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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 109 · 40 questions
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Remember (State, capital, 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.

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  1. 1.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Mathura (c) Haridwar (d) Varanasi
  2. 2.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Bhopal (c) Jaipur (d) Lucknow
  3. 3.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Madhya Pradesh
  4. 4.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Narmada (c) Tapi (d) Brahmaputra
  5. 5.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Patna is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Bengaluru (b) Kohima (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Shillong
  9. 9.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Sabarmati (d) Tapi
  11. 11.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Telangana (c) Nagaland (d) Gujarat
  12. 12.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  14. 14.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Godavari (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  15. 15.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  17. 17.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Chennai (b) Agartala (c) Patna (d) Gangtok
  19. 19.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Zemu (c) Gangotri (d) Pindari
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Dibrugarh (c) Varanasi (d) Agra
  21. 21.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  22. 22.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Dispur (b) Itanagar (c) Jaipur (d) Aizawl
  23. 23.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Meghalaya
  24. 24.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Assam (d) Odisha
  25. 25.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Gujarat (c) Jharkhand (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  26. 26.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Meghalaya (d) Jharkhand
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Kanpur (c) Mathura (d) Srinagar
  28. 28.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Sabarmati (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  29. 29.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Jharkhand (c) Nagaland (d) Karnataka
  30. 30.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Itanagar (b) Gandhinagar (c) Kolkata (d) Hyderabad
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Surat (b) Varanasi (c) Ahmedabad (d) Guwahati
  33. 33.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Jabalpur (b) Nashik (c) Varanasi (d) Srinagar
  35. 35.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Gujarat (c) Odisha (d) Assam
  37. 37.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Haridwar (b) Kanpur (c) Srinagar (d) Lucknow
  40. 40.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Meghalaya (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer key

  1. Cuttack
  2. Lucknow
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Brahmaputra
  5. True
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Thiruvananthapuram
  9. False
  10. Ganga
  11. Telangana
  12. True
  13. Ganga
  14. Yamuna
  15. True
  16. the Himalayas
  17. False
  18. Chennai
  19. Gangotri
  20. Jabalpur
  21. Rajasthan
  22. Aizawl
  23. Arunachal Pradesh
  24. Kerala
  25. Uttar Pradesh
  26. Jharkhand
  27. Srinagar
  28. Yamuna
  29. Goa
  30. False
  31. Itanagar
  32. Guwahati
  33. Arabian Sea
  34. Varanasi
  35. False
  36. Gujarat
  37. False
  38. Indian Ocean
  39. Lucknow
  40. Meghalaya

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