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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 602 · 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: Kanpur lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) Jhelum
  3. 3.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  6. 6.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
  7. 7.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Ranchi (b) Imphal (c) Itanagar (d) Lucknow
  8. 8.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Bihar (c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu
  9. 9.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Tapi (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Agra (b) Delhi (c) Srinagar (d) Dibrugarh
  15. 15.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Meghalaya (d) Kerala
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Delhi (b) Varanasi (c) Jabalpur (d) Cuttack
  18. 18.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  20. 20.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) Tapi
  21. 21.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Manipur (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
  22. 22.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Chennai (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Bengaluru (d) Hyderabad
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Srinagar (b) Dibrugarh (c) Nashik (d) Agra
  24. 24.True or false: Nashik lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Patna (b) Hyderabad (c) Shillong (d) Kohima
  26. 26.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Imphal (b) Mumbai (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Bhopal
  28. 28.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Karnataka (c) Bihar (d) Sikkim
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Varanasi (b) Guwahati (c) Srinagar (d) Jabalpur
  30. 30.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Delhi (c) Patna (d) Guwahati
  32. 32.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Dead Sea
  33. 33.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Odisha (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
  34. 34.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Jharkhand
  35. 35.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Aizawl (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai (d) Bhubaneswar
  36. 36.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Yamuna (c) Sabarmati (d) Gomti
  39. 39.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Leh (d) Kanyakumari
  40. 40.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Yamuna (c) Tapi (d) Gomti

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ganga
  3. True
  4. False
  5. Great Indian Desert
  6. Goa
  7. Lucknow
  8. Bihar
  9. False
  10. False
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Brahmaputra
  14. Srinagar
  15. False
  16. Karnataka
  17. Jabalpur
  18. True
  19. Ganga
  20. Ganga
  21. Jharkhand
  22. Chennai
  23. Nashik
  24. False
  25. Kohima
  26. True
  27. Mumbai
  28. Sikkim
  29. Varanasi
  30. False
  31. Lucknow
  32. Bay of Bengal
  33. Maharashtra
  34. West Bengal
  35. Bhubaneswar
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Sabarmati
  39. Kanyakumari
  40. Mahanadi

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