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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 72 · 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: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Jhelum (c) Godavari (d) Ganga
  3. 3.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Sabarmati (c) Tapi (d) Brahmaputra
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Lucknow (b) Cuttack (c) Srinagar (d) Haridwar
  5. 5.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Sabarmati (c) Jhelum (d) Brahmaputra
  7. 7.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Sabarmati (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  9. 9.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Surat lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  12. 12.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Narmada (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  13. 13.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Hyderabad (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Agartala (d) Dispur
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Nashik (b) Kanpur (c) Haridwar (d) Dibrugarh
  15. 15.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Manipur (c) Tripura (d) Bihar
  16. 16.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh
  17. 17.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  18. 18.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Agartala (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Hyderabad (d) Mumbai
  19. 19.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Assam
  21. 21.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Pindari (c) Zemu (d) Gangotri
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Ahmedabad (c) Delhi (d) Patna
  25. 25.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Lucknow (b) Kanpur (c) Nashik (d) Dibrugarh
  29. 29.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Mahanadi (c) Yamuna (d) Jhelum
  30. 30.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
  31. 31.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Andes (c) the Alps (d) the Himalayas
  32. 32.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Jharkhand (c) Odisha (d) West Bengal
  33. 33.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Sikkim (c) Gujarat (d) Goa
  34. 34.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Gangtok (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Bhopal (d) Shillong
  35. 35.True or false: Mathura lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Kohima (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Bhopal (d) Ranchi
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Lucknow (b) Surat (c) Guwahati (d) Mathura
  38. 38.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Surat lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Delhi (b) Jabalpur (c) Cuttack (d) Guwahati

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Ganga
  3. Brahmaputra
  4. Srinagar
  5. False
  6. Brahmaputra
  7. True
  8. Godavari
  9. True
  10. False
  11. Great Indian Desert
  12. Sabarmati
  13. Bhubaneswar
  14. Nashik
  15. Tripura
  16. Goa
  17. Arabian Sea
  18. Thiruvananthapuram
  19. False
  20. Rajasthan
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Gangotri
  24. Jabalpur
  25. True
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Dibrugarh
  29. Mahanadi
  30. Yamuna
  31. the Himalayas
  32. Odisha
  33. Gujarat
  34. Bhopal
  35. False
  36. Kohima
  37. Surat
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Cuttack

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