India states quiz

The 36 states in the quiz

India has 28 states and 8 union territories: 36 in the quiz. Use the Capitals button in the panel to find their capitals instead.

2 are so small that they have a circle you can tap; at sea, tapping close to it is enough.

How to play

In Point mode we name a state and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest states are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Lakshadweep (about 13 sq mi), Chandigarh (about 46 sq mi), and Puducherry (about 200 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra cover 30% of the area of India.
• The 5 states bordering China trace that border on the map: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Sikkim, and Uttarakhand.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep have no land border with any other state on the map: look for them at sea.
• Uttar Pradesh has the most neighbors: it borders 8 states. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.

Playing in class

If you teach in India, start with your school’s state and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the country before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 36 states

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair
2. Andhra Pradesh Amaravati
3. Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar
4. Assam Dispur
5. Bihar Patna
6. Chandigarh Chandigarh
7. Chhattisgarh Raipur
8. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Daman
9. Delhi New Delhi
10. Goa Panaji
11. Gujarat Gandhinagar
12. Haryana Chandigarh
13. Himachal Pradesh Shimla
14. Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar
15. Jharkhand Ranchi
16. Karnataka Bengaluru
17. Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
18. Ladakh Leh
19. Lakshadweep Kavaratti
20. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
21. Maharashtra Mumbai
22. Manipur Imphal
23. Meghalaya Shillong
24. Mizoram Aizawl
25. Nagaland Kohima
26. Odisha Bhubaneswar
27. Puducherry Pondicherry
28. Punjab Chandigarh
29. Rajasthan Jaipur
30. Sikkim Gangtok
31. Tamil Nadu Chennai
32. Telangana Hyderabad
33. Tripura Agartala
34. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow
35. Uttarakhand Dehradun
36. West Bengal Kolkata