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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 54 · 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.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Kanyakumari (c) Leh (d) Shimla
  2. 2.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Assam (c) Manipur (d) West Bengal
  3. 3.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Andes (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  5. 5.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Black Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  6. 6.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Narmada (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  7. 7.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Haridwar (b) Mathura (c) Varanasi (d) Nashik
  9. 9.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Sikkim (c) Meghalaya (d) Nagaland
  10. 10.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Patna (b) Bhopal (c) Shillong (d) Dispur
  11. 11.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Dibrugarh (c) Cuttack (d) Jabalpur
  12. 12.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  13. 13.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Manipur
  14. 14.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Gomti (c) Sabarmati (d) Ganga
  15. 15.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Jaipur (b) Lucknow (c) Itanagar (d) Bhopal
  16. 16.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Telangana
  17. 17.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean
  18. 18.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Kohima (b) Aizawl (c) Lucknow (d) Dispur
  19. 19.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) Brahmaputra
  20. 20.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Bengaluru (b) Agartala (c) Gandhinagar (d) Dispur
  22. 22.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Dispur (c) Aizawl (d) Hyderabad
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Guwahati (b) Jabalpur (c) Srinagar (d) Mathura
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Surat (b) Srinagar (c) Guwahati (d) Delhi
  25. 25.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Zemu (c) Pindari (d) Gangotri
  26. 26.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  27. 27.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) Mahanadi
  28. 28.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Agartala (b) Gandhinagar (c) Chennai (d) Panaji
  30. 30.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Sikkim (d) Goa
  33. 33.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Telangana (c) Meghalaya (d) Goa
  34. 34.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Surat (b) Guwahati (c) Jabalpur (d) Varanasi
  38. 38.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Nagaland (c) Tripura (d) Odisha
  39. 39.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Bengaluru (b) Itanagar (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Hyderabad

Answer key

  1. Kanyakumari
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. True
  4. the Himalayas
  5. Arabian Sea
  6. Godavari
  7. False
  8. Nashik
  9. Meghalaya
  10. Shillong
  11. Cuttack
  12. Ganga
  13. West Bengal
  14. Yamuna
  15. Lucknow
  16. Telangana
  17. Indian Ocean
  18. Aizawl
  19. Ganga
  20. True
  21. Gandhinagar
  22. Hyderabad
  23. Mathura
  24. Guwahati
  25. Gangotri
  26. Great Indian Desert
  27. Ganga
  28. True
  29. Chennai
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Rajasthan
  33. Goa
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Jabalpur
  38. Odisha
  39. True
  40. Itanagar

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