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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 696 · 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.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  2. 2.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Kanyakumari (d) Leh
  7. 7.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Tapi (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  8. 8.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Sikkim (c) West Bengal (d) Telangana
  9. 9.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Goa (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
  10. 10.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Jhelum (c) Mahanadi (d) Sabarmati
  11. 11.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Mumbai (b) Shillong (c) Itanagar (d) Patna
  12. 12.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Imphal (b) Lucknow (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Shillong
  13. 13.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Red Sea (d) Dead Sea
  14. 14.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Guwahati (c) Kanpur (d) Haridwar
  16. 16.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Imphal is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Sikkim (c) Karnataka (d) Madhya Pradesh
  19. 19.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Telangana (d) Odisha
  20. 20.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Ganga (c) Narmada (d) Sabarmati
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Mathura (b) Agra (c) Nashik (d) Kanpur
  22. 22.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Alps (c) the Himalayas (d) the Andes
  23. 23.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Kerala (c) Tripura (d) Meghalaya
  25. 25.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Goa (c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh
  26. 26.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Tapi (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  27. 27.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Gujarat (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
  28. 28.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Aizawl (b) Patna (c) Ranchi (d) Gandhinagar
  29. 29.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Surat (b) Cuttack (c) Varanasi (d) Ahmedabad
  31. 31.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Telangana (d) Mizoram
  33. 33.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Black Sea (d) Red Sea
  34. 34.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Brahmaputra (d) Godavari
  35. 35.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Mumbai (b) Gangtok (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Aizawl
  36. 36.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Dispur (b) Patna (c) Chennai (d) Lucknow
  37. 37.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Sabarmati (c) Jhelum (d) Ganga
  38. 38.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Sikkim (c) Bihar (d) Madhya Pradesh
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Agra (b) Guwahati (c) Cuttack (d) Kanpur

Answer key

  1. Great Indian Desert
  2. False
  3. True
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Kanyakumari
  7. Ganga
  8. West Bengal
  9. Goa
  10. Gomti
  11. Mumbai
  12. Lucknow
  13. Bay of Bengal
  14. True
  15. Cuttack
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Sikkim
  19. Telangana
  20. Sabarmati
  21. Nashik
  22. the Himalayas
  23. False
  24. Kerala
  25. Madhya Pradesh
  26. Yamuna
  27. Gujarat
  28. Gandhinagar
  29. True
  30. Ahmedabad
  31. True
  32. Arunachal Pradesh
  33. Arabian Sea
  34. Ganga
  35. Aizawl
  36. Patna
  37. Narmada
  38. True
  39. Bihar
  40. Kanpur

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