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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 893 · 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.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Andes (c) the Rockies (d) the Alps
  2. 2.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Patna (b) Lucknow (c) Ahmedabad (d) Agra
  3. 3.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Imphal (b) Bengaluru (c) Chennai (d) Gandhinagar
  7. 7.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Jhelum (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  8. 8.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Black Sea (d) Red Sea
  9. 9.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Itanagar (b) Agartala (c) Bengaluru (d) Dispur
  11. 11.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Haridwar (b) Mathura (c) Nashik (d) Patna
  12. 12.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Manipur. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Panaji (b) Patna (c) Itanagar (d) Ranchi
  15. 15.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Rajasthan (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Meghalaya
  17. 17.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Godavari
  18. 18.🏛️ Bhopal is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Manipur (c) Gujarat (d) Jharkhand
  19. 19.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Panaji (c) Gangtok (d) Hyderabad
  20. 20.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) West Bengal (c) Bihar (d) Jharkhand
  22. 22.True or false: Surat lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Bhopal (c) Jaipur (d) Agartala
  24. 24.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Aizawl (b) Lucknow (c) Shillong (d) Kolkata
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Jabalpur (b) Cuttack (c) Lucknow (d) Agra
  26. 26.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Cuttack (b) Surat (c) Ahmedabad (d) Guwahati
  29. 29.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Goa (b) Rajasthan (c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh
  30. 30.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  31. 31.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Lucknow (b) Srinagar (c) Dibrugarh (d) Varanasi
  33. 33.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Mathura lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Dispur (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai (d) Bhopal
  36. 36.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Cuttack (b) Patna (c) Srinagar (d) Varanasi
  37. 37.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Mahanadi (c) Jhelum (d) Gomti
  38. 38.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Pindari (b) Siachen (c) Gangotri (d) Zemu
  40. 40.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the Himalayas
  2. Lucknow
  3. False
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Chennai
  7. Narmada
  8. Arabian Sea
  9. True
  10. Bengaluru
  11. Nashik
  12. True
  13. True
  14. Ranchi
  15. True
  16. Meghalaya
  17. Godavari
  18. Madhya Pradesh
  19. Gangtok
  20. True
  21. Jharkhand
  22. False
  23. Agartala
  24. Shillong
  25. Jabalpur
  26. True
  27. False
  28. Cuttack
  29. Goa
  30. Great Indian Desert
  31. Arunachal Pradesh
  32. Dibrugarh
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Mumbai
  36. Srinagar
  37. Jhelum
  38. False
  39. Gangotri
  40. False

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