1. There will be nine rounds, the last being a
Rapid fire round.
2. 30 seconds and 10 marks will be given
for every direct question and 10 seconds
and 5 marks for a pass over question.
3. 30 seconds and 10 marks each will be
given for 5 questions in the rapid fire
round.
4. The first round is not a pass over round.
1) Name the holy
city, situated at
the place where the
Ganges comes
down from the
hills to the plains.
2) What is the 450
ft long suspension
bridge at this
place, commonly
known as ?
Answers:
1) RISHIKESH
2) LAXHMAN
JHULA
1) Name this
place of
pilgrimage on
the Ganges.
2) Name the
two rivers
which join
here to form
the mighty
Ganges.
Answers:
1) DEVPRAYAG
2) RIVERS BAHGIRATHI
AND ALAKNANDA
1. Name the
city in the
picture.
2. Name the
famous
university
situated here.
Answers:
1) VARANASI
2) BENARAS HINDU
UNIVERSITY
Name the
Puja being
performed
on the
ghats of
the river.
Answer:
Chhat Puja
Which God
is
worshipped
during this
Puja ?
Answer:
God Surya
Name
this
festival.
Answer:
Kumbh
Mela
Name the
four cities it
is held in
alternately.
Answer:
Allahabad
(Prayag) ,
Nashik ,
Ujjain and
Haridwar
After how
many years
is it held in
each place?
Every third year –
Thus the Kumbh Mela is
held at each of
these four places every
twelfth year
.
When was this dam on River Nile completed?
Answer: 1970
Name the dam on Son river.
Answer: Tehri Dam
Name the dam on River Bhagirathi.
Answer: Bhagirathi Dam
What is the season of
flooding known as , in
Egypt?
Answer: AKHET – meaning
inundation
What is the River
Nile Festival
known as , in Egypt ?
Answer: WAFAA – EL - NIL
Name the God of
The Nile for
Ancient Egyptians.
Answer: HAPI
Name the source of
the Blue Nile.
Answer:
The source of the
Blue Nile is Lake
Tana, Ethiopia
Name the source of the
White Nile.
Answer:
The source of the
White Nile is the
Great Lakes area in
Rwanda – LAKE
VICTORIA
In which country do
the Blue and the
White Nile meet?
Answer:
Both the White and Blue Niles
travel through Sudan and then
merge at Khartoum, in SUDAN
(where the name changes
simply to The Nile River )
Which two countries share
the water of River
Ganges?
Answer:
INDIA AND BANGLAD
Where is the
Gangotri Glacier?
Answer:
UTTARKASHI
DISTRICT,
UTTARKHAND
Which river flows
out of Goumukh?
Answer:
The Bhagirathi River.
Gomukh is 18 km from
Gangotri in the foot hills
of Bhagirathi at a height
of 4255m. It is the snouth
of the Gangotri Glacier.
What is the main
branch of Ganga known
as after it enters
Bangladesh ?
Answer:
Padma
River
NAME AN ENDANGERED
SPECIES IN THE RIVER
GANGES.
ANSWER:
INDIAN RIVER
DOLPHIN
WHO DECLARED
GANGES AS THE
"NATIONAL RIVER" OF
INDIA?
Answer:
NATIONAL GANGA RIVER
BASIN AUTHORITY
TH
(NGRBA) ON
20
FEBRUARY 2009
1. NAME THE GANGES DELTA .
ANS:
SUNDARBANS
2. NAME TWO COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE
RIVER NILE PASSES.
ANS: Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan,
Sudan and Egypt.
3. NAME TWO PILGRAMAGE PLACES ON THE
BANKS OF RIVER GANGES.
ANS: HARIDWAR , VARANASI , RISHIKESH. PRAYAG
(ALLAHABAD)
4. WHAT IS EGYPT COMMONLY KNOWN AS ?
ANS: GIFT OF THE NILE
5. IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE GANGA ACTION
PLAN LAUNCHED ?
ANS: 1986
1. INTO WHICH WATER BODY DOES THE RIVER
NILE FLOW OUT?
ANS: MEDITERRANEAN SEA
2. FROM WHICH GREEK WORD DID THE RIVER
NILE GET ITS NAME ?
ANS : ’ NEILOS ‘ WHICH MEANS VALLEY
3. NAME THE DAM/BARRAGE ON THE HOOGLY
RIVER WHICH IS A CAUSE OF TENSION BETWEEN
TWO COUNTRIES ?
ANS: FARAKKA DAM/BARRAGE
4. NAME TWO CITIES ON THE BANKS OF THE
GANGES WHICH ARE CAPITALS OF STATES?
ANS: KOLKATA(WEST BENGAL) AND PATNA(BIHAR)
5. THE RIVER GANGES FLOWS OUT INTO WHICH
WATER BODY ?
ANS: BAY OF BENGAL
1. WHICH PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
LAUNCHED THE GANGA ACTION PLAN?
ANS: RAJIV GANDHI
2. NAME TWO STATES THROUGH WHICH THE
GANGES FLOWS ?
ANS : UTTARAKHAND, UTTAR PRADESH, BIHAR,
JHARKHAND, AND WEST BENGAL.
3. IN WHICH DIRECTION DOES THE NILE RIVER
FLOW?
ANS: THE NILE FLOWS SOUTH TO NORTH, BEGINNING IN
THE HIGHLANDS OF ETIOPIA AND RWANDA HEADING
TOWARDS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AT
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT.
4. WHEN WAS THE NILE BASIN ACTION PLAN
LAUNCHED?
ANS : 1995
5. WHY DOES THE NILE NOT FLOOD ANY MORE?
ANS : DUE TO THE ASWAN DAM