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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 499 · 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.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Karnataka (d) Uttar Pradesh
  2. 2.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Darjeeling (c) Kanyakumari (d) Shimla
  3. 3.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Sabarmati (d) Jhelum
  4. 4.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Dispur (b) Kolkata (c) Patna (d) Jaipur
  6. 6.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Gomti (c) Godavari (d) Brahmaputra
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Mathura (b) Surat (c) Srinagar (d) Ahmedabad
  8. 8.True or false: Patna lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Ranchi (b) Panaji (c) Bengaluru (d) Gandhinagar
  10. 10.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Jharkhand
  11. 11.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  12. 12.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Delhi (b) Dibrugarh (c) Lucknow (d) Cuttack
  14. 14.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  15. 15.True or false: Surat lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Mizoram
  17. 17.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Nagaland
  18. 18.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  19. 19.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Dispur (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Patna (d) Jaipur
  20. 20.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  22. 22.True or false: Surat lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Mizoram (c) Odisha (d) Meghalaya
  25. 25.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Tapi (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  28. 28.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Guwahati (c) Srinagar (d) Jabalpur
  30. 30.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Mathura (c) Delhi (d) Varanasi
  32. 32.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Odisha (c) Jharkhand (d) Uttar Pradesh
  33. 33.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Tapi (c) Sabarmati (d) Godavari
  36. 36.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Karnataka (d) Odisha
  37. 37.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Lucknow (b) Kanpur (c) Dibrugarh (d) Agra
  39. 39.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Lucknow (b) Jaipur (c) Dispur (d) Panaji
  40. 40.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Gangotri (c) Siachen (d) Pindari

Answer key

  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Kanyakumari
  3. Ganga
  4. False
  5. Kolkata
  6. Brahmaputra
  7. Mathura
  8. False
  9. Panaji
  10. Karnataka
  11. Arabian Sea
  12. Yamuna
  13. Cuttack
  14. the Himalayas
  15. False
  16. Tamil Nadu
  17. Kerala
  18. Indian Ocean
  19. Jaipur
  20. True
  21. Sabarmati
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Meghalaya
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Narmada
  28. Goa
  29. Surat
  30. False
  31. Ahmedabad
  32. Jharkhand
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Godavari
  36. Odisha
  37. False
  38. Agra
  39. Dispur
  40. Gangotri

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