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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 514 · 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 Madhya Pradesh? (a) Dispur (b) Mumbai (c) Gangtok (d) Bhopal
  2. 2.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Meghalaya (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
  3. 3.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Delhi (b) Agra (c) Dibrugarh (d) Nashik
  4. 4.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Imphal (b) Shillong (c) Kohima (d) Itanagar
  5. 5.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Odisha (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Sikkim
  6. 6.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Patna (b) Kohima (c) Kolkata (d) Ranchi
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Cuttack (c) Srinagar (d) Kanpur
  11. 11.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Patna (b) Shillong (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Bhopal
  12. 12.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  14. 14.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  15. 15.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Meghalaya (c) Nagaland (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  16. 16.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  17. 17.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Assam (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Goa
  18. 18.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Leh (d) Kanyakumari
  19. 19.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Goa
  22. 22.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Nagaland (d) Sikkim
  23. 23.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Chennai (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Panaji (d) Dispur
  24. 24.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Godavari (c) Gomti (d) Tapi
  27. 27.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  28. 28.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Mathura (c) Patna (d) Lucknow
  29. 29.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Bhopal (b) Kolkata (c) Lucknow (d) Ranchi
  30. 30.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Jhelum (c) Yamuna (d) Brahmaputra
  31. 31.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Tapi
  32. 32.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Mahanadi
  33. 33.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Gomti
  34. 34.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Jabalpur (c) Cuttack (d) Nashik
  36. 36.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Odisha (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  39. 39.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Bhopal
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Nashik
  4. Imphal
  5. Sikkim
  6. True
  7. True
  8. True
  9. Kohima
  10. Lucknow
  11. Bhubaneswar
  12. False
  13. Arabian Sea
  14. Indian Ocean
  15. Nagaland
  16. Great Indian Desert
  17. Maharashtra
  18. Kanyakumari
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Rajasthan
  22. West Bengal
  23. Chennai
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Tapi
  27. Bay of Bengal
  28. Jabalpur
  29. Kolkata
  30. Narmada
  31. Ganga
  32. Ganga
  33. Ganga
  34. False
  35. Dibrugarh
  36. False
  37. True
  38. Goa
  39. False
  40. True

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