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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 644 · 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.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Zemu (c) Pindari (d) Gangotri
  2. 2.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  4. 4.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Mathura lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Mathura (b) Delhi (c) Haridwar (d) Jabalpur
  11. 11.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Brahmaputra
  12. 12.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Tripura (c) Karnataka (d) Meghalaya
  13. 13.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Mahanadi (c) Jhelum (d) Brahmaputra
  14. 14.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Jharkhand (c) Rajasthan (d) Telangana
  15. 15.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Sabarmati
  16. 16.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Narmada
  17. 17.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Assam. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Aizawl (b) Kolkata (c) Bhopal (d) Shillong
  21. 21.True or false: Delhi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Delhi (b) Dibrugarh (c) Varanasi (d) Jabalpur
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Haridwar (b) Guwahati (c) Cuttack (d) Nashik
  25. 25.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Gomti
  27. 27.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  28. 28.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Godavari (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Varanasi (c) Srinagar (d) Patna
  31. 31.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Telangana (c) Karnataka (d) Mizoram
  32. 32.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Goa (d) Rajasthan
  34. 34.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  36. 36.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Rockies (c) the Alps (d) the Himalayas
  38. 38.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Goa (c) Sikkim (d) Rajasthan
  39. 39.True or false: Delhi lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Gujarat (c) Tripura (d) Meghalaya

Answer key

  1. Gangotri
  2. False
  3. Great Indian Desert
  4. True
  5. True
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. Narmada
  10. Jabalpur
  11. Ganga
  12. Meghalaya
  13. Jhelum
  14. Rajasthan
  15. Tapi
  16. Godavari
  17. True
  18. True
  19. False
  20. Aizawl
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Delhi
  24. Nashik
  25. False
  26. Ganga
  27. Indian Ocean
  28. False
  29. Yamuna
  30. Ahmedabad
  31. Telangana
  32. False
  33. Goa
  34. True
  35. Mahanadi
  36. True
  37. the Himalayas
  38. Rajasthan
  39. False
  40. Tripura

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