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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 263 · 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: Haridwar lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Surat lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Goa (c) Manipur (d) Telangana
  4. 4.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Sikkim (c) Kerala (d) Goa
  5. 5.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Kanpur (c) Lucknow (d) Nashik
  6. 6.True or false: Agra lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Assam (c) Tripura (d) Odisha
  8. 8.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Narmada
  10. 10.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Mizoram (c) Karnataka (d) Goa
  11. 11.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) West Bengal (c) Assam (d) Uttar Pradesh
  13. 13.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Andes (c) the Alps (d) the Rockies
  14. 14.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Haridwar (b) Nashik (c) Patna (d) Varanasi
  16. 16.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Patna (b) Varanasi (c) Haridwar (d) Cuttack
  18. 18.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Kohima (b) Jaipur (c) Dispur (d) Bhubaneswar
  19. 19.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Godavari
  20. 20.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Chennai (b) Panaji (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Itanagar
  21. 21.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Tapi
  22. 22.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Narmada (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  23. 23.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Imphal (b) Chennai (c) Kohima (d) Kolkata
  24. 24.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Yamuna
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Srinagar (b) Surat (c) Varanasi (d) Ahmedabad
  27. 27.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  28. 28.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Nagaland (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  29. 29.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  31. 31.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Mahanadi (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  32. 32.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Kanpur (b) Guwahati (c) Srinagar (d) Delhi
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Srinagar (b) Jabalpur (c) Haridwar (d) Patna
  35. 35.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Cuttack (b) Srinagar (c) Delhi (d) Agra
  38. 38.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  39. 39.True or false: Patna lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Chennai (b) Aizawl (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Mumbai

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Telangana
  4. Rajasthan
  5. Lucknow
  6. False
  7. Odisha
  8. True
  9. Ganga
  10. Goa
  11. False
  12. Gujarat
  13. the Himalayas
  14. True
  15. Nashik
  16. Great Indian Desert
  17. Cuttack
  18. Dispur
  19. Yamuna
  20. Panaji
  21. Brahmaputra
  22. Yamuna
  23. Kolkata
  24. True
  25. Sabarmati
  26. Ahmedabad
  27. Bay of Bengal
  28. Maharashtra
  29. True
  30. Indian Ocean
  31. Tapi
  32. True
  33. Kanpur
  34. Jabalpur
  35. False
  36. True
  37. Srinagar
  38. Ganga
  39. False
  40. Mumbai

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