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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 60 · 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.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Kerala
  2. 2.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Chennai (b) Kolkata (c) Panaji (d) Imphal
  4. 4.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Meghalaya (c) Kerala (d) Telangana
  6. 6.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Guwahati (b) Patna (c) Srinagar (d) Kanpur
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Varanasi (b) Srinagar (c) Cuttack (d) Patna
  8. 8.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Guwahati (b) Lucknow (c) Jabalpur (d) Varanasi
  10. 10.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Hyderabad (b) Bengaluru (c) Kohima (d) Patna
  11. 11.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Sabarmati (c) Brahmaputra (d) Narmada
  12. 12.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Jabalpur (b) Nashik (c) Dibrugarh (d) Mathura
  14. 14.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Lucknow (b) Agartala (c) Hyderabad (d) Bhopal
  15. 15.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Goa
  16. 16.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Gomti (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  18. 18.True or false: Patna lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Telangana (d) West Bengal
  20. 20.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Godavari
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Jabalpur (b) Ahmedabad (c) Agra (d) Lucknow
  23. 23.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Tripura (c) Bihar (d) Karnataka
  24. 24.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Mizoram (c) Bihar (d) Jharkhand
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Kanpur (b) Delhi (c) Srinagar (d) Surat
  26. 26.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Brahmaputra (d) Gomti
  27. 27.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Karnataka (c) Meghalaya (d) Sikkim
  29. 29.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) Tapi
  30. 30.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Goa (d) Odisha
  32. 32.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  33. 33.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  34. 34.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Shillong (b) Panaji (c) Patna (d) Itanagar
  35. 35.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Alps (c) the Andes (d) the Rockies
  37. 37.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Bihar (c) Nagaland (d) Uttar Pradesh
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Varanasi (b) Dibrugarh (c) Jabalpur (d) Lucknow
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea

Answer key

  1. Rajasthan
  2. False
  3. Kolkata
  4. False
  5. Telangana
  6. Srinagar
  7. Cuttack
  8. False
  9. Jabalpur
  10. Patna
  11. Narmada
  12. False
  13. Mathura
  14. Agartala
  15. Goa
  16. True
  17. Yamuna
  18. False
  19. Maharashtra
  20. True
  21. Yamuna
  22. Ahmedabad
  23. Karnataka
  24. Goa
  25. Delhi
  26. Brahmaputra
  27. False
  28. Sikkim
  29. Tapi
  30. False
  31. Arunachal Pradesh
  32. Arabian Sea
  33. Great Indian Desert
  34. Shillong
  35. False
  36. the Himalayas
  37. Uttar Pradesh
  38. Dibrugarh
  39. False
  40. Bay of Bengal

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