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