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