Old and New Names of Cities/Countries GK Important for UPSC, SSC, PSC, CHSL, CDS, WBCS, CGL, IAS, NDA, Railways, Banks, etc.

  • 1. What was the former name of Kalaburgi?

    (A) Palghat

    (B) Gulbarga

    (C) Kovalam

    (D) Krwastiania

    Answer: Gulbarga

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  • 2. What was the former name of Oslo?

    (A) Ceylon

    (B) Nyasaland

    (C) Dahomey

    (D) Krwastiania

    Answer: Krwastiania

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  • 3. What was the former name of Jamshedpur?

    (A) Baroda

    (B) Dacca

    (C) Sakchi

    (D) Calicut

    Answer: Sakchi

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  • 4. What was the former name of Alappuzha?

    (A) Batavia

    (B) Aleppey

    (C) Angora

    (D) Banaras

    Answer: Aleppey

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  • 5. What was the former name of Shivamogga?

    (A) Saigon

    (B) Simla

    (C) Shimoga

    (D) Siam

    Answer: Shimoga

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  • 6. What was the former name of Kozhikode?

    (A) Calicut

    (B) Cochin

    (C) Congo

    (D) Constantinople

    Answer: Calicut

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  • 7. What was the former name of Ahmedabad?

    (A) Cawnpore

    (B) Aurangabad

    (C) Karnavati / Ashaval

    (D) Ellice Islands

    Answer: Karnavati / Ashaval

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  • 8. What was the old name of “St. Petersburg” city?

    (A) Central Province

    (B) Christina

    (C) Dahomey

    (D) Leningrad

    Answer: Leningrad

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  • 9. What was the former name of Harare?

    (A) Banaras

    (B) Cape Canaveral

    (C) Salwasbury

    (D) Christina

    Answer: Salwasbury

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  • 10. What was the former name of Kanyakumari?

    (A) Cape Comorin

    (B) Coromandel

    (C) Palghat

    (D) Kovalam

    Answer: Cape Comorin

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  • 11. What was the former name of Jakarta?

    (A) Congo

    (B) Constantinople

    (C) Gold Coast

    (D) Batavia

    Answer: Batavia

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  • 12. What was the former name of Thoothukudi?

    (A) Malaya

    (B) Tuticorin

    (C) Quilon

    (D) Saigon

    Answer: Tuticorin

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  • 13. What was the former name of Peshawar?

    (A) Panjim

    (B) Palghat

    (C) Petrogad

    (D) Purushapura

    Answer: Purushapura

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  • 14. What was the former name of Tumakuru?

    (A) Petrogad

    (B) Tumkur

    (C) Pondicherry

    (D) Palghat

    Answer: Tumkur

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  • 15. What was the former name of Kollam?

    (A) Uttaranchal

    (B) Quilon / Desinganadu

    (C) Zanzibar

    (D) Simla

    Answer: Quilon / Desinganadu

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  • 16. What was the former name of Guwahati?

    (A) Rangoon

    (B) Pragjyotishpura

    (C) Malaya

    (D) Kampuchea

    Answer: Pragjyotishpura

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  • 17. What was the former name of Hubballi?

    (A) Hubli

    (B) Dacca

    (C) Jubbulpore

    (D) Jullundhar

    Answer: Hubli

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  • 18. What was the former name of Chikkamagaluru?

    (A) Cawnpore

    (B) Calicut

    (C) Chikmagalur

    (D) Dahomey

    Answer: Chikmagalur

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  • 19. What was the former name of Vijayapura?

    (A) Ceylon

    (B) Bijapur

    (C) Basutoland

    (D) Bechunaland

    Answer: Bijapur

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  • 20. What was the former name of Mangaluru?

    (A) Mangalore

    (B) Nippon

    (C) Manchukuo

    (D) Madras

    Answer: Mangalore

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  • 21. What was the former name of Mysuru?

    (A) Dutch Guyana

    (B) Mysore

    (C) Ellice Islands

    (D) Kampuchea

    Answer: Mysore

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  • 22. What was the former name of Ballari?

    (A) Bombay

    (B) Bellary

    (C) Burma

    (D) Batavia

    Answer: Bellary

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  • 23. What was the former name of Belagavi/ Belgavi / Venugrama?

    (A) Belgaum

    (B) Bechunaland

    (C) Burma

    (D) Constantinople

    Answer: Belgaum

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  • 24. What was the former name of Bengaluru?

    (A) Banaras

    (B) Baitarani

    (C) Bangalore

    (D) Formosa

    Answer: Bangalore

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  • 25. What was the former name of Hosapete?

    (A) Ellice Islands

    (B) Hospet

    (C) Gauhati

    (D) Gold Coast

    Answer: Hospet

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  • 26. What was the former name of Saraswati Nagar?

    (A) Manchukuo

    (B) Mustafabad

    (C) Nippon

    (D) Leopoldville

    Answer: Mustafabad

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  • 27. What was the former name of Thrissur?

    (A) Uttaranchal

    (B) Thrishivaperur/Trichur

    (C) Salisbury

    (D) Quilon

    Answer: Thrishivaperur/Trichur

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  • 28. What was the former name of Uttarakhand?

    (A) Siam

    (B) Petrogad

    (C) Uttaranchal

    (D) Peking

    Answer: Uttaranchal

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  • 29. What was the former name of Kannur?

    (A) Calicut

    (B) Calcutta

    (C) Cannanore

    (D) Cochin

    Answer: Cannanore

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  • 30. What was the former name of Kakinada?

    (A) British Guiana

    (B) Cocanada

    (C) Aurangabad

    (D) Angora

    Answer: Cocanada

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  • 31. What was the former name of Amravati?

    (A) Audumbaravati /Umravti

    (B) Cape Canaveral

    (C) Cawnpore

    (D) Central Province

    Answer: Audumbaravati /Umravti

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  • 32. What was the former name of Tiruchirappalli?

    (A) Trichy

    (B) Thrishivaperur/Trichur

    (C) Persia

    (D) Simla

    Answer: Trichy

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  • 33. What was the former name of Lucknow?

    (A) Lakshmanpuri

    (B) Leopoldville

    (C) Kampuchea

    (D) Manchukuo

    Answer: Lakshmanpuri

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  • 34. What was the former name of Thanjavur?

    (A) Trichy

    (B) Thrishivaperur/Trichur

    (C) Tanjore

    (D) Gauhati

    Answer: Tanjore

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  • 35. What was the former name of Patna?

    (A) Dacca

    (B) Pataliputra

    (C) Constantinople

    (D) Pampy

    Answer: Pataliputra

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  • 36. What was the former name of Pune?

    (A) Dacca

    (B) Poona

    (C) Palghat

    (D) Pampy

    Answer: Poona

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  • 37. What was the former name of Allahabad?

    (A) Dahomey

    (B) Quilon

    (C) Panjim

    (D) Prayag

    Answer: Prayag

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  • 38. What was the former name of Uttar Pradesh?

    (A) United Provinces

    (B) Constantinople

    (C) Central Province

    (D) Basutoland

    Answer: United Provinces

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  • 39. What was the former name of Warangal?

    (A) Bombay

    (B) Calicut

    (C) Orugallu

    (D) Ceylon

    Answer: Orugallu

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  • 40. What was the former name of Bidar?

    (A) Kampuchea

    (B) Nippon

    (C) Manchukuo

    (D) Mohammedabad

    Answer: Mohammedabad

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  • 41. What was the former name of Valsad?

    (A) Ceylon

    (B) Bulsar

    (C) Christina

    (D) Dacca

    Answer: Bulsar

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  • 42. What was the former name of Khambhat?

    (A) Cape Canaveral

    (B) Cambay

    (C) Ceylon

    (D) Christina

    Answer: Cambay

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  • 43. What was the former name of Mandi?

    (A) Cawnpore

    (B) Jullundhar

    (C) Mandav Nagar

    (D) Mesopotamia

    Answer: Mandav Nagar

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  • 44. What was the former name of Chennai?

    (A) Formosa

    (B) Madras

    (C) Ellice Islands

    (D) Nyasaland

    Answer: Madras

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  • 45. What was the former name of Kolkata?

    (A) Gauhati

    (B) Leopoldville

    (C) Calcutta

    (D) Kampuchea

    Answer: Calcutta

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  • 46. What was the former name of Kanpur?

    (A) Abyssinia

    (B) Cawnpore

    (C) Angora

    (D) Kenpore

    Answer: Cawnpore

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  • 47. What was the former name of Vadodra?

    (A) Burma

    (B) Ceylon

    (C) Baroda

    (D) Zanzibar

    Answer: Baroda

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  • 48. What was the former name of Puducherry?

    (A) Pondicherry

    (B) Pampy

    (C) Palghat

    (D) Panjim

    Answer: Pondicherry

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  • 49. What was the former name of Delhi?

    (A) Batavia

    (B) Aurangabad

    (C) Shahjahanabad

    (D) Central Province

    Answer: Shahjahanabad

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  • 50. What was the former name of Palakkad?

    (A) Panjim

    (B) Peking

    (C) Palghat

    (D) Petrogad

    Answer: Palghat

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  • 51. What was the former name of Ayodhya?

    (A) Aurangabad

    (B) Angora

    (C) Abyssinia

    (D) Saketa

    Answer: Saketa

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  • 52. What was the former name of Udhagamandalam?

    (A) Congo

    (B) Dahomey

    (C) Udhagai /Ooty

    (D) Gauhati

    Answer: Udhagai /Ooty

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  • 53. What was the former name of Gurugram?

    (A) Malaya

    (B) Nyasaland

    (C) Formosa

    (D) Gurgaon

    Answer: Gurgaon

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  • 54. What was the former name of Rajamahendravaram?

    (A) Peking

    (B) Rajahmundry

    (C) Pondicherry

    (D) Rangoon

    Answer: Rajahmundry

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  • 55. What was the former name of Varanasi?

    (A) Persia

    (B) Petrogad

    (C) Salisbury

    (D) Banaras

    Answer: Banaras

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  • 56. What was the former name of Panaji?

    (A) Northern Rhodesia

    (B) Saigon

    (C) Manchukuo

    (D) Panjim

    Answer: Panjim

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  • 57. What was the former name of Mapusa?

    (A) Christina

    (B) Cochin

    (C) Mapuça

    (D) Dacca

    Answer: Mapuça

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  • 58. What was the former name of Nuh district?

    (A) Leopoldville

    (B) Nippon

    (C) Mewat

    (D) Peking

    Answer: Mewat

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