2. 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.

4. 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 ?

5. Answers: 1) RISHIKESH 2) LAXHMAN JHULA

6. 1) Name this place of pilgrimage on the Ganges. 2) Name the two rivers which join here to form the mighty Ganges.

7. Answers: 1) DEVPRAYAG 2) RIVERS BAHGIRATHI AND ALAKNANDA

8. 1. Name the city in the picture. 2. Name the famous university situated here.

9. Answers: 1) VARANASI 2) BENARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

11. Name the Puja being performed on the ghats of the river. Answer: Chhat Puja

12. Answer: Chhat Puja

13. Which God is worshipped during this Puja ?

14. Answer: God Surya

16. Name this festival. Answer: Kumbh Mela

18. Name the four cities it is held in alternately.

19. Answer: Allahabad (Prayag), Nashik, Ujjain and Haridwar

20. After how many years is it held in each place? Answer: Every third year - Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year. Answer: Allahabad (Prayag), Nashik, Ujjain and Haridwar

21. Every third year – Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year.

23. When was this dam on River Nile completed?

24. Answer: 1970

25. Name the dam on Son river.

26. Answer: Tehri Dam

27. Name the dam on River Bhagirathi.

28. Answer: Bhagirathi Dam

31. What is the season of flooding known as, in Egypt?

32. Answer: AKHET – meaning inundation

33. What is the River Nile Festival known as, in Egypt ?

34. Answer: WAFAA – EL - NIL

35. Name the God of The Nile for Ancient Egyptians.

36. Answer: HAPI

38. Name the source of the Blue Nile.

39. Answer: The source of the Blue Nile is Lake Tana, Ethiopia

40. Name the source of the White Nile.

41. Answer: The source of the White Nile is the Great Lakes area in Rwanda – LAKE VICTORIA

42. In which country do the Blue and the White Nile meet?

43. 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 )

46. Which two countries share the water of River Ganges?

47. Answer: INDIA AND BANGLADESH

48. Where is the Gangotri Glacier?

49. Answer: UTTARKASHI DISTRICT, UTTARKHAND

50. Which river flows out of Goumukh?

51. 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.

53. What is the main branch of Ganga known as after it enters Bangladesh ?

54. Answer: Padma River

55. N AME AN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THE R IVER G ANGES.

56. A NSWER : I NDIAN R IVER D OLPHIN

57. W HO DECLARED G ANGES AS THE "N ATIONAL R IVER " OF I NDIA ?

58. Answer: N ATIONAL G ANGA R IVER B ASIN A UTHORITY (NGRBA) ON 20 TH F EBRUARY 2009

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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