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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 377 · 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 Tamil Nadu? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Chennai (c) Imphal (d) Agartala
  2. 2.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Gomti (c) Narmada (d) Sabarmati
  3. 3.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Dead Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  4. 4.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Shillong (b) Jaipur (c) Bhopal (d) Bengaluru
  6. 6.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Bihar (c) Assam (d) Rajasthan
  8. 8.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Jhelum
  10. 10.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Nashik (b) Srinagar (c) Surat (d) Dibrugarh
  12. 12.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Yamuna (c) Brahmaputra (d) Ganga
  14. 14.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Shimla (c) Darjeeling (d) Kanyakumari
  15. 15.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Gangotri (c) Zemu (d) Siachen
  16. 16.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Lucknow (b) Itanagar (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Hyderabad
  17. 17.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Jhelum
  18. 18.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Narmada (d) Brahmaputra
  19. 19.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Mathura (b) Nashik (c) Surat (d) Haridwar
  21. 21.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  22. 22.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
  23. 23.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Goa (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  25. 25.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Narmada (c) Mahanadi (d) Sabarmati
  26. 26.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Shillong (b) Jaipur (c) Chennai (d) Bhubaneswar
  27. 27.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  28. 28.True or false: Patna lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Nagaland (d) Jharkhand
  30. 30.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Manipur (c) Tripura (d) Meghalaya
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Mathura (b) Jabalpur (c) Surat (d) Ahmedabad
  33. 33.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Mizoram (d) Madhya Pradesh
  34. 34.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Mumbai (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Aizawl (d) Kolkata
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Patna (c) Mathura (d) Haridwar
  37. 37.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Lucknow (b) Cuttack (c) Srinagar (d) Surat
  39. 39.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Chennai (b) Shillong (c) Panaji (d) Bhopal
  40. 40.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Chennai
  2. Gomti
  3. Bay of Bengal
  4. True
  5. Bengaluru
  6. False
  7. Rajasthan
  8. True
  9. Ganga
  10. True
  11. Srinagar
  12. False
  13. Yamuna
  14. Kanyakumari
  15. Gangotri
  16. Itanagar
  17. Yamuna
  18. Brahmaputra
  19. True
  20. Haridwar
  21. Great Indian Desert
  22. Assam
  23. True
  24. Goa
  25. Mahanadi
  26. Bhubaneswar
  27. Arabian Sea
  28. False
  29. Nagaland
  30. True
  31. Tripura
  32. Jabalpur
  33. Mizoram
  34. False
  35. Aizawl
  36. Dibrugarh
  37. Ganga
  38. Surat
  39. Bhopal
  40. False

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