Correct Answer – Option 2 : Ranchi

The Correct Answer is Ranchi.

• Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand.
• The center of the Jharkhand movement was Ranchi, which called for a separate state for the tribal areas of western West Bengal, South Bihar, northern Orissa, and the eastern part of what is now Chhattisgarh.
• By dividing the Bihar divisions of Santhal Parganas and Chota Nagpur, the Jharkhand state was created on 15 November 2000.
• Ranchi has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be constructed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi’s flagship Smart Cities Mission.

• The Jharkhand state shares its boundaries with the northern states of Bihar, northwest of Uttar Pradesh, west of Chhattisgarh, south of Odisha, and east of West Bengal.
• It has 79,710 km² of surface area. It is by area the 15th largest state and by population the 14th largest. Hindi is the state’s official language.

• Patna is Bihar’s largest and capital city.
• Patna is an ancient city in Bihar, northeast India, that spreads along the south bank of the Ganges River.