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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 428 · 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.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  2. 2.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  5. 5.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Kanpur (b) Agra (c) Jabalpur (d) Varanasi
  6. 6.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Telangana
  7. 7.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Black Sea (d) Red Sea
  8. 8.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Agartala (b) Dispur (c) Bengaluru (d) Shillong
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Guwahati (b) Kanpur (c) Haridwar (d) Ahmedabad
  11. 11.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  12. 12.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Gangotri (c) Pindari (d) Zemu
  13. 13.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  15. 15.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Godavari
  16. 16.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Bengaluru (b) Panaji (c) Chennai (d) Kohima
  19. 19.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Telangana. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Kerala (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
  22. 22.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Jaipur (c) Mumbai (d) Patna
  23. 23.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Leh (c) Darjeeling (d) Kanyakumari
  24. 24.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Agartala (c) Shillong (d) Patna
  25. 25.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  27. 27.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  28. 28.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Narmada (c) Jhelum (d) Ganga
  31. 31.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  32. 32.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Itanagar (b) Hyderabad (c) Agartala (d) Gangtok
  33. 33.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Surat lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Guwahati (b) Nashik (c) Ahmedabad (d) Agra
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Patna (b) Kanpur (c) Lucknow (d) Delhi
  37. 37.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Manipur (d) Jharkhand
  40. 40.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Godavari
  2. False
  3. True
  4. the Himalayas
  5. Jabalpur
  6. Karnataka
  7. Arabian Sea
  8. False
  9. Bengaluru
  10. Guwahati
  11. Goa
  12. Gangotri
  13. False
  14. Rajasthan
  15. Ganga
  16. True
  17. True
  18. Chennai
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Kerala
  22. Hyderabad
  23. Kanyakumari
  24. Agartala
  25. True
  26. Bay of Bengal
  27. Rajasthan
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Yamuna
  31. Ganga
  32. Gangtok
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Nashik
  36. Lucknow
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Jharkhand
  40. True

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