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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 675 · 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.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Telangana (c) Jharkhand (d) Goa
  2. 2.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Sikkim (d) Meghalaya
  3. 3.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Chennai (b) Kolkata (c) Kohima (d) Gandhinagar
  5. 5.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Kolkata (b) Hyderabad (c) Patna (d) Mumbai
  8. 8.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  9. 9.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  11. 11.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Gujarat (c) Assam (d) Sikkim
  14. 14.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Godavari (c) Brahmaputra (d) Ganga
  15. 15.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Haridwar (b) Kanpur (c) Jabalpur (d) Lucknow
  17. 17.True or false: Mathura lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Tapi
  19. 19.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Jhelum (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Jabalpur
  21. 21.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Jhelum (c) Brahmaputra (d) Godavari
  23. 23.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Sikkim
  25. 25.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Mumbai (b) Agartala (c) Hyderabad (d) Gangtok
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Agra (b) Srinagar (c) Cuttack (d) Mathura
  28. 28.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Hyderabad (b) Ranchi (c) Dispur (d) Kohima
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Kanpur (b) Guwahati (c) Nashik (d) Jabalpur
  30. 30.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Aizawl (b) Mumbai (c) Gangtok (d) Itanagar
  33. 33.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Narmada (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  35. 35.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Assam (c) Bihar (d) Kerala
  36. 36.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Mizoram (c) Kerala (d) Gujarat
  37. 37.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Mathura lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Bengaluru (b) Panaji (c) Shillong (d) Kohima

Answer key

  1. Goa
  2. West Bengal
  3. True
  4. Kolkata
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Patna
  8. Great Indian Desert
  9. True
  10. Yamuna
  11. False
  12. True
  13. Assam
  14. Brahmaputra
  15. Arabian Sea
  16. Lucknow
  17. False
  18. Ganga
  19. Jhelum
  20. Surat
  21. True
  22. Ganga
  23. False
  24. Rajasthan
  25. False
  26. Agartala
  27. Srinagar
  28. Dispur
  29. Jabalpur
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Itanagar
  33. True
  34. Gomti
  35. Rajasthan
  36. Kerala
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Shillong

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