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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 392 · 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 Kerala? (a) Lucknow (b) Bhopal (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Jaipur
  2. 2.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Nashik (b) Dibrugarh (c) Agra (d) Jabalpur
  3. 3.True or false: Delhi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Kerala
  5. 5.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Agartala (b) Ranchi (c) Shillong (d) Aizawl
  7. 7.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Yamuna (c) Sabarmati (d) Ganga
  9. 9.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
  10. 10.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Patna (b) Shillong (c) Agartala (d) Jaipur
  11. 11.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  12. 12.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Panaji (b) Gangtok (c) Gandhinagar (d) Aizawl
  14. 14.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Assam
  15. 15.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Mahanadi (c) Sabarmati (d) Godavari
  16. 16.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Mahanadi (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Haridwar (b) Varanasi (c) Jabalpur (d) Kanpur
  18. 18.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Patna (b) Nashik (c) Jabalpur (d) Surat
  21. 21.True or false: Mathura lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Ganga (b) Tapi (c) Sabarmati (d) Gomti
  24. 24.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Nagaland (d) Madhya Pradesh
  25. 25.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Kanyakumari (c) Leh (d) Darjeeling
  27. 27.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Jhelum (c) Gomti (d) Narmada
  28. 28.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Brahmaputra
  29. 29.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Nashik (b) Varanasi (c) Guwahati (d) Patna
  31. 31.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Varanasi (b) Nashik (c) Mathura (d) Lucknow
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Haridwar (c) Guwahati (d) Agra
  34. 34.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Meghalaya (c) Sikkim (d) Kerala
  35. 35.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  36. 36.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Sabarmati (c) Narmada (d) Jhelum
  37. 37.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Karnataka (c) Maharashtra (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  38. 38.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Mizoram (c) Tripura (d) Karnataka
  40. 40.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Ranchi (c) Kolkata (d) Gandhinagar

Answer key

  1. Thiruvananthapuram
  2. Dibrugarh
  3. False
  4. Rajasthan
  5. True
  6. Aizawl
  7. False
  8. Ganga
  9. Rajasthan
  10. Jaipur
  11. Arabian Sea
  12. True
  13. Panaji
  14. Assam
  15. Sabarmati
  16. Mahanadi
  17. Jabalpur
  18. True
  19. True
  20. Nashik
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Ganga
  24. Nagaland
  25. False
  26. Kanyakumari
  27. Gomti
  28. Brahmaputra
  29. Kerala
  30. Guwahati
  31. False
  32. Mathura
  33. Lucknow
  34. West Bengal
  35. Great Indian Desert
  36. Narmada
  37. Maharashtra
  38. False
  39. Uttar Pradesh
  40. Ranchi

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