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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 250 · 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.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Gomti
  2. 2.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Andes (c) the Himalayas (d) the Rockies
  3. 3.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
  4. 4.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Itanagar (b) Kolkata (c) Gangtok (d) Dispur
  5. 5.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Kolkata (b) Agartala (c) Jaipur (d) Chennai
  6. 6.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Sabarmati (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  7. 7.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Bhopal (b) Itanagar (c) Gandhinagar (d) Aizawl
  8. 8.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Guwahati (b) Mathura (c) Ahmedabad (d) Nashik
  11. 11.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Kanpur (b) Patna (c) Haridwar (d) Nashik
  12. 12.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Mizoram (c) Meghalaya (d) Bihar
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Guwahati (b) Delhi (c) Srinagar (d) Lucknow
  14. 14.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Telangana (c) Meghalaya (d) Nagaland
  15. 15.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka
  16. 16.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean
  17. 17.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Telangana. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Imphal (b) Bengaluru (c) Lucknow (d) Kohima
  19. 19.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Assam
  23. 23.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Patna (c) Ahmedabad (d) Nashik
  25. 25.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Nagaland (c) Sikkim (d) Karnataka
  26. 26.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  28. 28.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Lucknow (b) Shillong (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Mumbai
  29. 29.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Red Sea (d) Dead Sea
  30. 30.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Shillong (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Aizawl (d) Imphal
  32. 32.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Agartala (b) Chennai (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  35. 35.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  37. 37.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Tripura (c) Assam (d) Telangana
  38. 38.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Maharashtra (c) Kerala (d) Uttar Pradesh
  39. 39.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Black Sea
  40. 40.True or false: Surat lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ganga
  2. the Himalayas
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Kolkata
  5. Chennai
  6. Yamuna
  7. Gandhinagar
  8. True
  9. True
  10. Guwahati
  11. Nashik
  12. Meghalaya
  13. Delhi
  14. Telangana
  15. Gujarat
  16. Indian Ocean
  17. False
  18. Lucknow
  19. True
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Maharashtra
  23. Goa
  24. Jabalpur
  25. Karnataka
  26. True
  27. Tapi
  28. Shillong
  29. Bay of Bengal
  30. False
  31. Aizawl
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Thiruvananthapuram
  35. False
  36. Ganga
  37. Mizoram
  38. Kerala
  39. Arabian Sea
  40. False

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