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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 295 · 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.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Lucknow (b) Agra (c) Kanpur (d) Cuttack
  2. 2.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Patna (b) Mumbai (c) Bengaluru (d) Gangtok
  3. 3.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Jharkhand (c) Kerala (d) Uttar Pradesh
  4. 4.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Gangtok (b) Kolkata (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Bengaluru
  7. 7.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  8. 8.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Kerala (c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Guwahati (c) Srinagar (d) Agra
  10. 10.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Delhi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Bhopal (c) Gandhinagar (d) Patna
  15. 15.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) West Bengal
  16. 16.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Mizoram (c) Rajasthan (d) Karnataka
  18. 18.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Goa (c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh
  19. 19.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Sabarmati
  20. 20.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Karnataka (c) Goa (d) Madhya Pradesh
  21. 21.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Karnataka (c) Mizoram (d) Kerala
  22. 22.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Chennai (b) Kohima (c) Mumbai (d) Agartala
  23. 23.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Sikkim (d) Goa
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Srinagar (b) Agra (c) Haridwar (d) Ahmedabad
  25. 25.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Pindari (c) Siachen (d) Gangotri
  27. 27.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Telangana (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu
  28. 28.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Hyderabad (b) Itanagar (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Gandhinagar
  29. 29.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Dead Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  30. 30.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Lucknow (b) Hyderabad (c) Mumbai (d) Aizawl
  31. 31.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Lucknow (c) Itanagar (d) Shillong
  32. 32.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Shillong (b) Panaji (c) Dispur (d) Imphal
  34. 34.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Bengaluru (b) Jaipur (c) Hyderabad (d) Mumbai
  35. 35.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Kanyakumari (c) Darjeeling (d) Shimla
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Cuttack (c) Surat (d) Srinagar
  38. 38.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Tripura (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) West Bengal
  40. 40.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Brahmaputra (d) Godavari

Answer key

  1. Cuttack
  2. Gangtok
  3. Uttar Pradesh
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Bhubaneswar
  7. Arabian Sea
  8. Rajasthan
  9. Surat
  10. False
  11. False
  12. False
  13. False
  14. Hyderabad
  15. West Bengal
  16. False
  17. Karnataka
  18. Goa
  19. Mahanadi
  20. Madhya Pradesh
  21. Mizoram
  22. Mumbai
  23. Rajasthan
  24. Haridwar
  25. True
  26. Gangotri
  27. Tamil Nadu
  28. Thiruvananthapuram
  29. Bay of Bengal
  30. Lucknow
  31. Shillong
  32. True
  33. Panaji
  34. Bengaluru
  35. False
  36. Kanyakumari
  37. Srinagar
  38. False
  39. Tripura
  40. Godavari

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