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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 369 · 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.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Kolkata (b) Itanagar (c) Mumbai (d) Shillong
  2. 2.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c) Nagaland (d) Uttar Pradesh
  3. 3.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean
  4. 4.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Telangana (c) Karnataka (d) Nagaland
  5. 5.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Jhelum (c) Mahanadi (d) Tapi
  6. 6.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Jharkhand (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Odisha
  7. 7.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Tapi (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi
  9. 9.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Rajasthan (c) Meghalaya (d) Uttar Pradesh
  10. 10.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Imphal (b) Itanagar (c) Bhopal (d) Bhubaneswar
  11. 11.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Gangtok (b) Jaipur (c) Panaji (d) Kohima
  12. 12.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tripura. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Gomti
  16. 16.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Narmada (c) Godavari (d) Brahmaputra
  17. 17.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Kerala (c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan
  19. 19.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Aizawl (b) Gandhinagar (c) Agartala (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  24. 24.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Delhi lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Chennai (c) Imphal (d) Jaipur
  28. 28.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  30. 30.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Gujarat (c) Odisha (d) Jharkhand
  31. 31.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Sabarmati (d) Jhelum
  32. 32.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  33. 33.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Lucknow (b) Shillong (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata
  35. 35.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Srinagar (b) Nashik (c) Kanpur (d) Agra
  36. 36.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Kanyakumari (c) Shimla (d) Darjeeling
  37. 37.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Gangtok (b) Mumbai (c) Bengaluru (d) Bhubaneswar
  38. 38.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Gangtok (b) Aizawl (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Gandhinagar
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Haridwar (b) Mathura (c) Varanasi (d) Ahmedabad
  40. 40.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Shillong
  2. Uttar Pradesh
  3. Indian Ocean
  4. Nagaland
  5. Brahmaputra
  6. Arunachal Pradesh
  7. False
  8. Yamuna
  9. Meghalaya
  10. Bhopal
  11. Jaipur
  12. False
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Gomti
  16. Brahmaputra
  17. True
  18. Rajasthan
  19. False
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Aizawl
  24. False
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Imphal
  28. False
  29. Great Indian Desert
  30. Kerala
  31. Jhelum
  32. Ganga
  33. False
  34. Chennai
  35. Srinagar
  36. Kanyakumari
  37. Bengaluru
  38. Bhubaneswar
  39. Ahmedabad
  40. True

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