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A) Nepal B) China C) Bangladesh D) India
A) Andes B) Rocky C) Alps D) Himalayas
A) Kolkata B) Varanasi C) Dhaka D) Delhi
A) Pollution B) Deforestation C) Overfishing D) Climate change
A) Annapurna B) Gangotri C) Everest D) K2
A) Brahmaputra B) Godavari C) Ganga D) Yamuna
A) Jaipur B) Delhi C) Mumbai D) Varanasi
A) Navratri B) Holi C) Ganga Dussehra D) Diwali
A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Bhagiratha C) Akbar the Great D) Ashoka the Great
A) Jamuna B) Meghna C) Padma D) Brahmaputra
A) The Son B) The Bhagirathi C) The Yamuna D) The Alaknanda
A) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh B) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh C) Devprayag, Uttarakhand D) Haridwar, Uttarakhand
A) The Son River B) The Ramganga River C) The Ghaghara River D) The Yamuna River
A) The Son River B) The Ghaghara (Karnali) River C) The Kosi River D) The Yamuna River
A) The Jamuna River B) The Meghna River C) The Surma River D) The Padma River
A) The Ganges Delta B) The Hooghly River C) The Bengal Fan D) The Sundarbans
A) 100% B) 25% C) 75% D) 50%
A) The Nile River System B) The Mekong River System C) The Yangtze River System D) The Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna 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) Kanpur C) Mumbai D) Varanasi
A) South Asian river dolphin B) Bengal tiger C) Snow leopard D) Indian elephant
A) 300 species B) 140 species C) 200 species D) 50 species
A) Padma B) Jamuna C) Meghna D) Bhāgirathi-Hooghly
A) Varanasi B) Prayagraj (Allahabad) C) Kanpur D) Haridwar
A) The Yamuna River B) The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly River C) The Ghaghara River D) The Son River
A) 600 kilometers (373 miles) B) 200 kilometers (124 miles) C) 800 kilometers (497 miles) D) 400 kilometers (250 miles)
A) Sagar Island B) Kolkata C) Chittagong D) Dhaka
A) Indian tectonic plate B) African Plate C) Pacific Plate D) Eurasian Plate
A) Rodinia B) Gondwana C) Pangaea D) Laurasia
A) Thirty million years B) Fifty million years C) Seventy-five million years D) One hundred million years
A) Plateau B) Canyon C) Volcanic arc D) Foredeep or foreland basin
A) Arctic Ocean B) Atlantic Ocean C) Indian Ocean D) Pacific Ocean
A) Plate movement B) Volcanic activity C) Erosion by rivers D) Meteor impact
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
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
A) About 80% B) About 50% C) About 60% D) About 90%
A) The Vindhya range B) The Aravalli range C) The Transhimalaya D) The Himalayas
A) Lhotse B) Kangchenjunga C) K2 D) Mount Everest
A) The Jamuna River B) The Adi Ganga C) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary D) The Padma River
A) Drought conditions B) A great flood C) An earthquake D) Human intervention
A) The Northeast Monsoon B) Summer C) The Southwest Monsoon D) Winter
A) West Bengal B) Kerala C) Bihar D) Uttarakhand
A) The Meghna River B) The Adi Ganga C) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly D) The Jamuna River
A) Kangchenjunga B) Mount Everest C) Makalu D) Lhotse
A) The Gupta Empire B) The Mauryan Empire C) The British Empire D) The Mughal Empire
A) The Greek envoy Megasthenes B) Christopher Columbus C) Vasco da Gama D) Marco Polo
A) Geographia B) Indica C) The Histories D) The Odyssey
A) Egypt B) Rome C) Gangaridai D) Persia
A) Modern Age (1500 – Present) B) Classical and Medieval Age (200 BCE – 1500 CE) C) British Colonial Era D) Vedic Period
A) Kulinism social structure B) Islamic Caliphate C) Mughal Administration D) British Colonial Rule
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
A) Trade tariffs on silk B) Revenue from mining operations C) Control over the Doab D) Tribute from Southeast Asia
A) Varanasi B) Gauḍa C) Haridwar D) Delhi
A) Farakka Barrage B) Ganges Canal C) Yamuna Flood Control System D) Hooghly River Dam
A) Brahma B) Indra, the Lord of Svarga (Heaven) C) Shiva D) Vishnu
A) Indrapani B) Apsara C) Soma D) Vishnupadi.
A) Rama B) Narasimha C) Krishna D) Vamana.
A) Dhruva, once a steadfast worshipper of Vishnu. B) Brahma C) Indra D) Vishnu
A) Ursa Major B) Orion's Belt C) Andromeda D) The Milky Way.
A) Indra B) Vishnu C) Shiva, who receives her in his tangled hair. D) Brahma
A) Indra B) Vishnu C) The sixty thousand sons of King Sagara. D) Shiva
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
A) In Varanasi B) At Prayag C) At Ganges Sagar D) At Haridwar.
A) Brahma's B) Vishnu's C) Indra's D) Shiva's
A) Nataraja B) Gangadhara C) Mahadeva D) Trimurti
A) Shantanu B) Pandu C) Bhishma D) Dhritarashtra
A) A sacred scripture. B) A musical instrument. C) A shield and spear. D) A cosmetic bag.
A) By the 5th century. B) By the 9th century. C) By the 11th century. D) By the 7th century.
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
A) Shah Jahan B) Firuz Shah Tughlaq C) Kautilya (Chanakya) D) Megasthenes
A) Shah Jahan B) Col. John Russell Colvin C) Kautilya (Chanakya) D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
A) Lord Dalhousie B) Sir Proby Thomas Cautley C) Col. John Russell Colvin D) Ian Stone
A) 240 km (150 mi) B) 480 km (300 mi) C) 560 km (350 mi) D) 700 km (435 mi)
A) 1854 B) 1839 C) 1836 D) 1842
A) 1 January 1980 B) 21 April 1975 C) 30 December 1996 D) 15 August 1969
A) Rishikesh B) Patna C) Varanasi D) Kanpur
A) Prayagraj B) Haridwar C) Rishikesh D) Varanasi
A) 50% B) 75% C) More than 95% D) 85%
A) Sundarbans area B) Western Ghats C) Eastern Himalayas D) Rajasthan desert
A) Tropical rainforest ecoregion B) Temperate forest ecoregion C) Freshwater swamp ecoregion D) Desert ecoregion
A) Sundarbands mangroves (Heritiera fomes) B) Teak trees C) Banyan trees D) Deodar trees
A) Pine trees B) Maple trees C) Oak trees D) Bombax ceiba
A) 175 B) 100 C) 250 D) 143
A) Sisoridae B) Balitoridae C) Clupeidae D) Schilbeidae
A) Bagridae B) Clupeidae C) Cyprinidae D) Schilbeidae
A) Predation by birds B) Climate change C) Natural disasters D) Overfishing
A) Goonch catfish (Bagarius) B) Rohu (Labeo rohita) C) Catla (Catla catla) D) Milkfish (Chanos chanos)
A) Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) B) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) C) Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) D) Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
A) Chitra indica B) Lissemys punctata C) Morenia petersi D) Pangshura smithii
A) Melanochelys trijuga B) Pangshura tecta C) Nilssonia gangetica D) Geoclemys hamiltonii
A) Pelochelys cantorii B) Crocodylus palustris C) Nilssonia hurum D) Batagur baska
A) Melanochelys trijuga B) Morenia petersi C) Pangshura smithii D) Geoclemys hamiltonii
A) Melanochelys trijuga B) Nilssonia gangetica C) Lissemys punctata D) Hardella thurjii
A) Pelochelys cantorii B) Nilssonia gangetica C) Chitra indica D) Pangshura smithii
A) Batagur baska B) Nilssonia hurum C) B. dhongoka D) Pangshura tecta
A) Geoclemys hamiltonii B) Pangshura tentoria C) Batagur baska D) Batagur dhongoka
A) Pangshura smithii B) Melanochelys trijuga C) Chitra indica D) Batagur kachuga
A) Hardella thurjii B) Geoclemys hamiltonii C) Pangshura tecta D) Morenia petersi
A) Morenia petersi B) Batagur baska C) Pangshura smithii D) Lissemys punctata
A) Morenia petersi B) Chitra indica C) Nilssonia gangetica D) Pangshura smithii |