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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 98 · 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: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Assam (b) Gujarat (c) Goa (d) Manipur
  3. 3.True or false: Patna lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these cities lies on the Yamuna? (a) Patna (b) Srinagar (c) Agra (d) Dibrugarh
  5. 5.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
  6. 6.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Karnataka (d) Odisha
  8. 8.What is the capital of Telangana? (a) Hyderabad (b) Chennai (c) Lucknow (d) Kohima
  9. 9.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Goa. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Varanasi (b) Srinagar (c) Jabalpur (d) Mathura
  11. 11.🏛️ Bengaluru is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Karnataka (c) Goa (d) Madhya Pradesh
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Ganga? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Agra (c) Haridwar (d) Nashik
  13. 13.True or false: Patna is the capital of Bihar. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Agra lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  16. 16.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Rockies (c) the Andes (d) the Alps
  17. 17.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Sabarmati (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Tapi
  18. 18.True or false: Lucknow is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Varanasi (b) Jabalpur (c) Nashik (d) Srinagar
  20. 20.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Srinagar (b) Kanpur (c) Nashik (d) Lucknow
  21. 21.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Shimla (b) Kanyakumari (c) Leh (d) Darjeeling
  22. 22.What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Kolkata (b) Gangtok (c) Lucknow (d) Imphal
  23. 23.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Red Sea
  24. 24.True or false: Surat lies on the Narmada. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Bhubaneswar (c) Chennai (d) Shillong
  26. 26.What is the capital of Bihar? (a) Kohima (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Bengaluru (d) Patna
  27. 27.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Tapi
  28. 28.True or false: Guwahati lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Aizawl is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Jhelum (c) Ganga (d) Tapi
  31. 31.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Sahara Desert (b) Cold Desert (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Gobi Desert
  32. 32.What is the capital of Jharkhand? (a) Bhopal (b) Ranchi (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  33. 33.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Mahanadi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Chennai (b) Itanagar (c) Patna (d) Shillong
  35. 35.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Gomti (d) Ganga
  36. 36.True or false: Chennai is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Pindari (c) Gangotri (d) Siachen
  38. 38.What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Hyderabad (b) Lucknow (c) Aizawl (d) Gandhinagar
  39. 39.What is the capital of Tamil Nadu? (a) Imphal (b) Lucknow (c) Itanagar (d) Chennai
  40. 40.🗺️ Which is the smallest state of India by area? (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Goa

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Manipur
  3. False
  4. Agra
  5. Ganga
  6. False
  7. Rajasthan
  8. Hyderabad
  9. False
  10. Varanasi
  11. Karnataka
  12. Haridwar
  13. True
  14. False
  15. Indian Ocean
  16. the Himalayas
  17. Ganga
  18. False
  19. Nashik
  20. Lucknow
  21. Kanyakumari
  22. Imphal
  23. Bay of Bengal
  24. False
  25. Thiruvananthapuram
  26. Patna
  27. Ganga
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Yamuna
  31. Great Indian Desert
  32. Ranchi
  33. False
  34. Shillong
  35. Ganga
  36. False
  37. Gangotri
  38. Lucknow
  39. Chennai
  40. Goa

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