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