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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 595 · 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: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Sabarmati (c) Mahanadi (d) Gomti
  3. 3.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Patna (c) Jabalpur (d) Delhi
  4. 4.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Srinagar (b) Patna (c) Jabalpur (d) Guwahati
  6. 6.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Telangana (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra
  7. 7.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Telangana (d) Gujarat
  9. 9.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  10. 10.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Itanagar (b) Panaji (c) Gandhinagar (d) Bhubaneswar
  11. 11.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  12. 12.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Jhelum (c) Tapi (d) Godavari
  13. 13.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Patna lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Jhelum
  16. 16.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Brahmaputra (d) Jhelum
  17. 17.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Tripura (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka
  18. 18.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Patna (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Aizawl (d) Gandhinagar
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Agra (b) Mathura (c) Jabalpur (d) Haridwar
  21. 21.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  22. 22.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Narmada (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  24. 24.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Haridwar (b) Cuttack (c) Varanasi (d) Surat
  26. 26.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
  27. 27.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Maharashtra (c) Bihar (d) Gujarat
  30. 30.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) West Bengal (c) Tripura (d) Meghalaya
  31. 31.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Panaji (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Itanagar (d) Bengaluru
  32. 32.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Gomti
  33. 33.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Hyderabad (c) Mumbai (d) Jaipur
  34. 34.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Godavari (c) Sabarmati (d) Tapi
  35. 35.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Sikkim (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  36. 36.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Bihar
  37. 37.True or false: Delhi lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Maharashtra (c) Bihar (d) Karnataka
  40. 40.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Sabarmati
  3. Delhi
  4. False
  5. Jabalpur
  6. Maharashtra
  7. True
  8. Bihar
  9. Bay of Bengal
  10. Panaji
  11. Yamuna
  12. Mahanadi
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Ganga
  16. Ganga
  17. Karnataka
  18. False
  19. Bhubaneswar
  20. Haridwar
  21. Brahmaputra
  22. True
  23. Brahmaputra
  24. False
  25. Surat
  26. Goa
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Gujarat
  30. Goa
  31. Itanagar
  32. Narmada
  33. Jaipur
  34. Godavari
  35. Rajasthan
  36. Rajasthan
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Manipur
  40. Kerala

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