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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 462 · 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.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh
  2. 2.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Mahanadi (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  3. 3.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Andes (c) the Alps (d) the Rockies
  4. 4.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Mumbai (b) Kohima (c) Chennai (d) Aizawl
  7. 7.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Assam
  8. 8.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Black Sea
  9. 9.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Yamuna (c) Godavari (d) Brahmaputra
  10. 10.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Patna (b) Chennai (c) Mumbai (d) Dispur
  11. 11.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Assam
  13. 13.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Kerala (c) Goa (d) Sikkim
  14. 14.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Sikkim
  15. 15.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Gujarat. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Itanagar (c) Lucknow (d) Aizawl
  18. 18.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Jaipur (b) Ranchi (c) Gandhinagar (d) Chennai
  19. 19.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura (c) Goa (d) Bihar
  21. 21.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Panaji (b) Lucknow (c) Chennai (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  22. 22.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Kohima (b) Hyderabad (c) Kolkata (d) Gangtok
  26. 26.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c) Manipur (d) Odisha
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Patna (b) Srinagar (c) Jabalpur (d) Nashik
  28. 28.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Sabarmati (d) Yamuna
  29. 29.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Tapi
  30. 30.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Mizoram (d) Rajasthan
  31. 31.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Gangotri (b) Siachen (c) Zemu (d) Pindari
  33. 33.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Narmada (d) Tapi
  34. 34.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Dead Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  35. 35.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Sabarmati
  37. 37.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Mathura (b) Lucknow (c) Cuttack (d) Srinagar
  40. 40.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Goa
  2. Ganga
  3. the Himalayas
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Chennai
  7. Rajasthan
  8. Arabian Sea
  9. Yamuna
  10. Dispur
  11. True
  12. Maharashtra
  13. Rajasthan
  14. Uttar Pradesh
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Itanagar
  18. Ranchi
  19. False
  20. Meghalaya
  21. Thiruvananthapuram
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Gangtok
  26. Odisha
  27. Nashik
  28. Ganga
  29. Ganga
  30. Rajasthan
  31. False
  32. Gangotri
  33. Narmada
  34. Bay of Bengal
  35. False
  36. Sabarmati
  37. True
  38. Brahmaputra
  39. Cuttack
  40. False

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