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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 403 · 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 Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Lucknow (c) Mathura (d) Cuttack
  3. 3.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Itanagar (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Gandhinagar (d) Dispur
  4. 4.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Itanagar (b) Shillong (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Bengaluru
  6. 6.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Lucknow (b) Imphal (c) Aizawl (d) Dispur
  7. 7.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Karnataka (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Bihar
  8. 8.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Rockies (c) the Alps (d) the Andes
  9. 9.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Bengaluru (b) Patna (c) Bhopal (d) Jaipur
  10. 10.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Sikkim
  11. 11.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Tapi (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Haridwar (b) Nashik (c) Ahmedabad (d) Dibrugarh
  14. 14.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Patna lies on the Narmada. (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.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Nashik (c) Lucknow (d) Jabalpur
  18. 18.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Tapi (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  19. 19.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Surat (b) Srinagar (c) Jabalpur (d) Varanasi
  21. 21.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c) Maharashtra (d) Sikkim
  22. 22.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Mumbai (b) Jaipur (c) Kohima (d) Gandhinagar
  24. 24.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Sikkim
  26. 26.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Gujarat. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  28. 28.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Shimla (c) Leh (d) Kanyakumari
  29. 29.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Sabarmati (c) Mahanadi (d) Ganga
  30. 30.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Telangana (c) Jharkhand (d) Sikkim
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Cuttack (b) Jabalpur (c) Srinagar (d) Agra
  32. 32.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) West Bengal (d) Madhya Pradesh
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Lucknow (c) Varanasi (d) Haridwar
  35. 35.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Manipur (c) Meghalaya (d) Gujarat
  37. 37.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Zemu (c) Gangotri (d) Siachen
  38. 38.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Gujarat (c) Karnataka (d) Jharkhand
  39. 39.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Kolkata (b) Lucknow (c) Jaipur (d) Mumbai
  40. 40.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Gomti (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Tapi

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Cuttack
  3. Itanagar
  4. True
  5. Shillong
  6. Aizawl
  7. Karnataka
  8. the Himalayas
  9. Jaipur
  10. Sikkim
  11. False
  12. Brahmaputra
  13. Ahmedabad
  14. True
  15. False
  16. Rajasthan
  17. Nashik
  18. Ganga
  19. False
  20. Srinagar
  21. Maharashtra
  22. False
  23. Kohima
  24. True
  25. Rajasthan
  26. False
  27. Arabian Sea
  28. Kanyakumari
  29. Ganga
  30. Jharkhand
  31. Jabalpur
  32. False
  33. Kerala
  34. Lucknow
  35. True
  36. Gujarat
  37. Gangotri
  38. Manipur
  39. Mumbai
  40. Ganga

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