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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 845 · 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 Uttar Pradesh? (a) Lucknow (b) Aizawl (c) Jaipur (d) Itanagar
  2. 2.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Manipur (c) Sikkim (d) West Bengal
  3. 3.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Kolkata (b) Aizawl (c) Itanagar (d) Shillong
  5. 5.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
  8. 8.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Tripura. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) West Bengal (c) Tripura (d) Assam
  10. 10.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Mahanadi
  11. 11.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Mumbai (b) Dispur (c) Shillong (d) Hyderabad
  12. 12.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Jhelum (c) Gomti (d) Brahmaputra
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Nashik (c) Mathura (d) Patna
  15. 15.True or false: Imphal is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Goa
  18. 18.True or false: Delhi lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  20. 20.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Godavari (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Patna (b) Cuttack (c) Delhi (d) Mathura
  22. 22.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  23. 23.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Kerala (c) West Bengal (d) Nagaland
  24. 24.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Agartala (b) Jaipur (c) Bengaluru (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  25. 25.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Jabalpur (c) Agra (d) Varanasi
  28. 28.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Patna lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Surat (c) Mathura (d) Patna
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Guwahati (b) Jabalpur (c) Lucknow (d) Agra
  33. 33.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Jabalpur (b) Ahmedabad (c) Guwahati (d) Srinagar
  34. 34.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Karnataka (c) Meghalaya (d) Jharkhand
  35. 35.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra (c) Jharkhand (d) Uttar Pradesh
  36. 36.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Andes (c) the Alps (d) the Himalayas
  37. 37.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Nashik (b) Haridwar (c) Jabalpur (d) Srinagar
  38. 38.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Srinagar lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Lucknow
  2. West Bengal
  3. False
  4. Itanagar
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Rajasthan
  8. False
  9. Assam
  10. Brahmaputra
  11. Shillong
  12. True
  13. Brahmaputra
  14. Mathura
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Goa
  18. False
  19. Godavari
  20. Ganga
  21. Cuttack
  22. Great Indian Desert
  23. Nagaland
  24. Bengaluru
  25. True
  26. Ganga
  27. Surat
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Indian Ocean
  31. Lucknow
  32. Jabalpur
  33. Guwahati
  34. Jharkhand
  35. Maharashtra
  36. the Himalayas
  37. Haridwar
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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