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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 127 · 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.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Ganga
  2. 2.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Mathura lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Godavari (d) Jhelum
  5. 5.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) West Bengal (c) Sikkim (d) Uttar Pradesh
  6. 6.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Dispur (b) Bengaluru (c) Mumbai (d) Patna
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Patna (b) Nashik (c) Jabalpur (d) Delhi
  8. 8.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Jaipur (b) Bengaluru (c) Ranchi (d) Panaji
  10. 10.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Black Sea
  12. 12.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Telangana (d) Kerala
  13. 13.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Narmada (d) Tapi
  18. 18.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
  20. 20.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  21. 21.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Karnataka (c) Nagaland (d) Uttar Pradesh
  23. 23.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  24. 24.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Mahanadi (c) Tapi (d) Narmada
  25. 25.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura (c) Nagaland (d) Jharkhand
  26. 26.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Mumbai (b) Gandhinagar (c) Lucknow (d) Chennai
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Kanpur (b) Delhi (c) Surat (d) Cuttack
  28. 28.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Surat (b) Dibrugarh (c) Jabalpur (d) Ahmedabad
  30. 30.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  31. 31.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  32. 32.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Maharashtra (c) Karnataka (d) West Bengal
  33. 33.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Himalayas (c) the Rockies (d) the Alps
  34. 34.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Kohima (b) Patna (c) Imphal (d) Lucknow
  35. 35.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Kerala (c) Sikkim (d) Goa
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Lucknow (b) Ahmedabad (c) Srinagar (d) Mathura
  37. 37.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Agra lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Tripura (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Nagaland
  40. 40.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Assam (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra

Answer key

  1. Ganga
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Brahmaputra
  5. West Bengal
  6. Patna
  7. Delhi
  8. False
  9. Panaji
  10. False
  11. Arabian Sea
  12. Tamil Nadu
  13. True
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Yamuna
  18. False
  19. Goa
  20. Godavari
  21. False
  22. Jharkhand
  23. Ganga
  24. Yamuna
  25. Tripura
  26. Gandhinagar
  27. Kanpur
  28. False
  29. Jabalpur
  30. Great Indian Desert
  31. Ganga
  32. Nagaland
  33. the Himalayas
  34. Lucknow
  35. Rajasthan
  36. Ahmedabad
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Arunachal Pradesh
  40. Goa

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