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