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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 796 · 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.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Telangana (d) Meghalaya
  2. 2.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Karnataka (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
  4. 4.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Kanpur (c) Lucknow (d) Delhi
  6. 6.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Bengaluru (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Mumbai
  7. 7.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Karnataka
  8. 8.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Patna lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Kohima (b) Mumbai (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Chennai
  11. 11.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Kohima (b) Gandhinagar (c) Dispur (d) Lucknow
  12. 12.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Jhelum (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  13. 13.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Meghalaya (d) Gujarat
  15. 15.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Sikkim
  16. 16.True or false: Delhi lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Manipur
  19. 19.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Telangana (c) Gujarat (d) Tamil Nadu
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Nashik (b) Haridwar (c) Agra (d) Surat
  21. 21.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Patna (b) Dibrugarh (c) Ahmedabad (d) Agra
  23. 23.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Cold Desert
  24. 24.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Agartala is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Jharkhand (b) Mizoram (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Gujarat
  27. 27.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Lucknow (c) Surat (d) Agra
  29. 29.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Kerala
  30. 30.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Odisha (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Assam
  31. 31.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  32. 32.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Shillong (b) Dispur (c) Agartala (d) Ranchi
  33. 33.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Delhi (c) Patna (d) Mathura
  35. 35.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) Patna (d) Kolkata
  36. 36.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
  37. 37.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Gomti (c) Narmada (d) Jhelum
  38. 38.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Surat (b) Lucknow (c) Cuttack (d) Haridwar
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. False
  3. Karnataka
  4. True
  5. Kanpur
  6. Hyderabad
  7. West Bengal
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Thiruvananthapuram
  11. Lucknow
  12. Ganga
  13. True
  14. Meghalaya
  15. Rajasthan
  16. False
  17. False
  18. Manipur
  19. Telangana
  20. Nashik
  21. Ganga
  22. Ahmedabad
  23. Great Indian Desert
  24. True
  25. False
  26. Jharkhand
  27. True
  28. Agra
  29. Rajasthan
  30. Odisha
  31. Bay of Bengal
  32. Dispur
  33. False
  34. Patna
  35. Mumbai
  36. Maharashtra
  37. Narmada
  38. True
  39. Lucknow
  40. True

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