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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 167 · 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 capital of Meghalaya? (a) Aizawl (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Shillong (d) Itanagar
  2. 2.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Gangotri (b) Pindari (c) Siachen (d) Zemu
  3. 3.True or false: Agra lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Lucknow (c) Guwahati (d) Dibrugarh
  5. 5.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Jhelum (d) Narmada
  7. 7.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  9. 9.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Godavari (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  10. 10.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Lucknow (b) Agartala (c) Patna (d) Dispur
  11. 11.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Surat (b) Cuttack (c) Srinagar (d) Jabalpur
  12. 12.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean
  13. 13.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Bihar (c) Nagaland (d) Gujarat
  16. 16.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Agartala (b) Jaipur (c) Patna (d) Panaji
  17. 17.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Bhopal (b) Dispur (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
  18. 18.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Lucknow (b) Jaipur (c) Gandhinagar (d) Imphal
  19. 19.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  20. 20.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Shimla (c) Kanyakumari (d) Leh
  21. 21.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Sikkim (d) Goa
  23. 23.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Mathura (b) Lucknow (c) Kanpur (d) Cuttack
  25. 25.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Rockies (c) the Andes (d) the Himalayas
  27. 27.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Lucknow (b) Gangtok (c) Mumbai (d) Aizawl
  28. 28.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Delhi (b) Cuttack (c) Dibrugarh (d) Jabalpur
  30. 30.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  31. 31.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Goa (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
  32. 32.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Mizoram (c) Meghalaya (d) Kerala
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Surat (b) Patna (c) Agra (d) Cuttack
  35. 35.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Tapi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  36. 36.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Mahanadi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Ganga
  37. 37.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Meghalaya (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Nagaland
  38. 38.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Mathura (b) Agra (c) Varanasi (d) Ahmedabad
  40. 40.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Shillong
  2. Gangotri
  3. False
  4. Lucknow
  5. True
  6. Jhelum
  7. True
  8. Arabian Sea
  9. Gomti
  10. Lucknow
  11. Jabalpur
  12. Indian Ocean
  13. Sabarmati
  14. False
  15. Bihar
  16. Panaji
  17. Dispur
  18. Jaipur
  19. Ganga
  20. Kanyakumari
  21. False
  22. Rajasthan
  23. False
  24. Kanpur
  25. False
  26. the Himalayas
  27. Aizawl
  28. False
  29. Cuttack
  30. Great Indian Desert
  31. Goa
  32. False
  33. Meghalaya
  34. Agra
  35. Narmada
  36. Mahanadi
  37. Arunachal Pradesh
  38. True
  39. Varanasi
  40. False

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