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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 613 · 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 of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Haridwar (b) Dibrugarh (c) Surat (d) Nashik
  2. 2.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Jhelum
  3. 3.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Sikkim (c) West Bengal (d) Nagaland
  4. 4.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Gujarat (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
  5. 5.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Assam (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  6. 6.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Jharkhand (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Manipur
  7. 7.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Ranchi (c) Hyderabad (d) Aizawl
  9. 9.True or false: Agra lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Ranchi (b) Gandhinagar (c) Agartala (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  11. 11.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Surat (b) Ahmedabad (c) Kanpur (d) Mathura
  12. 12.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Brahmaputra (d) Gomti
  14. 14.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Mahanadi (c) Yamuna (d) Tapi
  15. 15.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Itanagar (b) Bengaluru (c) Jaipur (d) Bhubaneswar
  16. 16.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Patna (c) Kolkata (d) Kohima
  17. 17.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Imphal (b) Mumbai (c) Hyderabad (d) Patna
  19. 19.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Shillong (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Jaipur (d) Gandhinagar
  20. 20.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Rockies (c) the Himalayas (d) the Andes
  23. 23.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Gangtok (b) Panaji (c) Ranchi (d) Bengaluru
  25. 25.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Kolkata (c) Chennai (d) Bhubaneswar
  26. 26.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) Jaipur (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  28. 28.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Gomti (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  29. 29.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Godavari
  31. 31.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Aizawl (b) Gangtok (c) Imphal (d) Mumbai
  32. 32.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Jhelum (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  35. 35.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Narmada (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Jabalpur (b) Patna (c) Mathura (d) Nashik
  38. 38.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Patna (b) Ranchi (c) Jaipur (d) Itanagar
  39. 39.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Imphal (b) Shillong (c) Jaipur (d) Gangtok
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Lucknow (b) Jabalpur (c) Srinagar (d) Nashik

Answer key

  1. Dibrugarh
  2. Ganga
  3. Tripura
  4. Sikkim
  5. Rajasthan
  6. Arunachal Pradesh
  7. False
  8. Bhubaneswar
  9. False
  10. Agartala
  11. Ahmedabad
  12. True
  13. Gomti
  14. Yamuna
  15. Itanagar
  16. Bhopal
  17. False
  18. Hyderabad
  19. Gandhinagar
  20. False
  21. False
  22. the Himalayas
  23. True
  24. Gangtok
  25. Chennai
  26. False
  27. Kolkata
  28. Jhelum
  29. False
  30. Mahanadi
  31. Mumbai
  32. True
  33. True
  34. Tapi
  35. False
  36. Yamuna
  37. Mathura
  38. Jaipur
  39. Imphal
  40. Nashik

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