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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 981 · 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 ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Arctic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  2. 2.True or false: Ahmedabad lies on the Sabarmati. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Kanpur lies on the Jhelum. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Bihar. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Jaipur is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Assam (c) Odisha (d) Sikkim
  7. 7.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Surat (b) Ahmedabad (c) Guwahati (d) Jabalpur
  8. 8.True or false: Surat lies on the Jhelum. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Siachen (b) Pindari (c) Gangotri (d) Zemu
  10. 10.What is the capital of Rajasthan? (a) Kohima (b) Itanagar (c) Bhopal (d) Jaipur
  11. 11.🏛️ Panaji is the capital of which state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Meghalaya (c) Goa (d) Bihar
  12. 12.🏔️ Which mountain range lies in the north of India? (a) the Himalayas (b) the Rockies (c) the Alps (d) the Andes
  13. 13.What is the capital of Nagaland? (a) Lucknow (b) Dispur (c) Kolkata (d) Kohima
  14. 14.What is the capital of Assam? (a) Kolkata (b) Dispur (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Patna
  15. 15.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Nagaland (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Mizoram
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Patna (b) Nashik (c) Surat (d) Srinagar
  17. 17.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Gobi Desert (b) Great Indian Desert (c) Cold Desert (d) Sahara Desert
  18. 18.True or false: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🐪 In which state is most of the Thar Desert? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Assam (d) Kerala
  20. 20.What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? (a) Shillong (b) Chennai (c) Itanagar (d) Mumbai
  21. 21.🏛️ Mumbai is the capital of which state? (a) West Bengal (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka
  22. 22.📍 Which place is at the southern tip of mainland India? (a) Leh (b) Kanyakumari (c) Shimla (d) Darjeeling
  23. 23.True or false: Agra lies on the Yamuna. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏛️ Ranchi is the capital of which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
  25. 25.True or false: Patna lies on the Ganga. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Lucknow (b) Jabalpur (c) Delhi (d) Varanasi
  28. 28.True or false: Panaji is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏛️ Imphal is the capital of which state? (a) Bihar (b) Telangana (c) Gujarat (d) Manipur
  30. 30.Which of these cities lies on the Brahmaputra? (a) Surat (b) Srinagar (c) Nashik (d) Guwahati
  31. 31.What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Panaji (b) Bhopal (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Lucknow
  32. 32.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Sikkim (d) Jharkhand
  33. 33.True or false: Surat lies on the Ganga. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏛️ Jaipur is the capital of which state? (a) Goa (b) Manipur (c) Rajasthan (d) Jharkhand
  35. 35.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Meghalaya. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏞️ Kanpur lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Jhelum (c) Ganga (d) Sabarmati
  37. 37.True or false: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏞️ Which is the longest river of India? (a) Ganga (b) Gomti (c) Tapi (d) Sabarmati
  39. 39.Which of these cities lies on the Mahanadi? (a) Mathura (b) Lucknow (c) Cuttack (d) Dibrugarh
  40. 40.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Red Sea (b) Arabian Sea (c) Black Sea (d) Bay of Bengal

Answer key

  1. Indian Ocean
  2. True
  3. False
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Odisha
  7. Ahmedabad
  8. False
  9. Gangotri
  10. Jaipur
  11. Goa
  12. the Himalayas
  13. Kohima
  14. Dispur
  15. Mizoram
  16. Nashik
  17. Great Indian Desert
  18. True
  19. Rajasthan
  20. Itanagar
  21. Maharashtra
  22. Kanyakumari
  23. True
  24. Jharkhand
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Jabalpur
  28. False
  29. Manipur
  30. Guwahati
  31. Bhopal
  32. West Bengal
  33. False
  34. Rajasthan
  35. False
  36. Ganga
  37. True
  38. Ganga
  39. Cuttack
  40. Arabian Sea

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