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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 752 · 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.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Yamuna (c) Tapi (d) Jhelum
  2. 2.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Sabarmati
  3. 3.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Gomti (d) Sabarmati
  4. 4.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Jhelum
  5. 5.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Agartala (b) Patna (c) Chennai (d) Dispur
  6. 6.True or false: Agra lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Mathura lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Aizawl (b) Itanagar (c) Imphal (d) Dispur
  9. 9.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Odisha (c) Manipur (d) Goa
  10. 10.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Sikkim (c) Jharkhand (d) Tripura
  11. 11.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Kerala (c) Assam (d) Rajasthan
  12. 12.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Imphal (b) Mumbai (c) Hyderabad (d) Gangtok
  13. 13.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Jharkhand (c) Kerala (d) Sikkim
  14. 14.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Chennai (b) Kohima (c) Gandhinagar (d) Shillong
  15. 15.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Surat (b) Haridwar (c) Agra (d) Lucknow
  16. 16.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Godavari (c) Sabarmati (d) Brahmaputra
  17. 17.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Ranchi (b) Gangtok (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Chennai
  18. 18.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Aizawl (c) Hyderabad (d) Bhopal
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Agra (b) Dibrugarh (c) Nashik (d) Varanasi
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Agra (c) Varanasi (d) Lucknow
  21. 21.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Mizoram (c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Mathura (b) Ahmedabad (c) Guwahati (d) Varanasi
  23. 23.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Patna (b) Dispur (c) Lucknow (d) Bhopal
  24. 24.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Goa (c) Karnataka (d) Telangana
  25. 25.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Leh (c) Kanyakumari (d) Darjeeling
  27. 27.True or false: Surat lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  29. 29.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Andes (c) the Alps (d) the Himalayas
  30. 30.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Zemu (c) Siachen (d) Gangotri
  31. 31.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Tripura. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  33. 33.True or false: Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Godavari
  35. 35.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Nagaland (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) West Bengal
  36. 36.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Itanagar (b) Jaipur (c) Ranchi (d) Agartala
  37. 37.True or false: Mathura lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Manipur (c) West Bengal (d) Rajasthan
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Nashik (c) Guwahati (d) Cuttack

Answer key

  1. Yamuna
  2. Ganga
  3. Gomti
  4. Yamuna
  5. Chennai
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Dispur
  9. Nagaland
  10. Tripura
  11. Rajasthan
  12. Imphal
  13. Kerala
  14. Gandhinagar
  15. Haridwar
  16. Brahmaputra
  17. Ranchi
  18. Aizawl
  19. Varanasi
  20. Cuttack
  21. Mizoram
  22. Ahmedabad
  23. Lucknow
  24. Karnataka
  25. False
  26. Kanyakumari
  27. False
  28. Great Indian Desert
  29. the Himalayas
  30. Gangotri
  31. True
  32. Arabian Sea
  33. True
  34. Brahmaputra
  35. Arunachal Pradesh
  36. Itanagar
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Manipur
  40. Surat

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