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Science Practice Quiz 261
7 questions · 12 minutes
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Q1.Which of the following is a project work suggested in the source text?
Explanation: Project work: 'Prepare a map of India showing the distribution of different types of forests.'.
Q2.Which movements are mentioned in the context of forest conservation in India?
Explanation: Prepare a historical account of conservation of forests in India with focus on Chipko movements in Rajasthan and Uttaranchal.
Q3.What was the Mesopotamian approximation for the square root of 2?
Explanation: The source text gives the square root of 2 as 1 + 24/60 + 51/602 + 10/603, which works out to 1.41421296.
Q4.What did Mesopotamians record about solar and lunar eclipses?
Explanation: Whenever solar and lunar eclipses were observed, their occurrence was noted according to year, month, and day.
Q5.Besides eclipses, what other astronomical observations did Mesopotamians record?
Explanation: Records about the observed positions of stars and constellations in the night sky.
Q6.What did the Paharias collect from forests for food?
Explanation: The source text mentions that from the forests they collected mahua (a flower) for food.
Q7.Which of the following was NOT collected by the Paharias from forests for sale?
Explanation: They collected mahua for food, silk cocoons and resin for sale, and wood for charcoal production. Mahua was for food, not sale.
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