Q 01/05

The Ganges flows through which two countries?

A) India and Nepal

B) Bangladesh and Myanmar

C) India and Bangladesh

D) India and Pakistan

Answer · why

C) India and Bangladesh

Nepal's rivers feed it heavily from the north, but the main stem itself stays inside India before crossing into Bangladesh.

Q 02/05

The Ganges ultimately empties into which body of water?

A) Arabian Sea

B) Andaman Sea

C) Bay of Bengal

D) Gulf of Mannar

Answer · why

C) Bay of Bengal

It arrives there as part of the vast Ganges Delta, the largest river delta on Earth.

Q 03/05

What name does the main channel of the Ganges take once it enters Bangladesh?

A) Meghna

B) Jamuna

C) Hooghly

D) Padma

Answer · why

D) Padma

The Bangladeshi stretch runs about 356 km southeast to its meeting with the Meghna near the sea.

Q 04/05

The Ganges rises in the western Himalayas of which Indian state?

A) Sikkim

B) Himachal Pradesh

C) Uttarakhand

D) Jammu and Kashmir

Answer · why

C) Uttarakhand

The whole state lies within the Ganges basin, as does the entire country of Nepal.

Q 05/05

At which Garhwal Himalaya town do the Alaknanda and its partner headstream merge to become the Ganges?

A) Rudraprayag

B) Vishnuprayag

C) Karnaprayag

D) Devprayag

Answer · why

D) Devprayag

The name means 'Godly Confluence'; the town sits about 70 km upstream of Rishikesh at 830 metres.