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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 203 · 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.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Mizoram (c) Odisha (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  2. 2.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Brahmaputra (d) Gomti
  3. 3.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Telangana (c) Assam (d) Tamil Nadu
  4. 4.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  5. 5.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Varanasi (c) Delhi (d) Mathura
  6. 6.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Gomti (c) Jhelum (d) Ganga
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Guwahati (b) Ahmedabad (c) Dibrugarh (d) Jabalpur
  8. 8.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Agartala (b) Panaji (c) Shillong (d) Patna
  9. 9.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Bengaluru (b) Bhopal (c) Patna (d) Lucknow
  11. 11.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Yamuna (c) Jhelum (d) Brahmaputra
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Kanpur (b) Ahmedabad (c) Cuttack (d) Nashik
  14. 14.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Ganga (d) Brahmaputra
  15. 15.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  16. 16.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Agra (b) Mathura (c) Nashik (d) Guwahati
  20. 20.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Goa (c) Karnataka (d) Telangana
  22. 22.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Jaipur (b) Patna (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
  23. 23.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Assam (c) West Bengal (d) Telangana
  24. 24.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Ganga (d) Godavari
  25. 25.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  26. 26.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
  27. 27.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Surat (b) Cuttack (c) Varanasi (d) Lucknow
  30. 30.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Zemu (c) Gangotri (d) Pindari
  31. 31.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Tapi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  33. 33.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Sikkim (c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka
  34. 34.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Aizawl (b) Gandhinagar (c) Shillong (d) Chennai
  35. 35.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Goa (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
  36. 36.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Agartala (b) Chennai (c) Aizawl (d) Kolkata
  38. 38.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) West Bengal (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
  39. 39.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Cold Desert
  40. 40.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Black Sea

Answer key

  1. Odisha
  2. Gomti
  3. Assam
  4. Mahanadi
  5. Ahmedabad
  6. Brahmaputra
  7. Jabalpur
  8. Patna
  9. True
  10. Bengaluru
  11. True
  12. Yamuna
  13. Nashik
  14. Godavari
  15. Indian Ocean
  16. False
  17. False
  18. False
  19. Guwahati
  20. False
  21. Karnataka
  22. Mumbai
  23. West Bengal
  24. Ganga
  25. Ganga
  26. Madhya Pradesh
  27. True
  28. True
  29. Cuttack
  30. Gangotri
  31. True
  32. Yamuna
  33. Gujarat
  34. Chennai
  35. Manipur
  36. True
  37. Kolkata
  38. Uttar Pradesh
  39. Great Indian Desert
  40. Arabian Sea

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