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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 422 · 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.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Tapi
  2. 2.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Tapi (d) Godavari
  3. 3.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Ranchi (b) Jaipur (c) Lucknow (d) Chennai
  4. 4.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Itanagar (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Ranchi (d) Jaipur
  5. 5.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Maharashtra (d) Goa
  8. 8.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Jharkhand (c) Telangana (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  9. 9.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Shillong (b) Kolkata (c) Kohima (d) Dispur
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Cuttack (b) Haridwar (c) Varanasi (d) Delhi
  11. 11.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Mumbai (b) Bengaluru (c) Kolkata (d) Itanagar
  12. 12.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Narmada
  13. 13.True or false: Surat lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Mumbai (c) Hyderabad (d) Jaipur
  15. 15.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Aizawl (b) Lucknow (c) Kohima (d) Shillong
  16. 16.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Tapi (c) Mahanadi (d) Sabarmati
  18. 18.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Kanpur (b) Varanasi (c) Guwahati (d) Cuttack
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Mathura (b) Jabalpur (c) Haridwar (d) Lucknow
  20. 20.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Bengaluru (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Imphal (d) Shillong
  21. 21.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Gangotri (b) Pindari (c) Zemu (d) Siachen
  24. 24.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  26. 26.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Kanyakumari (b) Leh (c) Darjeeling (d) Shimla
  27. 27.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Ranchi (b) Itanagar (c) Imphal (d) Bhubaneswar
  29. 29.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Bengaluru (c) Lucknow (d) Kohima
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Nashik (c) Varanasi (d) Dibrugarh
  31. 31.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  32. 32.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Assam (c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan
  33. 33.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Telangana (d) Jharkhand
  34. 34.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Yamuna (c) Mahanadi (d) Ganga
  37. 37.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Telangana (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh
  38. 38.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  39. 39.True or false: Surat lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Mahanadi
  2. Tapi
  3. Chennai
  4. Ranchi
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Goa
  8. Maharashtra
  9. Kolkata
  10. Delhi
  11. Itanagar
  12. Ganga
  13. False
  14. Mumbai
  15. Shillong
  16. False
  17. Yamuna
  18. Guwahati
  19. Jabalpur
  20. Imphal
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Gangotri
  24. False
  25. Bay of Bengal
  26. Kanyakumari
  27. False
  28. Bhubaneswar
  29. Lucknow
  30. Cuttack
  31. Arabian Sea
  32. Rajasthan
  33. Jharkhand
  34. True
  35. True
  36. Ganga
  37. Karnataka
  38. Indian Ocean
  39. False
  40. False

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