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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 45 · 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.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Manipur (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Tripura
  2. 2.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Narmada
  3. 3.True or false: Surat lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Himalayas (d) the Rockies
  5. 5.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Bengaluru (b) Panaji (c) Mumbai (d) Bhubaneswar
  6. 6.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Sabarmati (d) Jhelum
  7. 7.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Ranchi (b) Imphal (c) Kohima (d) Patna
  8. 8.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
  9. 9.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Nagaland (d) Tamil Nadu
  11. 11.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Sabarmati (c) Godavari (d) Ganga
  12. 12.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Gandhinagar (c) Dispur (d) Aizawl
  13. 13.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Kanpur (b) Cuttack (c) Jabalpur (d) Varanasi
  15. 15.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  16. 16.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  17. 17.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Gangtok (b) Jaipur (c) Lucknow (d) Dispur
  19. 19.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Gomti (c) Yamuna (d) Narmada
  20. 20.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Chennai (c) Hyderabad (d) Bhubaneswar
  21. 21.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Sikkim
  24. 24.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Telangana (c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat
  25. 25.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Surat (b) Srinagar (c) Varanasi (d) Lucknow
  27. 27.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  28. 28.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Delhi (b) Nashik (c) Agra (d) Srinagar
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Srinagar (b) Jabalpur (c) Varanasi (d) Agra
  31. 31.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Kanyakumari (b) Darjeeling (c) Leh (d) Shimla
  32. 32.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Gangotri (b) Pindari (c) Zemu (d) Siachen
  33. 33.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Sabarmati
  34. 34.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Patna (c) Jaipur (d) Lucknow
  36. 36.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  37. 37.True or false: Agra lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Assam (c) Bihar (d) Tripura
  40. 40.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Tripura
  2. Tapi
  3. False
  4. the Himalayas
  5. Panaji
  6. Sabarmati
  7. Kohima
  8. Yamuna
  9. True
  10. Uttar Pradesh
  11. Gomti
  12. Hyderabad
  13. True
  14. Cuttack
  15. Ganga
  16. Goa
  17. False
  18. Gangtok
  19. Mahanadi
  20. Gandhinagar
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Sikkim
  24. Karnataka
  25. Arabian Sea
  26. Lucknow
  27. Maharashtra
  28. Great Indian Desert
  29. Srinagar
  30. Varanasi
  31. Kanyakumari
  32. Gangotri
  33. Ganga
  34. True
  35. Patna
  36. Brahmaputra
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Goa
  40. False

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