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A) Bangladesh B) Nepal C) China D) India
A) Rocky B) Himalayas C) Andes D) Alps
A) Kolkata B) Varanasi C) Dhaka D) Delhi
A) Overfishing B) Climate change C) Deforestation D) Pollution
A) Everest B) K2 C) Annapurna D) Gangotri
A) Godavari B) Yamuna C) Brahmaputra D) Ganga
A) Varanasi B) Mumbai C) Delhi D) Jaipur
A) Diwali B) Navratri C) Ganga Dussehra D) Holi
A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Akbar the Great C) Ashoka the Great D) Bhagiratha
A) Jamuna B) Meghna C) Padma D) Brahmaputra
A) The Bhagirathi B) The Son C) The Yamuna D) The Alaknanda
A) Devprayag, Uttarakhand B) Haridwar, Uttarakhand C) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh D) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
A) The Ramganga River B) The Ghaghara River C) The Yamuna River D) The Son River
A) The Son River B) The Yamuna River C) The Ghaghara (Karnali) River D) The Kosi River
A) The Meghna River B) The Jamuna River C) The Surma River D) The Padma River
A) The Ganges Delta B) The Hooghly River C) The Bengal Fan D) The Sundarbans
A) 75% B) 50% C) 100% D) 25%
A) The Nile River System B) The Mekong River System C) The Yangtze River System D) The Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna system
A) 5,000 kilometers (3,107 miles) B) 4,500 kilometers (2,796 miles) C) 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) D) 2,525 kilometers (1,569 miles)
A) Patna B) Kanpur C) Mumbai D) Varanasi
A) Snow leopard B) Bengal tiger C) Indian elephant D) South Asian river dolphin
A) 300 species B) 200 species C) 140 species D) 50 species
A) Meghna B) Jamuna C) Bhāgirathi-Hooghly D) Padma
A) Haridwar B) Kanpur C) Varanasi D) Prayagraj (Allahabad)
A) The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly River B) The Yamuna River C) The Son River D) The Ghaghara River
A) 800 kilometers (497 miles) B) 600 kilometers (373 miles) C) 400 kilometers (250 miles) D) 200 kilometers (124 miles)
A) Chittagong B) Sagar Island C) Kolkata D) Dhaka
A) Eurasian Plate B) Indian tectonic plate C) African Plate D) Pacific Plate
A) Pangaea B) Rodinia C) Gondwana D) Laurasia
A) Seventy-five million years B) One hundred million years C) Fifty million years D) Thirty million years
A) Plateau B) Volcanic arc C) Canyon D) Foredeep or foreland basin
A) Indian Ocean B) Arctic Ocean C) Pacific Ocean D) Atlantic Ocean
A) Erosion by rivers B) Meteor impact C) Plate movement D) Volcanic activity
A) Subduction under the Eurasian Plate B) Creation of the Indo-Gangetic Plain C) Northeastward drift across the then unformed Indian Ocean D) Formation of the Himalayas
A) The Indian tectonic plate is a minor plate within it B) It created the Indo-Gangetic Plain C) It collided with the Eurasian Plate D) It formed the Himalayas
A) About 60% B) About 90% C) About 50% D) About 80%
A) The Transhimalaya B) The Aravalli range C) The Vindhya range D) The Himalayas
A) Lhotse B) K2 C) Kangchenjunga D) Mount Everest
A) The Padma River B) The Adi Ganga C) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary D) The Jamuna River
A) Human intervention B) An earthquake C) A great flood D) Drought conditions
A) Egypt B) Rome C) Gangaridai D) Persia
A) Lhotse B) Makalu C) Kangchenjunga D) Mount Everest
A) Indra's B) Shiva's C) Vishnu's D) Brahma's
A) Dhritarashtra B) Bhishma C) Pandu D) Shantanu
A) Lissemys punctata B) Pangshura smithii C) Morenia petersi D) Batagur baska
A) Nataraja B) Mahadeva C) Trimurti D) Gangadhara
A) Vasco da Gama B) Christopher Columbus C) The Greek envoy Megasthenes D) Marco Polo
A) Megasthenes B) Kautilya (Chanakya) C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq D) Shah Jahan
A) Vedic Period B) British Colonial Era C) Modern Age (1500 – Present) D) Classical and Medieval Age (200 BCE – 1500 CE)
A) They always wear saffron sheets B) They only participate in religious discussions C) Some may not wear any clothes. D) They avoid ritual bathing
A) Nilssonia gangetica B) Pangshura tecta C) Melanochelys trijuga D) Geoclemys hamiltonii
A) 1842 B) 1839 C) 1854 D) 1836
A) Chitra indica B) Melanochelys trijuga C) Batagur kachuga D) Pangshura smithii
A) By the 11th century. B) By the 5th century. C) By the 9th century. D) By the 7th century.
A) Hooghly River Dam B) Ganges Canal C) Yamuna Flood Control System D) Farakka Barrage
A) Oak trees B) Maple trees C) Pine trees D) Bombax ceiba
A) Bihar B) Uttarakhand C) West Bengal D) Kerala
A) Vishnu B) Shiva C) Indra D) The sixty thousand sons of King Sagara.
A) 143 B) 175 C) 100 D) 250
A) Crocodylus palustris B) Pelochelys cantorii C) Batagur baska D) Nilssonia hurum
A) Geoclemys hamiltonii B) Melanochelys trijuga C) Morenia petersi D) Pangshura smithii
A) 85% B) 50% C) 75% D) More than 95%
A) The Northeast Monsoon B) The Southwest Monsoon C) Summer D) Winter
A) Indra B) Brahma C) Shiva, who receives her in his tangled hair. D) Vishnu
A) Krishna B) Narasimha C) Rama D) Vamana.
A) Morenia petersi B) Nilssonia gangetica C) Chitra indica D) Pangshura smithii
A) Islamic Caliphate B) British Colonial Rule C) Kulinism social structure D) Mughal Administration
A) Indra B) Vishnu C) Dhruva, once a steadfast worshipper of Vishnu. D) Brahma
A) The Mauryan Empire B) The British Empire C) The Gupta Empire D) The Mughal Empire
A) Schilbeidae B) Bagridae C) Cyprinidae D) Clupeidae
A) Freshwater swamp ecoregion B) Tropical rainforest ecoregion C) Temperate forest ecoregion D) Desert ecoregion
A) The Meghna River B) The Jamuna River C) The Adi Ganga D) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly
A) Batagur dhongoka B) Batagur baska C) Geoclemys hamiltonii D) Pangshura tentoria
A) Patna B) Rishikesh C) Varanasi D) Kanpur
A) Haridwar B) Rishikesh C) Varanasi D) Prayagraj
A) Delhi B) Haridwar C) Varanasi D) Gauḍa
A) The Odyssey B) The Histories C) Geographia D) Indica
A) Vishnupadi. B) Apsara C) Indrapani D) Soma
A) A shield and spear. B) A sacred scripture. C) A cosmetic bag. D) A musical instrument.
A) Batagur baska B) B. dhongoka C) Pangshura tecta D) Nilssonia hurum
A) Lissemys punctata B) Melanochelys trijuga C) Nilssonia gangetica D) Hardella thurjii
A) Pangshura smithii B) Nilssonia gangetica C) Chitra indica D) Pelochelys cantorii
A) Orion's Belt B) Andromeda C) The Milky Way. D) Ursa Major
A) As a recreational area B) As a primary source of drinking water C) As a trade route to Europe D) As both a strategic barrier and a logistics corridor
A) 480 km (300 mi) B) 240 km (150 mi) C) 560 km (350 mi) D) 700 km (435 mi)
A) Teak trees B) Sundarbands mangroves (Heritiera fomes) C) Deodar trees D) Banyan trees
A) Morenia petersi B) Pangshura smithii C) Lissemys punctata D) Chitra indica
A) Brahma B) Shiva C) Indra, the Lord of Svarga (Heaven) D) Vishnu
A) Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) B) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) C) Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) D) Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
A) Climate change B) Overfishing C) Predation by birds D) Natural disasters
A) Schilbeidae B) Sisoridae C) Balitoridae D) Clupeidae
A) Catla (Catla catla) B) Milkfish (Chanos chanos) C) Rohu (Labeo rohita) D) Goonch catfish (Bagarius)
A) Eastern Himalayas B) Sundarbans area C) Rajasthan desert D) Western Ghats
A) Morenia petersi B) Geoclemys hamiltonii C) Hardella thurjii D) Pangshura tecta
A) 30 December 1996 B) 21 April 1975 C) 15 August 1969 D) 1 January 1980
A) Col. John Russell Colvin B) Sir Proby Thomas Cautley C) Ian Stone D) Lord Dalhousie
A) Trade tariffs on silk B) Revenue from mining operations C) Tribute from Southeast Asia D) Control over the Doab
A) They are banished from heaven B) They become celestial beings C) They are seared with his angry gaze, reduced to ashes. D) They are turned into stones
A) Col. John Russell Colvin B) Kautilya (Chanakya) C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq D) Shah Jahan
A) At Ganges Sagar B) In Varanasi C) At Haridwar. D) At Prayag |