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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 894 · 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.True or false: Patna lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Mumbai (b) Gangtok (c) Chennai (d) Bengaluru
  3. 3.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  5. 5.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Mumbai (b) Gangtok (c) Patna (d) Ranchi
  6. 6.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Kohima (b) Jaipur (c) Ranchi (d) Panaji
  7. 7.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Kohima (b) Jaipur (c) Bengaluru (d) Imphal
  8. 8.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Ganga (d) Gomti
  10. 10.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Brahmaputra (c) Mahanadi (d) Ganga
  11. 11.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Odisha (c) Karnataka (d) Mizoram
  12. 12.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Guwahati (b) Kanpur (c) Surat (d) Mathura
  14. 14.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Gangtok (c) Lucknow (d) Jaipur
  15. 15.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Manipur (c) Telangana (d) West Bengal
  16. 16.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Gangtok (b) Itanagar (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Bengaluru
  17. 17.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Ranchi (b) Dispur (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Mumbai
  18. 18.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Tapi (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  19. 19.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Tripura (c) Meghalaya (d) Nagaland
  21. 21.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Tripura. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Agra (b) Cuttack (c) Patna (d) Mathura
  23. 23.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Haridwar (b) Dibrugarh (c) Varanasi (d) Patna
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Patna (b) Srinagar (c) Kanpur (d) Agra
  25. 25.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Meghalaya
  26. 26.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Goa
  27. 27.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Ganga
  28. 28.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Rockies (d) the Himalayas
  29. 29.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  30. 30.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Black Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  31. 31.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Patna lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Itanagar (b) Patna (c) Chennai (d) Gandhinagar
  35. 35.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Great Indian Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  36. 36.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Manipur (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Goa
  37. 37.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Kerala (c) Sikkim (d) Goa
  40. 40.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Chennai (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Jaipur

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Bengaluru
  3. True
  4. Ganga
  5. Mumbai
  6. Kohima
  7. Imphal
  8. False
  9. Ganga
  10. Brahmaputra
  11. Odisha
  12. False
  13. Surat
  14. Lucknow
  15. West Bengal
  16. Itanagar
  17. Thiruvananthapuram
  18. Jhelum
  19. True
  20. Meghalaya
  21. True
  22. Patna
  23. Dibrugarh
  24. Agra
  25. Gujarat
  26. Goa
  27. Ganga
  28. the Himalayas
  29. Indian Ocean
  30. Arabian Sea
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Chennai
  35. Great Indian Desert
  36. Maharashtra
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Rajasthan
  40. Jaipur

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