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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 853 · 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 Madhya Pradesh? (a) Patna (b) Mumbai (c) Bhopal (d) Gandhinagar
  2. 2.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean
  4. 4.True or false: Agra lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Kohima (b) Chennai (c) Lucknow (d) Imphal
  6. 6.True or false: Patna lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Assam (c) Sikkim (d) West Bengal
  9. 9.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Odisha (c) Mizoram (d) Bihar
  10. 10.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  12. 12.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Kohima (b) Kolkata (c) Imphal (d) Bhubaneswar
  13. 13.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Gangtok (b) Chennai (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Aizawl
  14. 14.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Leh (d) Kanyakumari
  15. 15.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Yamuna (c) Sabarmati (d) Godavari
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Mathura (b) Jabalpur (c) Dibrugarh (d) Haridwar
  18. 18.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Goa
  20. 20.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Kerala
  21. 21.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  23. 23.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Jaipur (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata
  24. 24.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Jaipur (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Varanasi (b) Mathura (c) Haridwar (d) Guwahati
  26. 26.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Patna is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Odisha (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Nagaland
  30. 30.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Jhelum
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Surat (b) Cuttack (c) Kanpur (d) Mathura
  33. 33.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Nashik lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Srinagar (c) Kanpur (d) Mathura
  37. 37.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Mizoram (c) Odisha (d) Gujarat
  39. 39.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura (c) Mizoram (d) Goa
  40. 40.True or false: Agra lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Bhopal
  2. True
  3. Indian Ocean
  4. False
  5. Kohima
  6. False
  7. True
  8. West Bengal
  9. Odisha
  10. True
  11. Ganga
  12. Bhubaneswar
  13. Chennai
  14. Kanyakumari
  15. True
  16. Yamuna
  17. Jabalpur
  18. True
  19. Rajasthan
  20. Rajasthan
  21. True
  22. Arabian Sea
  23. Jaipur
  24. Hyderabad
  25. Guwahati
  26. True
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Sikkim
  30. True
  31. Tapi
  32. Surat
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Lucknow
  37. True
  38. Gujarat
  39. Goa
  40. False

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