2. Q. 1 This is Saalumarada Thimmakka.
Why did she receive the National Citizens
Award of India?
3. Question 2
What is the Japanese art form of using techniques
to stunt the growth of the tree?
4. Q.3 ****** Gas Leak was a gas leak incident on the
night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide
India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in ******,
(state’s name), India. It was considered as of 2010
to be the world’s worst industrial disaster. Over
500,000 people were exposed to methyl
isocyanate gas. The highly toxic substance made its
way into and around the towns located near the
plant instantly killing 3000 people. Identify ******
and in which state did it occur in.
5.
6. Q.4 Which is the only carbon
negative country in the world? It
emits around 1.5 million tonnes
of carbon a year, but its forests
absorbs around 6 million tonnes
a year.
7. Q. 5 Which programme started on
Gandhi’s birth anniversary in 2014
aims to make India open-
defecation free by 2/10/19; to mark
the 150th birth anniversary of
Gandhi?
10. Q. 8. A few years ago, there was
a scare that the world will end,
since the Mayan calendar ended
in that year. Even a Hollywood
movie was made with the name
of the year. Which year?
11. Q. 9. Kamalapur red banana, Udupi matte
gulla(brinjal), Bangalore rose onion, Bangalore
blue grape, and Devanahalli pomelo are
shown. What is the speciality between them?
12.
13. Q. 10
What is a common feature among these
animals?
It is a one word answer.
Yes they are all extinct, but the animals
in the pictures hold the clue.
14.
15. Q. 11 Yes, Sudan died in March
’18, but what is the funda?
16. Q.12 If Rafflesia is the
worlds largest flower,
then what is the worlds
smallest?
18. Q. 1 This is Saalumarada Thimmakka.
Why did she receive the National Citizens
Award of India?
19. Ans 1. She planted and took care of over 400
banyan trees along the highway from Kudur to
Hulikal in Karnataka.
Also planted over 8000
trees in her lifetime
20.
21. Question 2
What is the Japanese art form of using techniques
to stunt the growth of the tree?
23. Q.3 ****** Gas Leak was a gas leak incident on the
night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide
India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in ******,
(state’s name), India. It was considered as of 2010
to be the world’s worst industrial disaster. Over
500,000 people were exposed to methyl
isocyanate gas. The highly toxic substance made its
way into and around the towns located near the
plant instantly killing 3000 people. Identify ******
and in which state did it occur in.
26. Q.4 Which is the only carbon
negative country in the world?
It emits around 1.5 million
tonnes of carbon a year, but its
forests absorbs around 6
million tonnes a year.
27. Bhutan
Interestingly the country, rather than wanting
to become rich, focusses on the happiness of its
citizens and introduced a scale known as Gross
National Happiness to know how well their
country is doing.
Ans. 4
28. Q. 5 Which programme started on
Gandhi’s birth anniversary in 2014
aims to make India open-
defecation free by 2/10/19; to mark
the 150th birth anniversary of
Gandhi?
34. Q. 8. A few years ago, there was
a scare that the world will end,
since the Mayan calendar ended
in that year. Even a Hollywood
movie was made with the name
of the year. Which year?
36. Q. 9. Kamalapur red banana, Udupi matte
gulla(brinjal), Bangalore rose onion, Bangalore
blue grape, and Devanahalli pomelo are
shown. What is the speciality between them?
37.
38. Ans 9.
They have been awarded Geographical
Indicator status/tag (GI). Which means that
they can be grown only in those geographical
areas to which they belong.
39. Q. 10
What is a common feature among these
animals?
It is a one word answer.
Yes they are all extinct, but the animals
in the pictures hold the clue.
40.
41. It is the last known individual of a
species or a subspecies. Once the
endling dies, the species becomes
extinct.
Benjamin, Thylacine, 1936
Troughie, Rabbs fringe limbed tree frog, 2016
Lonesome George, Pinta Island Tortoise, 2012
Martha, Passenger pigeon, 1914
ENDLINGAns. FQ
42. Q. 11 Yes, Sudan died in March
’18, but what is the funda?
43. Ans. 11
He was the last male northern
white rhinoceros. There are only
two females in the species; Najin,
his daughter and Fatu, his
granddaughter.
44. Q.12 If Rafflesia is the
worlds largest flower,
then what is the worlds
smallest?
