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. The Coorgi people are famous for the tradition of
(a) Mischievousness
(b) enmity
(c) hospitality
(d) Greediness
Ans: (c) hospitality
8. 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
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
13. 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
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. Where is the India's largest Tibetan settlement?
(a) Bylakuppe
(b) Ooty
(c) Mangalore
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) Bylakuppe
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
