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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 235 · 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.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  3. 3.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Nagaland
  4. 4.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Bihar (c) Rajasthan (d) Assam
  5. 5.True or false: Nashik lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Agra (b) Haridwar (c) Guwahati (d) Varanasi
  8. 8.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  9. 9.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  10. 10.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Jhelum (d) Ganga
  12. 12.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Karnataka (c) Maharashtra (d) Odisha
  13. 13.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Agartala (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Imphal
  14. 14.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Bengaluru (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Itanagar (d) Kolkata
  15. 15.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Aizawl (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Hyderabad (d) Gangtok
  16. 16.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) West Bengal (c) Kerala (d) Sikkim
  17. 17.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Jhelum (c) Sabarmati (d) Brahmaputra
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Varanasi (b) Srinagar (c) Mathura (d) Cuttack
  20. 20.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  21. 21.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Tripura. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Mumbai (c) Dispur (d) Patna
  23. 23.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Telangana (c) Sikkim (d) Karnataka
  24. 24.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Shillong (b) Gandhinagar (c) Hyderabad (d) Kolkata
  25. 25.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Jaipur (b) Kolkata (c) Bengaluru (d) Agartala
  26. 26.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Sikkim
  27. 27.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Bhopal (b) Mumbai (c) Gangtok (d) Kohima
  28. 28.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Jharkhand (d) Meghalaya
  29. 29.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  30. 30.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Gujarat. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Mumbai (b) Lucknow (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Jaipur
  32. 32.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Bengaluru (b) Mumbai (c) Lucknow (d) Gangtok
  33. 33.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Delhi lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Agra (b) Delhi (c) Dibrugarh (d) Haridwar
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Delhi
  38. 38.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Itanagar (b) Agartala (c) Gangtok (d) Gandhinagar
  39. 39.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  40. 40.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ganga
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Rajasthan
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Agra
  8. Ganga
  9. Jhelum
  10. True
  11. Ganga
  12. Odisha
  13. Chennai
  14. Itanagar
  15. Thiruvananthapuram
  16. Sikkim
  17. False
  18. Sabarmati
  19. Mathura
  20. Brahmaputra
  21. False
  22. Patna
  23. Karnataka
  24. Kolkata
  25. Jaipur
  26. Rajasthan
  27. Mumbai
  28. Madhya Pradesh
  29. Great Indian Desert
  30. False
  31. Bhubaneswar
  32. Gangtok
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Dibrugarh
  37. Jabalpur
  38. Agartala
  39. Arabian Sea
  40. False

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