The correct answer is Kohima, the capital of Nagaland. Kohima serves as the administrative and legislative headquarters of Nagaland, housing the state secretariat, the Legislative Assembly, and the offices of the Governor and Chief Minister. Notably, Kohima was the site of the historic Battle of Kohima in 1944, a turning point of the Second World War in the India-Burma theatre, and the Kohima War Cemetery, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, stands as a memorial to soldiers who fought there. The other options given in this Nagaland question are capitals of different Indian states, and candidates often confuse them because Static GK questions on state capitals are frequently tested together in a single set. Patna is the capital of Bihar, not Nagaland. Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya, not Nagaland. Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha, not Nagaland. None of these cities administers Nagaland; only Kohima holds that constitutional status. Competitive exams such as SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, State PSC, and Railway exams often feature a Nagaland question like this one on Kohima, which shows why questions on Indian state capitals are considered high-scoring, since they test direct factual recall rather than complex reasoning. Remember Kohima as the capital of Nagaland, and clearly distinguish it from the distractor capitals used here — Patna, Shillong, Bhubaneswar — to avoid marking the wrong answer under exam-time pressure.
