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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 423 · 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.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Brahmaputra (d) Narmada
  2. 2.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Jaipur (b) Bhopal (c) Panaji (d) Chennai
  3. 3.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  6. 6.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Aizawl (b) Lucknow (c) Gangtok (d) Mumbai
  8. 8.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  9. 9.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Imphal (b) Hyderabad (c) Kolkata (d) Gangtok
  11. 11.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Bihar (d) Gujarat
  12. 12.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Agartala (b) Bhopal (c) Imphal (d) Itanagar
  13. 13.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Panaji (b) Patna (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Gangtok
  14. 14.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Kanyakumari (b) Leh (c) Darjeeling (d) Shimla
  15. 15.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Narmada
  16. 16.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  18. 18.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Sikkim (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Odisha
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Srinagar (b) Ahmedabad (c) Varanasi (d) Surat
  20. 20.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Sabarmati (c) Narmada (d) Godavari
  22. 22.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Tapi (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  23. 23.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Sabarmati (c) Gomti (d) Godavari
  24. 24.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Kohima (b) Gangtok (c) Lucknow (d) Chennai
  25. 25.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Sikkim
  26. 26.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Kerala (c) Bihar (d) Assam
  30. 30.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  32. 32.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Mahanadi (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Patna (c) Agra (d) Guwahati
  34. 34.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Brahmaputra (d) Ganga
  35. 35.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Cold Desert
  36. 36.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Tripura (d) Telangana
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Agra (b) Jabalpur (c) Lucknow (d) Guwahati
  38. 38.True or false: Agra lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Pindari (c) Gangotri (d) Siachen

Answer key

  1. Narmada
  2. Chennai
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Arabian Sea
  6. True
  7. Gangtok
  8. Indian Ocean
  9. True
  10. Hyderabad
  11. Jharkhand
  12. Bhopal
  13. Patna
  14. Kanyakumari
  15. Ganga
  16. False
  17. Goa
  18. Odisha
  19. Varanasi
  20. False
  21. Gomti
  22. Jhelum
  23. Godavari
  24. Lucknow
  25. Sikkim
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Rajasthan
  30. True
  31. Brahmaputra
  32. Ganga
  33. Cuttack
  34. Tapi
  35. Great Indian Desert
  36. Arunachal Pradesh
  37. Jabalpur
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Gangotri

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