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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 822 · 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.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Goa
  2. 2.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Ranchi (b) Bhopal (c) Patna (d) Itanagar
  3. 3.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Manipur. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Manipur (c) Karnataka (d) Odisha
  5. 5.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Gomti (c) Sabarmati (d) Ganga
  6. 6.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Tapi (c) Mahanadi (d) Ganga
  8. 8.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Jaipur (c) Imphal (d) Bhubaneswar
  9. 9.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Lucknow (b) Panaji (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
  10. 10.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Jharkhand (c) Gujarat (d) Tripura
  11. 11.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (c) Bihar (d) West Bengal
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Delhi (b) Nashik (c) Haridwar (d) Patna
  14. 14.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Sikkim (c) Goa (d) Rajasthan
  15. 15.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Lucknow (b) Aizawl (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Mumbai
  16. 16.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Assam (c) Telangana (d) Goa
  17. 17.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Odisha (c) Goa (d) Madhya Pradesh
  18. 18.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Brahmaputra
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Patna (c) Lucknow (d) Delhi
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Kanpur (b) Varanasi (c) Guwahati (d) Nashik
  21. 21.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  22. 22.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Odisha
  24. 24.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Andes (c) the Himalayas (d) the Alps
  25. 25.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  26. 26.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Gangotri (b) Siachen (c) Zemu (d) Pindari
  27. 27.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Tapi (d) Yamuna
  29. 29.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Jhelum (c) Narmada (d) Sabarmati
  33. 33.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Gomti (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  34. 34.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Ranchi (b) Lucknow (c) Kohima (d) Imphal
  35. 35.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Haridwar (b) Agra (c) Srinagar (d) Cuttack
  37. 37.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Tapi (c) Sabarmati (d) Mahanadi
  38. 38.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Sikkim
  39. 39.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Kanyakumari (c) Shimla (d) Darjeeling
  40. 40.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) West Bengal (c) Gujarat (d) Telangana

Answer key

  1. Goa
  2. Bhopal
  3. False
  4. Meghalaya
  5. Ganga
  6. True
  7. Ganga
  8. Bhubaneswar
  9. Mumbai
  10. Manipur
  11. True
  12. Gujarat
  13. Nashik
  14. Rajasthan
  15. Aizawl
  16. Goa
  17. Madhya Pradesh
  18. Brahmaputra
  19. Lucknow
  20. Guwahati
  21. Ganga
  22. False
  23. Odisha
  24. the Himalayas
  25. Godavari
  26. Gangotri
  27. True
  28. Mahanadi
  29. False
  30. True
  31. True
  32. Narmada
  33. Yamuna
  34. Kohima
  35. True
  36. Cuttack
  37. Jhelum
  38. Karnataka
  39. Kanyakumari
  40. Telangana

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