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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 580 · 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: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Meghalaya (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Telangana
  3. 3.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Nashik (c) Srinagar (d) Mathura
  4. 4.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Gangotri (c) Zemu (d) Pindari
  5. 5.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Mizoram (c) Manipur (d) West Bengal
  6. 6.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Ranchi (b) Dispur (c) Gandhinagar (d) Chennai
  7. 7.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Gomti (b) Tapi (c) Sabarmati (d) Ganga
  8. 8.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Bhopal (b) Agartala (c) Panaji (d) Chennai
  9. 9.True or false: Mathura lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Itanagar (b) Imphal (c) Ranchi (d) Kolkata
  11. 11.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  12. 12.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Patna is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Guwahati (b) Nashik (c) Srinagar (d) Mathura
  19. 19.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Leh (c) Darjeeling (d) Kanyakumari
  20. 20.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh
  22. 22.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Agra (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Delhi
  25. 25.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Nagaland (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka
  26. 26.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Brahmaputra (c) Gomti (d) Narmada
  27. 27.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Sikkim
  28. 28.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Godavari
  29. 29.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Tripura (c) Odisha (d) Gujarat
  31. 31.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Yamuna (c) Gomti (d) Godavari
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Mathura (b) Agra (c) Srinagar (d) Dibrugarh
  35. 35.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Patna (b) Lucknow (c) Surat (d) Agra
  37. 37.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Kanpur (b) Guwahati (c) Srinagar (d) Dibrugarh
  39. 39.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Black Sea (d) Red Sea
  40. 40.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Nashik
  4. Gangotri
  5. Uttar Pradesh
  6. Chennai
  7. Ganga
  8. Panaji
  9. False
  10. Ranchi
  11. Tapi
  12. False
  13. True
  14. False
  15. True
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Srinagar
  19. Kanyakumari
  20. True
  21. Goa
  22. False
  23. Mahanadi
  24. Ahmedabad
  25. Bihar
  26. Brahmaputra
  27. Rajasthan
  28. Ganga
  29. True
  30. Tripura
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Brahmaputra
  34. Dibrugarh
  35. Great Indian Desert
  36. Surat
  37. False
  38. Kanpur
  39. Arabian Sea
  40. False

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