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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 141 · 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.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  3. 3.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Jhelum (c) Ganga (d) Mahanadi
  4. 4.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Yamuna (c) Narmada (d) Ganga
  5. 5.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Gujarat. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Shimla (c) Kanyakumari (d) Darjeeling
  8. 8.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Goa (c) Sikkim (d) Kerala
  12. 12.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Panaji (b) Gangtok (c) Kohima (d) Lucknow
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Guwahati (b) Nashik (c) Agra (d) Haridwar
  14. 14.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Telangana (d) Karnataka
  15. 15.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Kolkata (b) Jaipur (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Imphal
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Mathura (b) Ahmedabad (c) Haridwar (d) Nashik
  17. 17.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  18. 18.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Sabarmati
  20. 20.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Brahmaputra (c) Sabarmati (d) Mahanadi
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Kanpur (b) Jabalpur (c) Cuttack (d) Haridwar
  22. 22.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  23. 23.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Hyderabad (c) Dispur (d) Ranchi
  24. 24.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Sikkim (c) Bihar (d) Gujarat
  25. 25.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Odisha (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
  28. 28.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  29. 29.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Haridwar (c) Delhi (d) Surat
  32. 32.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Karnataka (c) Telangana (d) Kerala
  33. 33.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
  34. 34.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Aizawl (b) Panaji (c) Itanagar (d) Shillong
  35. 35.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Guwahati (b) Patna (c) Srinagar (d) Ahmedabad
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Varanasi (b) Surat (c) Patna (d) Mathura
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Surat (b) Haridwar (c) Cuttack (d) Agra
  39. 39.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Karnataka (c) Meghalaya (d) Odisha
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Gomti
  3. Ganga
  4. Ganga
  5. False
  6. False
  7. Kanyakumari
  8. True
  9. False
  10. True
  11. Rajasthan
  12. Lucknow
  13. Nashik
  14. Assam
  15. Imphal
  16. Ahmedabad
  17. Goa
  18. False
  19. Yamuna
  20. Mahanadi
  21. Jabalpur
  22. Indian Ocean
  23. Ranchi
  24. Gujarat
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Uttar Pradesh
  28. Yamuna
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Surat
  32. Karnataka
  33. Rajasthan
  34. Shillong
  35. Ganga
  36. Srinagar
  37. Mathura
  38. Cuttack
  39. Odisha
  40. False

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