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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 614 · 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.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Bengaluru (b) Lucknow (c) Gangtok (d) Ranchi
  2. 2.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Gujarat (d) Mizoram
  4. 4.True or false: Delhi lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  6. 6.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Imphal (b) Aizawl (c) Itanagar (d) Ranchi
  7. 7.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  8. 8.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Ahmedabad (c) Varanasi (d) Cuttack
  10. 10.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Kohima (b) Lucknow (c) Bhopal (d) Itanagar
  11. 11.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  12. 12.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
  14. 14.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Itanagar (b) Mumbai (c) Gandhinagar (d) Panaji
  15. 15.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Sabarmati (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  16. 16.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  18. 18.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Bihar (c) Goa (d) Assam
  19. 19.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Sabarmati (c) Mahanadi (d) Jhelum
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Guwahati (b) Kanpur (c) Haridwar (d) Delhi
  23. 23.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  28. 28.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Rajasthan (c) Maharashtra (d) Sikkim
  29. 29.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Tapi (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  31. 31.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Lucknow (b) Guwahati (c) Srinagar (d) Agra
  34. 34.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Shimla (c) Kanyakumari (d) Leh
  35. 35.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Jaipur (c) Bengaluru (d) Lucknow
  36. 36.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Dispur (b) Mumbai (c) Agartala (d) Itanagar
  39. 39.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Sikkim (c) Nagaland (d) Tamil Nadu
  40. 40.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Bihar

Answer key

  1. Gangtok
  2. True
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. True
  5. the Himalayas
  6. Itanagar
  7. Indian Ocean
  8. Goa
  9. Jabalpur
  10. Bhopal
  11. Mahanadi
  12. False
  13. Jharkhand
  14. Gandhinagar
  15. Yamuna
  16. False
  17. Great Indian Desert
  18. Assam
  19. True
  20. True
  21. Yamuna
  22. Delhi
  23. True
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Rajasthan
  28. Sikkim
  29. False
  30. Gomti
  31. True
  32. True
  33. Guwahati
  34. Kanyakumari
  35. Bengaluru
  36. False
  37. True
  38. Dispur
  39. Nagaland
  40. Uttar Pradesh

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