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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 332 · 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: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Godavari
  3. 3.True or false: Agra lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Telangana (d) Rajasthan
  5. 5.True or false: Mathura lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Tripura (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Uttar Pradesh
  7. 7.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) Kolkata (d) Gangtok
  8. 8.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Dead Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  9. 9.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) Jhelum
  10. 10.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Narmada (c) Brahmaputra (d) Tapi
  11. 11.True or false: Nashik lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Mathura (b) Dibrugarh (c) Ahmedabad (d) Delhi
  13. 13.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Chennai (c) Ranchi (d) Bhopal
  14. 14.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  15. 15.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Mizoram (c) Meghalaya (d) Karnataka
  17. 17.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Black Sea
  18. 18.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  20. 20.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Mumbai (b) Kohima (c) Agartala (d) Patna
  21. 21.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  22. 22.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Panaji (b) Ranchi (c) Bhopal (d) Kohima
  23. 23.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Mahanadi
  24. 24.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Assam
  25. 25.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Maharashtra (c) Odisha (d) West Bengal
  26. 26.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Gujarat (c) Tripura (d) Manipur
  27. 27.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Odisha (c) Meghalaya (d) Sikkim
  28. 28.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  29. 29.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  31. 31.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Mumbai (b) Gangtok (c) Aizawl (d) Shillong
  32. 32.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Kanyakumari (c) Shimla (d) Darjeeling
  33. 33.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Haridwar (c) Mathura (d) Nashik
  36. 36.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Aizawl (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Patna (d) Gangtok
  37. 37.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Bengaluru (b) Panaji (c) Mumbai (d) Gangtok
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Lucknow (b) Surat (c) Haridwar (d) Varanasi
  39. 39.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Godavari (c) Narmada (d) Ganga

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Ganga
  3. False
  4. Tamil Nadu
  5. False
  6. Maharashtra
  7. Gangtok
  8. Bay of Bengal
  9. Gomti
  10. Brahmaputra
  11. False
  12. Ahmedabad
  13. Chennai
  14. Ganga
  15. True
  16. Meghalaya
  17. Arabian Sea
  18. True
  19. Nagaland
  20. Agartala
  21. Madhya Pradesh
  22. Bhopal
  23. Yamuna
  24. Rajasthan
  25. West Bengal
  26. Tripura
  27. Sikkim
  28. Indian Ocean
  29. False
  30. Great Indian Desert
  31. Shillong
  32. Kanyakumari
  33. True
  34. True
  35. Haridwar
  36. Aizawl
  37. Panaji
  38. Surat
  39. False
  40. Ganga

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