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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 665 · 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 Sabarmati? (a) Mathura (b) Dibrugarh (c) Varanasi (d) Ahmedabad
  2. 2.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Gangtok (b) Panaji (c) Dispur (d) Bengaluru
  3. 3.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Telangana (d) Sikkim
  4. 4.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Bengaluru (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Gandhinagar (d) Patna
  5. 5.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Gujarat (c) Goa (d) West Bengal
  6. 6.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Narmada
  7. 7.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Patna lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Gangtok (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Aizawl (d) Itanagar
  10. 10.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) Tapi
  11. 11.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Panaji (b) Kohima (c) Imphal (d) Chennai
  12. 12.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  13. 13.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Aizawl (b) Chennai (c) Jaipur (d) Mumbai
  15. 15.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Guwahati (c) Varanasi (d) Jabalpur
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Varanasi (b) Srinagar (c) Lucknow (d) Mathura
  18. 18.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  19. 19.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Tapi (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Nashik (b) Jabalpur (c) Ahmedabad (d) Lucknow
  21. 21.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Bengaluru (c) Imphal (d) Bhopal
  22. 22.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Agra (b) Guwahati (c) Varanasi (d) Srinagar
  24. 24.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  25. 25.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Nagaland (d) Mizoram
  26. 26.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Manipur. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Tripura (d) Bihar
  28. 28.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Mumbai (b) Lucknow (c) Chennai (d) Jaipur
  29. 29.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Ganga
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Varanasi (b) Guwahati (c) Mathura (d) Jabalpur
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Lucknow (b) Mathura (c) Cuttack (d) Kanpur
  32. 32.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Narmada (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  33. 33.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Guwahati (c) Delhi (d) Haridwar
  35. 35.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Bengaluru (b) Lucknow (c) Gandhinagar (d) Shillong
  36. 36.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Kanyakumari (c) Shimla (d) Leh
  38. 38.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Kerala (c) Gujarat (d) Nagaland
  39. 39.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Kerala
  40. 40.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Gangtok
  3. Assam
  4. Patna
  5. Goa
  6. Ganga
  7. True
  8. False
  9. Aizawl
  10. Yamuna
  11. Imphal
  12. Great Indian Desert
  13. False
  14. Mumbai
  15. True
  16. Varanasi
  17. Lucknow
  18. Yamuna
  19. Godavari
  20. Nashik
  21. Bhopal
  22. True
  23. Srinagar
  24. Indian Ocean
  25. Maharashtra
  26. False
  27. Bihar
  28. Jaipur
  29. Narmada
  30. Mathura
  31. Kanpur
  32. Brahmaputra
  33. True
  34. Jabalpur
  35. Bengaluru
  36. True
  37. Kanyakumari
  38. Nagaland
  39. Rajasthan
  40. True

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