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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 759 · 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: Shillong is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Karnataka. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Bihar (d) Tamil Nadu
  4. 4.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Patna (c) Chennai (d) Kohima
  5. 5.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Tripura (d) Bihar
  6. 6.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Karnataka (c) Maharashtra (d) Bihar
  7. 7.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Meghalaya (c) Goa (d) Bihar
  8. 8.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Cuttack (b) Patna (c) Surat (d) Kanpur
  9. 9.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Kanyakumari (c) Leh (d) Shimla
  10. 10.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  11. 11.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Varanasi (b) Cuttack (c) Mathura (d) Dibrugarh
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Cuttack (b) Mathura (c) Kanpur (d) Haridwar
  14. 14.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean
  15. 15.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Haridwar (b) Jabalpur (c) Patna (d) Mathura
  17. 17.True or false: Agra lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Mumbai (c) Patna (d) Gangtok
  19. 19.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Mahanadi (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  21. 21.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Arabian Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Red Sea
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Guwahati (b) Dibrugarh (c) Surat (d) Haridwar
  23. 23.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) West Bengal (c) Meghalaya (d) Sikkim
  24. 24.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  26. 26.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Mahanadi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  27. 27.True or false: Delhi lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Telangana (c) Goa (d) Manipur
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Surat (b) Delhi (c) Ahmedabad (d) Cuttack
  30. 30.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Yamuna (c) Brahmaputra (d) Jhelum
  31. 31.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Cold Desert
  33. 33.True or false: Patna lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Ganga
  35. 35.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Kolkata (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Kohima (d) Aizawl
  36. 36.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  37. 37.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Jhelum (d) Ganga
  39. 39.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Gangtok (b) Gandhinagar (c) Shillong (d) Imphal
  40. 40.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Sikkim

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Kohima
  5. Arunachal Pradesh
  6. Karnataka
  7. Meghalaya
  8. Surat
  9. Kanyakumari
  10. Ganga
  11. True
  12. Cuttack
  13. Mathura
  14. Indian Ocean
  15. True
  16. Jabalpur
  17. False
  18. Gangtok
  19. True
  20. Godavari
  21. Arabian Sea
  22. Haridwar
  23. Maharashtra
  24. True
  25. the Himalayas
  26. Yamuna
  27. True
  28. Uttar Pradesh
  29. Ahmedabad
  30. Yamuna
  31. False
  32. Great Indian Desert
  33. False
  34. Ganga
  35. Thiruvananthapuram
  36. Bay of Bengal
  37. False
  38. Ganga
  39. Gandhinagar
  40. Rajasthan

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