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

Answer key

  1. Nagaland
  2. Yamuna
  3. Godavari
  4. Rajasthan
  5. Mumbai
  6. Nashik
  7. False
  8. True
  9. False
  10. Arunachal Pradesh
  11. Yamuna
  12. Madhya Pradesh
  13. Surat
  14. False
  15. Rajasthan
  16. Ahmedabad
  17. Arabian Sea
  18. True
  19. True
  20. Mathura
  21. Kanyakumari
  22. Bihar
  23. Manipur
  24. Sikkim
  25. Bhopal
  26. Ganga
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Patna
  30. True
  31. Rajasthan
  32. False
  33. Tapi
  34. Kerala
  35. Great Indian Desert
  36. West Bengal
  37. Chennai
  38. Ganga
  39. Gangotri
  40. False

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