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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 146 · 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 Ganga? (a) Patna (b) Guwahati (c) Dibrugarh (d) Ahmedabad
  2. 2.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Dead Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  3. 3.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Patna (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Agartala (d) Lucknow
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Nashik (b) Surat (c) Kanpur (d) Delhi
  5. 5.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Tapi
  6. 6.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Agra (b) Lucknow (c) Kanpur (d) Nashik
  7. 7.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Bengaluru (b) Lucknow (c) Aizawl (d) Mumbai
  8. 8.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Surat lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Kerala
  12. 12.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Zemu (c) Gangotri (d) Siachen
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Guwahati (b) Delhi (c) Lucknow (d) Kanpur
  15. 15.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Yamuna
  18. 18.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Meghalaya (d) Odisha
  19. 19.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Tapi (c) Yamuna (d) Gomti
  20. 20.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Kanpur (b) Nashik (c) Delhi (d) Ahmedabad
  22. 22.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Bhopal (b) Dispur (c) Mumbai (d) Gangtok
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Srinagar (b) Mathura (c) Guwahati (d) Patna
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Guwahati (b) Varanasi (c) Mathura (d) Jabalpur
  25. 25.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Kerala
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Haridwar (b) Surat (c) Guwahati (d) Cuttack
  27. 27.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Maharashtra (c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka
  28. 28.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  30. 30.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Tapi (d) Mahanadi
  31. 31.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Tapi (d) Jhelum
  32. 32.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Gangtok (b) Kohima (c) Chennai (d) Panaji
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Mathura (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Patna
  34. 34.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Manipur (c) Karnataka (d) Uttar Pradesh
  35. 35.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  36. 36.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Hyderabad (b) Jaipur (c) Bengaluru (d) Lucknow
  37. 37.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Jhelum
  38. 38.True or false: Surat lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Sikkim
  40. 40.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Patna
  2. Bay of Bengal
  3. Patna
  4. Delhi
  5. Tapi
  6. Nashik
  7. Mumbai
  8. False
  9. False
  10. True
  11. Bihar
  12. True
  13. Gangotri
  14. Guwahati
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Yamuna
  18. Odisha
  19. Yamuna
  20. False
  21. Kanpur
  22. Gangtok
  23. Mathura
  24. Jabalpur
  25. Rajasthan
  26. Cuttack
  27. Karnataka
  28. True
  29. Yamuna
  30. Narmada
  31. Brahmaputra
  32. Panaji
  33. Surat
  34. Manipur
  35. Great Indian Desert
  36. Jaipur
  37. Godavari
  38. False
  39. Rajasthan
  40. False

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