | 13 May 2007 | 15 Mar 2012 | BSP | |
| 20 | Akhilesh Yadav (MLC) | 15 Mar 2012 | 19 Mar 2017 | SP |
| 21 | Yogi Adityanath (MLC) | 19 Mar 2017 | 25 Mar 2022 | BJP |
| Yogi Adityanath (Gorakhpur Urban) | 25 Mar 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Acronyms: 1) INC: Indian National Congress 2) BKD: Bharatiya Kranti Dal 3) INC(O): Indian National Congress (O) 4) JP: Janata Party 5) JD: Janata Dal 6) BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party 7) SP: Samajwadi Party 8) BSP: Bahujan Samaj Party |
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111. Who held the post of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the shortest period?
Answer: Chandra Bhanu Gupta (19 Days)
112. Who Appoints the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: The Governor of Uttar Pradesh
113. What is the Type of Government in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Bicameral
114. Who has the right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly at any time in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: The Governor of Uttar Pradesh
115. What is the Full-Form of UPLA?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
116. Where is Tajmahal Located?
Answer: Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
117. Where was the Indian Mutiny when the First War of Independence of 1857 started?
Answer: Meerut
118. When did the Kakori Conspiracy case in Uttar Pradesh happen?
Answer: August 9, 1925
119. Where is the Ashoka Pillar located?
Answer: Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh)
120. Where is the National Emblem of India (Lion Capital)?
Answer: Sarnath Museum near Varanasi
List Of Governors Of Uttar Pradesh
| No. | Governor | Term In | Term Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi | 26 Jan 1950 | 01 Jun 1952 |
| 2 | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi | 02 Jun 1952 | 09 Jun 1957 |
| 3 | Varahgiri Venkat Giri | 10 Jun 1957 | 30 Jun 1960 |
| 4 | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | 01 Jul 1960 | 15 Apr 1962 |
| 5 | Bishwanath Das | 16 Apr 1962 | 30 Apr 1967 |
| 6 | Bezwada Gopala Reddy | 01 May 1967 | 30 Jun 1972 |
| Shashi Kant Varma | 01 Jul 1972 | 13 Nov 1972 | |
| 7 | Akbar Ali Khan | 14 Nov 1972 | 24 Oct 1974 |
| 8 | Marri Chenna Reddy | 25 Oct 1974 | 01 Oct 1977 |
| 9 | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase | 02 Oct 1977 | 27 Feb 1980 |
| 10 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh | 28 Feb 1980 | 31 Mar 1985 |
| 11 | Mohammed Usman Arif | 31 Mar 1985 | 11 Feb 1990 |
| 12 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | 12 Feb 1990 | 25 May 1993 |
| 13 | Motilal Vora | 26 May 1993 | 03 May 1996 |
| Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | 03 May 1996 | 19 July 1996 | |
| 14 | Romesh Bhandari | 19 Jul 1996 | 17 Mar 1998 |
| Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | 17 Mar 1998 | 19 Apr 1998 | |
| 15 | Suraj Bhan | 20 Apr 1998 | 23 Nov 2000 |
| 16 | Vishnu Kant Shastri | 24 Nov 2000 | 02 Jul 2004 |
| Sudarshan Agrawal | 03 Jul 2004 | 07 Jul 2004 | |
| 17 | T. V. Rajeswar | 08 Jul 2004 | 27 Jul 2009 |
| 18 | Banwari Lal Joshi | 28 Jul 2009 | 17 Jun 2014 |
| Aziz Qureshi | 17 Jun 2014 | 22 Jul 2014 | |
| 19 | Ram Naik | 22 Jul 2014 | 28 Jul 2019 |
| 20 | Anandiben Patel | 29 Jul 2019 | Incumbent |
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121. What is the name of Agra’s world-famous Sweet?
Answer: Petha
122. How many Constituencies does Uttar Pradesh have?
Answer: 404 Constituencies
123. Which City was the Old Capital of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Allahabad
124. Which is the Second Largest Rice producing state in India?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
125. Which season Mustard is grown in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Rabi Season
126. How is the Maximum part of Irrigation done in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Canals (Tube Well Irrigation System)
127. Which is the Longest Canal in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Sharda Canal
128. From which River is the Agra Canal drawn?
Answer: Yamuna River
129. To which age do the Ancient sites of Sarai Nahar Rai, Morhana Pahar, and Lekkahia in Uttar Pradesh belong?
Answer: Mesolithic Age
130. Where is the Oldest Evidence of Rice Cultivation in the world found in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Koldihwa
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131. Where was the Earliest Evidence of the use of Pottery found in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Chopani-Mando
132. Where was Gautam Buddha’s First Sermon delivered?
Answer: Sarnath
133. Who was the Architect of the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Ustad Ahmad Lahouri and Ustad Isa
134. Where is the largest Footwear Manufacturing Hub in India?
Answer: Agra
135. On which river is the Rani Laxmibai Dam Project under Construction?
Answer: Betwa River
136. Which Mughal Emperor completed the Tomb of Akbar in Sikandra?
Answer: Jahangir
137. Which Districts in Uttar Pradesh are close to Nepal Border?
Answer:
1) Bahraich
2) Balrampur
3) Lakhimpur Kheri
4) Maharajganj
5) Pilibhit
6) Sidhharthnagar
7) Sravasti
138. Which Two Districts in Uttar Pradesh touch the boundary of Delhi?
Answer: Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad
139. How many States does Uttar Pradesh share its Border with?
Answer: Nine States
1) West: Rajasthan
2) Northwest: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi
3) North: Uttarakhand
4) East: Bihar
5) South: Madhya Pradesh
6) Southeast: Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
140. How many Union Territories does Uttar Pradesh share its Border?
Answer: One (Delhi)
141. Which Districts of Uttar Pradesh are close to the Boundary of Rajasthan?
Answer: Agra and Mathura
142. Which River flows between the boundary of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Yamuna River
143. Which Ashokan Pillar has been adopted as the National Emblem of India?
Answer: The Lion Pillar of Sarnath
144. Which Place was the Capital of the Mughal Empire?
Answer: Agra
145. Which Mughal King built Fatehpur Sikri and Agra Fort?
Answer: Akbar
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146. What are the three Distinct Hypsographical Regions of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer:
1) The Gangetic Plain in the Center
2) The Shivalik Foothills and Terai in the North
3) The Vindhya Hills and Plateau in the South
147. Where is the famous Buland Darwaza located?
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh)
148. Where is the palace of Queen Jodha Bai located?
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
149. What was the Capital City of the Mahajanapada Vatsa?
Answer: Kausambi
150. When did Babur take over Agra city?
Answer: 1526 AD
Cabinet Ministers Of Uttar Pradesh
| No. | Minister | Portfolio | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogi Adityanath Chief Minister | 1) Home Affairs 2) Appointment & Personnel 3) General Administration 4) Cabinet Affairs 5) Information & Public Relations 6) Housing 7) Revenue 8) Mining & Geology 9) Institutional Finance 10) Planning 11) Programme Implementation 12) Relief & Rehabilitation 13) Protocol 14) Sainik Welfare 15) Prantiya Raksha Dal 16) Civil Aviation 17) Law 18) Food Security & Drug Administration 19) Departments not allotted to any Minister | BJP |
| 2 | Keshav Prasad Maurya Deputy Chief Minister | 1) Rural Development 2) Food Processing 3) Entertainment Tax | BJP |
| 3 | Brajesh Pathak Deputy Chief Minister | 1) Health & Family Welfare 2) Medical Education 3) Maternity & Child Welfare | BJP |
| 4 | Suresh Khanna | 1) Finance 2) Parliamentary Affairs | BJP |
| 5 | Surya Pratap Shahi | 1) Agriculture 2) Agriculture Education & Research | BJP |
| 6 | Swatantra Dev Singh | 1) Jal Shakti 2) Disaster Management | BJP |
| 7 | Baby Rani Maurya | 1) Women’s Development 2) Child Development & Nutrition | BJP |
| 8 | Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary | Sugarcane Development & Sugar Mills | BJP |
| 9 | Jayveer Singh | 1) Tourism 2) Culture | BJP |
| 10 | Dharampal Singh | 1) Animal Husbandry & Dairying 2) Political Pension 3) Minority Welfare 4) Haj & Wakf | BJP |
| 11 | Nand Gopal Gupta | 1) Industrial Development 2) Export Promotion 3) NRI & Investment Promotion | BJP |
| 12 | Bhupendra Chaudhary | Panchayati Raj | BJP |
| 13 | Anil Rajbhar | Labour & Employment | BJP |
| 14 | Jitin Prasada | Public Works Department | BJP |
| 15 | Rakesh Sachan | 1) MSME 2) Khadi & Village Industries 3) Sericulture Industries 4) Textiles & Handlooms | BJP |
| 16 | A. K. Sharma | 1) Urban Development 2) Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation 3) Energy & Additional sources of Energy | BJP |
| 17 | Yogendra Upadhyaya | 1) Higher Education 2) Science & Technology 3) Electronics & Information Technology | BJP |
| 18 | Ashish Singh Patel | 1) Technical Education 2) Consumer Protection | AD(S) |
| 19 | Sanjay Nishad | Fisheries | NISHAD |
Minister Of State (Independent Charge)
| No. | Minister | Portfolio | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitin Agrawal | Excise & Liquor Prohibition | BJP |
| 2 | Kapil Dev Aggarwal | Vocational Education & Skill Development | BJP |
| 3 | Ravindra Jaiswal | Stamp, Court Fees, & Registration | BJP |
| 4 | Sandeep Singh | Basic Education | BJP |
| 5 | Gulabo Devi | Secondary Education | BJP |
| 6 | Girish Yadav | Sports & Youth Affairs | BJP |
| 7 | Dharmveer Prajapati | Prisons & Home Guards | BJP |
| 8 | Asim Arun | 1) Social Welfare 2) SC/ST Welfare | BJP |
| 9 | Jayant Pratap Singh Rathore | Co-operation | BJP |
| 10 | Daya Shankar Singh | Transport | BJP |
| 11 | Narendra Kumar Kashyap | 1) Backward Classes Welfare 2) Disabled Empowerment | BJP |
| 12 | Dinesh Pratap Singh | 1) Horticulture 2) Agricultural Exports, Marketing & Foreign Trade | BJP |
| 13 | Arun Kumar Saxena | 1) Environment & Forest 2) Zoological Garden & Climate Change | BJP |
| 14 | Daya Shankar Mishra | 1) AYUSH 2) Food Security & Drug Administration | BJP |
Minister Of State
| No. | Minister | Portfolio | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayankeshwar Singh | 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Medical Education 3) Health & Family Welfare 4) Maternity & Child Welfare | BJP |
| 2 | Dinesh Khatik | Jal Shakti | BJP |
| 3 | Sanjiv Gond | 1) Social Welfare 2) SC/ST Welfare | BJP |
| 4 | Baldev Singh Aulakh | 1) Agriculture 2) Agricultural Education & Research | BJP |
| 5 | Ajit Singh Pal | 1) Science & Technology 2) Electronics & Information Technology | BJP |
| 6 | Jaswant Saini | 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Industrial Development | BJP |
| 7 | Ramkesh Nishad | Jal Shakti | BJP |
| 8 | Mannu Kori | Labour & Employment | BJP |
| 9 | Sanjay Singh Gangwar | Sugarcane Development & Sugar Mills | BJP |
| 10 | Brijesh Singh | Public Works Department | BJP |
| 11 | Krishan Pal Malik | 1) Environment & Forest 2) Zoological Garden & Climate Change | BJP |
| 12 | Suresh Rahi | Prisons | BJP |
| 13 | Anoop Pradhan Valmiki | Revenue | BJP |
| 14 | Pratibha Shukla | Women & Child Development | BJP |
| 15 | Rakesh Rathour Guru | 1) Urban Development 2) Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation | BJP |
| 16 | Somendra Tomar | Energy & Additional sources of Energy | BJP |
| 17 | Rajani Tiwari | Higher Education | BJP |
| 18 | Satish Chandra Sharma | Food & Civil Supplies | BJP |
| 19 | Danish Azad Ansari | 1) Minority Affairs 2) Haj & Wakf | BJP |
| 20 | Vijay Laxmi Gautam | Rural Development | BJP |
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151. Which is the only district in Uttar Pradesh that touches the boundary of Chhattisgarh?
Answer: Sonbhadra District
152. When was the First Wildlife Sanctuary established in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: 1957
153. What is the name of the First Wildlife Sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary
154. Which Soil is the most Widespread soil In Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Alluvial soil
155. As per the 2011 Census, what Percentage did Uttar Pradesh contribute to the Indian Population?
Answer: 16.16%
156. Which District in Uttar Pradesh has the lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes?
Answer: Hathras (0.01%)
157. Which State Has the Highest Proportion of Scheduled Tribes?
Answer: Mizoram (94.5 %)
158. What are the other names of Prayagraj?
Answer: Allahabad, Illahabad, and Prayag
159. Which cities are included in the “Golden Triangle” of India Tourism?
Answer: Agra, Delhi, and Jaipur
160. What is the Full Form of NOIDA?
Answer: New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
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161. When was the Uttar Pradesh Forest Corporation Act established?
Answer: 1974
162. Which is the Longest River in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Ganga
163. Through which District does Ganga enter into Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Bijnor District
164. Through which District does Ganga leave Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Balliya District
165. Which River merges into the River Ganga at Prayagraj (Allahabad)?
Answer: Yamuna River
166. What is the other name of the River Gandak?
Answer: Narayani River
167. Where is the Night Safari Park situated in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Greater Noida
168. Which state has given the Highest Number of Prime Ministers?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
169. Where is Amitabh Bachchan’s Birthplace?
Answer: Prayagraj
170. Where was the Great Hockey Player Dhyan Chand born?
Answer: Prayagraj
171. Which Nuclear Power Plant is in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Narora Atomic Power Station
172. How many Tiger Reserves are in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Three
173. Name the three Tiger Reserves of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer:
1) Amangarh Tiger Reserve
2) Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
3) Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
174. Who was the First Governor of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
175. When was Agra Presidency separated from Bengal Presidency?
Answer: 1833
176. When was the Presidency of Agra established?
Answer: 14 November 1834
177. In which District is Mango Cultivation not done in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Agra District
178. Which is the Largest District of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Lakhimpur Kheri
179. Which Year was the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) established in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: 1951
180. Who was the first Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court?
Answer: Sir Walter Morgan
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181. When was Allahabad High Court established?
Answer: 1950
182. How many High Courts are in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: One (Allahabad High Court)
183. Who was appointed as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh on 16 December 2015 by the Supreme Court of India?
Answer: Virendra Singh
184. In which District is Narora Atomic Power Station located?
Answer: Bulandshahar District
185. Where is the Bharat Kala Bhawan located?
Answer: Varanasi
186. Which Flower is recognized as the State Flower of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Palash
187. Which is the State Animal of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Swamp Deer
188. When did the British annex Oudh?
Answer: 7 February 1856 (by Lord Dalhousie)
189. Which Railway Station has the World’s Longest Railway Platform?
Answer: Gorakhpur Junction Railway Station
190. Who was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1990?
Answer: Mulayam Singh Yadav
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191. Who was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1992?
Answer: Kalyan Singh
192. Who was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2001?
Answer: Rajnath Singh
193. Who was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1952?
Answer: Govind Ballabh Pant
194. Who was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1974?
Answer: Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
195. When was the Second President’s Rule imposed?
Answer: 1 October 1970 – 18 October 1970
196. For how many was the Second President’s Rule imposed?
Answer: 17 Days
197. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport located?
Answer: Varanasi
198. How many Airports are in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Seven
199. What is the IATA of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport?
Answer: LKO
200. When was Urdu declared as the Second Official Language of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: 1989
Airports Of Uttar Pradesh
| No. | Airport | Category | IATA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agra Airport | Domestic | AGR |
| 2 | Allahabad Airport | Domestic | IXD |
| 3 | Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport | International | LKO |
| 4 | Gorakhpur Airport | Domestic | GOP |
| 5 | Hindon Airport | Domestic | HDX |
| 6 | Kanpur Airport | Domestic | KNU |
| 7 | Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport | International | VNS |
Read: List Of All Commercial Airports In India (2023 Updated)
201. Where is Chandrasekhar Independence University located?
Answer: Kanpur
202. Which District is Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary located in?
Answer: Unnao District
203. What is the term given for the meeting point of the Ganga River and Yamuna River?
Answer: Triveni Sangam
204. What is the length of the Nationalized Metal road in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: 22,000 Km
205. When was NOIDA set up?
Answer: 1976
206. Where is the largest Sugar Mill in Asia located?
Answer: Khatauli (Uttar Pradesh)
207. When was MGNREGA launched in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: 1 April 2008
208. Which mills are largely found in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Sugar Mills
209. When was Yogi Adityanath elected as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first term?
Answer: 19 March 2017
210. What is the Pin Code of Agra Chowk?
Answer: 282003
211. Who were the 8 Prime Ministers of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer:
1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2) Chandra Shekhar
3) Charan Singh
4) Indira Gandhi
5) Jawaharlal Nehru
6) Lal Bahadur Shastri
7) Rajiv Gandhi
8) Vishwanath Pratap Singh
212. Who was the first Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Vishambar Dayal
213. Who is the present Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh (2023)?
Answer: Sanjay Mishra
List Of Lokayuktas Of Uttar Pradesh
| No. | Lokayukta | Term In | Term Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vishambar Dayal | 14 Sep 1977 | 13 Sep 1982 |
| 2 | Vacant | 14 Sep 1982 | 09 Jan 1983 |
| 3 | Mirza Mohammad Murtza Hussain | 10 Jan 1983 | 10 Jan 1989 |
| 4 | Vacant | 11 Jan 1989 | 27 Jan 1989 |
| 5 | Kailash Nath Goyal | 28 Jan 1989 | 28 Jan 1995 |
| 6 | Vacant | 29 Jan 1995 | 08 Feb 1995 |
| 7 | Rajeshwar Singh | 09 Feb 1995 | 13 Jan 2000 |
| 8 | Vacant | 14 Jan 2000 | 15 Mar 2000 |
| 9 | Sudhir Chandra Verma | 16 Mar 2000 | 15 Mar 2006 |
| 10 | N.K. Mehrotra | 16 Mar 2006 | 30 Jan 2016 |
| 11 | Sanjay Mishra | 31 Jan 2016 | Incumbent |
214. How many recipients received the Padma Vibhushan Award 2022 from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: 2 (Two)
215. Who were the recipients of the Padma Vibhushan Award 2022 from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer:
1) Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous): Literature and Education
2) Kalyan Singh (Posthumous: Public Affairs
216. How many recipients received the Padma Bhushan Award 2022 from Uttar Pradesh? 2 (Two)
217. Who were the recipients of the Padma Bhushan Award 2022 from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer:
1) Rashid Khan (Art)
2) Vashishth Tripathi (Literature and Education)
218. How many recipients received the Padma Shri Award 2022 from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: 9 (Nine)
219. Who were the recipients of the Padma Shri Award 2022 from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer:
1) Kamalini Asthana & Nalini Asthana (Art)
2) Shivnath Mishra (Art)
3) Sheesh Ram (Art)
4) Seth Pal Singh (Others – Agriculture)
5) Vidya Vindu Singh (Literature and Education)
6) Sivananda (Others – Yoga)
7) Ajay Kumar Sonkar (Science and Engineering)
8) Ajita Srivastava (Art)
9) Kamlakar Tripathi (Medicine)
220. Who was the first recipient of the Padma Vibhushan Award from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Civil Service) in 1962
221. Who were the first recipients of the Padma Bhushan Award from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: (1954)
1) Amarnath Jha (Literature & Education)
2) Maithili Sharan Gupt (Literature & Education)
3) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar (Science & Engineering)
4) Satya Narayana Shastri (Medicine)
222. Who was the first recipient of the Padma Shri Award from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Akhil Chandra Mitra (Science & Engineering) (1954)
223. When did Yogi Adityanath swear in as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2022?
Answer: 26 March 2022
224. Which Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in 2022?
Answer: 18th
225. Who received the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Urwashi Dixit (Clinical Nurse)
226. How many women received the National Florence Nightingale Award 2021 from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: 2 Women
227. Who received the National Florence Nightingale Award 2021 from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Suman Dubey (Nurse) & Lissy Achankunju (Nurse)
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