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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 237 · 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: Bengaluru is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Mumbai (b) Bengaluru (c) Bhopal (d) Shillong
  3. 3.True or false: Mathura lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  5. 5.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Aizawl (b) Gangtok (c) Panaji (d) Jaipur
  6. 6.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Godavari (c) Narmada (d) Sabarmati
  7. 7.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Sabarmati (d) Mahanadi
  8. 8.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Telangana
  9. 9.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Bengaluru (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Shillong (d) Lucknow
  12. 12.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Mahanadi (c) Yamuna (d) Brahmaputra
  13. 13.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Tripura (c) Manipur (d) Madhya Pradesh
  14. 14.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Jabalpur (b) Patna (c) Lucknow (d) Ahmedabad
  17. 17.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Yamuna (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  18. 18.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  19. 19.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Kolkata (c) Ranchi (d) Dispur
  22. 22.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Ranchi (b) Agartala (c) Lucknow (d) Kohima
  25. 25.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Chennai (c) Patna (d) Itanagar
  26. 26.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Andes (c) the Himalayas (d) the Rockies
  28. 28.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  29. 29.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Goa (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
  30. 30.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Assam
  31. 31.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Bihar (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Meghalaya
  32. 32.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
  33. 33.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Mizoram (c) Goa (d) Assam
  34. 34.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Yamuna (c) Brahmaputra (d) Narmada
  35. 35.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Karnataka (d) Nagaland
  36. 36.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Gujarat (c) West Bengal (d) Mizoram
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Mathura (b) Cuttack (c) Patna (d) Guwahati
  40. 40.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Itanagar (b) Gangtok (c) Agartala (d) Mumbai

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Shillong
  3. False
  4. Ganga
  5. Panaji
  6. Narmada
  7. Sabarmati
  8. Kerala
  9. True
  10. True
  11. Lucknow
  12. Ganga
  13. Tripura
  14. False
  15. False
  16. Lucknow
  17. Yamuna
  18. Great Indian Desert
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Dispur
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Kohima
  25. Chennai
  26. True
  27. the Himalayas
  28. Bay of Bengal
  29. Goa
  30. Rajasthan
  31. Goa
  32. Arunachal Pradesh
  33. Assam
  34. Godavari
  35. Nagaland
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Telangana
  39. Cuttack
  40. Mumbai

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