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A) Delhi B) Kolkata C) Mumbai D) Varanasi
A) Kali B) Ganga C) Durga D) Parvati
A) Bihar B) Madhya Pradesh C) Uttar Pradesh D) West Bengal
A) Indian Elephant B) Ganges River Dolphin C) Bengal Tiger D) One-horned Rhino
A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Yangtze River D) Indus River
A) Buddhism B) Christianity C) Islam D) Hinduism
A) Kumbh Mela B) Diwali C) Holi D) Navratri
A) India B) Bangladesh C) Bhutan D) Nepal
A) Kanpur B) Prayagraj C) Haridwar D) Varanasi
A) Padma B) Jumuna C) Meghna D) Brahmaputra
A) Okavango Delta B) Everglades C) Sundarbans D) Pantanal
A) Himalayas B) Eastern Ghats C) Vindhya Range D) Western Ghats
A) Brahmaputra B) Yamuna C) Indus D) Saraswati
A) Near Varanasi B) In the Bay of Bengal C) At Gangotri Glacier D) At Devprayag, at the confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers
A) Alaknanda B) Gomti C) Bhagirathi D) Yamuna
A) 3,500 kilometers B) 1,800 kilometers C) 2,525 kilometers (1,569 miles) D) 4,000 kilometers
A) Varanasi B) Haridwar C) Rishikesh D) Prayagraj
A) Yamuna B) Son C) Kosi D) Ghaghara (Karnali)
A) Amazon Fan B) Congo Fan C) Bengal Fan D) Nile Fan
A) Industrial discharge B) High levels of fecal coliform bacteria from human waste C) Oil spills D) Agricultural runoff
A) 495 m3/s B) 187 m3/s C) 234 m3/s D) About 2,948 m3/s (104,100 cu ft/s)
A) Antarctic Plate B) Indian tectonic plate C) Eurasian Plate D) Pacific Plate
A) Pangaea B) Rodinia C) Gondwana D) Laurasia
A) One hundred million years B) Fifty million years C) Seventy-five million years D) Thirty million years
A) Plateau B) Volcanic arc C) Foredeep or foreland basin D) Mountain range
A) A volcanic island B) A plateau C) An ocean trench D) A vast trough
A) Thirty million years ago B) Seventy-five million years ago C) Fifty million years ago D) One hundred million years ago
A) Pacific Ocean B) Atlantic Ocean C) Indian Ocean D) Arctic Ocean
A) Bangladesh B) Nepal C) India D) China
A) Meghna River B) Padma River C) Jamuna River D) Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary
A) Yamuna B) Meghna C) Ganges D) Brahmaputra
A) Mount Everest B) Makalu C) Kangchenjunga D) Lhotse
A) After the 16th century B) In the 20th century C) During the 18th century D) Before the 12th century
A) Lhotse B) Mount Everest C) Kanchenjunga D) Makalu
A) Mauryan Empire B) Late Vedic period C) Bronze Age D) Iron Age
A) Rajgir B) Varanasi C) Pataliputra D) Patna
A) Pliny the Elder B) Megasthenes C) Alexander the Great D) Herodotus
A) British Empire B) Mauryan Empire C) Gupta Empire D) Mughal Empire
A) 30 stadia B) 40 stadia C) 20 stadia D) 50 stadia
A) Ganga Civilization B) Vedic Civilization C) Mauryan Civilization D) Indus Valley Civilisation
A) Lack of sunlight B) Predation by birds C) Overfishing D) Natural disasters
A) Geoclemys hamiltonii B) Nilssonia gangetica C) Batagur baska D) Pangshura tentoria
A) Nilssonia gangetica B) Chitra indica C) Morenia petersi D) Pangshura smithii
A) Sita B) Parvati C) Radha D) Lakshmi
A) Clupea, Bagrus, Chanoides B) Cyprinus, Silurus, Percoides C) Labeo, Notopterus, Chanidae D) Schizothorax, Tor, Barilius, Nemacheilus, Glyptothorax
A) Melanochelys trijuga B) Pangshura smithii C) Hardella thurjii D) Batagur dhongoka
A) Batagur kachuga B) Morenia petersi C) Melanochelys trijuga D) Pangshura tecta
A) 46% B) More than 55% C) 15.6% D) 80%
A) Lord Krishna B) Brahma C) The war-god Skanda D) Rama
A) Nilssonia gangetica B) Lissemys punctata C) Chitra indica D) Pangshura tecta
A) Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) B) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) C) Nile crocodile D) Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
A) Indra B) Shiva C) Vishvakarma D) Brahma
A) Indra, Agni, Yama B) Kubera, Surya, Chandra C) Rudra, Varuna, Vayu D) Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
A) 143 B) 10 C) 55 D) 350
A) Batagur dhongoka B) Nilssonia hurum C) Lissemys punctata D) Pangshura smithii
A) Gauḍa B) Haridwar C) Varanasi D) Delhi
A) Balitoridae B) Cyprinidae C) Sisoridae D) Schilbeidae
A) A Buddhist monk B) Jagannatha, a 17th-century poet C) An anonymous ancient sage D) A modern-day writer
A) Kapila B) Bhagiratha C) Vishnu D) Indra
A) Three B) Five C) Ten D) Seven
A) Geoclemys hamiltonii B) Pelochelys cantorii C) Pangshura tentoria D) Nilssonia hurum
A) Vamana B) Narasimha C) Krishna D) Rama
A) Thriving in protected areas B) Endangered but stable C) Likely extinct D) Critically endangered with increasing numbers
A) One percent B) Ten percent C) Five percent D) Three percent
A) Tor putitora B) Clarias batrachus C) Catla catla D) Labeo rohita
A) Kautilya (Chanakya) B) Firuz Shah Tughlaq C) Shah Jahan D) Megasthenes
A) The person shall dwell honoured in heaven. B) Their soul is trapped between worlds. C) They are reborn as an animal. D) They become a guardian spirit of the river.
A) 21 April 1975 B) 1 January 1980 C) 26 December 1996 D) 15 August 1947
A) Geoclemys hamiltonii B) Nilssonia hurum C) Lissemys punctata D) Pangshura tentoria
A) Pangshura tecta B) Chitra indica C) Batagur dhongoka D) Melanochelys trijuga
A) Drona B) Kripacharya C) Bhishma D) Vidura
A) Ganges Sagar (Ganges delta) B) Prayag C) Haridwar D) Varanasi
A) Soma B) Ganga C) Yamuna D) Vishnupadi
A) Their stance on the impact of climate change. B) The prediction that they might melt by 2035 C) The general findings on global warming. D) All statements related to climate change.
A) To prevent flooding B) To generate hydroelectric power C) To divert water for irrigation D) For navigation purposes
A) Moon-shaped B) Star-shaped C) Sun-shaped D) Lotus-shaped
A) Udayagiri Caves B) Dashavatara Temple C) Trimurti Temple D) Lakshmaneshwar Temple
A) They are believed to be reborn as a deity. B) It marks the end of their spiritual journey. C) Their ashes become part of the Ganges' sacred waters. D) Those who die there are granted instant salvation.
A) American alligator B) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) C) Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) D) Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
A) Shantanu B) Dhritarashtra C) Pandu D) Karna
A) Bactrians B) Persians C) Scythians D) Gangaridai
A) Chitra indica B) Pelochelys cantorii C) Nilssonia gangetica D) Morenia petersi
A) An eternal flame B) A silent observer C) A static form of divinity D) The moving, restless, rolling energy (shakti)
A) Brahma on Mount Meru B) Dhruva, now fixed as the Pole star C) Vishnu in his celestial abode D) Shiva on Mount Kailash
A) Batagur kachuga B) Morenia petersi C) Pangshura tecta D) Chitra indica
A) Hand B) Head C) Foot D) Heart
A) King Ashoka. B) Lord Shiva. C) Gautama Buddha. D) The sage Gautama.
A) Akbar B) Shah Jahan C) Aurangzeb D) Jahangir
A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Hardinge C) Lord Auckland D) Lord Ellenborough
A) Glyptothorax B) Nemacheilus C) Schizothorax D) Catla (Catla catla)
A) Indra descends to earth as an avatar B) Indra builds a bridge to heaven C) Indra creates a new star D) Indra slays the celestial serpent, Vritra
A) Drought B) Fecundity C) Aridness D) Desertification
A) Sisoridae B) Clupeidae C) Balitoridae D) Schilbeidae
A) Lord Hardinge B) Lord Ellenborough C) Lord Auckland D) Lord Dalhousie
A) Sal (Shorea robusta) B) Neem C) Bombax ceiba D) Teak
A) Pangshura tentoria B) Hardella thurjii C) Batagur baska D) Nilssonia gangetica
A) Prayag B) Haridwar C) Varanasi D) Ganges Sagar
A) Nilssonia hurum B) Pangshura smithii C) Lissemys punctata D) Batagur baska
A) Chitra indica B) Hardella thurjii C) Batagur baska D) Pangshura smithii
A) James Thomason B) Sir Proby Thomas Cautley C) Lord Ellenborough D) Col. John Russell Colvin |