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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 720 · 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: Varanasi lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  4. 4.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean
  5. 5.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  6. 6.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Godavari (c) Narmada (d) Gomti
  7. 7.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Patna (b) Imphal (c) Kolkata (d) Chennai
  9. 9.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Meghalaya
  12. 12.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Narmada (c) Mahanadi (d) Ganga
  13. 13.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Rajasthan (b) Assam (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  14. 14.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Hyderabad (b) Gandhinagar (c) Jaipur (d) Itanagar
  15. 15.True or false: Patna is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Dibrugarh (c) Patna (d) Agra
  17. 17.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Brahmaputra
  18. 18.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Agartala (b) Itanagar (c) Aizawl (d) Gandhinagar
  19. 19.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
  22. 22.🏛️ Patna is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Nagaland (d) Mizoram
  23. 23.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Goa (c) Karnataka (d) Rajasthan
  24. 24.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Gangtok (c) Chennai (d) Bhubaneswar
  25. 25.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Srinagar (b) Dibrugarh (c) Mathura (d) Patna
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Mathura (b) Cuttack (c) Surat (d) Srinagar
  28. 28.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Black Sea
  29. 29.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Jhelum (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
  32. 32.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Itanagar (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Aizawl (d) Imphal
  33. 33.True or false: Delhi lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Kanyakumari (d) Leh
  35. 35.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Tripura. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Sikkim (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
  38. 38.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Imphal (b) Aizawl (c) Gangtok (d) Shillong
  39. 39.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Great Indian Desert

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Bay of Bengal
  4. Indian Ocean
  5. Ganga
  6. Godavari
  7. True
  8. Patna
  9. True
  10. True
  11. Arunachal Pradesh
  12. Ganga
  13. Rajasthan
  14. Jaipur
  15. False
  16. Surat
  17. Tapi
  18. Gandhinagar
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Uttar Pradesh
  22. Bihar
  23. Rajasthan
  24. Chennai
  25. False
  26. Srinagar
  27. Cuttack
  28. Arabian Sea
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Narmada
  32. Thiruvananthapuram
  33. False
  34. Kanyakumari
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Jharkhand
  38. Shillong
  39. False
  40. Great Indian Desert

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