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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 583 · 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: Hyderabad is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  3. 3.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Goa
  4. 4.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Meghalaya (c) Telangana (d) Odisha
  5. 5.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Telangana (c) Meghalaya (d) Jharkhand
  6. 6.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  8. 8.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Nashik (b) Lucknow (c) Haridwar (d) Delhi
  10. 10.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  11. 11.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Mumbai (b) Lucknow (c) Chennai (d) Jaipur
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Nashik (c) Delhi (d) Agra
  13. 13.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Bengaluru (c) Imphal (d) Dispur
  14. 14.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Meghalaya (d) Goa
  15. 15.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Godavari
  17. 17.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Gangtok (b) Bhopal (c) Lucknow (d) Bengaluru
  18. 18.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Kanpur (c) Patna (d) Agra
  21. 21.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Assam
  22. 22.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  23. 23.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  24. 24.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Kolkata (b) Gandhinagar (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Aizawl
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Lucknow (b) Patna (c) Jabalpur (d) Cuttack
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Srinagar (c) Mathura (d) Nashik
  27. 27.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Nagaland
  29. 29.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Narmada (d) Ganga
  30. 30.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Jharkhand (c) Rajasthan (d) Odisha
  31. 31.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Jaipur (b) Itanagar (c) Agartala (d) Mumbai
  32. 32.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Rockies (c) the Himalayas (d) the Alps
  33. 33.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Jaipur (b) Ranchi (c) Kolkata (d) Dispur
  35. 35.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura (c) Maharashtra (d) Tamil Nadu
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Cuttack (b) Surat (c) Jabalpur (d) Lucknow
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Mathura (b) Kanpur (c) Varanasi (d) Srinagar
  38. 38.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Meghalaya (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Maharashtra
  39. 39.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ganga
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Telangana
  5. Jharkhand
  6. False
  7. Arabian Sea
  8. True
  9. Haridwar
  10. Ganga
  11. Lucknow
  12. Cuttack
  13. Thiruvananthapuram
  14. Goa
  15. True
  16. Gomti
  17. Bengaluru
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Surat
  21. Rajasthan
  22. Ganga
  23. Great Indian Desert
  24. Gandhinagar
  25. Jabalpur
  26. Nashik
  27. True
  28. Uttar Pradesh
  29. Ganga
  30. Meghalaya
  31. Itanagar
  32. the Himalayas
  33. True
  34. Dispur
  35. Maharashtra
  36. Lucknow
  37. Srinagar
  38. Tamil Nadu
  39. True
  40. False

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