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