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Rules :10 Questions / CW(+10/0) on Bounce(+10/-10) on PounceMaximum 4 (four) pounces per team

1

Name the tree, which is associated with something very important dealing with environment issues .

Jatropha

Jatropa Tree

2

This is the molecular structure of an inorganic, colourless, odourless, non-flammable, excellent electrical insulator, which is the most potent greenhouse gas. Name the gas.

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Sulfur hexafluoride

3

George Alfred James introduces the activism and philosophy of

which great Indian environmental activist in

‘Ecology Is Permanent Economy’ – which is, in fact, the famous man’s oft referred view on Ecology and Environment?

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4

What is the name of this cyanobacteria, formerly called “blue algae”,

which is referred to as the richest food in nature after breast milk.

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Spirulina

5

From the 1st January 2017, there will be a Single Emergency Number in India to connect to the police, ambulance services and the fire department.

What is the Number?

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6

Name the Train service, commissioned by the railway ministry in collaboration with the Maharashtra government, to alleviate the draught situation in Latur, Maharastra, by transporting half a million litres of water on each of its trips from Miraj in Sangli district.

Jaldoot

7

Identify the Stadium which is the first cricket venue in the country to have a rooftop solar power plant.

The Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru

8

They are often called 'Jal Murgi' (Water Hens) for their speed. They are an elite special operations unit of the Indian Navy; and in the world ranking of elite forces in top ten, they have got the rank of Seven.

Name the elite force.

Marine Commando Force (MCF) / MACROS

(Marine Commandos)

9

Who has become the first batsman to score

10,000 runs in the Ranji Trophy?

Wasim Jafar

10

A documentary on Sunny Leone, titled, ‘Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy’, featuring her and husband Daniel Webber is about to get a worldwide release. Who is the director of the documentary?

Dilip Mehta

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