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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 632 · 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: Cuttack lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Telangana (c) Odisha (d) Assam
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Guwahati (b) Nashik (c) Kanpur (d) Delhi
  5. 5.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Jharkhand (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
  6. 6.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Itanagar (b) Bengaluru (c) Imphal (d) Mumbai
  7. 7.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Brahmaputra (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  8. 8.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Sikkim (c) Kerala (d) Madhya Pradesh
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Agra (c) Srinagar (d) Varanasi
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Delhi (b) Surat (c) Mathura (d) Haridwar
  11. 11.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Tapi
  12. 12.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Imphal (b) Kohima (c) Gandhinagar (d) Mumbai
  13. 13.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Cold Desert
  14. 14.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  15. 15.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Jaipur (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Hyderabad (d) Chennai
  16. 16.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Mahanadi (c) Gomti (d) Sabarmati
  17. 17.True or false: Agra lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Meghalaya (c) West Bengal (d) Assam
  19. 19.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Ranchi (b) Kolkata (c) Gandhinagar (d) Shillong
  20. 20.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) West Bengal (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Sikkim
  21. 21.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Meghalaya (c) Sikkim (d) Odisha
  23. 23.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) West Bengal (c) Mizoram (d) Bihar
  24. 24.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  25. 25.True or false: Surat lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Bengaluru (b) Chennai (c) Ranchi (d) Bhubaneswar
  28. 28.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Cuttack (b) Haridwar (c) Kanpur (d) Agra
  29. 29.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Zemu (c) Pindari (d) Gangotri
  30. 30.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Assam
  32. 32.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Telangana (d) Madhya Pradesh
  33. 33.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Gomti (c) Jhelum (d) Narmada
  35. 35.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Mahanadi (c) Narmada (d) Tapi
  36. 36.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Telangana
  4. Delhi
  5. Kerala
  6. Mumbai
  7. Ganga
  8. Uttar Pradesh
  9. Cuttack
  10. Haridwar
  11. Ganga
  12. Imphal
  13. Great Indian Desert
  14. Bay of Bengal
  15. Thiruvananthapuram
  16. Gomti
  17. False
  18. Nagaland
  19. Gandhinagar
  20. Tamil Nadu
  21. True
  22. Sikkim
  23. Mizoram
  24. Yamuna
  25. False
  26. True
  27. Chennai
  28. Agra
  29. Gangotri
  30. False
  31. Rajasthan
  32. Madhya Pradesh
  33. True
  34. Godavari
  35. Mahanadi
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Indian Ocean

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