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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 674 · 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 bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  2. 2.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  3. 3.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Nagaland (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh
  4. 4.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  5. 5.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Lucknow (c) Panaji (d) Bhopal
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Kanpur (b) Haridwar (c) Delhi (d) Cuttack
  8. 8.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Himalayas (c) the Andes (d) the Rockies
  9. 9.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Sabarmati (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  10. 10.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  12. 12.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  13. 13.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Kolkata (c) Patna (d) Mumbai
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Varanasi (b) Surat (c) Dibrugarh (d) Lucknow
  17. 17.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Pindari (c) Gangotri (d) Siachen
  18. 18.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Agra (c) Nashik (d) Delhi
  21. 21.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Assam
  22. 22.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Nashik (b) Dibrugarh (c) Ahmedabad (d) Kanpur
  25. 25.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Chennai (b) Bengaluru (c) Kohima (d) Ranchi
  26. 26.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  30. 30.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Karnataka (c) Maharashtra (d) Manipur
  32. 32.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Jharkhand (c) Kerala (d) Manipur
  33. 33.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  34. 34.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Dispur (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Bhopal (d) Chennai
  35. 35.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean
  36. 36.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Mahanadi (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Nashik (c) Lucknow (d) Mathura
  39. 39.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Nashik lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Bay of Bengal
  2. Yamuna
  3. Goa
  4. Arabian Sea
  5. False
  6. Panaji
  7. Cuttack
  8. the Himalayas
  9. Ganga
  10. True
  11. Godavari
  12. Gomti
  13. True
  14. True
  15. Kolkata
  16. Dibrugarh
  17. Gangotri
  18. True
  19. Ganga
  20. Nashik
  21. Rajasthan
  22. False
  23. Great Indian Desert
  24. Kanpur
  25. Ranchi
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Ganga
  30. True
  31. Maharashtra
  32. Manipur
  33. Brahmaputra
  34. Chennai
  35. Indian Ocean
  36. False
  37. Mahanadi
  38. Mathura
  39. True
  40. False

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