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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 233 · 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.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
  2. 2.True or false: Delhi lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Agartala (c) Dispur (d) Mumbai
  4. 4.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) Aizawl (d) Chennai
  5. 5.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
  6. 6.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Gomti (b) Sabarmati (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  7. 7.True or false: Agra lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  9. 9.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Ganga (d) Brahmaputra
  10. 10.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Jaipur (b) Bengaluru (c) Patna (d) Hyderabad
  12. 12.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Cold Desert
  13. 13.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Odisha (c) Rajasthan (d) Sikkim
  16. 16.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Jhelum (d) Gomti
  17. 17.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Mahanadi
  19. 19.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Jaipur (c) Bengaluru (d) Chennai
  20. 20.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Leh (c) Kanyakumari (d) Darjeeling
  22. 22.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Karnataka
  23. 23.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Kohima (b) Shillong (c) Bengaluru (d) Itanagar
  24. 24.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Imphal (c) Lucknow (d) Jaipur
  26. 26.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Pindari (c) Siachen (d) Gangotri
  27. 27.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  28. 28.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Brahmaputra
  31. 31.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Shillong (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Aizawl (d) Bengaluru
  32. 32.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  33. 33.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Jharkhand (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Surat (c) Mathura (d) Varanasi
  35. 35.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura (c) Bihar (d) West Bengal
  37. 37.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Shillong (b) Jaipur (c) Agartala (d) Bhubaneswar
  39. 39.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Bengaluru (b) Kohima (c) Panaji (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Haridwar (b) Guwahati (c) Kanpur (d) Mathura

Answer key

  1. Rajasthan
  2. False
  3. Gandhinagar
  4. Chennai
  5. Rajasthan
  6. Ganga
  7. False
  8. Bay of Bengal
  9. Ganga
  10. False
  11. Patna
  12. Great Indian Desert
  13. True
  14. False
  15. Uttar Pradesh
  16. Godavari
  17. True
  18. Ganga
  19. Bhubaneswar
  20. True
  21. Kanyakumari
  22. Assam
  23. Itanagar
  24. True
  25. Jaipur
  26. Gangotri
  27. Yamuna
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Brahmaputra
  31. Aizawl
  32. Arabian Sea
  33. Nagaland
  34. Varanasi
  35. False
  36. West Bengal
  37. True
  38. Shillong
  39. Thiruvananthapuram
  40. Mathura

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