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GK lesson 19: India: states, capitals and rivers · Set 986 · 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.🏛️ Aizawl is the capital of which state? (a) Mizoram (b) Sikkim (c) Meghalaya (d) Goa
  2. 2.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏞️ Agra lies on the banks of which river? (a) Yamuna (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Jhelum
  4. 4.🏞️ Lucknow lies on the banks of which river? (a) Tapi (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Gomti
  5. 5.What is the capital of Kerala? (a) Jaipur (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Dispur (d) Hyderabad
  6. 6.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Assam. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧊 The Ganga starts from which glacier? (a) Zemu (b) Siachen (c) Gangotri (d) Pindari
  8. 8.🏞️ Delhi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Godavari
  9. 9.🏞️ Haridwar lies on the banks of which river? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) Jhelum
  10. 10.🏛️ Kohima is the capital of which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Jharkhand (c) West Bengal (d) Nagaland
  11. 11.🌊 Which ocean lies to the south of India? (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Indian Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
  12. 12.Which of these cities lies on the Godavari? (a) Cuttack (b) Kanpur (c) Nashik (d) Haridwar
  13. 13.🌊 Which sea lies to the west of India? (a) Black Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Arabian Sea (d) Red Sea
  14. 14.True or false: Nashik lies on the Brahmaputra. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏛️ Agartala is the capital of which state? (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura (c) Nagaland (d) Uttar Pradesh
  16. 16.Which of these cities lies on the Narmada? (a) Dibrugarh (b) Srinagar (c) Jabalpur (d) Guwahati
  17. 17.🌊 Which bay lies to the east of India? (a) Dead Sea (b) Bay of Bengal (c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
  18. 18.🏞️ Nashik lies on the banks of which river? (a) Mahanadi (b) Tapi (c) Jhelum (d) Godavari
  19. 19.True or false: Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Varanasi lies on the Ganga. (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) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Mahanadi (d) Godavari
  23. 23.True or false: Bhubaneswar is the capital of Mizoram. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Narmada. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these cities lies on the Jhelum? (a) Nashik (b) Dibrugarh (c) Agra (d) Srinagar
  27. 27.🏞️ Varanasi lies on the banks of which river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Gomti (c) Ganga (d) Godavari
  28. 28.🏛️ Kolkata is the capital of which state? (a) Sikkim (b) Tamil Nadu (c) West Bengal (d) Kerala
  29. 29.🏞️ Dibrugarh lies on the banks of which river? (a) Gomti (b) Yamuna (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi
  30. 30.True or false: Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these cities lies on the Sabarmati? (a) Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) Patna (d) Ahmedabad
  32. 32.Which of these cities lies on the Gomti? (a) Lucknow (b) Nashik (c) Delhi (d) Agra
  33. 33.What is the capital of Tripura? (a) Ranchi (b) Hyderabad (c) Aizawl (d) Agartala
  34. 34.True or false: Jabalpur lies on the Mahanadi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏛️ Bhubaneswar is the capital of which state? (a) Kerala (b) Odisha (c) Meghalaya (d) Nagaland
  36. 36.What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Shillong (c) Jaipur (d) Panaji
  37. 37.🏜️ What is the Thar Desert also called? (a) Cold Desert (b) Gobi Desert (c) Sahara Desert (d) Great Indian Desert
  38. 38.🗺️ Which is the largest state of India by area? (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Sikkim
  39. 39.What is the capital of Maharashtra? (a) Itanagar (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Mumbai (d) Jaipur
  40. 40.🏞️ Ahmedabad lies on the banks of which river? (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Sabarmati (d) Yamuna

Answer key

  1. Mizoram
  2. False
  3. Yamuna
  4. Gomti
  5. Thiruvananthapuram
  6. False
  7. Gangotri
  8. Yamuna
  9. Ganga
  10. Nagaland
  11. Indian Ocean
  12. Nashik
  13. Arabian Sea
  14. False
  15. Tripura
  16. Jabalpur
  17. Bay of Bengal
  18. Godavari
  19. True
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Mahanadi
  23. False
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Srinagar
  27. Ganga
  28. West Bengal
  29. Brahmaputra
  30. True
  31. Ahmedabad
  32. Lucknow
  33. Agartala
  34. False
  35. Odisha
  36. Shillong
  37. Great Indian Desert
  38. Rajasthan
  39. Mumbai
  40. Sabarmati

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