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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 744 · 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.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Haridwar (b) Mathura (c) Guwahati (d) Srinagar
  2. 2.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Brahmaputra (d) Tapi
  4. 4.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Chennai (b) Patna (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Hyderabad
  5. 5.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Patna (c) Haridwar (d) Cuttack
  6. 6.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Varanasi (b) Surat (c) Dibrugarh (d) Mathura
  7. 7.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Itanagar (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Bengaluru (d) Patna
  8. 8.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Ahmedabad (c) Jabalpur (d) Nashik
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Tapi
  12. 12.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Darjeeling (c) Kanyakumari (d) Shimla
  13. 13.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Telangana (c) Manipur (d) Uttar Pradesh
  14. 14.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Gangtok (b) Bhopal (c) Mumbai (d) Bhubaneswar
  15. 15.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  16. 16.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Tapi (c) Yamuna (d) Brahmaputra
  17. 17.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Godavari
  18. 18.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Sikkim
  19. 19.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  20. 20.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Itanagar (b) Hyderabad (c) Imphal (d) Agartala
  22. 22.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Shillong (b) Kolkata (c) Chennai (d) Patna
  25. 25.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Kohima (b) Gangtok (c) Kolkata (d) Lucknow
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Surat (b) Patna (c) Varanasi (d) Srinagar
  27. 27.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  30. 30.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Siachen (c) Zemu (d) Gangotri
  31. 31.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Maharashtra
  32. 32.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Kerala (c) Assam (d) Rajasthan
  33. 33.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  34. 34.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Gujarat (d) Nagaland
  35. 35.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Kohima (b) Imphal (c) Patna (d) Bengaluru
  36. 36.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Goa (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Bihar
  37. 37.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Odisha
  38. 38.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Red Sea (c) Dead Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  39. 39.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Mizoram (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
  40. 40.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Haridwar
  2. True
  3. Brahmaputra
  4. Patna
  5. Ahmedabad
  6. Dibrugarh
  7. Bhubaneswar
  8. True
  9. Nashik
  10. False
  11. Ganga
  12. Kanyakumari
  13. Uttar Pradesh
  14. Mumbai
  15. Mahanadi
  16. Narmada
  17. Yamuna
  18. Rajasthan
  19. Great Indian Desert
  20. True
  21. Imphal
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Kolkata
  25. Kohima
  26. Srinagar
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Indian Ocean
  30. Gangotri
  31. Tamil Nadu
  32. Rajasthan
  33. the Himalayas
  34. Madhya Pradesh
  35. Bengaluru
  36. Odisha
  37. Meghalaya
  38. Bay of Bengal
  39. Kerala
  40. False

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