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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 272 · 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.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  2. 2.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  3. 3.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Kanyakumari (d) Leh
  6. 6.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Kolkata (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Hyderabad (d) Gangtok
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Nashik (b) Jabalpur (c) Guwahati (d) Srinagar
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Srinagar (b) Dibrugarh (c) Ahmedabad (d) Surat
  11. 11.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Odisha (c) Kerala (d) Tripura
  12. 12.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Telangana
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Mathura (b) Kanpur (c) Dibrugarh (d) Cuttack
  15. 15.True or false: Agra lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Jharkhand (c) Rajasthan (d) Tamil Nadu
  17. 17.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Dispur (b) Mumbai (c) Imphal (d) Agartala
  18. 18.True or false: Delhi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Delhi lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Jhelum (c) Gomti (d) Yamuna
  21. 21.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  22. 22.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Tapi (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  23. 23.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Kohima (c) Chennai (d) Bengaluru
  24. 24.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Ahmedabad (c) Jabalpur (d) Mathura
  26. 26.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Lucknow (b) Dispur (c) Bengaluru (d) Agartala
  27. 27.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Andes (c) the Alps (d) the Himalayas
  28. 28.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Zemu (c) Gangotri (d) Siachen
  31. 31.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Jabalpur (c) Nashik (d) Kanpur
  34. 34.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Imphal (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Shillong (d) Bengaluru
  35. 35.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Lucknow (b) Srinagar (c) Dibrugarh (d) Jabalpur
  36. 36.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Dispur (b) Patna (c) Agartala (d) Panaji
  37. 37.True or false: Surat lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  39. 39.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Godavari
  2. Yamuna
  3. True
  4. False
  5. Kanyakumari
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Kolkata
  9. Srinagar
  10. Surat
  11. Kerala
  12. True
  13. West Bengal
  14. Mathura
  15. False
  16. Tripura
  17. Imphal
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Brahmaputra
  21. Arabian Sea
  22. Yamuna
  23. Hyderabad
  24. True
  25. Ahmedabad
  26. Dispur
  27. the Himalayas
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Gangotri
  31. True
  32. Great Indian Desert
  33. Cuttack
  34. Shillong
  35. Jabalpur
  36. Agartala
  37. False
  38. Ganga
  39. True
  40. True

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