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

Answer key

  1. Aizawl
  2. Sabarmati
  3. False
  4. Shillong
  5. Godavari
  6. the Himalayas
  7. Gujarat
  8. Kanyakumari
  9. Mizoram
  10. True
  11. True
  12. Agra
  13. Rajasthan
  14. Maharashtra
  15. False
  16. Kerala
  17. Bihar
  18. False
  19. Brahmaputra
  20. Tripura
  21. Surat
  22. Karnataka
  23. Patna
  24. Goa
  25. Great Indian Desert
  26. True
  27. True
  28. Dispur
  29. Indian Ocean
  30. Ahmedabad
  31. True
  32. Tapi
  33. Nashik
  34. Chennai
  35. Rajasthan
  36. Assam
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Ganga
  40. Agartala

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