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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 402 · 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: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Delhi (b) Agra (c) Cuttack (d) Guwahati
  3. 3.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
  4. 4.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Telangana (c) West Bengal (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  5. 5.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Telangana (c) Bihar (d) Meghalaya
  6. 6.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Ranchi (c) Aizawl (d) Lucknow
  7. 7.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  8. 8.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Black Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  9. 9.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Alps (c) the Andes (d) the Himalayas
  10. 10.True or false: Patna lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Imphal (c) Gangtok (d) Shillong
  12. 12.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) West Bengal (c) Kerala (d) Mizoram
  13. 13.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Nagaland (d) Telangana
  14. 14.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Tripura
  17. 17.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Itanagar (b) Patna (c) Shillong (d) Chennai
  18. 18.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Godavari (c) Brahmaputra (d) Gomti
  19. 19.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Ranchi (b) Bengaluru (c) Aizawl (d) Kolkata
  22. 22.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Gomti (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi
  25. 25.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Kolkata (b) Dispur (c) Mumbai (d) Itanagar
  26. 26.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Godavari (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  27. 27.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Goa (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
  29. 29.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  30. 30.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Agartala (c) Ranchi (d) Kolkata
  31. 31.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  32. 32.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Manipur
  33. 33.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Srinagar (b) Dibrugarh (c) Cuttack (d) Kanpur
  35. 35.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Mumbai (c) Aizawl (d) Chennai
  36. 36.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Yamuna (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Srinagar (b) Delhi (c) Surat (d) Lucknow
  39. 39.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Karnataka (c) Rajasthan (d) Assam
  40. 40.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Manipur. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Guwahati
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Arunachal Pradesh
  5. Bihar
  6. Lucknow
  7. Tapi
  8. Arabian Sea
  9. the Himalayas
  10. False
  11. Shillong
  12. Mizoram
  13. Kerala
  14. False
  15. True
  16. Assam
  17. Chennai
  18. Brahmaputra
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Bengaluru
  22. False
  23. False
  24. Godavari
  25. Kolkata
  26. Gomti
  27. True
  28. Goa
  29. Indian Ocean
  30. Agartala
  31. Bay of Bengal
  32. Karnataka
  33. True
  34. Srinagar
  35. Aizawl
  36. False
  37. Yamuna
  38. Delhi
  39. Goa
  40. False

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