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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 325 · 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.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Gujarat (c) West Bengal (d) Telangana
  2. 2.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  3. 3.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Tripura. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Kerala (c) Gujarat (d) Mizoram
  5. 5.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu
  6. 6.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Haridwar (b) Guwahati (c) Surat (d) Lucknow
  8. 8.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Arabian Sea
  9. 9.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Meghalaya (c) Bihar (d) Tripura
  10. 10.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Dead Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  11. 11.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Mahanadi
  15. 15.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Panaji (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Chennai (d) Gangtok
  16. 16.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Hyderabad (b) Patna (c) Jaipur (d) Shillong
  17. 17.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Surat (b) Cuttack (c) Guwahati (d) Kanpur
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Goa (d) Meghalaya
  21. 21.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Sikkim (c) Meghalaya (d) Rajasthan
  22. 22.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Yamuna
  23. 23.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Aizawl (b) Dispur (c) Lucknow (d) Mumbai
  24. 24.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Goa
  26. 26.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Leh (c) Darjeeling (d) Kanyakumari
  27. 27.True or false: Nashik lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Karnataka (c) Meghalaya (d) West Bengal
  29. 29.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Tapi
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Mathura (b) Jabalpur (c) Nashik (d) Lucknow
  31. 31.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Ranchi (b) Lucknow (c) Imphal (d) Bhopal
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Mathura (b) Guwahati (c) Ahmedabad (d) Jabalpur
  33. 33.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Srinagar (b) Mathura (c) Dibrugarh (d) Cuttack
  35. 35.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  36. 36.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Gangtok (b) Itanagar (c) Aizawl (d) Ranchi
  37. 37.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Itanagar (c) Kohima (d) Bhopal
  38. 38.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Siachen (c) Gangotri (d) Pindari
  39. 39.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Jhelum (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Jabalpur (b) Varanasi (c) Nashik (d) Patna

Answer key

  1. Telangana
  2. Godavari
  3. False
  4. Assam
  5. Madhya Pradesh
  6. True
  7. Surat
  8. Arabian Sea
  9. Bihar
  10. Bay of Bengal
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. Mahanadi
  15. Panaji
  16. Shillong
  17. True
  18. Guwahati
  19. True
  20. Goa
  21. Manipur
  22. Ganga
  23. Mumbai
  24. True
  25. Goa
  26. Kanyakumari
  27. False
  28. Meghalaya
  29. Ganga
  30. Lucknow
  31. Ranchi
  32. Ahmedabad
  33. Ganga
  34. Cuttack
  35. Brahmaputra
  36. Aizawl
  37. Bhopal
  38. Gangotri
  39. Narmada
  40. Nashik

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