India has many states, and each has a capital city where its government works: Mumbai for Maharashtra, Chennai for Tamil Nadu, Kolkata for West Bengal. Many old cities stand on rivers — Varanasi on the Ganga, Agra on the Yamuna, Guwahati on the Brahmaputra. The Himalayas lie in the north and the Thar Desert in Rajasthan.
State, capital, river — “link each state to its capital and each old city to its river”
Capitals: Maharashtra – Mumbai, Tamil Nadu – Chennai, West Bengal – Kolkata, Karnataka – Bengaluru, Rajasthan – Jaipur, Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow, Bihar – Patna, Assam – Dispur, Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram.
Rivers: Varanasi and Patna – Ganga, Agra and Delhi – Yamuna, Guwahati – Brahmaputra, Ahmedabad – Sabarmati, Lucknow – Gomti, Surat – Tapi.
The Ganga is India’s longest river; the Arabian Sea is to the west, the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south; Kanyakumari is the southern tip.
Use it for: Class 4 GK and social studies lessons, map work and planning family trips.
Worked example: 🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? → Assam
Dispur is in the north-east of India, beside Guwahati.
It is the capital of Assam.
Check: Assam is the land of tea gardens and the Brahmaputra — its capital is Dispur ✓
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