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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 809 · 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 Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Agartala (c) Patna (d) Itanagar
  2. 2.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Mahanadi (d) Gomti
  3. 3.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Mahanadi (c) Sabarmati (d) Narmada
  4. 4.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Jaipur (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Shillong
  5. 5.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Ranchi (b) Patna (c) Mumbai (d) Bengaluru
  7. 7.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Hyderabad (b) Shillong (c) Lucknow (d) Bhubaneswar
  8. 8.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  9. 9.True or false: Delhi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Haridwar (b) Dibrugarh (c) Cuttack (d) Srinagar
  11. 11.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Patna (b) Nashik (c) Kanpur (d) Lucknow
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Kanpur (b) Nashik (c) Surat (d) Guwahati
  14. 14.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Narmada (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  15. 15.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Cold Desert
  16. 16.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  17. 17.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Siachen (c) Gangotri (d) Zemu
  19. 19.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Bhopal (b) Gangtok (c) Jaipur (d) Kohima
  20. 20.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Brahmaputra (d) Tapi
  21. 21.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Assam (c) Gujarat (d) Telangana
  22. 22.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Itanagar (b) Panaji (c) Patna (d) Aizawl
  24. 24.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Mathura (b) Kanpur (c) Cuttack (d) Guwahati
  26. 26.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Rockies (c) the Andes (d) the Alps
  27. 27.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Jharkhand (d) Uttar Pradesh
  29. 29.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Patna (b) Mumbai (c) Gangtok (d) Chennai
  30. 30.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Arabian Sea
  31. 31.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Mahanadi (c) Gomti (d) Godavari
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Meghalaya (c) Odisha (d) Nagaland
  34. 34.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Imphal (b) Bhopal (c) Itanagar (d) Dispur
  36. 36.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Mumbai (b) Aizawl (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Dispur
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Guwahati (b) Surat (c) Patna (d) Haridwar
  38. 38.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
  39. 39.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Itanagar
  2. Ganga
  3. Jhelum
  4. Shillong
  5. False
  6. Bengaluru
  7. Lucknow
  8. Sabarmati
  9. False
  10. Dibrugarh
  11. False
  12. Lucknow
  13. Guwahati
  14. Gomti
  15. Great Indian Desert
  16. Arabian Sea
  17. True
  18. Gangotri
  19. Kohima
  20. Ganga
  21. Goa
  22. True
  23. Patna
  24. Ganga
  25. Cuttack
  26. the Himalayas
  27. True
  28. Jharkhand
  29. Mumbai
  30. Bay of Bengal
  31. Mahanadi
  32. True
  33. Assam
  34. False
  35. Dispur
  36. Bhubaneswar
  37. Surat
  38. Rajasthan
  39. False
  40. True

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