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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 730 · 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.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
  2. 2.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Gomti (d) Tapi
  3. 3.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Panaji (b) Ranchi (c) Gandhinagar (d) Mumbai
  5. 5.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Sikkim (c) Mizoram (d) Tripura
  7. 7.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Shillong (c) Bengaluru (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  8. 8.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Imphal (d) Mumbai
  10. 10.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Kerala (c) West Bengal (d) Mizoram
  11. 11.True or false: Delhi lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Kanyakumari (c) Leh (d) Darjeeling
  13. 13.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Karnataka (c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  16. 16.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Aizawl (b) Bengaluru (c) Imphal (d) Patna
  18. 18.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) Godavari (d) Sabarmati
  21. 21.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  25. 25.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Nagaland
  26. 26.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  27. 27.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Siachen (c) Pindari (d) Gangotri
  28. 28.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Lucknow (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Mathura
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Srinagar (b) Ahmedabad (c) Patna (d) Nashik
  31. 31.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  32. 32.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Gangtok (b) Kolkata (c) Bengaluru (d) Lucknow
  33. 33.True or false: Agra lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Srinagar (b) Surat (c) Dibrugarh (d) Jabalpur
  35. 35.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Hyderabad (c) Shillong (d) Lucknow
  36. 36.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Nashik lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Panaji (b) Imphal (c) Kohima (d) Mumbai
  40. 40.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ganga
  2. Tapi
  3. False
  4. Gandhinagar
  5. False
  6. Jharkhand
  7. Bengaluru
  8. False
  9. Bhubaneswar
  10. Meghalaya
  11. True
  12. Kanyakumari
  13. Karnataka
  14. False
  15. Ganga
  16. True
  17. Patna
  18. False
  19. True
  20. Godavari
  21. True
  22. True
  23. True
  24. Brahmaputra
  25. Nagaland
  26. Great Indian Desert
  27. Gangotri
  28. False
  29. Ahmedabad
  30. Nashik
  31. the Himalayas
  32. Kolkata
  33. False
  34. Dibrugarh
  35. Lucknow
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Imphal
  40. False

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