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