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