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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 65 · 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 ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  2. 2.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Panaji (b) Gandhinagar (c) Agartala (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  3. 3.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Goa (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Meghalaya
  6. 6.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  7. 7.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Tripura (c) Manipur (d) Tamil Nadu
  8. 8.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Cold Desert
  9. 9.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  10. 10.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Sikkim (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
  11. 11.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Nashik (c) Surat (d) Guwahati
  12. 12.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra (c) Nagaland (d) Assam
  14. 14.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  15. 15.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
  16. 16.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Kanyakumari (d) Leh
  18. 18.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Gujarat (c) Nagaland (d) Assam
  19. 19.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
  20. 20.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Patna (c) Jabalpur (d) Lucknow
  22. 22.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Varanasi (b) Delhi (c) Mathura (d) Nashik
  24. 24.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Ranchi (b) Gandhinagar (c) Kohima (d) Chennai
  25. 25.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Mahanadi (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  26. 26.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Kerala (c) Tripura (d) West Bengal
  27. 27.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Imphal (b) Aizawl (c) Agartala (d) Ranchi
  28. 28.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Bihar (c) Mizoram (d) Jharkhand
  29. 29.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Gujarat (d) Odisha
  30. 30.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Bihar (c) Rajasthan (d) Manipur
  31. 31.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Bengaluru (b) Gandhinagar (c) Ranchi (d) Kolkata
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Varanasi (b) Cuttack (c) Delhi (d) Surat
  33. 33.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Assam
  34. 34.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Kerala
  36. 36.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Agartala (b) Patna (c) Jaipur (d) Hyderabad
  38. 38.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Itanagar (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Aizawl
  39. 39.True or false: Patna is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Delhi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Indian Ocean
  2. Agartala
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Meghalaya
  6. Jhelum
  7. Tamil Nadu
  8. Great Indian Desert
  9. Arabian Sea
  10. Rajasthan
  11. Lucknow
  12. True
  13. Maharashtra
  14. Mahanadi
  15. Goa
  16. True
  17. Kanyakumari
  18. Nagaland
  19. Narmada
  20. Ganga
  21. Surat
  22. False
  23. Nashik
  24. Gandhinagar
  25. Tapi
  26. Kerala
  27. Imphal
  28. Bihar
  29. Gujarat
  30. Rajasthan
  31. Bengaluru
  32. Varanasi
  33. Rajasthan
  34. True
  35. Madhya Pradesh
  36. True
  37. Jaipur
  38. Hyderabad
  39. False
  40. False

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