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

Answer key

  1. Chennai
  2. Uttar Pradesh
  3. Ganga
  4. Kerala
  5. Jabalpur
  6. Lucknow
  7. True
  8. Panaji
  9. Mahanadi
  10. Indian Ocean
  11. Nashik
  12. Ganga
  13. Great Indian Desert
  14. Assam
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Tamil Nadu
  18. Rajasthan
  19. Mizoram
  20. Sikkim
  21. Aizawl
  22. Kanyakumari
  23. Arabian Sea
  24. Kolkata
  25. True
  26. Nagaland
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Imphal
  30. Jharkhand
  31. Ganga
  32. Ganga
  33. False
  34. Srinagar
  35. Manipur
  36. Bay of Bengal
  37. Rajasthan
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Surat

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