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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 467 · 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: Agra lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) Gomti
  3. 3.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Mizoram (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Tripura
  4. 4.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
  5. 5.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Brahmaputra (c) Godavari (d) Sabarmati
  6. 6.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Patna lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Pindari (c) Gangotri (d) Zemu
  9. 9.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Arabian Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Black Sea
  11. 11.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Nagaland (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
  12. 12.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Surat lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Bengaluru (b) Itanagar (c) Imphal (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  15. 15.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Patna (b) Lucknow (c) Nashik (d) Agra
  17. 17.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Maharashtra (c) Assam (d) Rajasthan
  19. 19.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Mahanadi (c) Jhelum (d) Brahmaputra
  21. 21.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Agartala (b) Patna (c) Bengaluru (d) Ranchi
  22. 22.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Hyderabad (b) Ranchi (c) Kohima (d) Agartala
  24. 24.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  25. 25.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Gangtok (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Kolkata (d) Mumbai
  26. 26.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Lucknow (b) Hyderabad (c) Itanagar (d) Aizawl
  27. 27.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Patna (b) Kolkata (c) Hyderabad (d) Imphal
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Gujarat. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  31. 31.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Surat (b) Lucknow (c) Agra (d) Patna
  33. 33.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Dead Sea
  34. 34.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  36. 36.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Agartala (c) Panaji (d) Kolkata
  38. 38.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Kerala
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Bihar

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ganga
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Madhya Pradesh
  5. Brahmaputra
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Gangotri
  9. True
  10. Arabian Sea
  11. Gujarat
  12. False
  13. False
  14. Thiruvananthapuram
  15. Ganga
  16. Agra
  17. True
  18. West Bengal
  19. False
  20. Jhelum
  21. Bengaluru
  22. True
  23. Kohima
  24. Yamuna
  25. Kolkata
  26. Itanagar
  27. Patna
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Goa
  31. True
  32. Lucknow
  33. Bay of Bengal
  34. True
  35. Indian Ocean
  36. True
  37. Hyderabad
  38. Rajasthan
  39. True
  40. Rajasthan

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