Uttar Pradesh Geography GK Questions & Answers for UPSC, SSC, UPPSC

Boundaries & Districts

Q1:  How many Indian states does Uttar Pradesh share its borders with (excluding Nepal and Delhi)?
Answer: 8

Q2:  Which is the only district in India that shares its borders with four different states — Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Bihar?
Answer: Sonbhadra

Q3:  Which UP district is the largest by area?
Answer: Lakhimpur Kheri

Q4:  Which UP district is the smallest by area?
Answer: Hapur

Q5:  Which state shares the longest border with Uttar Pradesh, touching 11 of its districts?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Q6:  Which UP district shares its borders with Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Uttarakhand simultaneously?
Answer: Saharanpur

Q7:  Which UP district is surrounded by Madhya Pradesh on three sides?
Answer: Lalitpur

Q8:  Uttar Pradesh shares an international border with which country to its north?
Answer: Nepal

Q9:  How many districts of southern Uttar Pradesh form the Bundelkhand region, as defined by the state's Bundelkhand Vikas Nidhi?
Answer: Seven

Q10:  Which two UP districts are primarily identified with the state's Vindhyan hill and plateau region?
Answer: Mirzapur and Sonbhadra

Q11:  Which UP city, headquarters of Sonbhadra district, serves as the administrative centre of the state's mineral-rich Vindhyan plateau region?
Answer: Robertsganj

Q12:  Which UP district lies at the easternmost point of the state, bordering Bihar near the Ganga-Ghaghara confluence area?
Answer: Ballia

Q13:  How many districts of Uttar Pradesh are included within the National Capital Region (NCR)?
Answer: 8

Q14:  Uttar Pradesh is the how-many-th largest Indian state by geographical area?
Answer: Fourth

Q15:  Uttar Pradesh, the fourth-largest Indian state by area, ranks behind Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and which other state?
Answer: Maharashtra

Q16:  Which cultural-geographical region of western Uttar Pradesh, home to cities like Noida, Ghaziabad, and Meerut, is considered the state's most urbanised and industrialised zone?
Answer: Western UP (Paschim Pradesh)

Q17:  Which UP terai belt district, bordering Nepal, contains the ancient Buddhist site of Shravasti?
Answer: Shravasti

Q18:  Which UP district, home to the site of Buddha's parinirvana and part of the terai-influenced eastern plains, borders Bihar to its east?
Answer: Kushinagar

Q19:  Which UP terai belt district, bordering Nepal, contains the ancient Buddhist site of Piprahwa, identified by many scholars with Kapilavastu?
Answer: Siddharthnagar

Q20:  Which UP city, part of the NCR and a hub for electronics and IT companies, lies adjacent to Delhi across the Yamuna river?
Answer: Noida

Q21:  Which UP city, part of the NCR, serves as a major residential and industrial satellite town of Delhi along the Delhi-Meerut corridor?
Answer: Ghaziabad

Q22:  Which UP city, part of the NCR and known for its sports goods manufacturing industry, lies along the Delhi-Meerut corridor?
Answer: Meerut

Physical Features

Q23:  Which large-scale physiographic feature dominates most of Uttar Pradesh's landscape?
Answer: Indo-Gangetic Plain

Q24:  Which hill range forms a natural boundary along part of Uttar Pradesh's southern edge, extending into the Bundelkhand-Vindhya region?
Answer: Vindhya Range

Q25:  Which term describes the newer, more fertile alluvial soil found in the floodplains of UP's rivers?
Answer: Khadar

Q26:  Which term describes the older, less fertile alluvial soil found on higher ground away from UP's rivers?
Answer: Bangar

Q27:  Which narrow belt of porous, coarse soil lies along the Shivalik foothills in northern Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Bhabar

Q28:  Which marshy, moist lowland region lies just south of the Bhabar belt in UP, known for dense forests and wildlife?
Answer: Terai

Q29:  Which UP region, in the far southeast, contains part of the ancient Vindhyan plateau and is known for its coal and mineral reserves?
Answer: Sonbhadra

Q30:  Which two broad physiographic divisions make up Uttar Pradesh's terrain?
Answer: Northern Gangetic plain and southern Bundelkhand-Vindhyan plateau

Q31:  Which UP city, located near the edge of the Vindhyan plateau where it meets the Gangetic plain, marks a visible transition in the state's landscape?
Answer: Mirzapur

Q32:  Which is the oldest rock system found in Uttar Pradesh, occurring mainly in Sonbhadra and Lalitpur districts?
Answer: Archaean rocks

Q33:  Which rock system, chiefly associated with Sonbhadra district and containing coal deposits, is part of Uttar Pradesh's geological structure?
Answer: Gondwana rocks

Q34:  The Kaimur series, a formation made of sandstone and limestone, is part of which major rock system found in UP's Bundelkhand-Vindhyan plateau?
Answer: Vindhyan system

Q35:  The Kaimur series, a formation of the Vindhyan rock system found in UP's Bundelkhand-Baghelkhand plateau, is primarily composed of which two types of rock?
Answer: Sandstone and limestone

Q36:  Which geological formation, found in Sonbhadra district, is associated with the region's significant coal deposits?
Answer: Gondwana coalfields (Singrauli coalfield)

Q37:  Which UP region is described geographically as a transitional zone between the fertile Gangetic Plains and the rugged Vindhyan Plateau?
Answer: Bundelkhand

Q38:  Which UP region, spanning parts of Etawah, Agra, and Jalaun districts, is known for extensive ravine formations caused by erosion along the Chambal and Yamuna rivers?
Answer: Chambal ravine belt

Q39:  Which geographical term describes the degraded, gully-eroded terrain found in the Chambal-Yamuna ravine belt of UP?
Answer: Badland topography

Q40:  Which term describes the fertile plain lying east of the Ganga-Yamuna Doab and the Rohilkhand Plains, forming the historic heartland of Uttar Pradesh, drained mainly by the Ghaghara?
Answer: Avadh Plains

Rivers, Dams & Canals

Q41:  Which is the longest river flowing through Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Ganga

Q42:  At which UP city do the Ganga and Yamuna rivers converge, forming the Triveni Sangam?
Answer: Prayagraj

Q43:  Which UP river is also known as the Sarayu in its course near Ayodhya?
Answer: Ghaghara

Q44:  Which term refers to the fertile tract of land lying between two rivers, a common feature of UP's geography (e.g., between the Ganga and Yamuna)?
Answer: Doab

Q45:  The Hindon River, a tributary of the Yamuna, originates in Saharanpur district and joins the Yamuna near which UP city?
Answer: Greater Noida

Q46:  Which river, originating in Madhya Pradesh and flowing through the Bundelkhand region, joins the Yamuna near Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Betwa

Q47:  Which river forms part of the international boundary between India and Nepal near the Pilibhit-Lakhimpur Kheri region of UP?
Answer: Sarda (Mahakali)

Q48:  Which major irrigation canal, originating from the Ganga at Haridwar, has historically irrigated large parts of western UP since the British era?
Answer: Upper Ganga Canal

Q49:  Which is the longest canal in Uttar Pradesh, originating at Banbasa from the Sharda river near the India-Nepal border?
Answer: Sharda Canal

Q50:  Construction of the Sharda Canal, originating at Banbasa near the India-Nepal border, began in which year?
Answer: 1920

Q51:  Which UP river basin covers the largest share of the state's total geographical area?
Answer: Ganga basin

Q52:  The Ganga river enters Uttar Pradesh from Uttarakhand near which UP city?
Answer: Bijnor

Q53:  Which river originates from Gomat Taal near Madho Tanda in Pilibhit district and flows entirely within UP before joining the Ganga near Ghazipur?
Answer: Gomti

Q54:  The Ramganga river, a tributary of the Ganga originating in the lower Himalayas, primarily flows through which UP region before joining the Ganga near Kannauj?
Answer: Rohilkhand region

Q55:  Which river, entering UP from Nepal, is also referred to as the Sarayu in its course near Ayodhya?
Answer: Ghaghara

Q56:  Which river forms the northern boundary of the Bundelkhand region, separating it from the Gangetic plains of UP?
Answer: Yamuna

Q57:  Which UP lake, located in Gorakhpur, was formed from the remains of a former channel of the Rapti river?
Answer: Ramgarh Tal

Q58:  Which UP lake, near Agra and also called Keetham Lake, is a Ramsar-recognized wetland (designated 2020) known for hosting large numbers of migratory waterfowl and waterbirds?
Answer: Sur Sarovar

Q59:  Which reservoir, formed by a dam on the Rihand river (a tributary of the Son) in Sonbhadra district, is the largest man-made lake in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Reservoir)

Q60:  The Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Reservoir) in Sonbhadra ranks as the largest artificial reservoir by volume in which country?
Answer: India

Q61:  Near which UP district do the Chambal, Yamuna, Sind, Pahuj, and Kwari rivers converge at a confluence point called 'Pachnada'?
Answer: Etawah

Q62:  Which term describes the fertile plain lying between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers, one of the most densely populated regions of UP?
Answer: Ganga-Yamuna Doab

Q63:  Which UP river runs alongside the Ganga near Ballia district, at the state's eastern edge, before the two rivers technically merge just across the border in Bihar?
Answer: Ghaghara

Q64:  Which dam, built on the Betwa river in Lalitpur district in 1958, supports irrigation and hydroelectric power generation for the Bundelkhand region?
Answer: Matatila Dam

Q65:  Which dam, part of the Rihand Project and located downstream of the main Rihand Dam in Sonbhadra district, has its own hydel power station?
Answer: Obra Dam

Q66:  Which barrage, located at Banbasa on the Sharda river near the India-Nepal border, feeds the Sharda Canal irrigation system?
Answer: Sharda Barrage

Q67:  Which barrage, built on the Ganga in Bulandshahr district, feeds the Lower Ganga Canal and lies near a major nuclear power plant?
Answer: Narora Barrage

Q68:  Which barrage, built on the Ramganga river in Bijnor district, helps regulate water for the Ramganga Canal System supplying Moradabad, Amroha, and Bijnor districts?
Answer: Harewali Barrage

Q69:  Which UP dam, built on the Betwa river near Jhansi, supplies water to the Parichha Thermal Power Station and is popular for water sports?
Answer: Parichha Dam

Q70:  The Ganga-Yamuna Doab is traditionally divided into how many sections for geographical study?
Answer: Three

Q71:  Which section of the Ganga-Yamuna Doab, stretching roughly from Saharanpur to Aligarh, is known for its high concentration of sugarcane cultivation and sugar mills?
Answer: Upper Doab

Q72:  Which section of the Ganga-Yamuna Doab lies roughly between Aligarh and Kanpur?
Answer: Middle Doab

Q73:  Which section of the Ganga-Yamuna Doab stretches from Kanpur to Prayagraj, where the Ganga and Yamuna finally converge?
Answer: Lower Doab

Climate, Forests & Wildlife

Q74:  Uttar Pradesh's climate is generally classified, according to the state government and standard geography references, as which type?
Answer: Tropical monsoon

Q75:  Which season, driven by the southwest monsoon, typically brings the bulk of Uttar Pradesh's annual rainfall between June and September?
Answer: Monsoon (Varsha)

Q76:  Which national park in UP, located in Lakhimpur Kheri district near the Nepal border, is known for its terai ecosystem and Bengal tiger population?
Answer: Dudhwa National Park

Q77:  Which UP wildlife sanctuary, located in Chandauli district, takes its name from a river flowing through it?
Answer: Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary

Q78:  Which UP wildlife sanctuary, located in Chitrakoot district within the Vindhyan range and bordered by the Ooshan River, is home to tigers, leopards, and sloth bears?
Answer: Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary

Q79:  Which UP wildlife sanctuary in Lakhimpur Kheri district forms part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve complex, protecting terai grassland habitat?
Answer: Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

Q80:  Which type of forest, characterized by trees shedding leaves in the dry season, is predominantly found in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Tropical Deciduous

Q81:  Into how many agro-climatic zones has the Uttar Pradesh government divided the state, based on rainfall, soil, and cropping patterns?
Answer: 9

Q82:  Which UP agro-climatic zone covers the drought-prone districts of the Bundelkhand region?
Answer: Bundelkhand zone

Q83:  Which UP agro-climatic zone covers Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts, characterized by plateau-like terrain and lateritic soils?
Answer: Vindhyan zone

Q84:  Which UP wetland, a network of six perennial marshy lakes recognized as a Ramsar site, is located in Raebareli district?
Answer: Samaspur Bird Sanctuary

Q85:  Which UP wetland, a permanent marshy lake in Mainpuri district and a known conservation site for Sarus cranes, is recognized as both a Ramsar site and an Important Bird Area?
Answer: Saman Bird Sanctuary

Q86:  Which UP terai belt district, bordering Nepal, hosts the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve?
Answer: Pilibhit

Q87:  Which UP terai belt district, bordering Nepal, hosts Dudhwa National Park?
Answer: Lakhimpur Kheri

Expressways & Infrastructure

Q88:  Which UP district, part of the Vindhyan plateau, is often called the 'Energy Capital' of the state due to its multiple thermal power plants?
Answer: Sonbhadra

Q89:  Which mineral resource, found in the Sonbhadra-Mirzapur belt of UP's Vindhyan region, supports Sonbhadra's multiple thermal power plants like Obra, Anpara, and Renusagar?
Answer: Coal

Q90:  Which historic trade route, redeveloped by Sher Shah Suri in the 16th century, forms the geographical basis of the modern highway passing through Kanpur, Prayagraj, and Varanasi?
Answer: Grand Trunk Road

Q91:  Which nuclear power plant, located near the Narora Barrage on the Ganga in Bulandshahr district, is one of UP's key power installations?
Answer: Narora Atomic Power Station

Q92:  Which UP city serves as the headquarters of the North Central Railway zone?
Answer: Prayagraj

Q93:  In which year was the North Central Railway zone established, formed by reorganizing divisions of the Northern and Central Railway zones?
Answer: 2003

Q94:  Besides coal, which other mineral resource is a major part of Sonbhadra district's mineral wealth, supplying cement plants at Churk and Dalla?
Answer: Limestone

Q95:  Which UP expressway, running 340.8 km from Lucknow to Ghazipur, was described as India's longest operational expressway at the time of its inauguration in November 2021?
Answer: Purvanchal Expressway

Q96:  Which UP expressway, about 165.5 km long, connects Greater Noida to Agra?
Answer: Yamuna Expressway

Q97:  Which UP expressway, about 302 km long, connects Agra to Lucknow, passing through Firozabad, Etawah, and Kanpur?
Answer: Agra-Lucknow Expressway

Q98:  Which UP expressway, 296 km long, connects Chitrakoot to Etawah, passing through seven Bundelkhand districts, and was inaugurated in July 2022?
Answer: Bundelkhand Expressway

Q99:  Which greenfield international airport, located at Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, became operational in March 2026 and serves the NCR region?
Answer: Noida International Airport

Q100:  Which UP city's international airport, inaugurated in October 2021, primarily serves Buddhist pilgrimage tourism near the site of Buddha's parinirvana?
Answer: Kushinagar