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