| Population | Region | Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| A | 1.6 million | Central Zone | home to the Taj Mahal, former Mughal capital | Agra | 95%
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| D | 21.6 million | Northern Zone | where the historic Red Fort and Qutub Minar stand alongside modern political centers | Delhi | 95%
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| J | 3 million | Northern Zone | “Pink City” famous for its honeycomb-like Hawa Mahal, the hilltop Amer Fort, and its stunning royal history | Jaipur | 84%
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| M | 12.4 million | Western Zone | home to Bollywood, the Gateway of India, and the financial heart of the nation | Mumbai | 84%
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| B | 1.8 million | Central Zone | “City of Lakes” tragically remembered for the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster | Bhopal | 68%
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| I | 2 million | Central Zone | ranked as India’s cleanest city - famous for its “Sarafa” night food market | Indore | 63%
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| P | 1.7 million | Eastern Zone | historically known as Pataliputra, it was the capital of the great Mauryan and Gupta empires and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world | Patna | 63%
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| V | 1.2 million | Central Zone | spiritual capital of India and one of the world's oldest living cities, famous for its riverfront ghats | Varanasi | 58%
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| C | 1.1 million | Northern Zone | first planned city post-independence, designed by the French architect Le Corbusier and famous for its Rock Garden | Chandigarh | 53%
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| L | 2.9 million | Central Zone | world-renowned for its polite culture (Tehzeeb), Tunday Kababi cuisine, and delicate Chikan embroidery | Lucknow | 47%
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| K | 4.6 million | Central Zone | “Leather City of the World” massive colonial-era textile and tanning industries | Kanpur | 42%
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| F | 1.4 million | Northern Zone | massive industrial powerhouse known for manufacturing tractors, motorcycles, and refrigerators | Faridabad | 37%
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| R | 1.1 million | Eastern Zone | well-known as the hometown of Indian cricket legend M.S. Dhoni | Ranchi | 32%
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| G | 1.7 million | Central Zone | one of the world's fastest-growing cities and a major rail junction near Delhi | Ghaziabad | 26%
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| U | 515,000 | Central Zone | one of the four sites for the Kumbh Mela, it is an ancient holy city on the banks of the Shipra River, home to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple | Ujjain | 26%
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| N | 637,000 | Central Zone | modern IT and outsourcing hub featuring some of India's tallest skyscrapers | Noida | 21%
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| H | 317,000 | Central Zone | major regional trading hub for grain, jaggery, and textiles, it is the smallest district in Uttar Pradesh by land area | Hapur | 5%
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| E | 257,000 | Central Zone | at the confluence of the Yamuna and Chambal rivers, it was a major center during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 | Etawah | 0%
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| O | 515,000 | Central Zone | serves as a key gateway to the Bundelkhand region | Orai | 0%
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| Q | 7,800 | Central Zone | primarily known for its Power House, one of the state's significant thermal power projects | Qasimpur | 0%
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| S | 705,000 | Central Zone | famous for its wood-carving industry, which produces intricate furniture and handicrafts exported all over the world | Saharanpur | 0%
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| T | 165,000 | Northern Zone | famous for its unique Nawabi history, kite-flying culture, and the ornate Sunehri Kothi (Golden Mansion) | Tonk | 0%
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| W | 297,000 | Central Zone | administrative headquarters of the “Energy Capital of India” due to its massive coal mines and power plants | Waidhan | 0%
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| Y | 217,000 | Northern Zone | famous for its plywood and paper industries, as well as the historic Saraswati Sugar Mill | Yamunanagar | 0%
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| Z | 34,000 | Central Zone | famous for its Azadari (mourning ceremonies) especially during Muharram, the 1st month in Islamic calendar | Zaidpur | 0%
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