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K 1. Who is popularly called “Madam Mango”? 12. Regular bearing habit is found in the variety: (a) Vijaya Laxmi Pandit (b) Kusum Budhwar (a) Himsagar (b) Alphonso (c) Smt Indira Gandhi (d) J B Kripalani (c) Mallika (d) Dasehri OUR Y

2. Who is the writer of the book ‘Romance of the Mango’ the 13. Lakhi Bagh orchard is located in: complete book of the King of Fruits? (a) Delhi (a) N S Randhawa (b) Lucknow EST (b) B P Pal (c) Darbhanga T (c) Kusum Budhwar (d) Saharanpur (d) M S Swaminathan 14. One of the oldest Mango Research StaƟ ons is located in: 3. Largest variety of Mango is: (a) Lucknow (b) Bangalore (a) Ashina (b) Fazli (c) Sabour (d) Pusa (c) Himsagar (d) Chausa 15. Which chemical is used for arƟ fi cial ripening of mango fruit? 4. Stoneless variety of Mango is: (a) Calcium carbide (a) Jahangir (b) Subarnarekha (b) Calcium bromide (c) Sindhu (d) Dasheri (c) Calcium chloride (d) Borax 5. Which is the soŌ est variety of Mango? (a) Kohitur (b) Mallika 16. Which state has the largest area under mango orchard? (c) Langra (d) Totapari (a) Bihar (b) UƩ ar Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) West Bengal 6. Which of the following varieƟ es of Mangoes have been protected under Geographical IndicaƟ ons Registry in India? 17. Botanically the fl ower of mango is called: (a) Bombay (b) Mallika (a) Umbel (b) Panicle (c) Laxman Bhog (d) Neelam (c) Raceme (d) Tussel

7. Mango is the NaƟ onal tree of which country? 18. Which is the fi rst hybrid variety of mango? (a) India (b) Bangladesh (a) Amrapali (c) Pakistan (d) Philippines (b) Mallika (c) Suvarnarekha 8. What kind of seeds does a mango have? (d) Provasankar (a) Recalcitrant (b) Orthodox (c) Dessicated (d) Non-ferƟ lized 19. Which plant is dependent on mango for food & shelter? (a) Orchid (b) Loranthus 9. Variety of mango which is available in the market the last is: (c) Cuscuta (d) Orobanche (a) Neelum (b) Langra (c) Safeda (d) Dasheri 20. One of the mango varieƟ es of Tamil Nadu is: (a) Himsagar (b) Mulgoa 10. Smallest variety of mango is: (c) Langra (d) Dasheri (a) Neelam (b) MoƟ dana (c) Bombai (d) Langra ANSWERS: 11. Mangiferin which is extracted from Mango is used as: 1)b 2)c 3)b 4)c 5)a 6)c 7)b 8)a 9)a 10)b 11)d 12)c 13)c 14)c 15)a 16)b (a) AnƟ oxidant 17)b 18)a 19)b 20)b (b) AnƟ -infl ammatory (c) AnƟ -viral Contributed by Sri Soumendra Nath Das, H.NO: B-1/359, PO-Kalyani, (d) All of the above Dist-Nadia, West Bengal 741235, Email: [email protected] SCIENCE REPORTER, DECEMBER 2015 58 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

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1. The belongs to the family: 14. Which deer is called the vampire deer? (a) (b) Cervidae (a) Swamp deer (b) (c) Giraffi dae (d) An locapridae (c) (d) Roe deer

15. Which deer is called as the barking deer? 2. Deer are commonly known as: (a) Indian (b) Samber (a) Arboreal (b) Odd toed mammals (c) (d) Pudu (c) Even toed mammals (d) Horned mammals 16. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is popularly known as: 3. The state of Manipur is: (a) Hog deer (b) White-tailed deer (a) Brow antlered deer (b) Indian muntjac (c) (d) Marsh deer (c) Mouse deer (d) Reindeer 17. Which deer are only capable of feeding under water? 4. The largest deer of India is: (a) Moose (b) Roe deer (a) Moose (b) Pudu (c) Fallow deer (d) Mule deer (c) Reindeer (d) Sambar 18. Which of the following deer possesses a scent gland in the 5. The largest living deer of world is: navel? (a) White-tailed deer (b) Moose (a) Fallow deer (b) Marsh deer (c) Reindeer (d) Roe deer (c) (d) Tu ed deer

6. The large male deer is known as: 19. Which of the following is not a true deer? (a) Hart (b) Stag (a) Musk deer (b) Mouse deer (c) Hind (d) Huck (c) (d) Both (a) and (b) 20. The deer characterized by palmate antler is: 7. The female deer is called as: (a) Moose (b) (a) Fawn (b) Stag (c) White lipped deer (d) Mule deer (c) Doe (d) Herd 21. Which deer possesses the lowest diploid number of 8. The smallest deer of the world is: chromosomes? (a) Pudu (b) Musk deer (a) Pudu (b) Sambar (c) (d) Hog deer (c) Moose (d) Indian muntjac

22. The deer characterized by antlers in both the sexes is: 9. The smallest deer of India is: (a) Musk deer (b) Reindeer (a) Water deer (b) Tu ed deer (c) Hog deer (d) Water deer (c) Swamp deer (d) Hog deer 23. The life span of the deer is: 10. Deer can be found all over the world except: (a) 10-20 years (b) 20-30 years (a) Australia and Antarc ca (b) Egypt and Philippines (c) 30-40 years (d) 40-50 years (c) China and Japan (d) France and Italy 24. The breeding period of the deer is called as: 11. All the male species of the deer have antlers except: (a) Hind (b) Doe (a) Swamp deer (b) Caribou (c) Stag (d) Rut (c) Water deer (d) Tu ed deer

12. The young deer is called as: (a) Fawn (b) Hind ANSWERS: (c) Doe (d) Stag 1)b 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)b 6)b 7)c 8)a 9)d 10)a 11)c 12)a 13)a 14)b 15)a 16)c 17)a 18)c 19)d 20) a 21) d 22) b 23)a 24) d 13. The mouse deer belongs to the family: (a) Tragulidae (b) Cervidae Contributed by Dr Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, Professor of Zoology, Post Graduate (c) Bovidae (d) Department of Zoology, Utkal University,Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar-751004, Odisha; Email: [email protected] 59 SCIENCE REPORTER, DECEMBER 2015