Questions regarding countries, capitals and their currencies are quite common in many of the major competitive exams such as SSC, UPSC, IBPS, RRB, IAS and Banking exams. Every year at least 1-2 questions in the General Knowledge section of these exams.
Asia Country Capital Currency 1 Afghanistan Kabul Afghan afghani 2 Armenia Yerevan Armenian dram 3 Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijani manat 4 Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar 5 Bangladesh Dhaka Taka 6 Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrum 7 BruneiBandar Seri Begawan Brunei dollar8 Cambodia Phnom Penh Combodian reil 9 China Beijing Renminbi (Yuan) 10 Cyprus Nicosia Euro 11 Georgia Tbilisi/T’bilisi Lari 12 India New Delhi Indian rupee 13 Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah 14 Iran Tehran Iranian rial 15 Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel 16 Japan Tokyo Yen 17 Jordon Amman Jordonian dinar 18 Kazakhstan Astana Kazakhstani tenge 19 Korea, North Pyongyang North Korean won 20 Korea, South Seoul South Korean won 21 Kuwait Kuwait city Kuwaiti dinar 22 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani som 23 Laos Vientiane Lao kip 24 Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound 25 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit 26 Maldives Male’ Maldivian rufiyaa 27 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian togrog 28 Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw Kyat 29 Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee 30 Oman Muscat Omani rial 31 Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee 32 Philippines Manila Philippine peso 33 Qatar Doha Qatari riyal 34 Russia Moscow Russian ruble 35 Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal 36 Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar 37 Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo Sri Lankan rupee38 Syria Damascus Syrian pound 39 Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni 40 Thailand Bangkok Baht 41 Timor-Leste/East Timor Dili US dollar 42 Turkey Ankara Turkish lira 43 Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmen new manat 44 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi UAE dirham 45 Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan som 46 Vietnam Hanoi Dong 47 Yemen Sana’a Yemeni rial
Africa Country Capital Currency 1 Algeria Algiers Algerian dollars 2 Angola Luanda Kwanza 3 Benin Porto-Novo CFA franc 4 Botswana Gaborone Pula 5 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA franc 6 Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc 7 Cameroon Yaounde CFA franc 8 Cape Verde PraiaCape Verdean escudo 9 Central African Republic Bangui CFA franc 10 Chad N’Djamena CFA franc 11 Comoros Moroni Comorian franc 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Congolese franc13 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville CFA franc 14 Djibouti Djibouti City Djiboutian franc 15 Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound 16 Equatorial Guinea Malabo CFA franc 17 Eritrea Asmara Nakfa 18 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr 19 Gabon Libraville CFA franc 20 Gambia Banjul Dalasi 21 Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi 22 Guinea Conakry Guinean franc 23 Guinea Bissau Bissau CFA franc 24 Ivory Coast Yamoussou CFA franc 25 Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling 26 Lesotho Maseru Loti 27 Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar 28 Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar 29 Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy ariary 30 Malawi Lilongwe Malawian kwacha 31 Mali Bamako CFA franc 32 Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya 33 Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee 34 Morocco Rabat Moroccan dirham 35 Mozambique Maputo Mozambican metical 36 Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar 37 Niger Niamey CFA franc 38 Nigeria Abuja Naira 39 Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc 40 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome Dobra 41 Senegal Dakar CFA franc 42 Seychelles Victoria Seychellois rupee 43 Sierra Leone FreetownSierra Leonean leone 44 Somalia Mogadishu Shilling 45 South Africa Bloemfontein South African rand 46 South Sudan JubaSouth Sudanese pound 47 Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound 48 Swaziland Lobamba Lilangeni 49 Tanzania Dodoma Tanzanian shilling 50 Togo Lome CFA franc 51 Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar 52 Uganda Kampala Ugandan shilling 53 Zambia Lusaka Zambian kwacha 54 Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwean dollar
Australia/Oceania Country Capital Currency 1 Australia Canberra Australian dollar 2 Federated States of Micronesia Palikir US dollar3 Fiji Suva Fiji dollar 4 Kiribati Tarawa Australian dollar 5 Marshall Islands Majuro US dollar 6 Nauru Yaren Australian dollar 7 New Zealand Wellington New Zealand dollar 8 Palau Ngerulmud US dollar 9 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina 10 Samoa Apia Tala 11 Solomon Islands HoniaraSolomon Islands dollar 12 Tonga Nuku’alofa Pa’anga 13 Tuvalu Funafuti Australian dollar 14 Vanuatu Port Vila Vatu
Europe Country Capital Currency 1 Aland Islands Mariehamn Euro 2 Albania Tirana Albanian lek 3 Andorra Andorra La Vella Euro 4 Austria Vienna Euro 5 Belarus Minsk Belarusian ruble 6 Belgium Brussels Euro 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark 8 Bulgaria Sofia Bulgarian lev 9 Croatia Zagreb Croatian kuna 10 Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna 11 Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone 12 Estonia Tallinn Euro 13 Faroe Islands Torshavn Faroese krona 14 Finland Helsinki Euro 15 France Paris Euro 16 Germany Berlin Euro 17 Gibraltar Gibraltar Pound sterling 18 Greece Athens Euro 19 Guernsey Saint Peter Port Guernsey pound 20 Hungary Budapest Hungarian forint 21 Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krona 22 Ireland Dublin Euro 23 Isle of Man Douglas Manx pound 24 Italy Rome Euro 25 Jersey Saint Helier Jersey pound 26 Kosovo Pristina Euro 27 Latvia Riga Euro 28 Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc 29 Lithuania Vilnius Euro 30 Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro 31 Macedonia SkopjeSecond Macedonian denar 32 Malta Valletta Euro 33 Moldova Chisinau Moldovan leu 34 Monaco Monaco Euro 35 Montenegro Podgorica Euro 36 Netherlands Amsterdam Euro 37 Norway Oslo Norwegian krone 38 Poland Warsaw Polish zloty 39 Portugal Lisbon Euro 40 Romania Bucharest Fourth Romanian leu 41 Russia Moscow Russian ruble 42 San Marino San Marino Euro 43 Serbia Belgrade Serbian dinar 44 Principality of Sealand HM Fort Roughs Sealand dollar 45 Slovakia Bratislava Euro 46 Slovenia Ljubljana Euro 47 Spain Madrid Euro 48 Svalbard Longyearbyen Norwegian krone 49 Sweden Stockholm Swedish krona 50 Switzerland Bern Swiss franc 51 Transnistria Tiraspol Transnistrian ruble 52 Ukraine Kiev Ukranian hryvnia 53 United Kingdom London Pound sterling 54 Vatican City/Holy See Vatican City Euro
North America Country Capital Currency 1 Antigua and Barbuda St. John’sEast Caribbean dollar 2 Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar 3 Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian dollar 4 Belize Belmopan Belize dollar 5 Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar 6 Costa Rica San Jose Costa Rican colon 7 Cuba Havana Cuban peso 8 Dominica RoseauEast Caribbean dollar 9 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso 10 El Salvador San Salvador United States dollar 11 Grenada St. George’sEast Caribbean dollar 12 Guatemala Guatemala city Guatemalan quetzal 13 Haiti Port-au-Prince Haitian gourde 14 Honduras Tegucigalpa Honduran lempira 15 Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar 16 Mexico Mexico city Mexican peso 17 Nicaragua Managua Nicaraguan cordoba 18 Panama Panama city Panamanian balboa 19 Saint Kitts and Nevis BasseterreEast Caribbean dollar 20 Saint Lucia CastriesEast Caribbean dollar 21Saint Vincent and the Grenadines KingstownEast Caribbean dollar 22 Trinidad and Tobago Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago dollar 23 United States Washington, D.C. United States dollar
South America Country Capital Currency 1 Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine peso 2 Bolivia Sucre Bolivian Boliviano 3 Brazil Brasilia Brazilian real 4 Chile Santiago Chilean peso 5 Colombia Bogota Colombian peso 6 Ecuador Quito United states dollar 7 Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar 8 Paraguay Asuncion Paraguayan guarani 9 Peru Lima Peruvian Nuevo sol 10 Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar 11 Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso 12 Venezuela Caracas Venezuelan bolivar
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