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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 766 · 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.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Jhelum (c) Ganga (d) Brahmaputra
  2. 2.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Maharashtra (d) Sikkim
  4. 4.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  5. 5.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
  6. 6.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Haridwar (b) Srinagar (c) Nashik (d) Dibrugarh
  8. 8.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Telangana (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) West Bengal
  9. 9.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Shillong (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Imphal (d) Mumbai
  10. 10.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Agartala (b) Aizawl (c) Lucknow (d) Gandhinagar
  11. 11.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Tripura (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Goa
  12. 12.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Gomti (d) Godavari
  13. 13.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Delhi (b) Ahmedabad (c) Varanasi (d) Jabalpur
  15. 15.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Panaji (b) Imphal (c) Mumbai (d) Bhubaneswar
  17. 17.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Bhopal (b) Gandhinagar (c) Kolkata (d) Ranchi
  18. 18.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Kanyakumari (b) Darjeeling (c) Shimla (d) Leh
  20. 20.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Srinagar (b) Haridwar (c) Agra (d) Ahmedabad
  22. 22.True or false: Shillong is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  24. 24.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Jhelum (d) Tapi
  25. 25.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) Sabarmati (d) Yamuna
  26. 26.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Imphal (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Panaji (d) Agartala
  27. 27.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
  28. 28.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Ranchi (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Itanagar (d) Chennai
  29. 29.True or false: Mathura lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Mahanadi (c) Sabarmati (d) Brahmaputra
  31. 31.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  33. 33.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Meghalaya (c) Assam (d) Maharashtra
  35. 35.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
  36. 36.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  37. 37.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Gangtok (b) Jaipur (c) Kolkata (d) Itanagar
  38. 38.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Srinagar (b) Cuttack (c) Agra (d) Mathura
  39. 39.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Kanpur (b) Nashik (c) Agra (d) Ahmedabad

Answer key

  1. Yamuna
  2. True
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Ganga
  5. Indian Ocean
  6. Gujarat
  7. Srinagar
  8. Telangana
  9. Bhubaneswar
  10. Lucknow
  11. Arunachal Pradesh
  12. Gomti
  13. True
  14. Jabalpur
  15. True
  16. Mumbai
  17. Ranchi
  18. False
  19. Kanyakumari
  20. True
  21. Ahmedabad
  22. False
  23. Ganga
  24. Jhelum
  25. Ganga
  26. Agartala
  27. Ganga
  28. Chennai
  29. False
  30. Sabarmati
  31. False
  32. Goa
  33. False
  34. Assam
  35. Rajasthan
  36. Great Indian Desert
  37. Itanagar
  38. Cuttack
  39. True
  40. Nashik

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