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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 722 · 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.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Gomti (c) Brahmaputra (d) Ganga
  2. 2.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Shillong (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Panaji
  3. 3.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Manipur. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Mahanadi (c) Sabarmati (d) Brahmaputra
  6. 6.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Cuttack (c) Patna (d) Nashik
  7. 7.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Jhelum (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  8. 8.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Sikkim (c) Odisha (d) Rajasthan
  9. 9.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Sabarmati (d) Tapi
  11. 11.True or false: Agartala is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Gangotri (b) Zemu (c) Siachen (d) Pindari
  13. 13.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Karnataka (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Kerala
  15. 15.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Assam
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Varanasi (b) Lucknow (c) Dibrugarh (d) Jabalpur
  17. 17.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Odisha (c) Goa (d) Nagaland
  19. 19.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Meghalaya (c) Mizoram (d) Tamil Nadu
  20. 20.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Ganga
  22. 22.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  24. 24.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Imphal (b) Panaji (c) Patna (d) Mumbai
  25. 25.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Dead Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  26. 26.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Tapi (c) Godavari (d) Gomti
  27. 27.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Lucknow (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Dispur (d) Hyderabad
  28. 28.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Kanyakumari (b) Leh (c) Darjeeling (d) Shimla
  29. 29.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Surat (b) Kanpur (c) Haridwar (d) Ahmedabad
  31. 31.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Himalayas (d) the Rockies
  32. 32.True or false: Mathura lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Narmada (c) Tapi (d) Yamuna
  34. 34.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Bengaluru (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Bhopal (d) Ranchi
  35. 35.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  36. 36.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Gujarat (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
  40. 40.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Mizoram (d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer key

  1. Gomti
  2. Shillong
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Mahanadi
  6. Nashik
  7. Ganga
  8. Odisha
  9. False
  10. Ganga
  11. False
  12. Gangotri
  13. False
  14. Kerala
  15. Rajasthan
  16. Dibrugarh
  17. True
  18. Nagaland
  19. Meghalaya
  20. True
  21. Ganga
  22. False
  23. Yamuna
  24. Mumbai
  25. Bay of Bengal
  26. Brahmaputra
  27. Bhubaneswar
  28. Kanyakumari
  29. False
  30. Ahmedabad
  31. the Himalayas
  32. False
  33. Narmada
  34. Bengaluru
  35. Goa
  36. True
  37. True
  38. True
  39. Arunachal Pradesh
  40. Gujarat

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