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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 508 · 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.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Pindari (c) Zemu (d) Gangotri
  2. 2.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  3. 3.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Panaji (b) Gandhinagar (c) Patna (d) Aizawl
  4. 4.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  5. 5.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  6. 6.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Chennai (b) Bhopal (c) Ranchi (d) Panaji
  7. 7.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) West Bengal (c) Gujarat (d) Sikkim
  8. 8.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Mahanadi (c) Yamuna (d) Narmada
  9. 9.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Hyderabad (b) Jaipur (c) Itanagar (d) Ranchi
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Nashik (b) Ahmedabad (c) Varanasi (d) Dibrugarh
  11. 11.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Jaipur (c) Imphal (d) Kolkata
  13. 13.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) Mahanadi
  14. 14.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Kolkata (c) Jaipur (d) Bhubaneswar
  15. 15.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Karnataka (c) Telangana (d) Kerala
  16. 16.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Rajasthan (c) Maharashtra (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  17. 17.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) Godavari
  22. 22.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Meghalaya (d) Uttar Pradesh
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Delhi (c) Varanasi (d) Cuttack
  24. 24.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Patna (b) Imphal (c) Chennai (d) Gandhinagar
  25. 25.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  26. 26.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Jharkhand (c) Sikkim (d) Manipur
  27. 27.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  29. 29.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Mathura lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Goa
  32. 32.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Agartala (b) Bhopal (c) Imphal (d) Kolkata
  37. 37.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Kanpur (b) Guwahati (c) Patna (d) Ahmedabad
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Surat (b) Srinagar (c) Agra (d) Jabalpur
  40. 40.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Jhelum (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga

Answer key

  1. Gangotri
  2. Great Indian Desert
  3. Aizawl
  4. Indian Ocean
  5. Arabian Sea
  6. Ranchi
  7. Sikkim
  8. Yamuna
  9. Itanagar
  10. Dibrugarh
  11. True
  12. Jaipur
  13. Ganga
  14. Thiruvananthapuram
  15. Kerala
  16. Rajasthan
  17. False
  18. True
  19. True
  20. True
  21. Ganga
  22. Uttar Pradesh
  23. Cuttack
  24. Patna
  25. Ganga
  26. Jharkhand
  27. True
  28. Gomti
  29. True
  30. False
  31. Goa
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Kolkata
  37. False
  38. Ahmedabad
  39. Agra
  40. Brahmaputra

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