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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 56 · 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 Sikkim? (a) Imphal (b) Ranchi (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Gangtok
  2. 2.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Haridwar (b) Cuttack (c) Nashik (d) Mathura
  3. 3.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) West Bengal (d) Bihar
  5. 5.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Narmada
  6. 6.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Tapi
  7. 7.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  8. 8.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Odisha (c) Karnataka (d) Assam
  11. 11.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Narmada
  14. 14.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Patna (c) Dibrugarh (d) Jabalpur
  16. 16.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Kohima (b) Mumbai (c) Hyderabad (d) Jaipur
  17. 17.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Dispur (b) Shillong (c) Mumbai (d) Aizawl
  18. 18.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Sabarmati (d) Yamuna
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Varanasi (b) Nashik (c) Lucknow (d) Surat
  20. 20.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Patna (b) Kanpur (c) Cuttack (d) Jabalpur
  24. 24.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Kolkata (b) Lucknow (c) Aizawl (d) Itanagar
  25. 25.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) Itanagar (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  27. 27.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Manipur. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Maharashtra (c) Jharkhand (d) Uttar Pradesh
  30. 30.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  31. 31.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Haridwar (b) Agra (c) Jabalpur (d) Guwahati
  34. 34.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Patna (b) Itanagar (c) Panaji (d) Agartala
  36. 36.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Mahanadi
  37. 37.True or false: Mathura lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Hyderabad (b) Ranchi (c) Lucknow (d) Aizawl
  39. 39.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Chennai (c) Patna (d) Lucknow
  40. 40.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Maharashtra (d) Goa

Answer key

  1. Gangtok
  2. Mathura
  3. False
  4. West Bengal
  5. Ganga
  6. Brahmaputra
  7. Rajasthan
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Madhya Pradesh
  11. True
  12. False
  13. Yamuna
  14. True
  15. Cuttack
  16. Jaipur
  17. Shillong
  18. Mahanadi
  19. Nashik
  20. False
  21. False
  22. Arabian Sea
  23. Jabalpur
  24. Kolkata
  25. False
  26. Itanagar
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Tripura
  30. Indian Ocean
  31. False
  32. True
  33. Agra
  34. True
  35. Patna
  36. Ganga
  37. False
  38. Aizawl
  39. Lucknow
  40. Goa

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