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