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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 824 · 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.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Gangotri (c) Siachen (d) Zemu
  2. 2.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Sikkim
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Patna (b) Lucknow (c) Agra (d) Guwahati
  5. 5.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Kohima (b) Shillong (c) Dispur (d) Gangtok
  6. 6.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Agartala (b) Patna (c) Itanagar (d) Panaji
  8. 8.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Gobi Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  9. 9.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Narmada (d) Brahmaputra
  10. 10.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Narmada (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  11. 11.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Andes (c) the Himalayas (d) the Alps
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) Surat (d) Ahmedabad
  13. 13.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Sabarmati
  16. 16.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Nagaland (c) Karnataka (d) Madhya Pradesh
  17. 17.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Sikkim (c) Mizoram (d) Madhya Pradesh
  18. 18.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Kohima (b) Chennai (c) Gandhinagar (d) Mumbai
  19. 19.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Dispur (b) Imphal (c) Lucknow (d) Agartala
  20. 20.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Surat (c) Agra (d) Kanpur
  22. 22.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Tapi
  23. 23.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Tripura (c) Telangana (d) Maharashtra
  24. 24.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Tripura. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Lucknow (b) Varanasi (c) Nashik (d) Delhi
  26. 26.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Ranchi (b) Itanagar (c) Lucknow (d) Chennai
  27. 27.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Yamuna (c) Narmada (d) Brahmaputra
  28. 28.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Telangana (c) Goa (d) Manipur
  30. 30.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Lucknow (b) Itanagar (c) Hyderabad (d) Bengaluru
  31. 31.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Manipur (d) Jharkhand
  32. 32.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Sikkim (c) Gujarat (d) Rajasthan
  33. 33.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Delhi (b) Jabalpur (c) Guwahati (d) Varanasi
  35. 35.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  36. 36.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Mumbai (b) Hyderabad (c) Jaipur (d) Patna
  37. 37.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Bengaluru (b) Lucknow (c) Bhopal (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  38. 38.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Godavari (d) Brahmaputra
  39. 39.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Dispur (b) Patna (c) Kolkata (d) Panaji
  40. 40.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Bihar

Answer key

  1. Gangotri
  2. True
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Lucknow
  5. Shillong
  6. False
  7. Panaji
  8. Great Indian Desert
  9. Ganga
  10. Yamuna
  11. the Himalayas
  12. Ahmedabad
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Ganga
  16. Madhya Pradesh
  17. Mizoram
  18. Mumbai
  19. Agartala
  20. Goa
  21. Cuttack
  22. Ganga
  23. Telangana
  24. False
  25. Nashik
  26. Chennai
  27. Brahmaputra
  28. True
  29. Manipur
  30. Itanagar
  31. Karnataka
  32. Gujarat
  33. True
  34. Guwahati
  35. Arabian Sea
  36. Hyderabad
  37. Bengaluru
  38. Brahmaputra
  39. Dispur
  40. Nagaland

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