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

Answer key

  1. Indian Ocean
  2. True
  3. Ganga
  4. False
  5. Sikkim
  6. Itanagar
  7. Goa
  8. Rajasthan
  9. True
  10. Yamuna
  11. Mumbai
  12. Maharashtra
  13. Bengaluru
  14. Madhya Pradesh
  15. Agartala
  16. Manipur
  17. Kolkata
  18. Great Indian Desert
  19. Kanpur
  20. Cuttack
  21. Ganga
  22. Yamuna
  23. Ganga
  24. Imphal
  25. False
  26. Chennai
  27. Narmada
  28. Kerala
  29. False
  30. Surat
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Bay of Bengal
  34. Arabian Sea
  35. False
  36. True
  37. Ganga
  38. False
  39. Rajasthan
  40. the Himalayas

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