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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 925 · 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 sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Black Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  2. 2.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Agra (b) Haridwar (c) Dibrugarh (d) Delhi
  5. 5.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Bihar (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) West Bengal
  7. 7.True or false: Shillong is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Mahanadi (c) Jhelum (d) Yamuna
  9. 9.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Lucknow (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Imphal (d) Mumbai
  10. 10.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Sikkim. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Sabarmati (c) Ganga (d) Godavari
  12. 12.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Yamuna (c) Jhelum (d) Tapi
  13. 13.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Tapi (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  14. 14.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏞️ Mathura lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
  16. 16.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
  17. 17.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Andes (c) the Rockies (d) the Alps
  19. 19.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Jharkhand (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
  21. 21.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Tripura (d) Telangana
  23. 23.True or false: Agra lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Sabarmati (d) Godavari
  25. 25.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Gomti. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Gangotri (c) Zemu (d) Pindari
  28. 28.True or false: Imphal is the capital of Manipur. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Delhi lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Nashik lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Kolkata (b) Hyderabad (c) Aizawl (d) Gandhinagar
  34. 34.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Rajasthan (c) Telangana (d) Bihar
  35. 35.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Kohima (d) Chennai
  36. 36.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
  38. 38.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Patna (b) Imphal (c) Dispur (d) Lucknow
  39. 39.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra
  40. 40.🏛️ Hyderabad is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Jharkhand (c) Telangana (d) Karnataka

Answer key

  1. Arabian Sea
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Haridwar
  5. True
  6. West Bengal
  7. False
  8. Ganga
  9. Thiruvananthapuram
  10. False
  11. Ganga
  12. Jhelum
  13. Ganga
  14. False
  15. Yamuna
  16. Rajasthan
  17. True
  18. the Himalayas
  19. False
  20. Jharkhand
  21. True
  22. Uttar Pradesh
  23. False
  24. Ganga
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Gangotri
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Aizawl
  34. Tamil Nadu
  35. Chennai
  36. True
  37. Mahanadi
  38. Lucknow
  39. Goa
  40. Telangana

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