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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 161 · 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.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  2. 2.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Sikkim (c) Nagaland (d) Telangana
  3. 3.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Patna (b) Jaipur (c) Bhopal (d) Mumbai
  4. 4.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh
  9. 9.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Meghalaya (c) Gujarat (d) Manipur
  10. 10.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Mahanadi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Jhelum
  11. 11.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Leh (d) Kanyakumari
  12. 12.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Dispur (b) Agartala (c) Jaipur (d) Gangtok
  13. 13.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Sikkim (c) Maharashtra (d) Manipur
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Ahmedabad (c) Delhi (d) Srinagar
  15. 15.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Odisha (c) Telangana (d) Maharashtra
  17. 17.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Meghalaya (d) Bihar
  18. 18.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Jharkhand (c) West Bengal (d) Odisha
  20. 20.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Narmada (c) Brahmaputra (d) Jhelum
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Agra (b) Patna (c) Nashik (d) Dibrugarh
  22. 22.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Bengaluru (c) Aizawl (d) Patna
  23. 23.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Nashik (c) Mathura (d) Varanasi
  27. 27.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Agra lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Guwahati (b) Surat (c) Lucknow (d) Agra
  31. 31.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Agartala (b) Bhopal (c) Chennai (d) Imphal
  32. 32.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Panaji (b) Imphal (c) Gandhinagar (d) Jaipur
  33. 33.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) West Bengal (c) Jharkhand (d) Rajasthan
  34. 34.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Hyderabad (b) Chennai (c) Shillong (d) Bhopal
  36. 36.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Nashik (c) Varanasi (d) Cuttack
  38. 38.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Itanagar (c) Kohima (d) Kolkata
  40. 40.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Tripura. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Great Indian Desert
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Mumbai
  4. False
  5. False
  6. False
  7. True
  8. Uttar Pradesh
  9. Kerala
  10. Yamuna
  11. Kanyakumari
  12. Jaipur
  13. Mizoram
  14. Surat
  15. False
  16. Odisha
  17. Meghalaya
  18. True
  19. Karnataka
  20. Jhelum
  21. Patna
  22. Aizawl
  23. True
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Cuttack
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Lucknow
  31. Chennai
  32. Panaji
  33. Rajasthan
  34. False
  35. Bhopal
  36. True
  37. Jabalpur
  38. True
  39. Kohima
  40. False

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