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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 590 · 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 Tapi? (a) Agra (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Nashik
  2. 2.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Surat (b) Guwahati (c) Delhi (d) Cuttack
  3. 3.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Yamuna (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi
  4. 4.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Jaipur (c) Dispur (d) Ranchi
  6. 6.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Narmada
  7. 7.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Chennai (b) Gangtok (c) Lucknow (d) Patna
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Cuttack (b) Mathura (c) Nashik (d) Srinagar
  10. 10.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Maharashtra (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
  11. 11.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Agartala (b) Ranchi (c) Lucknow (d) Aizawl
  12. 12.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Black Sea
  13. 13.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Dispur (b) Kohima (c) Chennai (d) Shillong
  14. 14.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Agra (c) Guwahati (d) Varanasi
  18. 18.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Patna (b) Panaji (c) Bhopal (d) Kohima
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Jhelum (c) Narmada (d) Mahanadi
  23. 23.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Shimla (c) Leh (d) Kanyakumari
  24. 24.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Rockies (c) the Andes (d) the Himalayas
  25. 25.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Shillong (c) Patna (d) Bhubaneswar
  26. 26.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Mizoram (c) Meghalaya (d) Maharashtra
  28. 28.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Gomti (c) Sabarmati (d) Yamuna
  30. 30.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Mizoram (d) Maharashtra
  31. 31.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Assam (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
  32. 32.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Rajasthan
  33. 33.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Imphal (c) Chennai (d) Bhubaneswar
  34. 34.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Meghalaya (d) Maharashtra
  36. 36.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Godavari (d) Ganga
  37. 37.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Shillong (b) Mumbai (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Jaipur
  39. 39.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Nagaland (d) Maharashtra
  40. 40.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Surat
  2. Cuttack
  3. Yamuna
  4. True
  5. Bhubaneswar
  6. Brahmaputra
  7. True
  8. Gangtok
  9. Nashik
  10. Kerala
  11. Ranchi
  12. Arabian Sea
  13. Kohima
  14. False
  15. True
  16. Goa
  17. Varanasi
  18. Panaji
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. Mahanadi
  23. Kanyakumari
  24. the Himalayas
  25. Shillong
  26. False
  27. Uttar Pradesh
  28. False
  29. Yamuna
  30. Maharashtra
  31. Rajasthan
  32. Odisha
  33. Imphal
  34. True
  35. Meghalaya
  36. Ganga
  37. False
  38. Mumbai
  39. Nagaland
  40. False

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