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From which Hindi word do we get the name for Gharial?

Ghara (pot)
Ghati (valley)
Ghora (horse)
Ghari (clock)

When male gharials reach sexual maturity, they develop a bulbous, fleshy growth on the tip of their snout. It is from this “ghara”, the Hindi word for a type of round pot, that gharials came to have their name.

Gangetic plains
Pakistan to Myanmar
Narmada basin
Himalayas

Gharials were once widespread across South Asia, from Pakistan to Myanmar.

1 million years ago
20 million years ago
40 million years ago
150 million years ago

Gharial sit on their own long branch of the crocodilian tree of life which split from all other crocodilians perhaps more than 40 million years ago.

Damming and diversion of the rivers
Overfishing
Sand mining is harming their nesting areas
All of the above

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Gharials are one of the biggest species of crocodilian. How big can they get?

3 metres
10 metres
6 metres
12 metres

Gharials are one of the biggest species of crocodilian. Male gharials can reach up to 6 metres in length.

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Gharials