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BRITISH COUNCIL ISA PROJECT

BRITISH COUNCIL ISA PROJECT. FROM SANCTITY TO DESECRATION. CLASS X INTER-SECTION QUIZ AGE GROUP : 15 - 16 years. RULES:. There will be nine rounds, the last being a Rapid fire round.

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BRITISH COUNCIL ISA PROJECT

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  1. BRITISH COUNCIL ISA PROJECT FROM SANCTITY TO DESECRATION CLASS X INTER-SECTION QUIZ AGE GROUP : 15 - 16 years

  2. RULES: There will be nine rounds, the last being a Rapid fire round. 30 seconds and 10 marks will be given for every direct question and 10 seconds and 5 marks for a pass over question. 30 seconds and 10 marks each will be given for 5 questions in the rapid fire round. The first round is not a pass over round.

  3. ROUND 1

  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

  10. ROUND 2:

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

  12. Answer: ChhatPuja

  13. Which God is worshipped during this Puja ?

  14. Answer: God Surya

  15. ROUND 3:

  16. Name this festival. Answer: KumbhMela

  17. Answer: KumbhMela

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

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

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

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

  22. ROUND 4:

  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

  29. ROUND 5:

  30. THE NILE

  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

  37. ROUND 6:

  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 )

  44. ROUND 7:

  45. THE GANGES

  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?

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