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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 577 · 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 of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Mathura (b) Surat (c) Nashik (d) Guwahati
  2. 2.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  3. 3.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Brahmaputra
  4. 4.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Jhelum (c) Narmada (d) Gomti
  6. 6.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Jabalpur (c) Nashik (d) Agra
  8. 8.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Patna (b) Cuttack (c) Nashik (d) Srinagar
  9. 9.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Gangtok (b) Mumbai (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kolkata
  11. 11.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Chennai (b) Gangtok (c) Bhopal (d) Shillong
  12. 12.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Chennai (c) Itanagar (d) Mumbai
  14. 14.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Odisha
  15. 15.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Shillong (b) Gandhinagar (c) Lucknow (d) Kolkata
  16. 16.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Yamuna (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Lucknow (b) Mathura (c) Jabalpur (d) Dibrugarh
  18. 18.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Imphal (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Agartala (d) Hyderabad
  19. 19.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Zemu (c) Gangotri (d) Pindari
  20. 20.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Karnataka (c) Rajasthan (d) Tripura
  21. 21.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan (c) West Bengal (d) Odisha
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Agra (b) Haridwar (c) Delhi (d) Ahmedabad
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Surat (b) Haridwar (c) Cuttack (d) Agra
  24. 24.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi
  27. 27.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Brahmaputra
  28. 28.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Kanyakumari (c) Darjeeling (d) Shimla
  29. 29.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Telangana (d) Tamil Nadu
  31. 31.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Patna (b) Hyderabad (c) Agartala (d) Kolkata
  33. 33.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) Tapi
  35. 35.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
  36. 36.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Assam
  37. 37.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Sikkim (c) Manipur (d) Nagaland
  38. 38.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  39. 39.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Bengaluru (b) Chennai (c) Lucknow (d) Mumbai
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Agra (b) Kanpur (c) Lucknow (d) Surat

Answer key

  1. Guwahati
  2. Great Indian Desert
  3. Tapi
  4. False
  5. Brahmaputra
  6. True
  7. Lucknow
  8. Nashik
  9. False
  10. Mumbai
  11. Shillong
  12. False
  13. Itanagar
  14. Odisha
  15. Gandhinagar
  16. Brahmaputra
  17. Jabalpur
  18. Hyderabad
  19. Gangotri
  20. Tripura
  21. Rajasthan
  22. Ahmedabad
  23. Haridwar
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Ganga
  27. Yamuna
  28. Kanyakumari
  29. False
  30. Telangana
  31. True
  32. Agartala
  33. False
  34. Yamuna
  35. Goa
  36. Rajasthan
  37. Nagaland
  38. Arabian Sea
  39. Lucknow
  40. Surat

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