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

Answer key

  1. Bhubaneswar
  2. Patna
  3. Manipur
  4. True
  5. Mumbai
  6. Yamuna
  7. False
  8. Cuttack
  9. Bay of Bengal
  10. False
  11. Jaipur
  12. Lucknow
  13. True
  14. True
  15. False
  16. Kanyakumari
  17. Varanasi
  18. Jabalpur
  19. Indian Ocean
  20. Rajasthan
  21. Srinagar
  22. Sikkim
  23. Yamuna
  24. Goa
  25. False
  26. Brahmaputra
  27. Sabarmati
  28. Agartala
  29. Patna
  30. False
  31. Narmada
  32. False
  33. Karnataka
  34. False
  35. Hyderabad
  36. Ganga
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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