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Class 4 GK Worksheet: States and Capitals

GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 959 · 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 Tamil Nadu? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Gandhinagar (c) Ranchi (d) Chennai
  2. 2.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Godavari (d) Sabarmati
  3. 3.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Andes (b) the Alps (c) the Himalayas (d) the Rockies
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Patna (b) Lucknow (c) Haridwar (d) Dibrugarh
  5. 5.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Hyderabad (b) Chennai (c) Shillong (d) Bengaluru
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Tapi? (a) Kanpur (b) Delhi (c) Guwahati (d) Surat
  8. 8.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Guwahati (b) Jabalpur (c) Srinagar (d) Agra
  9. 9.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Godavari. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Pindari (c) Zemu (d) Gangotri
  11. 11.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Sikkim (c) Maharashtra (d) Odisha
  12. 12.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Godavari (c) Jhelum (d) Ganga
  13. 13.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Black Sea (d) Red Sea
  14. 14.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  15. 15.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
  17. 17.What is the capital of Gujarat? (a) Mumbai (b) Gandhinagar (c) Ranchi (d) Patna
  18. 18.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Tripura (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Manipur
  19. 19.🏞️ Srinagar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Gomti (c) Mahanadi (d) Yamuna
  20. 20.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏞️ Cuttack lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Sabarmati (d) Tapi
  23. 23.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Godavari (b) Sabarmati (c) Gomti (d) Tapi
  25. 25.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Bengaluru (b) Mumbai (c) Ranchi (d) Shillong
  26. 26.True or false: Lucknow lies on the Gomti. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Mahanadi (c) Ganga (d) Brahmaputra
  28. 28.🏞️ Guwahati lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Narmada
  29. 29.What is the capital of Sikkim? (a) Lucknow (b) Ranchi (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Gangtok
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Srinagar (b) Kanpur (c) Delhi (d) Cuttack
  31. 31.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Jaipur (b) Dispur (c) Lucknow (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  32. 32.🏞️ Jabalpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Tapi (d) Godavari
  33. 33.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Jharkhand
  35. 35.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Kerala (b) Assam (c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
  36. 36.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Rajasthan (c) Jharkhand (d) Tamil Nadu
  37. 37.What is the capital of Odisha? (a) Patna (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Shillong (d) Itanagar
  38. 38.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  39. 39.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  40. 40.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Chennai
  2. Ganga
  3. the Himalayas
  4. Lucknow
  5. True
  6. Bengaluru
  7. Surat
  8. Guwahati
  9. False
  10. Gangotri
  11. Odisha
  12. Ganga
  13. Arabian Sea
  14. Yamuna
  15. True
  16. Indian Ocean
  17. Gandhinagar
  18. Manipur
  19. Jhelum
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Mahanadi
  23. False
  24. Sabarmati
  25. Ranchi
  26. True
  27. Brahmaputra
  28. Brahmaputra
  29. Gangtok
  30. Srinagar
  31. Thiruvananthapuram
  32. Narmada
  33. True
  34. Maharashtra
  35. Rajasthan
  36. Jharkhand
  37. Bhubaneswar
  38. Ganga
  39. Great Indian Desert
  40. False

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