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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 838 · 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 Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Cold Desert
  2. 2.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Meghalaya
  3. 3.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Gujarat
  4. 4.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Bengaluru (b) Gangtok (c) Bhopal (d) Ranchi
  5. 5.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Jhelum (c) Gomti (d) Sabarmati
  6. 6.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Jharkhand (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
  8. 8.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Bhopal (b) Patna (c) Jaipur (d) Bhubaneswar
  9. 9.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Kolkata (b) Itanagar (c) Lucknow (d) Agartala
  11. 11.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Shillong (b) Lucknow (c) Hyderabad (d) Mumbai
  12. 12.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  14. 14.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Gomti
  15. 15.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Lucknow (b) Agra (c) Surat (d) Cuttack
  17. 17.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Kerala
  18. 18.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Sikkim (c) Goa (d) Rajasthan
  22. 22.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Arabian Sea
  24. 24.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  25. 25.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Imphal (b) Mumbai (c) Itanagar (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  26. 26.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Varanasi (b) Lucknow (c) Srinagar (d) Jabalpur
  28. 28.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Delhi (b) Agra (c) Ahmedabad (d) Cuttack
  29. 29.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Shillong (b) Panaji (c) Chennai (d) Bhubaneswar
  31. 31.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Darjeeling (c) Kanyakumari (d) Shimla
  33. 33.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Narmada (c) Brahmaputra (d) Tapi
  34. 34.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Agra (b) Cuttack (c) Jabalpur (d) Guwahati
  36. 36.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  37. 37.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Goa (d) Nagaland
  39. 39.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Mizoram
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Delhi (b) Kanpur (c) Srinagar (d) Surat

Answer key

  1. Great Indian Desert
  2. Uttar Pradesh
  3. Arunachal Pradesh
  4. Ranchi
  5. Ganga
  6. False
  7. Rajasthan
  8. Bhubaneswar
  9. False
  10. Kolkata
  11. Lucknow
  12. True
  13. Indian Ocean
  14. Brahmaputra
  15. True
  16. Agra
  17. Rajasthan
  18. True
  19. True
  20. True
  21. Rajasthan
  22. False
  23. Arabian Sea
  24. Maharashtra
  25. Imphal
  26. False
  27. Srinagar
  28. Cuttack
  29. False
  30. Shillong
  31. False
  32. Kanyakumari
  33. Tapi
  34. True
  35. Jabalpur
  36. Mahanadi
  37. True
  38. Goa
  39. Mizoram
  40. Delhi

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