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