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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 457 · 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 Bihar? (a) Imphal (b) Gangtok (c) Patna (d) Lucknow
  2. 2.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Cold Desert
  4. 4.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Yamuna (d) Godavari
  5. 5.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Tapi (c) Sabarmati (d) Yamuna
  6. 6.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Agra (b) Dibrugarh (c) Nashik (d) Haridwar
  7. 7.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Jhelum (c) Sabarmati (d) Mahanadi
  8. 8.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Mathura (b) Cuttack (c) Jabalpur (d) Dibrugarh
  9. 9.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Assam
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Guwahati (b) Dibrugarh (c) Haridwar (d) Mathura
  11. 11.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Dispur (b) Itanagar (c) Jaipur (d) Gandhinagar
  12. 12.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) West Bengal (c) Mizoram (d) Uttar Pradesh
  13. 13.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Varanasi (b) Mathura (c) Lucknow (d) Patna
  15. 15.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Ganga
  16. 16.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Telangana (d) Kerala
  17. 17.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
  18. 18.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Sikkim (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra
  19. 19.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Ganga
  20. 20.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Dispur (b) Kohima (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Gangtok
  21. 21.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Sikkim (c) Goa (d) Rajasthan
  22. 22.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Imphal (b) Hyderabad (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kolkata
  23. 23.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Tripura (d) Odisha
  25. 25.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Goa (c) Maharashtra (d) Tripura
  26. 26.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Panaji (c) Dispur (d) Kolkata
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Guwahati (b) Haridwar (c) Jabalpur (d) Surat
  28. 28.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Goa
  29. 29.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Yamuna (c) Sabarmati (d) Jhelum
  30. 30.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Bengaluru (b) Agartala (c) Imphal (d) Chennai
  31. 31.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  32. 32.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Itanagar (b) Bengaluru (c) Imphal (d) Kolkata
  33. 33.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Meghalaya (c) Goa (d) Gujarat
  34. 34.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Jaipur (b) Itanagar (c) Chennai (d) Bhopal
  36. 36.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Patna (b) Mathura (c) Haridwar (d) Guwahati
  39. 39.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Chennai (b) Patna (c) Bhopal (d) Dispur
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Patna (c) Delhi (d) Nashik

Answer key

  1. Patna
  2. False
  3. Great Indian Desert
  4. Yamuna
  5. Yamuna
  6. Nashik
  7. Sabarmati
  8. Jabalpur
  9. Rajasthan
  10. Haridwar
  11. Jaipur
  12. West Bengal
  13. True
  14. Lucknow
  15. Ganga
  16. Telangana
  17. Uttar Pradesh
  18. Karnataka
  19. Ganga
  20. Kohima
  21. Rajasthan
  22. Thiruvananthapuram
  23. True
  24. Tripura
  25. Maharashtra
  26. Panaji
  27. Surat
  28. Goa
  29. Yamuna
  30. Chennai
  31. Indian Ocean
  32. Kolkata
  33. Meghalaya
  34. False
  35. Bhopal
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Guwahati
  39. Dispur
  40. Dibrugarh

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