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There are 10 questions in this quiz. Answer all the questions and comment how many you got correct with something about yourself.

  1. This is a typical desert dweller, with its large, wide spreading hooves and feet adapted to walking on soft sand. It has a special ability to track rainfall and move to the areas where desert vegetation will suddenly sprout after a downpour.





  2. Popularly called 'chiru', it is native to the Tibetan Plateau. Its coat is grey to reddish brown , with a white underside. The male has long, horse and legs. They are graceful and can run fast too.





  3. Rainforest play which of these significant roles





  4. A person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by other members of his family or group.





  5. In Hindu mythology, who is the god of the sky, water and the oceans?





  6. The language read from right to left; Mirza Ghalib wrote in this language





  7. "Give me a firm place to stand, and I will move the Earth."





  8. Ancient Egyptians used this way of writing on Obelisks, wall painting, tombs and papyri (document on a type of paper made from the reeds. They are symbols that represent an object a sound or an idea.





  9. What are widely used for communication over long distance?





  10. In this method, food such as fish or idli are cooked by passing hot water vapour over them. Food is not in direct contact of water and heat.





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