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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 328 · 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: Varanasi lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Itanagar (b) Ranchi (c) Lucknow (d) Kohima
  6. 6.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Rockies (c) the Alps (d) the Andes
  8. 8.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Srinagar (c) Mathura (d) Agra
  9. 9.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Bihar (d) Goa
  10. 10.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Mizoram (d) Karnataka
  11. 11.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Kolkata (b) Bhopal (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
  12. 12.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Karnataka (d) Odisha
  13. 13.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  14. 14.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Aizawl (c) Gangtok (d) Ranchi
  15. 15.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  16. 16.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Jaipur (b) Agartala (c) Dispur (d) Panaji
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Mathura (b) Ahmedabad (c) Cuttack (d) Patna
  18. 18.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Jhelum (c) Ganga (d) Tapi
  21. 21.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Haridwar (b) Varanasi (c) Ahmedabad (d) Mathura
  23. 23.True or false: Agra lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Rajasthan (c) Sikkim (d) Kerala
  25. 25.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Assam
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Guwahati (b) Delhi (c) Kanpur (d) Mathura
  27. 27.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Shillong (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Agartala (d) Gangtok
  28. 28.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Kanpur (c) Cuttack (d) Nashik
  29. 29.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Godavari (c) Narmada (d) Ganga
  30. 30.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Mumbai (b) Shillong (c) Kolkata (d) Ranchi
  31. 31.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Jhelum (c) Narmada (d) Ganga
  32. 32.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  33. 33.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  34. 34.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Yamuna
  35. 35.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Delhi (b) Srinagar (c) Haridwar (d) Nashik
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Cuttack (b) Patna (c) Delhi (d) Varanasi
  38. 38.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Sikkim (c) Maharashtra (d) Odisha
  40. 40.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Lucknow
  6. False
  7. the Himalayas
  8. Srinagar
  9. Tamil Nadu
  10. Mizoram
  11. Mumbai
  12. Karnataka
  13. Great Indian Desert
  14. Gangtok
  15. Bay of Bengal
  16. Panaji
  17. Patna
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Ganga
  21. False
  22. Mathura
  23. False
  24. Rajasthan
  25. Rajasthan
  26. Guwahati
  27. Shillong
  28. Lucknow
  29. Ganga
  30. Ranchi
  31. Sabarmati
  32. Ganga
  33. Ganga
  34. Ganga
  35. False
  36. Nashik
  37. Delhi
  38. False
  39. Maharashtra
  40. False

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