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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 677 · 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.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Jharkhand (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh
  4. 4.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Chennai (b) Agartala (c) Gandhinagar (d) Jaipur
  5. 5.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Meghalaya (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
  6. 6.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Bengaluru (b) Patna (c) Lucknow (d) Gandhinagar
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Surat (c) Agra (d) Cuttack
  8. 8.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Cuttack (b) Jabalpur (c) Varanasi (d) Mathura
  9. 9.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Agartala (b) Imphal (c) Chennai (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  11. 11.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Gangtok (b) Chennai (c) Shillong (d) Kolkata
  12. 12.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  13. 13.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) Mahanadi
  15. 15.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Cuttack (c) Mathura (d) Nashik
  16. 16.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Brahmaputra (c) Sabarmati (d) Narmada
  18. 18.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Assam (c) Bihar (d) Kerala
  20. 20.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Sabarmati (d) Brahmaputra
  21. 21.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Mathura lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Jhelum
  25. 25.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Cold Desert
  26. 26.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Dispur (b) Bengaluru (c) Gandhinagar (d) Patna
  27. 27.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Aizawl (d) Kohima
  29. 29.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Kohima (b) Mumbai (c) Lucknow (d) Bhopal
  30. 30.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  31. 31.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Gomti (d) Narmada
  32. 32.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Tripura (c) Bihar (d) Manipur
  33. 33.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Andes
  35. 35.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Nagaland (d) Mizoram
  37. 37.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Shillong (b) Aizawl (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Lucknow
  40. 40.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Uttar Pradesh
  4. Chennai
  5. Madhya Pradesh
  6. Gandhinagar
  7. Surat
  8. Jabalpur
  9. True
  10. Imphal
  11. Kolkata
  12. Yamuna
  13. True
  14. Godavari
  15. Dibrugarh
  16. False
  17. Sabarmati
  18. False
  19. Rajasthan
  20. Ganga
  21. True
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Jhelum
  25. Great Indian Desert
  26. Dispur
  27. False
  28. Aizawl
  29. Bhopal
  30. Goa
  31. Narmada
  32. Tripura
  33. True
  34. the Himalayas
  35. False
  36. Bihar
  37. True
  38. True
  39. Bhubaneswar
  40. False

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