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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 607 · 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: Lucknow is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Goa (c) Sikkim (d) Kerala
  3. 3.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Kanpur (c) Jabalpur (d) Agra
  4. 4.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Hyderabad (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Agartala
  5. 5.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Tapi
  6. 6.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
  7. 7.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  8. 8.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Nagaland
  9. 9.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Nashik (c) Varanasi (d) Srinagar
  11. 11.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Leh (d) Kanyakumari
  12. 12.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Jaipur (b) Shillong (c) Aizawl (d) Dispur
  18. 18.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Imphal (b) Itanagar (c) Aizawl (d) Chennai
  19. 19.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  20. 20.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Cuttack (c) Patna (d) Delhi
  22. 22.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Karnataka (c) Gujarat (d) Rajasthan
  24. 24.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Goa
  25. 25.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Bengaluru (b) Chennai (c) Jaipur (d) Panaji
  27. 27.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Assam
  28. 28.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Sabarmati (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Delhi lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Mizoram (d) Meghalaya
  35. 35.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Manipur (c) West Bengal (d) Maharashtra
  36. 36.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Kolkata (b) Shillong (c) Bengaluru (d) Jaipur
  37. 37.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Surat lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Black Sea

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Jabalpur
  4. Hyderabad
  5. Ganga
  6. Yamuna
  7. Brahmaputra
  8. Arunachal Pradesh
  9. True
  10. Srinagar
  11. Kanyakumari
  12. True
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Shillong
  18. Chennai
  19. Ganga
  20. False
  21. Surat
  22. True
  23. Rajasthan
  24. Goa
  25. False
  26. Panaji
  27. Rajasthan
  28. Gomti
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Jharkhand
  35. Maharashtra
  36. Bengaluru
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Arabian Sea

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