About this quiz
Practice questions on Nepal's seven provinces, their capitals, districts and local levels.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 20 multiple-choice questions (Subject: General Knowledge · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba · Level: Easy). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 20 questions with answers and explanations
How many provinces does Nepal have under the Constitution of Nepal 2072 BS?
- A) 5
- B) 6
- C) 7 ✔
- D) 14
Why: The Constitution of Nepal, promulgated on 3 Asoj 2072 BS (2015 AD), divides Nepal into seven provinces.
How many districts are there in Nepal?
- A) 77 ✔
- B) 75
- C) 76
- D) 78
Why: Nepal has 77 districts after Nawalparasi and Rukum were each split into two in the federal restructuring.
How many local levels are there in Nepal?
- A) 744
- B) 760
- C) 701
- D) 753 ✔
Why: Nepal has 753 local levels: 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities.
How many metropolitan cities are there in Nepal?
- A) 4
- B) 6 ✔
- C) 11
- D) 7
Why: The six metropolitan cities are Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bharatpur, Pokhara, Biratnagar and Birgunj.
What is the capital of Gandaki Province?
- A) Pokhara ✔
- B) Damauli
- C) Baglung
- D) Gorkha
Why: Pokhara, in Kaski district, is the capital of Gandaki Province.
What is the capital of Karnali Province?
- A) Jumla
- B) Nepalgunj
- C) Birendranagar ✔
- D) Dailekh
Why: Birendranagar in Surkhet district is the capital of Karnali Province.
Which city is the capital of Bagmati Province?
- A) Kathmandu
- B) Hetauda ✔
- C) Bharatpur
- D) Lalitpur
Why: Hetauda in Makwanpur district is the capital of Bagmati Province.
What is the capital of Madhesh Province?
- A) Birgunj
- B) Rajbiraj
- C) Malangwa
- D) Janakpur ✔
Why: Janakpur (Janakpurdham) in Dhanusha district is the capital of Madhesh Province.
What is the capital of Koshi Province?
- A) Biratnagar ✔
- B) Dharan
- C) Itahari
- D) Ilam
Why: Biratnagar in Morang district is the capital of Koshi Province, formerly known as Province No. 1.
Which is the largest district of Nepal by area?
- A) Humla
- B) Mustang
- C) Taplejung
- D) Dolpa ✔
Why: Dolpa in Karnali Province is the largest district of Nepal by area.
Which is the smallest district of Nepal by area?
- A) Lalitpur
- B) Kathmandu
- C) Bhaktapur ✔
- D) Dhanusha
Why: Bhaktapur in Bagmati Province is the smallest district of Nepal by area.
How many districts are in Koshi Province?
- A) 12
- B) 14 ✔
- C) 13
- D) 8
Why: Koshi Province has 14 districts, the highest number among the seven provinces.
Which province of Nepal has the smallest area?
- A) Madhesh ✔
- B) Gandaki
- C) Bagmati
- D) Sudurpashchim
Why: Madhesh Province, made up entirely of Tarai districts, is the smallest province by area.
Which province of Nepal is the largest by area?
- A) Koshi
- B) Bagmati
- C) Karnali ✔
- D) Lumbini
Why: Karnali Province is the largest of the seven provinces by area.
How many rural municipalities (gaunpalika) are there in Nepal?
- A) 276
- B) 293
- C) 481
- D) 460 ✔
Why: Of Nepal's 753 local levels, 460 are rural municipalities.
How many districts does Madhesh Province have?
- A) 9
- B) 8 ✔
- C) 10
- D) 7
Why: Madhesh Province has 8 districts: Saptari, Siraha, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara and Parsa.
Which of the following provinces does NOT share a border with China?
- A) Koshi
- B) Gandaki
- C) Karnali
- D) Madhesh ✔
Why: Madhesh Province lies wholly in the Tarai and borders only India; Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali all touch the border with Tibet (China).
Which of the following is a sub-metropolitan city, not a metropolitan city?
- A) Dharan ✔
- B) Pokhara
- C) Bharatpur
- D) Biratnagar
Why: Dharan is a sub-metropolitan city; Pokhara, Bharatpur and Biratnagar are metropolitan cities.
Humla district lies in which province?
- A) Sudurpashchim
- B) Gandaki
- C) Karnali ✔
- D) Lumbini
Why: Humla, a mountain district bordering Tibet, is part of Karnali Province.
Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, lies in which district?
- A) Kapilvastu
- B) Rupandehi ✔
- C) Arghakhanchi
- D) Palpa
Why: Lumbini lies in Rupandehi district of Lumbini Province.