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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 137 · 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 sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Black Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  2. 2.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Patna is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Panaji (b) Imphal (c) Itanagar (d) Mumbai
  5. 5.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Odisha (c) Tripura (d) West Bengal
  6. 6.True or false: Nashik lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  9. 9.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  10. 10.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  11. 11.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Imphal (b) Lucknow (c) Dispur (d) Itanagar
  13. 13.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Gangtok (c) Ranchi (d) Dispur
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Jabalpur (c) Srinagar (d) Nashik
  15. 15.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Varanasi (b) Nashik (c) Srinagar (d) Delhi
  16. 16.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Kanpur (b) Agra (c) Patna (d) Nashik
  18. 18.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Gujarat (d) Assam
  20. 20.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Brahmaputra (c) Tapi (d) Mahanadi
  21. 21.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Brahmaputra (c) Jhelum (d) Mahanadi
  23. 23.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Assam
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Cuttack (b) Srinagar (c) Jabalpur (d) Patna
  26. 26.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Himalayas (c) the Alps (d) the Andes
  27. 27.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Mizoram (c) Goa (d) Assam
  28. 28.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Lucknow (b) Agartala (c) Mumbai (d) Ranchi
  29. 29.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Gomti (d) Mahanadi
  30. 30.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Bengaluru (b) Shillong (c) Itanagar (d) Gandhinagar
  31. 31.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Gangtok (b) Kohima (c) Imphal (d) Chennai
  32. 32.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Manipur (c) Assam (d) West Bengal
  34. 34.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Bhopal (b) Shillong (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Gandhinagar
  35. 35.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Telangana (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
  36. 36.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Nagaland (c) Bihar (d) Maharashtra
  37. 37.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Karnataka (d) Manipur
  38. 38.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Arabian Sea
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Mumbai
  5. Tripura
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Sabarmati
  9. Ganga
  10. Ganga
  11. True
  12. Itanagar
  13. Thiruvananthapuram
  14. Dibrugarh
  15. Srinagar
  16. Goa
  17. Nashik
  18. True
  19. Uttar Pradesh
  20. Brahmaputra
  21. True
  22. Jhelum
  23. True
  24. Rajasthan
  25. Patna
  26. the Himalayas
  27. Mizoram
  28. Agartala
  29. Mahanadi
  30. Shillong
  31. Kohima
  32. False
  33. West Bengal
  34. Gandhinagar
  35. Telangana
  36. Maharashtra
  37. Karnataka
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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