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