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