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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 ?
1) Name this place of pilgrimage on the Ganges.
2) Name the two rivers which join here to form the mighty Ganges.
After how many years is it held in each place?
Answer: Allahabad (Prayag) , Nashik , Ujjain and Haridwar
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 )
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.
1. NAME THE GANGES DELTA . ANS: SUNDARBANS2. 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 NILE5. IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE GANGA ACTION PLAN LAUNCHED ?ANS: 1986
1. INTO WHICH WATER BODY DOES THE RIVER NILE FLOW OUT? ANS: MEDITERRANEAN SEA2. FROM WHICH GREEK WORD DID THE RIVER NILE GET ITS NAME ? ANS : ’ NEILOS ‘ WHICH MEANS VALLEY3. NAME THE DAM/BARRAGE ON THE HOOGLY RIVER WHICH IS A CAUSE OF TENSION BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES ? ANS: FARAKKA DAM/BARRAGE4. 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 GANDHI2. 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 : 19955. WHY DOES THE NILE NOT FLOOD ANY MORE?ANS : DUE TO THE ASWAN DAM