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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 944 · 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 Gujarat? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Imphal (c) Patna (d) Jaipur
  2. 2.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  3. 3.🏛️ Gangtok is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Goa (d) Sikkim
  4. 4.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Mahanadi (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  5. 5.What is the capital of Goa? (a) Chennai (b) Panaji (c) Agartala (d) Gandhinagar
  6. 6.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Jaipur (b) Gandhinagar (c) Gangtok (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  8. 8.🏛️ Chennai is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Gujarat (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Madhya Pradesh
  9. 9.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
  10. 10.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Godavari (c) Tapi (d) Gomti
  11. 11.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Agra lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Karnataka (c) Mizoram (d) Gujarat
  14. 14.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Patna (b) Bengaluru (c) Shillong (d) Chennai
  15. 15.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Meghalaya (c) Maharashtra (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  16. 16.True or false: Dispur is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Kanpur (b) Surat (c) Lucknow (d) Ahmedabad
  18. 18.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Yamuna (c) Narmada (d) Mahanadi
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Mathura (c) Cuttack (d) Kanpur
  20. 20.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  21. 21.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Tripura. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Hyderabad (b) Gandhinagar (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Mumbai
  23. 23.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Rockies (b) the Andes (c) the Himalayas (d) the Alps
  24. 24.True or false: Dibrugarh lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Karnataka (c) Odisha (d) Meghalaya
  27. 27.True or false: Agartala is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Chennai (b) Aizawl (c) Agartala (d) Bhopal
  29. 29.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Panaji (b) Lucknow (c) Bhopal (d) Kolkata
  30. 30.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Guwahati (b) Dibrugarh (c) Varanasi (d) Delhi
  32. 32.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra (c) Assam (d) Bihar
  33. 33.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
  34. 34.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Patna (c) Kanpur (d) Ahmedabad
  35. 35.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Tripura. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What is the capital of Mizoram? (a) Kohima (b) Aizawl (c) Mumbai (d) Panaji
  37. 37.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Godavari (c) Brahmaputra (d) Jhelum
  38. 38.True or false: Patna lies on the Tapi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Sabarmati (d) Godavari
  40. 40.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Gandhinagar
  2. Great Indian Desert
  3. Sikkim
  4. Ganga
  5. Panaji
  6. True
  7. Thiruvananthapuram
  8. Tamil Nadu
  9. Tripura
  10. Tapi
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Mizoram
  14. Chennai
  15. Arunachal Pradesh
  16. False
  17. Lucknow
  18. Narmada
  19. Cuttack
  20. Arabian Sea
  21. True
  22. Mumbai
  23. the Himalayas
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Karnataka
  27. False
  28. Bhopal
  29. Kolkata
  30. True
  31. Varanasi
  32. Maharashtra
  33. Ganga
  34. Ahmedabad
  35. False
  36. Aizawl
  37. Brahmaputra
  38. False
  39. Godavari
  40. False

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