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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 506 · 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 Karnataka? (a) Ranchi (b) Bengaluru (c) Kolkata (d) Gandhinagar
  2. 2.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Cuttack (b) Haridwar (c) Guwahati (d) Srinagar
  4. 4.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Panaji (c) Jaipur (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  5. 5.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Delhi (b) Srinagar (c) Nashik (d) Dibrugarh
  6. 6.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  7. 7.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  8. 8.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Lucknow (b) Jaipur (c) Mumbai (d) Dispur
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Patna (b) Agra (c) Guwahati (d) Nashik
  10. 10.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Dispur (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Bhopal (d) Mumbai
  11. 11.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Goa
  12. 12.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Kerala
  13. 13.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Nagaland
  14. 14.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Mahanadi (c) Sabarmati (d) Brahmaputra
  16. 16.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Himalayas (c) the Rockies (d) the Alps
  17. 17.True or false: Mathura lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  20. 20.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Gomti (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Tapi
  21. 21.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Gandhinagar (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Hyderabad
  23. 23.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Agartala (b) Chennai (c) Gandhinagar (d) Lucknow
  24. 24.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Dead Sea
  26. 26.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Lucknow (b) Panaji (c) Hyderabad (d) Imphal
  27. 27.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Manipur (d) Madhya Pradesh
  28. 28.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Goa
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Agra (b) Guwahati (c) Varanasi (d) Lucknow
  32. 32.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Bengaluru (b) Gangtok (c) Chennai (d) Shillong
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Mathura (c) Lucknow (d) Surat
  34. 34.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Brahmaputra
  36. 36.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Meghalaya (c) Telangana (d) Jharkhand

Answer key

  1. Bengaluru
  2. False
  3. Haridwar
  4. Bhubaneswar
  5. Dibrugarh
  6. Arabian Sea
  7. Great Indian Desert
  8. Mumbai
  9. Patna
  10. Bhopal
  11. Goa
  12. Rajasthan
  13. Nagaland
  14. True
  15. Yamuna
  16. the Himalayas
  17. False
  18. False
  19. Ganga
  20. Ganga
  21. True
  22. Hyderabad
  23. Chennai
  24. False
  25. Bay of Bengal
  26. Imphal
  27. Manipur
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Goa
  31. Lucknow
  32. Shillong
  33. Mathura
  34. False
  35. Mahanadi
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Telangana

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