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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 196 · 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.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Nagaland (c) Gujarat (d) Assam
  2. 2.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Odisha (c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra
  3. 3.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Godavari (d) Brahmaputra
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Agra (b) Ahmedabad (c) Varanasi (d) Haridwar
  5. 5.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Sikkim
  6. 6.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  7. 7.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) West Bengal
  9. 9.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh
  10. 10.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Itanagar (b) Panaji (c) Lucknow (d) Dispur
  11. 11.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh
  12. 12.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Panaji (b) Shillong (c) Bhopal (d) Agartala
  14. 14.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Kerala (c) Maharashtra (d) West Bengal
  15. 15.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  16. 16.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Mahanadi (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  17. 17.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Manipur
  18. 18.True or false: Mathura lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  20. 20.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Tripura. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Delhi (b) Patna (c) Surat (d) Cuttack
  23. 23.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Gujarat (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Meghalaya
  24. 24.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Gangotri (b) Zemu (c) Siachen (d) Pindari
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Ranchi (b) Dispur (c) Gandhinagar (d) Hyderabad
  27. 27.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Kolkata (b) Bengaluru (c) Hyderabad (d) Kohima
  29. 29.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Patna (b) Gandhinagar (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Itanagar
  30. 30.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Imphal (b) Jaipur (c) Mumbai (d) Bengaluru
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Lucknow (c) Nashik (d) Surat
  32. 32.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Assam (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
  34. 34.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Tripura
  35. 35.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Sikkim
  36. 36.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Kanpur (b) Varanasi (c) Mathura (d) Cuttack
  39. 39.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Nagaland
  2. Bihar
  3. Tapi
  4. Ahmedabad
  5. Sikkim
  6. Arabian Sea
  7. True
  8. West Bengal
  9. Goa
  10. Dispur
  11. Uttar Pradesh
  12. False
  13. Agartala
  14. Maharashtra
  15. Ganga
  16. Brahmaputra
  17. Manipur
  18. False
  19. Great Indian Desert
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Delhi
  23. Meghalaya
  24. Gangotri
  25. False
  26. Ranchi
  27. True
  28. Hyderabad
  29. Bhubaneswar
  30. Mumbai
  31. Jabalpur
  32. True
  33. Rajasthan
  34. Tripura
  35. Rajasthan
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Cuttack
  39. False
  40. True

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