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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 968 · 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.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  3. 3.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Kerala (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
  5. 5.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Darjeeling (b) Kanyakumari (c) Shimla (d) Leh
  6. 6.True or false: Mathura lies on the Yamuna. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Goa (d) Uttar Pradesh
  8. 8.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) Rajasthan (b) Mizoram (c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka
  9. 9.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Bihar (c) Karnataka (d) Rajasthan
  10. 10.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Gangtok (b) Hyderabad (c) Mumbai (d) Shillong
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Guwahati (b) Nashik (c) Lucknow (d) Dibrugarh
  13. 13.🏛️ Shillong is the capital of which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Telangana (c) Meghalaya (d) Manipur
  14. 14.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Telangana (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Tripura (d) Goa
  15. 15.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Surat (b) Jabalpur (c) Nashik (d) Srinagar
  16. 16.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What is the capital of Karnataka? (a) Bengaluru (b) Jaipur (c) Imphal (d) Lucknow
  18. 18.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Jhelum
  19. 19.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Kolkata (b) Dispur (c) Agartala (d) Kohima
  20. 20.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  21. 21.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Gomti
  22. 22.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Jabalpur (b) Dibrugarh (c) Agra (d) Srinagar
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Surat (b) Agra (c) Ahmedabad (d) Dibrugarh
  27. 27.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Imphal (b) Gangtok (c) Jaipur (d) Chennai
  28. 28.True or false: Haridwar lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Guwahati (b) Jabalpur (c) Surat (d) Delhi
  30. 30.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Alps (b) the Himalayas (c) the Andes (d) the Rockies
  32. 32.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Telangana (c) Tripura (d) West Bengal
  33. 33.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Arabian Sea (b) Red Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Bay of Bengal
  35. 35.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏞️ Patna lies on the banks of which river? (a) Brahmaputra (b) Sabarmati (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
  38. 38.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Jhelum (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  39. 39.True or false: Cuttack lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Brahmaputra (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Great Indian Desert
  3. True
  4. West Bengal
  5. Kanyakumari
  6. True
  7. Goa
  8. Maharashtra
  9. Karnataka
  10. False
  11. Hyderabad
  12. Lucknow
  13. Meghalaya
  14. Goa
  15. Srinagar
  16. False
  17. Bengaluru
  18. Ganga
  19. Kohima
  20. Indian Ocean
  21. Yamuna
  22. True
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Agra
  26. Dibrugarh
  27. Chennai
  28. False
  29. Jabalpur
  30. True
  31. the Himalayas
  32. Tripura
  33. False
  34. Arabian Sea
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Ganga
  38. Gomti
  39. False
  40. Brahmaputra

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