1.WHICH is the only snake that builds nests?

2.WHAT term is used for the practice of clipping hedges into artistic shapes?

3.IN Hindu mythology, which city, originally known as Avantika, is believed to have been named by Lord Shiva himself?

4.OF which Burmese mountain range are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands a continuation?

5.WHAT science, developed by the Austrian monk Gregor Mendel, was based on his experiments with sweet pea plants?

6.ON what day (tithi) in the month of Phalguna is Holika, the sister of Hriyanakashyapu, symbolically burnt?

7.SELENOLOGY is the scientific study of which cosmological feature?

8.WHAT term was coined by the 18th century German philosopher Baumgarten to describe the nature of beauty and its appreciation, specially in art?

9.WHICH country in the southern hemisphere is called Aotearoa in it’s native language?

10.Which Indian author’s novel Animal’s People won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Best Book in the Europe and Asia region?

ANSWERS 1. King Cobra 2. Topiary 3. Ujjain 4. Arakan Yomas 5. Genetics 6. Purnima / Full Moon Night 7. Moon 8. Aesthetics 9. New Zealand 10. Indra Sinha

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