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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 571 · 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.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Tapi (c) Narmada (d) Mahanadi
  3. 3.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  4. 4.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Mahanadi (c) Jhelum (d) Sabarmati
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Haridwar (b) Mathura (c) Nashik (d) Lucknow
  8. 8.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Srinagar (b) Haridwar (c) Surat (d) Delhi
  9. 9.True or false: Patna is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Manipur (c) Kerala (d) Jharkhand
  11. 11.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Hyderabad (c) Imphal (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  12. 12.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Gujarat (d) Kerala
  13. 13.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  14. 14.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Hyderabad (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
  16. 16.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Surat (b) Varanasi (c) Mathura (d) Kanpur
  18. 18.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  20. 20.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Telangana (c) Odisha (d) Assam
  21. 21.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Tripura (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Assam
  22. 22.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Tripura
  23. 23.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Pindari (c) Siachen (d) Gangotri
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Nashik (b) Jabalpur (c) Ahmedabad (d) Mathura
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Guwahati (b) Cuttack (c) Surat (d) Delhi
  26. 26.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Tapi (c) Mahanadi (d) Jhelum
  27. 27.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) Gandhinagar (d) Chennai
  28. 28.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Tamil Nadu
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Mathura (b) Patna (c) Surat (d) Agra
  30. 30.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Goa (c) Sikkim (d) Tripura
  31. 31.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Gomti (c) Godavari (d) Ganga
  32. 32.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  33. 33.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  36. 36.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Patna lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Mahanadi
  3. Godavari
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Ganga
  7. Lucknow
  8. Surat
  9. False
  10. Kerala
  11. Bhopal
  12. Arunachal Pradesh
  13. Brahmaputra
  14. True
  15. Mumbai
  16. True
  17. Mathura
  18. True
  19. Great Indian Desert
  20. Telangana
  21. Uttar Pradesh
  22. Karnataka
  23. Gangotri
  24. Ahmedabad
  25. Guwahati
  26. Jhelum
  27. Gandhinagar
  28. Tamil Nadu
  29. Patna
  30. Goa
  31. Gomti
  32. Tapi
  33. True
  34. False
  35. the Himalayas
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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