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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 421 · 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: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Mizoram
  4. 4.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  8. 8.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Godavari (c) Jhelum (d) Ganga
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Lucknow (b) Cuttack (c) Jabalpur (d) Patna
  10. 10.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Kerala (c) Goa (d) Sikkim
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Surat (b) Agra (c) Cuttack (d) Kanpur
  13. 13.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Karnataka (c) Telangana (d) Uttar Pradesh
  15. 15.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Zemu (c) Pindari (d) Gangotri
  16. 16.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Kolkata (b) Jaipur (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Chennai
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Lucknow (c) Agra (d) Jabalpur
  18. 18.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Ranchi (b) Gangtok (c) Itanagar (d) Kohima
  19. 19.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Assam (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  20. 20.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Lucknow (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Bhopal (d) Aizawl
  21. 21.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Itanagar (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Gandhinagar (d) Bhubaneswar
  22. 22.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  25. 25.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Maharashtra (d) Assam
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Srinagar (b) Nashik (c) Mathura (d) Haridwar
  28. 28.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Goa (d) Rajasthan
  29. 29.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Patna (b) Mumbai (c) Panaji (d) Agartala
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Srinagar (b) Cuttack (c) Haridwar (d) Lucknow
  31. 31.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Telangana (c) Mizoram (d) Tripura
  33. 33.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Yamuna (c) Gomti (d) Narmada
  34. 34.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Leh (c) Kanyakumari (d) Shimla
  36. 36.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Tapi (d) Narmada
  38. 38.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Gomti (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  39. 39.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Chennai (b) Lucknow (c) Jaipur (d) Hyderabad

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Mizoram
  4. False
  5. False
  6. False
  7. Indian Ocean
  8. Ganga
  9. Jabalpur
  10. True
  11. Rajasthan
  12. Kanpur
  13. False
  14. Telangana
  15. Gangotri
  16. Jaipur
  17. Agra
  18. Kohima
  19. Rajasthan
  20. Bhopal
  21. Gandhinagar
  22. Brahmaputra
  23. True
  24. Yamuna
  25. False
  26. Assam
  27. Srinagar
  28. Goa
  29. Mumbai
  30. Lucknow
  31. True
  32. Tripura
  33. Gomti
  34. False
  35. Kanyakumari
  36. True
  37. Narmada
  38. Yamuna
  39. True
  40. Lucknow

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