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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 860 · 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.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Nagaland (c) Bihar (d) Mizoram
  2. 2.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Sikkim (c) Goa (d) Kerala
  4. 4.True or false: Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Ahmedabad (b) Surat (c) Nashik (d) Jabalpur
  7. 7.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Black Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  8. 8.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Godavari
  9. 9.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Leh (c) Kanyakumari (d) Darjeeling
  10. 10.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Agartala (c) Hyderabad (d) Kolkata
  11. 11.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Panaji (c) Itanagar (d) Patna
  12. 12.True or false: Patna lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Cold Desert
  14. 14.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Surat (b) Mathura (c) Dibrugarh (d) Varanasi
  15. 15.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Varanasi (b) Dibrugarh (c) Mathura (d) Guwahati
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Surat (b) Guwahati (c) Nashik (d) Lucknow
  17. 17.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Patna (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) Panaji
  18. 18.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
  19. 19.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Narmada
  20. 20.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Tapi
  21. 21.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Kohima (b) Shillong (c) Lucknow (d) Aizawl
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Surat (b) Patna (c) Guwahati (d) Cuttack
  23. 23.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  24. 24.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Patna (c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata
  25. 25.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Manipur
  26. 26.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Assam
  27. 27.True or false: Delhi lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Gomti (d) Mahanadi
  31. 31.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Telangana (d) Odisha
  32. 32.🏛️ Dispur is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Goa (c) Meghalaya (d) Assam
  33. 33.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Shillong (b) Itanagar (c) Lucknow (d) Gangtok
  34. 34.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Mahanadi (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  36. 36.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Bhopal (b) Bengaluru (c) Ranchi (d) Jaipur
  37. 37.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Tripura
  39. 39.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Andes (c) the Alps (d) the Rockies

Answer key

  1. Mizoram
  2. False
  3. Rajasthan
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Nashik
  7. Arabian Sea
  8. Ganga
  9. Kanyakumari
  10. Thiruvananthapuram
  11. Panaji
  12. False
  13. Great Indian Desert
  14. Varanasi
  15. Mathura
  16. Lucknow
  17. Mumbai
  18. Goa
  19. Sabarmati
  20. Brahmaputra
  21. Lucknow
  22. Cuttack
  23. Ganga
  24. Bhopal
  25. Karnataka
  26. Rajasthan
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. Mahanadi
  31. Telangana
  32. Assam
  33. Itanagar
  34. True
  35. Yamuna
  36. Jaipur
  37. True
  38. Arunachal Pradesh
  39. True
  40. the Himalayas

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