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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 449 · 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.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Itanagar (c) Shillong (d) Lucknow
  2. 2.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Godavari (c) Jhelum (d) Gomti
  3. 3.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Lucknow (b) Jabalpur (c) Dibrugarh (d) Kanpur
  4. 4.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Mahanadi
  5. 5.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Surat (b) Mathura (c) Jabalpur (d) Haridwar
  6. 6.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Gangotri (c) Pindari (d) Siachen
  8. 8.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Imphal (b) Agartala (c) Kohima (d) Lucknow
  10. 10.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Arabian Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Dead Sea
  11. 11.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Manipur
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Patna (c) Cuttack (d) Dibrugarh
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Guwahati (b) Agra (c) Surat (d) Kanpur
  14. 14.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  15. 15.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Lucknow (c) Shillong (d) Panaji
  16. 16.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Manipur (c) Tripura (d) Assam
  18. 18.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Tapi (c) Sabarmati (d) Godavari
  19. 19.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Hyderabad (b) Imphal (c) Chennai (d) Dispur
  20. 20.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Panaji (b) Bhopal (c) Dispur (d) Shillong
  22. 22.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Odisha (c) Jharkhand (d) Telangana
  23. 23.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Kanpur (b) Agra (c) Nashik (d) Lucknow
  25. 25.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
  26. 26.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Sabarmati (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  27. 27.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  28. 28.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Kohima (b) Itanagar (c) Gandhinagar (d) Patna
  29. 29.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Sikkim (d) Goa
  30. 30.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Maharashtra (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
  31. 31.True or false: Mathura lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh
  33. 33.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Kanyakumari (b) Darjeeling (c) Shimla (d) Leh
  34. 34.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Goa (c) Nagaland (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  36. 36.True or false: Nashik lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Lucknow (b) Haridwar (c) Mathura (d) Dibrugarh
  38. 38.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Shillong
  2. Gomti
  3. Dibrugarh
  4. Ganga
  5. Jabalpur
  6. False
  7. Gangotri
  8. False
  9. Lucknow
  10. Bay of Bengal
  11. Manipur
  12. Ahmedabad
  13. Kanpur
  14. Ganga
  15. Bhopal
  16. True
  17. Assam
  18. Ganga
  19. Chennai
  20. True
  21. Dispur
  22. Jharkhand
  23. False
  24. Lucknow
  25. Rajasthan
  26. Sabarmati
  27. Indian Ocean
  28. Gandhinagar
  29. Rajasthan
  30. Rajasthan
  31. False
  32. Goa
  33. Kanyakumari
  34. True
  35. Nagaland
  36. False
  37. Haridwar
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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