Glimpses Of India
A. Coorg
Class - X
1. Where is the island of Nisargadhama ?
(a) Shimla
(b) Coorg
(c) Ladakh
(d) Ooty
Ans: (b) Coorg
2. Who was the first chief of Indian army- a Coorgi as mentioned in "Coorg"?
(a) Vishwa Nath Sharma
(b) Sam Manekshaw
(c) General Cariappa
(d) General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
Ans: (c) General Cariappa
3. Where is Coorg ?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Telengana
(d) Karnataka
Ans: (d) Karnataka
4. The season of joy in Coorg commences from_____.
(a) September to January
(b) September to March
(c) March to September
(d) September to December
Ans: (b) September to March
5. Name the crops grown in plenty in Coorg.
(a) Coffee
(b) Maize
(c) Tea
(d) Paddy
Ans: (a) Coffee
6. What kind of stories are the Coorg people always ready to tell ?
(a) Tales of suspense
(b) Teles of love
(c) Telas of horror
(d) Telas of valuor
Ans: (d) Telas of valuor
7. What is the main crop grown in Coorg?
(a) Tea
(b) Coffee
(c) Rubber
(d) Sugarcane
Ans. (b) Coffee
8. How does the author describe the people of Coorg?
(a) Skilled warriors
(b) Adventurous people
(c) Hospitable and martial
(d) Skilled patriots
Ans. (c) Hospitable and martial
9. What is the freshwater fish of Coorg is
(a) River Dolphin
(b) Mahaseer
(c) Rohu fish
(d) None of
Ans: (b) Mahaseer
10. "The climb to the ______ hills brings you into a panoramic view of the entire misty landscape of Coorg."
(a) Nilgiri
(b) Himalayan
(c) Brahmagiri
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Brahmagiri
11. What do elephants enjoy ?
(a) eating the sugarcane
(b) being bathed and scrubbed by their Mahouts in river
(c) breaking the branches of the trees
(d) throwing the sugarcane into the river
Ans: (b) being bathed and scrubbed by their Mahouts in river
12. What are the activities available in Coorg ?
(a) Canoeing
(b) Mountain climbig
(c) River-rafting
(d) All of these
Ans: (d) All of these
7. What does the author admire about the Kodavus?
(a) Their dressing sense
(b) Their high energy
(c) Their language
(d) Their tradition of hospitality
Ans. (d) Their tradition of hospitality
14. Coorg is a ________ country.
(a) tea
(b) coffee
(c) paddy
(d) apple
Ans: (b) coffee
15. ______ stands tucked under tree canopies in prime corners.
(a) Coffee estates and Heritage Mansions
(b) Coffee estates and Mansions
(c) Coffee estates and colonial bungalows
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Coffee estates and colonial bungalows
16. One can reach Coorg by:
(a) rail
(b) road
(c) air
(d) all of these
Ans: (d) all of these
17. What is Nisargadhama?
(a) The name of a lake in Coorg
(b) The name of an island in Coorg
(c) The name of a cave in Coorg
(d) A hill station in Coorg
Ans: (b) The name of an island in Coorg
18. Which river flows through the district of Coorg?
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Yamuna
(d) Kaveri
Ans. (d) Kaveri
19. The fiercely independent people of Coorg are possibly ofl.
(a) Arabic or Indian descent
(b) Greek or Persian descent
(c) Greek or Indian descent
(d) Greek or Arabic descent
Ans: (d) Greek or Arabic descent
20. Rafting, canoeing, rappelling, rock climbing....."What is the meaning of rappelling here?
(a) Travelling in a river in a ship
(b) Travelling in a river in a raft
(c) Travelling in a river in a raft
(d) Going down a cliff by sliding down a rope
Ans: (d) Going down a cliff by sliding down a rope
21. The animals one is likely to see in Coorg are
(a) Slender Lorris
(b) Macaques
(c) Mahseer
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d) All of the above
22. The Coorgi people are famous for the tradition of
(a) Mischievousness
(b) enmity
(c) hospitality
(d) Greediness
Ans: (c) hospitality
23. What covers thirty percent area of the district of Kodagu ?
(a) Evergreen Forests
(b) Mountains
(c) Deciduous Forests
(d) None of the Above
Ans: (a) Evergreen Forests
24. Why do the squirrels drop partially eaten fruit in the river ?
(a) Mahaseer
(b) Rohu fish
(c) River Dolphin
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) Mahaseer
25. Where is the India's largest Tibetan settlement?
(a) Bylakuppe
(b) Ooty
(c) Mangalore
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) Bylakuppe
(a) The right to own land without rental dues.
(b) The permission to carry firearms without a license
(c) The exemption from military service
(d) The privilege of opening fire in times of emergency.
Ans. (b) The permission to carry firearms without a license
27. Where is Coorg situated?
(a) Between Mysore and Mangalore
(b) Between Delhi and Agra
(c) Between Mumbai and Pune
(d) Between Chennai and Hyderabad
Ans: (a) Between Mysore and Mangalore
28. What does the phrase "ripple effect" refer to in the context of the squirrels and langurs dropping fruit into the water?
(a) The reflection of the sun's rays on the water
(b) The sound of the fruit hitting the water
(c) The absorption of the fruit by the water
(d) The disturbance caused on the surface of the water
Ans. (d) The disturbance caused on the surface of the water
29. Coorg is also known as—
(b) Madikeri
(d) Malgudi
Ans: (a) Kodagu
(a) Desert
(b) Coffee plantations
(c) Coal mines
(d) Cotton fields
Ans: (b) Coffee plantations
