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Preparation of Ganga Quiz - Work from Home Rajesh Sharma

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Expand the term "CGRBMS"

a)

Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies

b)

Centre for Gangotri River Basin Management and Studies

c)

Centre for Ganga Reservoir Basin Management and Studies

d)

Centre for Ganga River Business Management and Studies

2.

"Varanasi" got its name from ............... tributaries of Ganga forming the city's borders

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

3.

..........................is the mangroves area in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta.

a)

Amarkantak

b)

Balaghat

c)

Sunderbans

d)

Nanadanvan

4.

Ganga emerges from the mountains at Rishikesh, then enters the Gangetic Plain at the pilgrimage town of ..................

a)

Mathura

b)

Agra

c)

Delhi

d)

Haridwar

5.

Vishnuprayag, Nandaprayag, Karnaprayag, Rudraprayag and Devprayag are also known as ..........................

a)

Panchprayag

b)

Rivers

c)

Delta

d)

Ghat

6.

The Howrah Bridge stretches across ............ meters and has a width of 71 feet

a)

1000

b)

705

c)

50

d)

120

7.

although the Alaknanda is longer, and, therefore, hydrologically the source stream; both originating from .......... state.

a)

Uttarakhand

b)

Delhi

c)

Haryana

d)

Punjab

8.

Pataliputra, adjacent to modern-day Patna, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Udayin in 490 BCE as a small fort (Pāṭaligrāma) near the (a)   river.

9.

.......................................... is a 1961 Hindi film directed by RadhuKarmakar and produced by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Padmini, Raj Kapoor and Pran in lead roles.

a)

JisDesh Mein Ganga BehtiHai

b)

Jeevan

c)

Dhara

d)

Desh

10.

According to Mahabharata, Ganga is the wife of King Shantanu, and the mother of heroic warrior-patriarch, .........

a)

Duryodhan

b)

Bhishma

c)

Pandav

d)

Karn

11.

Who founded the "Ganga Mahasabha " in 1905

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Lord Irvin

c)

Madan Mohan Malviya

d)

Sardar Patel

12.

NGRBA is associated with.......

a)

Mission of Cleaning Ganga

b)

Environment

c)

Health aspect

d)

Pollution

13.

National Mission for Clean Ganga launched by CGRBMS in collaboration with an IIT .....

a)

IIT Delhi

b)

IIT Mumbai

c)

IIT Chennai

d)

IIT Kanpur

14.

Which river is called Dakshin Ganga

(a)  

15.

Expand "NGRBA"

a)

National Ganga River Basin Authority

b)

National Ganga Road Basin Authority

c)

National Ganga River Authority

d)

National Ganga River Base Authority

16.

In which year NGRBA (राष्ट्रीय गंगा नदी बेसिन प्राधिकरण का गठन) established?

a)

2006

b)

2007

c)

2009

d)

2008

17.

what is the length of the Ganges river?

a)

1200 KM

b)

2525 km

c)

800 km

d)

7656 km

18.

Which river of india is also known as "vishnupadi" , "jaahnavi" and "bhagwatpadi"?

(a)  

19.

Which river is also known as padma river in Bangladesh?

a)

Brahmaputra

b)

Kosi

c)

Ganga

d)

Satlaj

20.

The Ganga originates as ........................ from the Gangotri glacier in Uttar Kashi District of Uttaranchal at an elevation of 7,010 m.

a)

Bhagirathi

b)

Devaprayag.

c)

Pindar

d)

Mandakini

21.

Indravati National Park is a national park located in ....................... district of ..........................state of India. It derives its name from the nearby Indravati River.

a)

Bijapur, Chhattisgarh

b)

Raipur, Chhattisgarh

c)

Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

d)

Bijapur, Maharastra

22.

Which river is also known as "Vridha Ganga"?

a)

Narmada

b)

Godavari

c)

sindhu

d)

Krishna

23.

Farakka Barrage is a barrage across ...............river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 16.5 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh near Shibganj.

a)

The Ganges

b)

The Brahmaputra

c)

The Sutluj

d)

The Arpa

24.

Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower Plant is a 520 MW run-of-river hydroelectric project being constructed on Dhauliganga River in Chamoli District of ....................state

a)

Uttarakhand

b)

UP

c)

MP

d)

Haryana

25.

Which of the following tributary of river Ganga originates from Doodhatoli ranges in the district of Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand and joins near Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh)?

a)

Ramganga

b)

Gandak

c)

Gomti

d)

Kali or Sarda