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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 241 · 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.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Gangotri (c) Siachen (d) Zemu
  2. 2.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  4. 4.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Bihar (d) West Bengal
  5. 5.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Kolkata (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Bhopal (d) Ranchi
  7. 7.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Manipur. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  9. 9.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Narmada (c) Tapi (d) Godavari
  11. 11.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Mizoram (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Karnataka
  12. 12.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura (c) Gujarat (d) Madhya Pradesh
  14. 14.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Chennai (b) Gangtok (c) Agartala (d) Kohima
  15. 15.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Narmada
  16. 16.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Shillong (b) Jaipur (c) Hyderabad (d) Dispur
  17. 17.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Guwahati (b) Haridwar (c) Ahmedabad (d) Cuttack
  19. 19.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) West Bengal (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Guwahati (b) Delhi (c) Dibrugarh (d) Ahmedabad
  21. 21.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Goa (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Lucknow (c) Mathura (d) Srinagar
  23. 23.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  24. 24.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Leh (d) Kanyakumari
  25. 25.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Kohima (b) Mumbai (c) Shillong (d) Agartala
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Mathura (c) Kanpur (d) Nashik
  27. 27.True or false: Delhi lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Ranchi (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Bhopal
  29. 29.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Telangana (c) Meghalaya (d) West Bengal
  30. 30.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  31. 31.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) West Bengal (c) Nagaland (d) Rajasthan
  32. 32.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Mizoram (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Bihar
  33. 33.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  34. 34.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  35. 35.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Gomti (c) Brahmaputra (d) Godavari
  36. 36.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Assam (c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh
  37. 37.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand (c) Sikkim (d) Maharashtra
  38. 38.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Patna (c) Kohima (d) Shillong
  40. 40.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Jaipur (b) Lucknow (c) Bengaluru (d) Gangtok

Answer key

  1. Gangotri
  2. False
  3. Bay of Bengal
  4. West Bengal
  5. False
  6. Bhopal
  7. False
  8. Sabarmati
  9. True
  10. Godavari
  11. Karnataka
  12. True
  13. Madhya Pradesh
  14. Agartala
  15. Yamuna
  16. Jaipur
  17. True
  18. Guwahati
  19. Tamil Nadu
  20. Delhi
  21. Goa
  22. Surat
  23. Tapi
  24. Kanyakumari
  25. Mumbai
  26. Nashik
  27. True
  28. Gandhinagar
  29. Meghalaya
  30. Brahmaputra
  31. Rajasthan
  32. Bihar
  33. Mahanadi
  34. Great Indian Desert
  35. Yamuna
  36. Uttar Pradesh
  37. Sikkim
  38. False
  39. Patna
  40. Gangtok

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