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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 266 · 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 Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Srinagar (b) Cuttack (c) Varanasi (d) Ahmedabad
  3. 3.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Telangana (d) West Bengal
  4. 4.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Gangotri (c) Pindari (d) Zemu
  5. 5.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala (c) Telangana (d) Mizoram
  6. 6.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Godavari (d) Jhelum
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Lucknow (b) Delhi (c) Guwahati (d) Varanasi
  8. 8.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Surat (b) Patna (c) Guwahati (d) Mathura
  10. 10.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  12. 12.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Andes (c) the Alps (d) the Himalayas
  13. 13.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Haridwar (c) Dibrugarh (d) Lucknow
  15. 15.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Sikkim (d) Rajasthan
  16. 16.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Jaipur (b) Lucknow (c) Patna (d) Agartala
  17. 17.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Assam (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  18. 18.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Assam
  19. 19.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Tapi (d) Mahanadi
  20. 20.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Jhelum (d) Mahanadi
  22. 22.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Mathura (b) Kanpur (c) Delhi (d) Lucknow
  24. 24.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Mumbai (b) Shillong (c) Ranchi (d) Imphal
  25. 25.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  26. 26.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  27. 27.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Telangana. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Patna lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Chennai (b) Panaji (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Jaipur
  31. 31.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Itanagar (b) Patna (c) Kolkata (d) Panaji
  32. 32.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Gujarat (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Rajasthan
  33. 33.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Telangana (c) West Bengal (d) Nagaland
  34. 34.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Tripura. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  36. 36.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  37. 37.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Black Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  39. 39.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Narmada (d) Godavari
  40. 40.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Srinagar
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Gangotri
  5. Mizoram
  6. Yamuna
  7. Varanasi
  8. Gomti
  9. Mathura
  10. True
  11. Great Indian Desert
  12. the Himalayas
  13. Yamuna
  14. Cuttack
  15. Rajasthan
  16. Agartala
  17. Arunachal Pradesh
  18. Rajasthan
  19. Narmada
  20. False
  21. Tapi
  22. False
  23. Kanpur
  24. Ranchi
  25. Goa
  26. Brahmaputra
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Jaipur
  31. Patna
  32. Rajasthan
  33. Telangana
  34. False
  35. Indian Ocean
  36. Bay of Bengal
  37. True
  38. Arabian Sea
  39. Ganga
  40. True

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