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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 544 · 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 Meghalaya? (a) Shillong (b) Bengaluru (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kohima
  2. 2.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Arabian Sea
  3. 3.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Godavari (c) Jhelum (d) Sabarmati
  6. 6.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Srinagar (b) Jabalpur (c) Patna (d) Cuttack
  7. 7.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  10. 10.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Manipur (c) Assam (d) Tamil Nadu
  11. 11.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Itanagar (b) Kohima (c) Gangtok (d) Bhubaneswar
  12. 12.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
  13. 13.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Surat (c) Cuttack (d) Jabalpur
  15. 15.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Gujarat (c) Nagaland (d) Assam
  16. 16.True or false: Nashik lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Kanyakumari (b) Darjeeling (c) Leh (d) Shimla
  18. 18.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Rockies (c) the Alps (d) the Andes
  19. 19.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Yamuna (c) Godavari (d) Sabarmati
  20. 20.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Delhi lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) Agartala (d) Bengaluru
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Haridwar (b) Dibrugarh (c) Mathura (d) Lucknow
  25. 25.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  26. 26.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Jharkhand (c) Meghalaya (d) Rajasthan
  27. 27.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Gangtok (b) Patna (c) Agartala (d) Mumbai
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Gujarat (c) West Bengal (d) Sikkim
  30. 30.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Telangana (c) Odisha (d) Maharashtra
  32. 32.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Kerala (c) Jharkhand (d) Uttar Pradesh
  34. 34.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Assam
  35. 35.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Sabarmati (d) Jhelum
  37. 37.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Delhi lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Patna is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Imphal (b) Panaji (c) Gandhinagar (d) Gangtok

Answer key

  1. Shillong
  2. Bay of Bengal
  3. True
  4. True
  5. Jhelum
  6. Srinagar
  7. True
  8. False
  9. Ganga
  10. Manipur
  11. Itanagar
  12. Madhya Pradesh
  13. False
  14. Jabalpur
  15. Assam
  16. False
  17. Kanyakumari
  18. the Himalayas
  19. Sabarmati
  20. False
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Kolkata
  24. Lucknow
  25. Great Indian Desert
  26. Jharkhand
  27. Mumbai
  28. True
  29. Sikkim
  30. True
  31. Odisha
  32. True
  33. Uttar Pradesh
  34. Rajasthan
  35. True
  36. Ganga
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Panaji

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