We all know the importance of the General Awareness Section in the Mains exams. Static GK is, in turn, one of the most important constituents of the General Awareness Section. The Mains season is just around the corner and one needs to be thoroughly prepared with the static GK part to ace the exam. Having discussed a few tricks to remember States and their CMs in the previous blog, we have come up with some important tricks to remember States and their governors, in this new blog.
Governor is the constitutional head of a state in India. But he/she must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the CM.
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Tricks to Remember States and Their Governors
The following table enlists the 28 states and their respective governors. Alongside are the tricks that you can to use to remember them easily:
| State | Governor | Trick |
| Andhra Pradesh | Biswabhushan Harichandan | Biswa (Biswabhushan) and (Andhra) Chandan’s (Harichandan) show is funny |
| Arunachal Pradesh | B. D. Mishra | Arun (Arunachal) joined Datta (Dattatrey) in Himachal to form a band (Bandaru) named BDM (BD Mishra) |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bandaru Dattatrey | |
| Bihar | Phagu Chauhan | Sreedhar (Sreedharan) gave a pill (Pillai) to Mr. Zoram (Mizoram) before leaving with Phagu for Bihar |
| Mizoram | P S Sreedharan Pillai | |
| Kerala | Arif Mohammad Khan | Najma gave a lot of money (Manipur) to Arif in Kerala to settle their case |
| Manipur | Najma Heptulla | |
| Chhattisgarh | Anusuiya Uikey | Key (Uikey) to garh (Chhattisgarh) was in Anu’s (Anusuiya) hat (Chhattisgarh) |
| Goa | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | Bhagat was not shy (Koshyari) to go (Goa) to Maharashtra |
| Maharashtra | ||
| Jharkhand | Ramesh Bais | Ramesh carried in hand (Jharkhand) his Chand ka tukda (Thawarchand) Karna (Karnataka) |
| Karnataka | Thawarchand Gehlot | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Anandiben Patel | Anandi (Anandiben) went UP (Uttar Pradesh) to Daya (Madhya) to receive a pat (Patel) |
| Madhya Pradesh | ||
| Gujarat | Acharya Devvrat | From Gujarat, Dev (Devvrat) and Disha (Odisha) went to see Ganesh (Ganeshi Lal) |
| Odisha | Ganeshi Lal | |
| Uttarakhand | Baby Rani Maurya | Ravi was present at the gala (Nagaland) along with Rani and their baby Tara (Uttarakhand) |
| Nagaland | R. N. Ravi | |
| Assam | Jagdish Mukhi | Sam’s (Assam) dish (Jagdish) had a bad (Badnore) smell, so VP Singh took a jab (Punjab) at it |
| Punjab | V. P. Singh Badnore | |
| Haryana | Satyadev Narayan Arya | Ryan (Haryana) and Rayan (Narayan) were the true (Satya) friends of Arya |
| Rajasthan | Kalraj Mishra | Raja (Rajasthan) Kal (Kalraj) really likes (Malik) Megha (Meghalaya) |
| Meghalaya | Satyapal Malik | |
| Tamil Nadu | Banwarilal Purohit | Ramesh’s trip (Tripura) to Tamil Nadu was banned (Banwarilal) by Purohit |
| Tripura | Ramesh Bais | |
| Telangana | T. Soundararajan | Language (Telangana) is made of various sounds (Soundararajan) |
| Sikkim | Ganga Prasad | Kim (Sikkim) took a dip (Jagdip) in the Ganga in Bengal |
| West Bengal | Jagdip Dhankhar |
Stay tuned for more such interesting tips and tricks regarding various competitive exams!
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