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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 351 · 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 place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Kanyakumari (c) Leh (d) Darjeeling
  2. 2.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Cuttack (b) Jabalpur (c) Agra (d) Patna
  3. 3.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Kanpur (b) Mathura (c) Surat (d) Cuttack
  5. 5.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Red Sea (d) Dead Sea
  6. 6.True or false: Mathura lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Delhi (b) Varanasi (c) Patna (d) Kanpur
  8. 8.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  9. 9.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
  10. 10.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  11. 11.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Gangotri (c) Pindari (d) Zemu
  13. 13.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Tapi (c) Gomti (d) Narmada
  14. 14.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Andes (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  15. 15.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Bihar (c) West Bengal (d) Meghalaya
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Agra (b) Jabalpur (c) Guwahati (d) Patna
  18. 18.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Narmada (d) Gomti
  19. 19.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Sikkim (d) Tripura
  20. 20.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Shillong (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Patna
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Kanpur (b) Dibrugarh (c) Cuttack (d) Patna
  22. 22.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Panaji (b) Kohima (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Jaipur
  23. 23.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) Brahmaputra
  24. 24.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Cold Desert
  25. 25.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Chennai (b) Kolkata (c) Shillong (d) Lucknow
  26. 26.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Goa
  27. 27.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Tamil Nadu
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Haridwar (c) Srinagar (d) Patna
  31. 31.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Patna (b) Lucknow (c) Dispur (d) Gangtok
  33. 33.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Ahmedabad (c) Varanasi (d) Cuttack
  35. 35.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Mizoram (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
  36. 36.True or false: Patna is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Agra (b) Surat (c) Nashik (d) Haridwar
  39. 39.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Mumbai (b) Agartala (c) Ranchi (d) Bengaluru
  40. 40.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Bengaluru (b) Dispur (c) Imphal (d) Bhubaneswar

Answer key

  1. Kanyakumari
  2. Patna
  3. True
  4. Kanpur
  5. Bay of Bengal
  6. False
  7. Delhi
  8. Ganga
  9. Bihar
  10. Yamuna
  11. True
  12. Gangotri
  13. Ganga
  14. the Himalayas
  15. False
  16. Gujarat
  17. Guwahati
  18. Gomti
  19. Maharashtra
  20. Mumbai
  21. Cuttack
  22. Kohima
  23. Brahmaputra
  24. Great Indian Desert
  25. Chennai
  26. Goa
  27. True
  28. True
  29. Tamil Nadu
  30. Dibrugarh
  31. False
  32. Lucknow
  33. Goa
  34. Ahmedabad
  35. Madhya Pradesh
  36. False
  37. True
  38. Agra
  39. Bengaluru
  40. Imphal

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