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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 703 · 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.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Assam (c) Rajasthan (d) West Bengal
  2. 2.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Maharashtra (c) Meghalaya (d) Sikkim
  3. 3.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Dispur (b) Patna (c) Itanagar (d) Imphal
  4. 4.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Tapi (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  5. 5.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
  6. 6.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Delhi (b) Mathura (c) Surat (d) Haridwar
  8. 8.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Srinagar (b) Guwahati (c) Cuttack (d) Mathura
  10. 10.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Goa (d) Karnataka
  12. 12.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Chennai (b) Jaipur (c) Patna (d) Gangtok
  13. 13.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
  15. 15.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Mizoram (d) Rajasthan
  18. 18.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Jhelum
  19. 19.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Guwahati (c) Nashik (d) Varanasi
  21. 21.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Gujarat (d) Odisha
  22. 22.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Shillong (b) Chennai (c) Gandhinagar (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  23. 23.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Godavari
  24. 24.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Chennai (b) Shillong (c) Dispur (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  26. 26.True or false: Agra lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  28. 28.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Delhi (b) Kanpur (c) Cuttack (d) Lucknow
  29. 29.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  30. 30.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Kerala (c) Sikkim (d) Goa
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Surat (b) Patna (c) Guwahati (d) Mathura
  33. 33.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Brahmaputra (c) Tapi (d) Mahanadi
  35. 35.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Tapi (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  37. 37.True or false: Agra lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Mahanadi (c) Godavari (d) Ganga
  39. 39.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  40. 40.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Dispur (b) Bengaluru (c) Kolkata (d) Imphal

Answer key

  1. West Bengal
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Patna
  4. Yamuna
  5. Bihar
  6. True
  7. Haridwar
  8. False
  9. Guwahati
  10. False
  11. Goa
  12. Gangtok
  13. True
  14. Madhya Pradesh
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Mizoram
  18. Sabarmati
  19. Brahmaputra
  20. Varanasi
  21. Gujarat
  22. Shillong
  23. Godavari
  24. True
  25. Thiruvananthapuram
  26. False
  27. Goa
  28. Lucknow
  29. Great Indian Desert
  30. False
  31. Rajasthan
  32. Mathura
  33. True
  34. Brahmaputra
  35. True
  36. Ganga
  37. False
  38. Ganga
  39. Ganga
  40. Imphal

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