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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 916 · 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.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) Jhelum (d) Brahmaputra
  2. 2.🏛️ Gandhinagar is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Gujarat (c) Kerala (d) Odisha
  3. 3.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Yamuna
  4. 4.True or false: Surat lies on the Tapi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Kerala (c) Goa (d) Rajasthan
  6. 6.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Mumbai (b) Itanagar (c) Lucknow (d) Bengaluru
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Kanpur (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Srinagar
  8. 8.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Shimla (c) Darjeeling (d) Kanyakumari
  9. 9.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Chennai (b) Gangtok (c) Panaji (d) Ranchi
  10. 10.True or false: Panaji is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Brahmaputra
  13. 13.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Gomti (c) Sabarmati (d) Mahanadi
  14. 14.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Shillong (b) Gandhinagar (c) Bhopal (d) Imphal
  18. 18.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Arabian Sea (c) Dead Sea (d) Red Sea
  19. 19.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  20. 20.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Meghalaya
  21. 21.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Tripura (d) Jharkhand
  22. 22.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Patna (b) Ahmedabad (c) Srinagar (d) Cuttack
  23. 23.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Mahanadi (c) Tapi (d) Ganga
  24. 24.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Varanasi (b) Lucknow (c) Dibrugarh (d) Kanpur
  25. 25.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Panaji (b) Mumbai (c) Kohima (d) Hyderabad
  26. 26.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Karnataka
  27. 27.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Bay of Bengal (b) Black Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  28. 28.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Imphal is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Nagaland (c) Jharkhand (d) Kerala
  31. 31.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Agartala (b) Jaipur (c) Patna (d) Mumbai
  32. 32.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Jhelum
  35. 35.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Sahara Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  36. 36.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Gujarat. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Rajasthan (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Gujarat
  39. 39.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Telangana. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Lucknow (b) Haridwar (c) Guwahati (d) Mathura

Answer key

  1. Jhelum
  2. Gujarat
  3. Brahmaputra
  4. True
  5. Rajasthan
  6. Bengaluru
  7. Ahmedabad
  8. Kanyakumari
  9. Gangtok
  10. False
  11. True
  12. Yamuna
  13. Sabarmati
  14. False
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Imphal
  18. Bay of Bengal
  19. Rajasthan
  20. Telangana
  21. Tamil Nadu
  22. Srinagar
  23. Ganga
  24. Dibrugarh
  25. Kohima
  26. Tripura
  27. Arabian Sea
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Kerala
  31. Mumbai
  32. False
  33. True
  34. Mahanadi
  35. Great Indian Desert
  36. False
  37. True
  38. Arunachal Pradesh
  39. False
  40. Mathura

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