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