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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 956 · 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 of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Kanpur (c) Varanasi (d) Haridwar
  2. 2.🏞️ Surat lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Jhelum (c) Narmada (d) Tapi
  3. 3.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Kanpur (b) Surat (c) Varanasi (d) Srinagar
  4. 4.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling (c) Kanyakumari (d) Leh
  5. 5.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Mathura (b) Ahmedabad (c) Kanpur (d) Dibrugarh
  7. 7.🏛️ Lucknow is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Assam (d) Goa
  8. 8.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Mizoram. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Sikkim (b) Goa (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Nashik (b) Lucknow (c) Haridwar (d) Guwahati
  11. 11.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Gomti (b) Ganga (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  12. 12.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Tapi (c) Brahmaputra (d) Ganga
  13. 13.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Nagaland (b) Meghalaya (c) Gujarat (d) Sikkim
  14. 14.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Bengaluru (b) Aizawl (c) Itanagar (d) Mumbai
  15. 15.🏛️ Itanagar is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Nagaland (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
  16. 16.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Mumbai (b) Jaipur (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Ranchi
  18. 18.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Lucknow (c) Kanpur (d) Srinagar
  21. 21.What is the capital of West Bengal? (a) Kolkata (b) Patna (c) Hyderabad (d) Bengaluru
  22. 22.🏛️ Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Kerala (c) Jharkhand (d) Tripura
  23. 23.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Goa (d) Rajasthan
  24. 24.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Ranchi (b) Jaipur (c) Itanagar (d) Mumbai
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Mathura (b) Surat (c) Ahmedabad (d) Guwahati
  27. 27.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Meghalaya (c) Rajasthan (d) Nagaland
  28. 28.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Imphal (b) Agartala (c) Aizawl (d) Mumbai
  29. 29.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Chennai (b) Ranchi (c) Jaipur (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  30. 30.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Godavari. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Arunachal Pradesh
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Haridwar (b) Surat (c) Ahmedabad (d) Nashik
  33. 33.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Kohima (c) Patna (d) Lucknow
  34. 34.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Mathura lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Chennai (b) Ranchi (c) Lucknow (d) Bengaluru
  38. 38.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Arabian Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  40. 40.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Lucknow
  2. Tapi
  3. Surat
  4. Kanyakumari
  5. False
  6. Kanpur
  7. Uttar Pradesh
  8. False
  9. Rajasthan
  10. Haridwar
  11. Ganga
  12. Brahmaputra
  13. Meghalaya
  14. Itanagar
  15. Arunachal Pradesh
  16. True
  17. Ranchi
  18. False
  19. Rajasthan
  20. Srinagar
  21. Kolkata
  22. Kerala
  23. Goa
  24. False
  25. Jaipur
  26. Guwahati
  27. Maharashtra
  28. Agartala
  29. Thiruvananthapuram
  30. False
  31. Odisha
  32. Ahmedabad
  33. Lucknow
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Bengaluru
  38. False
  39. Bay of Bengal
  40. True

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