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