Ganges River - Exam
Ganges River
  • 1. In which country is the Ganges River located?
A) Nepal
B) China
C) Bangladesh
D) India
  • 2. Which mountain range is the source of the Ganges River?
A) Andes
B) Rocky
C) Alps
D) Himalayas
  • 3. Which city is located at the mouth of the Ganges River?
A) Kolkata
B) Varanasi
C) Dhaka
D) Delhi
  • 4. What is the major environmental issue facing the Ganges River?
A) Pollution
B) Deforestation
C) Overfishing
D) Climate change
  • 5. What is the highest peak in the Himalayas and serves as the source of the Ganges River?
A) Annapurna
B) Gangotri
C) Everest
D) K2
  • 6. What is the Ganges River known as in Hindi?
A) Brahmaputra
B) Godavari
C) Ganga
D) Yamuna
  • 7. Which city is often considered the spiritual capital of India due to its location on the Ganges River?
A) Jaipur
B) Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Varanasi
  • 8. What is the important festival associated with the Ganges River?
A) Navratri
B) Holi
C) Ganga Dussehra
D) Diwali
  • 9. Which historical figure is traditionally credited with performing the ritual that brought the Ganges River to Earth?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Bhagiratha
C) Akbar the Great
D) Ashoka the Great
  • 10. What is the name of the Ganges River when it enters Bangladesh?
A) Jamuna
B) Meghna
C) Padma
D) Brahmaputra
  • 11. Which river is considered the source stream in Hindu mythology for the Ganges?
A) The Son
B) The Bhagirathi
C) The Yamuna
D) The Alaknanda
  • 12. Where does the main stem of the Ganges begin at its confluence?
A) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
B) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
C) Devprayag, Uttarakhand
D) Haridwar, Uttarakhand
  • 13. Which river joins the Ganges at Prayagraj?
A) The Son River
B) The Ramganga River
C) The Ghaghara River
D) The Yamuna River
  • 14. What is the largest tributary of the Ganges by discharge?
A) The Son River
B) The Ghaghara (Karnali) River
C) The Kosi River
D) The Yamuna River
  • 15. Which river is the largest distributary of the Brahmaputra?
A) The Jamuna River
B) The Meghna River
C) The Surma River
D) The Padma River
  • 16. What is formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers?
A) The Ganges Delta
B) The Hooghly River
C) The Bengal Fan
D) The Sundarbans
  • 17. What percentage of its flow is diverted southwards by a feeder canal in West Bengal?
A) 100%
B) 25%
C) 75%
D) 50%
  • 18. Which river system has the second-largest discharge on earth after the Amazon and Congo?
A) The Nile River System
B) The Mekong River System
C) The Yangtze River System
D) The Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna system
  • 19. What is the length of the Ganges River?
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)
  • 20. Which of the following cities is not located on the banks of the Ganges?
A) Patna
B) Kanpur
C) Mumbai
D) Varanasi
  • 21. Which critically endangered species is found in the Ganges?
A) South Asian river dolphin
B) Bengal tiger
C) Snow leopard
D) Indian elephant
  • 22. What is the approximate number of fish species found in the Ganges?
A) 300 species
B) 140 species
C) 200 species
D) 50 species
  • 23. What is the name of the Ganges' largest distributary that eventually becomes the Hooghly River?
A) Padma
B) Jamuna
C) Meghna
D) Bhāgirathi-Hooghly
  • 24. Which city is located at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers?
A) Varanasi
B) Prayagraj (Allahabad)
C) Kanpur
D) Haridwar
  • 25. Which river joins the Ganges at Farakka, West Bengal?
A) The Yamuna River
B) The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly River
C) The Ghaghara River
D) The Son River
  • 26. What is the approximate length of the Ganges Delta?
A) 600 kilometers (373 miles)
B) 200 kilometers (124 miles)
C) 800 kilometers (497 miles)
D) 400 kilometers (250 miles)
  • 27. Which city is located at the end of the Ganges Delta?
A) Sagar Island
B) Kolkata
C) Chittagong
D) Dhaka
  • 28. Which tectonic plate does the Indian subcontinent lie atop?
A) Indian tectonic plate
B) African Plate
C) Pacific Plate
D) Eurasian Plate
  • 29. The Indian subcontinent was originally part of which supercontinent?
A) Rodinia
B) Gondwana
C) Pangaea
D) Laurasia
  • 30. How long did the northeastward drift of the Indian subcontinent last?
A) Thirty million years
B) Fifty million years
C) Seventy-five million years
D) One hundred million years
  • 31. What is the geological term for the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
A) Plateau
B) Canyon
C) Volcanic arc
D) Foredeep or foreland basin
  • 32. Which ocean was unformed when the Indian subcontinent began its drift?
A) Arctic Ocean
B) Atlantic Ocean
C) Indian Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
  • 33. What caused the creation of a vast trough south of the emerging Himalayas?
A) Plate movement
B) Volcanic activity
C) Erosion by rivers
D) Meteor impact
  • 34. What geological processes began seventy-five million years ago in the Indian subcontinent?
A) Northeastward drift across the then unformed Indian Ocean
B) Subduction under the Eurasian Plate
C) Creation of the Indo-Gangetic Plain
D) Formation of the Himalayas
  • 35. What is the significance of the Indo-Australian Plate in relation to the Indian subcontinent?
A) It created the Indo-Gangetic Plain
B) The Indian tectonic plate is a minor plate within it
C) It formed the Himalayas
D) It collided with the Eurasian Plate
  • 36. What percentage of the Ganges basin is located in India?
A) About 80%
B) About 50%
C) About 60%
D) About 90%
  • 37. Which mountain range marks the southern boundary of the Ganges basin?
A) The Vindhya range
B) The Aravalli range
C) The Transhimalaya
D) The Himalayas
  • 38. Which peak is not part of the Ganges basin?
A) Lhotse
B) Kangchenjunga
C) K2
D) Mount Everest
  • 39. Which river was the main channel of the Ganges before the late 12th century?
A) The Jamuna River
B) The Adi Ganga
C) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary
D) The Padma River
  • 40. What caused the Teesta River to change course in 1787?
A) Drought conditions
B) A great flood
C) An earthquake
D) Human intervention
  • 41. Which season is responsible for about 84% of the total rainfall in the Ganges basin?
A) The Northeast Monsoon
B) Summer
C) The Southwest Monsoon
D) Winter
  • 42. Which Indian state is not part of the Ganges basin?
A) West Bengal
B) Kerala
C) Bihar
D) Uttarakhand
  • 43. Which river was the main channel of the Ganges before it shifted to the Padma?
A) The Meghna River
B) The Adi Ganga
C) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly
D) The Jamuna River
  • 44. Which peak is the high point of the Ganges basin?
A) Kangchenjunga
B) Mount Everest
C) Makalu
D) Lhotse
  • 45. Which empire used the Ganges as a vital trade artery?
A) The Gupta Empire
B) The Mauryan Empire
C) The British Empire
D) The Mughal Empire
  • 46. Who was the first European traveller to mention the Ganges?
A) The Greek envoy Megasthenes
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Vasco da Gama
D) Marco Polo
  • 47. In which work did Megasthenes mention the Ganges?
A) Geographia
B) Indica
C) The Histories
D) The Odyssey
  • 48. Which nation did the Ganges form the eastern boundary for, as mentioned by Megasthenes?
A) Egypt
B) Rome
C) Gangaridai
D) Persia
  • 49. During which era was the Ganges personified as the goddess Ganga?
A) Modern Age (1500 – Present)
B) Classical and Medieval Age (200 BCE – 1500 CE)
C) British Colonial Era
D) Vedic Period
  • 50. What was established by the Sena dynasty that centered around the riverine heartlands?
A) Kulinism social structure
B) Islamic Caliphate
C) Mughal Administration
D) British Colonial Rule
  • 51. How did the Ganges serve the Delhi Sultanate during its establishment?
A) As a recreational area
B) As a trade route to Europe
C) As both a strategic barrier and a logistics corridor
D) As a primary source of drinking water
  • 52. What was the primary source of tax revenue for the Sultans of Delhi?
A) Trade tariffs on silk
B) Revenue from mining operations
C) Control over the Doab
D) Tribute from Southeast Asia
  • 53. Which city rose to prominence as a major medieval metropolis and capital of the Bengal Sultanate?
A) Varanasi
B) Gauḍa
C) Haridwar
D) Delhi
  • 54. What was constructed by India to desilt the Kolkata port, causing downstream concerns in Bangladesh?
A) Farakka Barrage
B) Ganges Canal
C) Yamuna Flood Control System
D) Hooghly River Dam
  • 55. In the Vedic version of the avatarana, who slays the celestial serpent Vritra?
A) Brahma
B) Indra, the Lord of Svarga (Heaven)
C) Shiva
D) Vishnu
  • 56. In the Vaishnava version, what was the name of the heavenly waters before they became the Ganges?
A) Indrapani
B) Apsara
C) Soma
D) Vishnupadi.
  • 57. Which avatar of Vishnu completes three strides leading to the release of Vishnupadi?
A) Rama
B) Narasimha
C) Krishna
D) Vamana.
  • 58. Who receives the Vishnupadi in Indra's heaven according to the Vaishnava version?
A) Dhruva, once a steadfast worshipper of Vishnu.
B) Brahma
C) Indra
D) Vishnu
  • 59. Through which celestial body does the Ganges flow after being released from heaven?
A) Ursa Major
B) Orion's Belt
C) Andromeda
D) The Milky Way.
  • 60. Who is responsible for taming the Ganges' descent to prevent it from shattering the earth?
A) Indra
B) Vishnu
C) Shiva, who receives her in his tangled hair.
D) Brahma
  • 61. Who disturbs Sage Kapila's meditation leading to the avatarana story?
A) Indra
B) Vishnu
C) The sixty thousand sons of King Sagara.
D) Shiva
  • 62. What happens to the sixty thousand sons of King Sagara when disturbed by Sage Kapila?
A) They become celestial beings
B) They are banished from heaven
C) They are seared with his angry gaze, reduced to ashes.
D) They are turned into stones
  • 63. Where does the Ganges first arrive in the plains according to the avatarana story?
A) In Varanasi
B) At Prayag
C) At Ganges Sagar
D) At Haridwar.
  • 64. From whose foot does Ganga emanate in the avatarana story?
A) Brahma's
B) Vishnu's
C) Indra's
D) Shiva's
  • 65. What is Shiva's title that signifies his relationship with Ganga?
A) Nataraja
B) Gangadhara
C) Mahadeva
D) Trimurti
  • 66. Who does Ganga marry in the Mahabharata?
A) Shantanu
B) Pandu
C) Bhishma
D) Dhritarashtra
  • 67. What does the dwarf attendant carry in Ganga's iconography?
A) A sacred scripture.
B) A musical instrument.
C) A shield and spear.
D) A cosmetic bag.
  • 68. In which century did the purna kumbha become an established feature in Ganga's iconography?
A) By the 5th century.
B) By the 9th century.
C) By the 11th century.
D) By the 7th century.
  • 69. What is a unique feature of some naga sanyasis at Kumbh Mela?
A) They only participate in religious discussions
B) Some may not wear any clothes.
C) They always wear saffron sheets
D) They avoid ritual bathing
  • 70. Who was an advisor to Chandragupta Maurya and included the destruction of dams and levees as a strategy during war?
A) Shah Jahan
B) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
C) Kautilya (Chanakya)
D) Megasthenes
  • 71. Who built an irrigation canal on the Yamuna River in the early 17th century?
A) Shah Jahan
B) Col. John Russell Colvin
C) Kautilya (Chanakya)
D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • 72. Which historian described the Ganges Canal as the largest ever attempted in the world?
A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Sir Proby Thomas Cautley
C) Col. John Russell Colvin
D) Ian Stone
  • 73. What was the length of the main Ganges Canal?
A) 240 km (150 mi)
B) 480 km (300 mi)
C) 560 km (350 mi)
D) 700 km (435 mi)
  • 74. In which year did the construction of the Ganges Canal begin?
A) 1854
B) 1839
C) 1836
D) 1842
  • 75. When was the major barrage at Farakka opened?
A) 1 January 1980
B) 21 April 1975
C) 30 December 1996
D) 15 August 1969
  • 76. Where is the Lav Khush Barrage located?
A) Rishikesh
B) Patna
C) Varanasi
D) Kanpur
  • 77. Which town is popular for river rafting on the Ganges?
A) Prayagraj
B) Haridwar
C) Rishikesh
D) Varanasi
  • 78. What percentage of the upper Gangetic Plain has been degraded or converted to agriculture?
A) 50%
B) 75%
C) More than 95%
D) 85%
  • 79. Where do Bengal tigers survive in the Ganges Delta?
A) Sundarbans area
B) Western Ghats
C) Eastern Himalayas
D) Rajasthan desert
  • 80. What type of ecoregion is nearly extinct in the Sundarbans?
A) Tropical rainforest ecoregion
B) Temperate forest ecoregion
C) Freshwater swamp ecoregion
D) Desert ecoregion
  • 81. Which tree species grows in the Sundarbans area of the Ganges Delta?
A) Sundarbands mangroves (Heritiera fomes)
B) Teak trees
C) Banyan trees
D) Deodar trees
  • 82. Which tree dominates the early seral forest communities in the lower Gangetic Plain?
A) Pine trees
B) Maple trees
C) Oak trees
D) Bombax ceiba
  • 83. How many fish species were recorded in a major study of the Ganges basin from 2007 to 2009?
A) 175
B) 100
C) 250
D) 143
  • 84. Which family follows Cyprinidae in terms of species count in the upper section of the Ganges basin?
A) Sisoridae
B) Balitoridae
C) Clupeidae
D) Schilbeidae
  • 85. Which family is the second most diverse in the middle section of the Ganges basin?
A) Bagridae
B) Clupeidae
C) Cyprinidae
D) Schilbeidae
  • 86. What is one of the primary issues threatening fish species in the Ganges basin?
A) Predation by birds
B) Climate change
C) Natural disasters
D) Overfishing
  • 87. Which fish commonly caught in the Ganges fisheries is a type of catfish?
A) Goonch catfish (Bagarius)
B) Rohu (Labeo rohita)
C) Catla (Catla catla)
D) Milkfish (Chanos chanos)
  • 88. Which crocodilian species is found specifically in the main sections of the Ganges River?
A) Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga)
B) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
C) Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
D) Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
  • 89. Which turtle is known as the Indian flapshell turtle?
A) Chitra indica
B) Lissemys punctata
C) Morenia petersi
D) Pangshura smithii
  • 90. Which of these turtles is considered the Indian softshell turtle?
A) Melanochelys trijuga
B) Pangshura tecta
C) Nilssonia gangetica
D) Geoclemys hamiltonii
  • 91. Which species is referred to as the Indian peacock softshell turtle?
A) Pelochelys cantorii
B) Crocodylus palustris
C) Nilssonia hurum
D) Batagur baska
  • 92. Which turtle is known as the Indian black turtle?
A) Melanochelys trijuga
B) Morenia petersi
C) Pangshura smithii
D) Geoclemys hamiltonii
  • 93. Which turtle is called the Brahminy river turtle?
A) Melanochelys trijuga
B) Nilssonia gangetica
C) Lissemys punctata
D) Hardella thurjii
  • 94. Which turtle species is known as the Cantor's giant softshell turtle?
A) Pelochelys cantorii
B) Nilssonia gangetica
C) Chitra indica
D) Pangshura smithii
  • 95. Which of these turtles is the northern river terrapin?
A) Batagur baska
B) Nilssonia hurum
C) B. dhongoka
D) Pangshura tecta
  • 96. Which turtle is referred to as the three-striped roofed turtle?
A) Geoclemys hamiltonii
B) Pangshura tentoria
C) Batagur baska
D) Batagur dhongoka
  • 97. Which turtle is the red-crowned roofed turtle?
A) Pangshura smithii
B) Melanochelys trijuga
C) Chitra indica
D) Batagur kachuga
  • 98. Which turtle is known as the black pond turtle?
A) Hardella thurjii
B) Geoclemys hamiltonii
C) Pangshura tecta
D) Morenia petersi
  • 99. Which turtle is the Indian eyed turtle?
A) Morenia petersi
B) Batagur baska
C) Pangshura smithii
D) Lissemys punctata
  • 100. Which turtle is referred to as the brown roofed turtle?
A) Morenia petersi
B) Chitra indica
C) Nilssonia gangetica
D) Pangshura smithii
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