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

Answer key

  1. Nashik
  2. True
  3. Narmada
  4. Cuttack
  5. Yamuna
  6. Ganga
  7. Meghalaya
  8. True
  9. the Himalayas
  10. Tapi
  11. Dispur
  12. True
  13. Arabian Sea
  14. False
  15. Nagaland
  16. Ganga
  17. Patna
  18. Itanagar
  19. Madhya Pradesh
  20. False
  21. False
  22. True
  23. Jaipur
  24. Rajasthan
  25. False
  26. True
  27. Ganga
  28. False
  29. Mumbai
  30. Goa
  31. Lucknow
  32. Surat
  33. Tamil Nadu
  34. Jabalpur
  35. Gangtok
  36. Kolkata
  37. True
  38. True
  39. Gangotri
  40. Mizoram

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