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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 398 · 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.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Alps (c) the Himalayas (d) the Andes
  3. 3.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Guwahati (b) Varanasi (c) Nashik (d) Lucknow
  4. 4.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  6. 6.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Godavari (c) Brahmaputra (d) Sabarmati
  7. 7.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Bengaluru (b) Gangtok (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Jaipur
  9. 9.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Varanasi (c) Lucknow (d) Delhi
  11. 11.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Varanasi (b) Patna (c) Dibrugarh (d) Nashik
  12. 12.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Godavari (d) Sabarmati
  13. 13.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Chennai (c) Kolkata (d) Bhubaneswar
  15. 15.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Kerala
  17. 17.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Maharashtra (c) Tripura (d) Karnataka
  18. 18.True or false: Patna is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Surat lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Sabarmati (d) Gomti
  22. 22.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Hyderabad (b) Patna (c) Mumbai (d) Shillong
  24. 24.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Kohima (b) Ranchi (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Agartala
  25. 25.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Narmada
  26. 26.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  28. 28.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  29. 29.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  30. 30.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Patna (b) Ranchi (c) Aizawl (d) Jaipur
  32. 32.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Meghalaya (c) Telangana (d) Maharashtra
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Srinagar (b) Lucknow (c) Varanasi (d) Jabalpur
  34. 34.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Lucknow (c) Dispur (d) Bhopal
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Surat (b) Agra (c) Haridwar (d) Cuttack
  38. 38.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Agartala (b) Chennai (c) Bhopal (d) Aizawl
  39. 39.True or false: Patna lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. the Himalayas
  3. Lucknow
  4. False
  5. Tapi
  6. Brahmaputra
  7. True
  8. Jaipur
  9. Goa
  10. Varanasi
  11. Nashik
  12. Mahanadi
  13. False
  14. Kolkata
  15. True
  16. Rajasthan
  17. Tripura
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Ganga
  22. False
  23. Mumbai
  24. Agartala
  25. Narmada
  26. True
  27. Great Indian Desert
  28. Ganga
  29. Indian Ocean
  30. False
  31. Ranchi
  32. Telangana
  33. Jabalpur
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Bhopal
  37. Cuttack
  38. Aizawl
  39. False
  40. True

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