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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 901 · 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 Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  2. 2.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) West Bengal (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
  3. 3.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Godavari (c) Gomti (d) Sabarmati
  5. 5.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Mumbai (b) Dispur (c) Kohima (d) Bengaluru
  6. 6.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh
  7. 7.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Hyderabad (b) Jaipur (c) Bengaluru (d) Dispur
  8. 8.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Lucknow (b) Panaji (c) Kohima (d) Imphal
  9. 9.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Brahmaputra (c) Godavari (d) Ganga
  10. 10.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Assam (c) Maharashtra (d) Sikkim
  11. 11.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Manipur (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Gujarat
  13. 13.True or false: Delhi lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Mizoram (c) Jharkhand (d) Telangana
  15. 15.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Maharashtra (d) Gujarat
  16. 16.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Manipur (c) Assam (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  17. 17.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Maharashtra (c) Sikkim (d) Karnataka
  18. 18.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) Jhelum
  20. 20.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Surat (b) Guwahati (c) Varanasi (d) Jabalpur
  22. 22.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Panaji (b) Lucknow (c) Itanagar (d) Kohima
  23. 23.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Kerala (c) Rajasthan (d) Assam
  24. 24.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Varanasi (c) Lucknow (d) Delhi
  27. 27.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Sabarmati (c) Brahmaputra (d) Gomti
  28. 28.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  29. 29.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Hyderabad (b) Imphal (c) Aizawl (d) Kolkata
  30. 30.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  31. 31.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Assam (d) Rajasthan
  33. 33.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Narmada (c) Jhelum (d) Brahmaputra
  34. 34.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Dispur (b) Gandhinagar (c) Itanagar (d) Shillong
  36. 36.True or false: Agra lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Odisha (b) Jharkhand (c) Assam (d) Tripura
  38. 38.True or false: Surat lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Chennai (b) Shillong (c) Panaji (d) Kolkata
  40. 40.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Great Indian Desert
  2. Rajasthan
  3. False
  4. Gomti
  5. Mumbai
  6. Goa
  7. Bengaluru
  8. Lucknow
  9. Ganga
  10. Sikkim
  11. False
  12. Gujarat
  13. True
  14. Jharkhand
  15. Maharashtra
  16. Arunachal Pradesh
  17. Karnataka
  18. True
  19. Yamuna
  20. True
  21. Guwahati
  22. Kohima
  23. Rajasthan
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Lucknow
  27. Brahmaputra
  28. Arabian Sea
  29. Kolkata
  30. Ganga
  31. True
  32. Tamil Nadu
  33. Jhelum
  34. True
  35. Gandhinagar
  36. False
  37. Tripura
  38. False
  39. Panaji
  40. True

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