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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 113 · 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 Jhelum? (a) Delhi (b) Srinagar (c) Guwahati (d) Cuttack
  2. 2.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Nagaland (c) Bihar (d) Kerala
  3. 3.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Meghalaya (c) Nagaland (d) Maharashtra
  5. 5.True or false: Surat lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  8. 8.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Imphal (b) Kohima (c) Mumbai (d) Ranchi
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Kanpur (b) Dibrugarh (c) Agra (d) Nashik
  10. 10.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Shillong (b) Gandhinagar (c) Hyderabad (d) Imphal
  11. 11.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Lucknow (b) Agartala (c) Gandhinagar (d) Aizawl
  12. 12.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Patna (b) Mathura (c) Lucknow (d) Srinagar
  14. 14.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Jaipur (b) Ranchi (c) Dispur (d) Imphal
  16. 16.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  17. 17.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  18. 18.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Hyderabad (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Kolkata (d) Bengaluru
  19. 19.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  20. 20.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Godavari
  21. 21.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Haridwar (b) Srinagar (c) Jabalpur (d) Surat
  23. 23.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Dispur (b) Lucknow (c) Jaipur (d) Panaji
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Surat (b) Delhi (c) Patna (d) Srinagar
  26. 26.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Shillong (b) Hyderabad (c) Kolkata (d) Gandhinagar
  27. 27.True or false: Agra lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Tapi (c) Sabarmati (d) Gomti
  30. 30.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Gangotri (c) Siachen (d) Pindari
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Delhi (b) Surat (c) Ahmedabad (d) Guwahati
  32. 32.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Itanagar (b) Lucknow (c) Hyderabad (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  33. 33.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Nagaland (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Meghalaya
  35. 35.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Varanasi (b) Srinagar (c) Guwahati (d) Mathura
  36. 36.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  37. 37.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Agartala (b) Jaipur (c) Bengaluru (d) Gangtok
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Nashik (b) Patna (c) Jabalpur (d) Ahmedabad
  39. 39.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  40. 40.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Shillong (b) Patna (c) Ranchi (d) Mumbai

Answer key

  1. Srinagar
  2. Bihar
  3. True
  4. Meghalaya
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Rajasthan
  8. Kohima
  9. Agra
  10. Imphal
  11. Agartala
  12. True
  13. Lucknow
  14. True
  15. Dispur
  16. Ganga
  17. Arabian Sea
  18. Kolkata
  19. Great Indian Desert
  20. Gomti
  21. False
  22. Surat
  23. True
  24. Panaji
  25. Patna
  26. Gandhinagar
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Brahmaputra
  30. Gangotri
  31. Delhi
  32. Itanagar
  33. True
  34. Nagaland
  35. Varanasi
  36. Mahanadi
  37. Gangtok
  38. Jabalpur
  39. Indian Ocean
  40. Mumbai

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