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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 238 · 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.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Bhopal (c) Panaji (d) Kolkata
  2. 2.True or false: Mathura lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Jaipur (c) Ranchi (d) Kohima
  4. 4.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  5. 5.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
  6. 6.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Nagaland (c) Kerala (d) Mizoram
  7. 7.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  8. 8.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Aizawl (b) Agartala (c) Mumbai (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  9. 9.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Tapi (c) Ganga (d) Brahmaputra
  10. 10.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Karnataka (d) Odisha
  11. 11.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  12. 12.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Shillong (b) Patna (c) Kohima (d) Dispur
  13. 13.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  14. 14.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Bhopal (c) Aizawl (d) Jaipur
  15. 15.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Kolkata (b) Gangtok (c) Bhopal (d) Imphal
  17. 17.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Yamuna (c) Narmada (d) Gomti
  18. 18.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat
  19. 19.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Kohima (b) Bhopal (c) Gandhinagar (d) Hyderabad
  20. 20.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Sikkim (c) Telangana (d) Manipur
  21. 21.True or false: Mathura lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Nagaland (c) West Bengal (d) Manipur
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Haridwar (b) Cuttack (c) Nashik (d) Agra
  24. 24.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Gangotri (c) Zemu (d) Pindari
  25. 25.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Jabalpur (b) Kanpur (c) Srinagar (d) Agra
  27. 27.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Meghalaya (c) Tripura (d) West Bengal
  29. 29.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Shimla (c) Darjeeling (d) Kanyakumari
  30. 30.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Brahmaputra (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  31. 31.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Maharashtra (c) Odisha (d) Telangana
  32. 32.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Yamuna (c) Sabarmati (d) Tapi
  33. 33.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Kohima (b) Bengaluru (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Aizawl
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Guwahati (b) Patna (c) Lucknow (d) Agra
  38. 38.True or false: Surat lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Narmada (c) Tapi (d) Brahmaputra

Answer key

  1. Kolkata
  2. False
  3. Ranchi
  4. Ganga
  5. Rajasthan
  6. Kerala
  7. Yamuna
  8. Mumbai
  9. Jhelum
  10. Tamil Nadu
  11. Bay of Bengal
  12. Shillong
  13. Great Indian Desert
  14. Jaipur
  15. True
  16. Bhopal
  17. Gomti
  18. Arunachal Pradesh
  19. Gandhinagar
  20. Bihar
  21. False
  22. Odisha
  23. Agra
  24. Gangotri
  25. False
  26. Kanpur
  27. True
  28. Assam
  29. Kanyakumari
  30. Ganga
  31. Maharashtra
  32. Tapi
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Bengaluru
  37. Lucknow
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Brahmaputra

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