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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 466 · 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.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  3. 3.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Goa (c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh
  4. 4.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  8. 8.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Agra (b) Lucknow (c) Patna (d) Ahmedabad
  10. 10.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  11. 11.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Jhelum (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  12. 12.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Pindari (c) Gangotri (d) Zemu
  13. 13.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Cold Desert
  15. 15.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Bihar (c) Rajasthan (d) Nagaland
  16. 16.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Gujarat (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Rajasthan
  18. 18.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Sikkim
  19. 19.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Mizoram (d) Assam
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Agra (b) Guwahati (c) Kanpur (d) Dibrugarh
  22. 22.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Patna (c) Aizawl (d) Imphal
  24. 24.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Kerala
  25. 25.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Kanpur (b) Nashik (c) Srinagar (d) Cuttack
  27. 27.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Sikkim (c) West Bengal (d) Karnataka
  29. 29.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Patna (b) Shillong (c) Lucknow (d) Chennai
  30. 30.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Kolkata (b) Chennai (c) Hyderabad (d) Patna
  31. 31.True or false: Agra lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Kanyakumari (b) Shimla (c) Leh (d) Darjeeling
  33. 33.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Varanasi (c) Kanpur (d) Ahmedabad
  37. 37.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Nagaland (c) Tripura (d) Madhya Pradesh
  38. 38.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Karnataka (c) Maharashtra (d) Manipur
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Mathura (b) Dibrugarh (c) Haridwar (d) Surat
  40. 40.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Patna (b) Mumbai (c) Hyderabad (d) Panaji

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Arabian Sea
  3. Goa
  4. False
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Brahmaputra
  8. True
  9. Ahmedabad
  10. Ganga
  11. Tapi
  12. Gangotri
  13. True
  14. Great Indian Desert
  15. Rajasthan
  16. True
  17. Gujarat
  18. Rajasthan
  19. True
  20. Assam
  21. Kanpur
  22. True
  23. Thiruvananthapuram
  24. Rajasthan
  25. False
  26. Srinagar
  27. True
  28. West Bengal
  29. Shillong
  30. Patna
  31. False
  32. Kanyakumari
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Indian Ocean
  36. Lucknow
  37. Tripura
  38. Karnataka
  39. Haridwar
  40. Panaji

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