A) Bangladesh B) China C) Nepal D) India
A) Alps B) Andes C) Himalayas D) Rocky
A) Varanasi B) Delhi C) Dhaka D) Kolkata
A) Pollution B) Deforestation C) Overfishing D) Climate change
A) Gangotri B) Annapurna C) K2 D) Everest
A) Godavari B) Ganga C) Yamuna D) Brahmaputra
A) Jaipur B) Varanasi C) Delhi D) Mumbai
A) Holi B) Diwali C) Navratri D) Ganga Dussehra
A) Akbar the Great B) Ashoka the Great C) Bhagiratha D) Mahatma Gandhi
A) Meghna B) Brahmaputra C) Jamuna D) Padma
A) The Alaknanda B) The Bhagirathi C) The Yamuna D) The Son
A) Haridwar, Uttarakhand B) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh C) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh D) Devprayag, Uttarakhand
A) The Ramganga River B) The Ghaghara River C) The Son River D) The Yamuna River
A) The Ghaghara (Karnali) River B) The Kosi River C) The Yamuna River D) The Son River
A) The Surma River B) The Jamuna River C) The Meghna River D) The Padma River
A) The Sundarbans B) The Hooghly River C) The Ganges Delta D) The Bengal Fan
A) 25% B) 100% C) 50% D) 75%
A) The Mekong River System B) The Yangtze River System C) The Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna system D) The Nile River System
A) 4,500 kilometers (2,796 miles) B) 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) C) 5,000 kilometers (3,107 miles) D) 2,525 kilometers (1,569 miles)
A) Mumbai B) Patna C) Kanpur D) Varanasi
A) South Asian river dolphin B) Indian elephant C) Bengal tiger D) Snow leopard
A) 50 species B) 200 species C) 140 species D) 300 species
A) Bhāgirathi-Hooghly B) Meghna C) Jamuna D) Padma
A) Prayagraj (Allahabad) B) Varanasi C) Haridwar D) Kanpur
A) The Ghaghara River B) The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly River C) The Yamuna River D) The Son River
A) 200 kilometers (124 miles) B) 600 kilometers (373 miles) C) 400 kilometers (250 miles) D) 800 kilometers (497 miles)
A) Sagar Island B) Kolkata C) Dhaka D) Chittagong
A) Eurasian Plate B) Pacific Plate C) Indian tectonic plate D) African Plate
A) Laurasia B) Rodinia C) Pangaea D) Gondwana
A) One hundred million years B) Fifty million years C) Thirty million years D) Seventy-five million years
A) Foredeep or foreland basin B) Volcanic arc C) Plateau D) Canyon
A) Atlantic Ocean B) Indian Ocean C) Pacific Ocean D) Arctic Ocean
A) Volcanic activity B) Meteor impact C) Erosion by rivers D) Plate movement
A) Formation of the Himalayas B) Northeastward drift across the then unformed Indian Ocean C) Creation of the Indo-Gangetic Plain D) Subduction under the Eurasian Plate
A) It collided with the Eurasian Plate B) The Indian tectonic plate is a minor plate within it C) It created the Indo-Gangetic Plain D) It formed the Himalayas
A) About 80% B) About 50% C) About 60% D) About 90%
A) The Vindhya range B) The Himalayas C) The Transhimalaya D) The Aravalli range
A) Kangchenjunga B) Lhotse C) Mount Everest D) K2
A) The Padma River B) The Adi Ganga C) The Jamuna River D) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary
A) A great flood B) Human intervention C) An earthquake D) Drought conditions
A) Persia B) Gangaridai C) Rome D) Egypt
A) Lhotse B) Mount Everest C) Makalu D) Kangchenjunga
A) Brahma's B) Vishnu's C) Shiva's D) Indra's
A) Bhishma B) Shantanu C) Pandu D) Dhritarashtra
A) Morenia petersi B) Batagur baska C) Pangshura smithii D) Lissemys punctata
A) Mahadeva B) Trimurti C) Nataraja D) Gangadhara
A) Vasco da Gama B) The Greek envoy Megasthenes C) Marco Polo D) Christopher Columbus
A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq B) Megasthenes C) Shah Jahan D) Kautilya (Chanakya)
A) Modern Age (1500 – Present) B) British Colonial Era C) Classical and Medieval Age (200 BCE – 1500 CE) D) Vedic Period
A) They always wear saffron sheets B) Some may not wear any clothes. C) They avoid ritual bathing D) They only participate in religious discussions
A) Melanochelys trijuga B) Geoclemys hamiltonii C) Nilssonia gangetica D) Pangshura tecta
A) 1854 B) 1839 C) 1836 D) 1842
A) Chitra indica B) Melanochelys trijuga C) Batagur kachuga D) Pangshura smithii
A) By the 7th century. B) By the 9th century. C) By the 11th century. D) By the 5th century.
A) Hooghly River Dam B) Farakka Barrage C) Ganges Canal D) Yamuna Flood Control System
A) Maple trees B) Pine trees C) Oak trees D) Bombax ceiba
A) Kerala B) West Bengal C) Uttarakhand D) Bihar
A) Indra B) Vishnu C) Shiva D) The sixty thousand sons of King Sagara.
A) 100 B) 250 C) 143 D) 175
A) Crocodylus palustris B) Pelochelys cantorii C) Batagur baska D) Nilssonia hurum
A) Pangshura smithii B) Melanochelys trijuga C) Morenia petersi D) Geoclemys hamiltonii
A) 50% B) 85% C) More than 95% D) 75%
A) Summer B) The Northeast Monsoon C) The Southwest Monsoon D) Winter
A) Shiva, who receives her in his tangled hair. B) Indra C) Brahma D) Vishnu
A) Krishna B) Vamana. C) Rama D) Narasimha
A) Nilssonia gangetica B) Chitra indica C) Pangshura smithii D) Morenia petersi
A) British Colonial Rule B) Mughal Administration C) Islamic Caliphate D) Kulinism social structure
A) Vishnu B) Brahma C) Dhruva, once a steadfast worshipper of Vishnu. D) Indra
A) The Mughal Empire B) The Gupta Empire C) The Mauryan Empire D) The British Empire
A) Cyprinidae B) Bagridae C) Clupeidae D) Schilbeidae
A) Freshwater swamp ecoregion B) Temperate forest ecoregion C) Tropical rainforest ecoregion D) Desert ecoregion
A) The Adi Ganga B) The Meghna River C) The Jamuna River D) The Bhagirathi-Hooghly
A) Batagur dhongoka B) Geoclemys hamiltonii C) Pangshura tentoria D) Batagur baska
A) Patna B) Rishikesh C) Kanpur D) Varanasi
A) Haridwar B) Rishikesh C) Prayagraj D) Varanasi
A) Gauḍa B) Varanasi C) Haridwar D) Delhi
A) Geographia B) The Odyssey C) Indica D) The Histories
A) Vishnupadi. B) Soma C) Apsara D) Indrapani
A) A shield and spear. B) A sacred scripture. C) A musical instrument. D) A cosmetic bag.
A) Batagur baska B) B. dhongoka C) Pangshura tecta D) Nilssonia hurum
A) Lissemys punctata B) Hardella thurjii C) Melanochelys trijuga D) Nilssonia gangetica
A) Chitra indica B) Pangshura smithii C) Pelochelys cantorii D) Nilssonia gangetica
A) Andromeda B) Orion's Belt C) Ursa Major D) The Milky Way.
A) As a trade route to Europe B) As both a strategic barrier and a logistics corridor C) As a recreational area D) As a primary source of drinking water
A) 560 km (350 mi) B) 240 km (150 mi) C) 480 km (300 mi) D) 700 km (435 mi)
A) Teak trees B) Sundarbands mangroves (Heritiera fomes) C) Deodar trees D) Banyan trees
A) Chitra indica B) Morenia petersi C) Pangshura smithii D) Lissemys punctata
A) Vishnu B) Indra, the Lord of Svarga (Heaven) C) Shiva 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) Natural disasters C) Climate change D) Overfishing
A) Sisoridae B) Balitoridae C) Schilbeidae D) Clupeidae
A) Goonch catfish (Bagarius) B) Milkfish (Chanos chanos) C) Rohu (Labeo rohita) D) Catla (Catla catla)
A) Western Ghats B) Rajasthan desert C) Eastern Himalayas D) Sundarbans area
A) Geoclemys hamiltonii B) Morenia petersi C) Pangshura tecta D) Hardella thurjii
A) 21 April 1975 B) 1 January 1980 C) 30 December 1996 D) 15 August 1969
A) Sir Proby Thomas Cautley B) Col. John Russell Colvin C) Lord Dalhousie D) Ian Stone
A) Tribute from Southeast Asia B) Revenue from mining operations C) Trade tariffs on silk D) Control over the Doab
A) They are banished from heaven B) They become celestial beings C) They are seared with his angry gaze, reduced to ashes. D) They are turned into stones
A) Kautilya (Chanakya) B) Col. John Russell Colvin C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq D) Shah Jahan
A) At Haridwar. B) At Prayag C) In Varanasi D) At Ganges Sagar |