A) Bangladesh B) China C) India D) Nepal
A) Alps B) Himalayas C) Rocky D) Andes
A) Delhi B) Dhaka C) Varanasi D) Kolkata
A) Climate change B) Pollution C) Overfishing D) Deforestation
A) Everest B) Annapurna C) Gangotri D) K2
A) Yamuna B) Godavari C) Brahmaputra D) Ganga
A) Varanasi B) Mumbai C) Delhi D) Jaipur
A) Ganga Dussehra B) Navratri C) Diwali D) Holi
A) Ashoka the Great B) Akbar the Great C) Bhagiratha D) Mahatma Gandhi
A) Meghna B) Padma C) Brahmaputra D) Jamuna
A) The Son B) The Alaknanda C) The Bhagirathi D) The Yamuna
A) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh B) Haridwar, Uttarakhand C) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh D) Devprayag, Uttarakhand
A) The Ramganga River B) The Son River C) The Ghaghara River D) The Yamuna River
A) The Yamuna River B) The Kosi River C) The Son River D) The Ghaghara (Karnali) River
A) The Meghna River B) The Jamuna River C) The Surma River D) The Padma River
A) The Sundarbans B) The Bengal Fan C) The Ganges Delta D) The Hooghly River
A) 75% B) 25% C) 100% 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) Mumbai B) Kanpur C) Patna D) Varanasi
A) Indian elephant B) Snow leopard C) South Asian river dolphin D) Bengal tiger
A) 300 species B) 50 species C) 200 species D) 140 species
A) Jamuna B) Padma C) Bhāgirathi-Hooghly D) Meghna
A) Haridwar B) Prayagraj (Allahabad) C) Kanpur D) Varanasi
A) The Son River B) The Ghaghara River C) The Yamuna River D) The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly River
A) 200 kilometers (124 miles) B) 800 kilometers (497 miles) C) 600 kilometers (373 miles) D) 400 kilometers (250 miles)
A) Kolkata B) Sagar Island C) Dhaka D) Chittagong
A) Pacific Plate B) Eurasian Plate C) African Plate D) Indian tectonic plate
A) Gondwana B) Rodinia C) Laurasia D) Pangaea
A) Fifty million years B) Thirty million years C) Seventy-five million years D) One hundred million years
A) Volcanic arc B) Canyon C) Plateau D) Foredeep or foreland basin
A) Indian Ocean B) Pacific Ocean C) Arctic Ocean D) Atlantic Ocean
A) Meteor impact B) Volcanic activity C) Erosion by rivers D) Plate movement
A) Formation of the Himalayas B) Subduction under the Eurasian Plate C) Northeastward drift across the then unformed Indian Ocean D) Creation of the Indo-Gangetic Plain
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 50% B) About 60% C) About 90% D) About 80%
A) The Transhimalaya B) The Himalayas C) The Vindhya range D) The Aravalli range
A) Lhotse B) K2 C) Mount Everest D) Kangchenjunga
A) The Jamuna River B) The Padma River C) The Adi Ganga D) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary
A) A great flood B) Human intervention C) An earthquake D) Drought conditions
A) Persia B) Egypt C) Rome D) Gangaridai
A) Lhotse B) Makalu C) Mount Everest D) Kangchenjunga
A) Brahma's B) Indra's C) Vishnu's D) Shiva's
A) Shantanu B) Dhritarashtra C) Pandu D) Bhishma
A) Batagur baska B) Pangshura smithii C) Lissemys punctata D) Morenia petersi
A) Gangadhara B) Trimurti C) Mahadeva D) Nataraja
A) Vasco da Gama B) Christopher Columbus C) Marco Polo D) The Greek envoy Megasthenes
A) Shah Jahan B) Firuz Shah Tughlaq C) Kautilya (Chanakya) D) Megasthenes
A) Classical and Medieval Age (200 BCE – 1500 CE) B) British Colonial Era C) Modern Age (1500 – Present) D) Vedic Period
A) They avoid ritual bathing B) They always wear saffron sheets C) Some may not wear any clothes. D) They only participate in religious discussions
A) Melanochelys trijuga B) Geoclemys hamiltonii C) Pangshura tecta D) Nilssonia gangetica
A) 1839 B) 1854 C) 1836 D) 1842
A) Chitra indica B) Melanochelys trijuga C) Pangshura smithii D) Batagur kachuga
A) By the 5th century. B) By the 11th century. C) By the 9th century. D) By the 7th century.
A) Hooghly River Dam B) Yamuna Flood Control System C) Ganges Canal D) Farakka Barrage
A) Maple trees B) Bombax ceiba C) Oak trees D) Pine trees
A) West Bengal B) Bihar C) Kerala D) Uttarakhand
A) Shiva B) Indra C) Vishnu D) The sixty thousand sons of King Sagara.
A) 143 B) 175 C) 100 D) 250
A) Crocodylus palustris B) Nilssonia hurum C) Pelochelys cantorii D) Batagur baska
A) Morenia petersi B) Pangshura smithii C) Melanochelys trijuga D) Geoclemys hamiltonii
A) 75% B) 85% C) 50% D) More than 95%
A) Summer B) The Southwest Monsoon C) The Northeast Monsoon D) Winter
A) Indra B) Brahma C) Vishnu D) Shiva, who receives her in his tangled hair.
A) Rama B) Krishna C) Narasimha D) Vamana.
A) Chitra indica B) Pangshura smithii C) Nilssonia gangetica D) Morenia petersi
A) Kulinism social structure B) Islamic Caliphate C) Mughal Administration D) British Colonial Rule
A) Dhruva, once a steadfast worshipper of Vishnu. B) Indra C) Brahma D) Vishnu
A) The Mughal Empire B) The Gupta Empire C) The British Empire D) The Mauryan Empire
A) Schilbeidae B) Clupeidae C) Cyprinidae D) Bagridae
A) Desert ecoregion B) Temperate forest ecoregion C) Freshwater swamp ecoregion D) Tropical rainforest ecoregion
A) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly B) The Adi Ganga C) The Meghna River D) The Jamuna River
A) Pangshura tentoria B) Geoclemys hamiltonii C) Batagur dhongoka D) Batagur baska
A) Patna B) Varanasi C) Kanpur D) Rishikesh
A) Rishikesh B) Varanasi C) Haridwar D) Prayagraj
A) Varanasi B) Haridwar C) Gauḍa D) Delhi
A) Indica B) Geographia C) The Histories D) The Odyssey
A) Soma B) Vishnupadi. C) Indrapani D) Apsara
A) A musical instrument. B) A shield and spear. C) A sacred scripture. D) A cosmetic bag.
A) Nilssonia hurum B) Pangshura tecta C) Batagur baska D) B. dhongoka
A) Melanochelys trijuga B) Lissemys punctata C) Nilssonia gangetica D) Hardella thurjii
A) Nilssonia gangetica B) Pelochelys cantorii C) Chitra indica D) Pangshura smithii
A) Ursa Major B) The Milky Way. C) Andromeda D) Orion's Belt
A) As a recreational area B) As a primary source of drinking water C) As a trade route to Europe D) As both a strategic barrier and a logistics corridor
A) 480 km (300 mi) B) 240 km (150 mi) C) 560 km (350 mi) D) 700 km (435 mi)
A) Deodar trees B) Sundarbands mangroves (Heritiera fomes) C) Teak trees D) Banyan trees
A) Pangshura smithii B) Morenia petersi C) Chitra indica D) Lissemys punctata
A) Shiva B) Indra, the Lord of Svarga (Heaven) C) Vishnu D) Brahma
A) Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) B) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) C) Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) D) Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
A) Predation by birds B) Overfishing C) Natural disasters D) Climate change
A) Schilbeidae B) Clupeidae C) Balitoridae D) Sisoridae
A) Milkfish (Chanos chanos) B) Goonch catfish (Bagarius) C) Rohu (Labeo rohita) D) Catla (Catla catla)
A) Rajasthan desert B) Sundarbans area C) Western Ghats D) Eastern Himalayas
A) Pangshura tecta B) Hardella thurjii C) Morenia petersi D) Geoclemys hamiltonii
A) 21 April 1975 B) 15 August 1969 C) 30 December 1996 D) 1 January 1980
A) Sir Proby Thomas Cautley B) Ian Stone C) Col. John Russell Colvin D) Lord Dalhousie
A) Trade tariffs on silk B) Revenue from mining operations C) Control over the Doab D) Tribute from Southeast Asia
A) They are banished from heaven B) They are turned into stones C) They become celestial beings D) They are seared with his angry gaze, reduced to ashes.
A) Shah Jahan B) Firuz Shah Tughlaq C) Kautilya (Chanakya) D) Col. John Russell Colvin
A) At Prayag B) At Ganges Sagar C) At Haridwar. D) In Varanasi |