Which of the following is the National Aquatic Animal of India?
- A.Gangetic dolphin
- B.Olive ridley turtle
- C.Mahseer
- D.Dugong
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Gangetic dolphin. Platanista gangetica, the South Asian river dolphin of the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna systems, was notified as the National Aquatic Animal in 2009. It is nearly blind and hunts by echolocation, it surfaces to breathe, and it is treated as an indicator of the health of the river, which is why the declaration came alongside the work on the Ganga.
Option B, the olive ridley turtle, nests in huge numbers at Gahirmatha in Odisha and is protected, but it holds no such title. Option C, the mahseer, is a large freshwater game fish of Himalayan rivers and is threatened, not a national symbol. Option D, the dugong, is a marine mammal of the Gulf of Mannar and the Andaman waters, and is sometimes confused with the dolphin because both are protected aquatic mammals.
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Practice Questions
View allOn which day was the National Emblem of India adopted?
- A.15 August 1947
- B.26 January 1959
- C.26 January 1950
- D.15 August 1952
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The State Emblem of India was adopted on the day the Constitution came into force and the country became a Republic.
Read the full explanation →Which is the national heritage animal of India?
- A.Lion
- B.Horse
- C.Tiger
- D.Elephant
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The Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, was declared the National Heritage Animal in 2010 on the recommendation of the Elephant Task Force, so that its protection could be given the same weight as that of the tiger.
Read the full explanation →The National Flag of India in its present form was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on
- A.22 July 1947
- B.15 August 1947
- C.26 November 1949
- D.26 January 1950
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The Constituent Assembly adopted the tricolour on that day, a few weeks before independence, after a committee under Dr Rajendra Prasad settled the design.
Read the full explanation →What is the ratio of the width to the length of the National Flag of India?
- A.Three to four
- B.Two to three
- C.One to two
- D.Three to five
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The Flag Code of India fixes the shape of the National Flag as a rectangle whose width stands to its length as two to three, so a flag six hundred millimetres in length is four hundred millimetres in height.
Read the full explanation →The motto Satyameva Jayate inscribed below the State Emblem of India is taken from which text?
- A.Rigveda
- B.Bhagavad Gita
- C.Mundaka Upanishad
- D.Arthashastra
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Satyameva Jayate, meaning truth alone triumphs, comes from a verse of the Mundaka Upanishad, which belongs to the Atharva Veda.
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