Questions & Answers of 2nd Round of 'The Big Quiz Fina' - conducted by Botany dept., Farook College in connection with MYRISTICA'17 - The Botanical Fiesta
4. MYRISTICA'17
Interdepartmental Quiz Competition
ROUND 2
Question 1 Who said this & about what ?
"മനുഷഷ്യനന്റെ തല പപപോലുള്ള കപോയയ, തലമുടടി പപപോലുള്ള നപോരുകള,
ഉള്ളടില് തലപചപോറയ ! ”
- കകേരളതത്തില്സസലഭമമായത്തികേമാണപപ്പെടസന്നഒരസവവൃക്ഷപതകസറത്തിചമാണണ
ഈവത്തിവരണണ
"Fruit is like man's head, Fibres are like man's hair,
Inside it, seed like his brain ! ”
-Thedescriptionisaboutapopulartreeinkerala.
41. MYRISTICA'17
Interdepartmental Quiz Competition
ROUND 2
Question 9
The Story of X
I am reminded of the story of Lord Buddha
( Disapamok / Bimbisarah ) who upon selecting his
personal physician sent several physicians into the
forest with the task of finding as many plants as they
could with no medicinal value. Each physician brought
back many samples of plants that they felt from their
experience and meditations had no value. One physician
by the name of X came back empty handed. He
explained : "I am afraid I have failed you, he began, I
have spent much time in the company of all of the
plants in the forest but their is none that I can find with
no value to someone. " Upon hearing this, Lord Buddha
( Disapamok / Bimbisarah ) selected X as his personal
physician. Indeed, Ayurveda recognizes that medicine
exists everywhere and often in the most unlikely of
places. Not only are plants and herbs sources of
medicine but Ayurveda also uses aromas, colors, sound,
special forms of massage and food as healing tools.
47. MYRISTICA'17
Interdepartmental Quiz Competition
ROUND 2
Question 10 ID the person.
APU
A degree in engineering from IIT Delhi, a Masters degree, and a PhD from Houston were just stepping stones for
X, an ex-IIT professor. X has been living for 32 years in the remote tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh, and serving
the people living there.While teaching at IIT Delhi, X had groomed numerous students, including Raghuram
Rajan, the ex-RBI governor, reports Speaking Tree. After resigning from his work, X started working for tribals in
the Betul and Hoshangabad districts of Madhya Pradesh. For the past 26 years, he has been living in Kochamu, a
remote village with 750 tribals, lacking both electricity and roads, and with just a primary school.
X has planted more than 50,000 trees in the region, and believes that people can serve the country better by
working at the grassroots level. “In India, people are facing so many problems, but people are busy proving their
intelligence by showing their degrees rather than serving people,” X told the Hindustan Times. X continues to
maintain a low profile. During Betul’s recent district elections, local authorities grew suspicious and asked him to
leave. X revealed his long list of qualifications, which the district administration, to their surprise, verified to be
true, reports Patrika.
What makes X's story truly inspiring is his simplicity. He owns just three sets of kurtas and a cycle, and spends his
day collecting and distributing seeds among tribals. X can speak many languages and dialects used by tribals in
the region. Closely associated with the Shramik Adiwasi Sangathan, he spends most of his time working for their
upliftment.
51. MYRISTICA'17
Interdepartmental Quiz Competition
ROUND 2
Question11 ID the person ( Y ).
Y and Vasuki lived a peaceful, loving life for a long time. They had children
to delight them and family who offered them support, love and affection in
their later life. As it was time for Vasuki to leave the body, which was the
Temple of abode for that jeevAtman, Y asked her, if there was anything, he
could do for her. Promptly the answer came, followed by a question. She
said, “Yes”, “my Lord, all our life, from the very first day, you asked me to
place a small cup of fresh water and a needle beside you at every meal.”
“May I know, My Dear Lord, why you asked me to do this?”
Y said, “I asked for the water and needle to be kept nearby so that; if you
ever spilled any food, (mostly rice then) while serving, I wanted to pick it up
with the needle and rinse it with the water and eat it to avoid waste.
However, my darling, you never dropped a single grain of rice in all these
years. There was never an occasion to put the needle and water to use.”
With a fully satisfied mind, Vasuki passed on. These stories idealize the
perfect couple for a perfect family life.
മരണഡശേഷഷം തെതന്റെ ഡദേഹഷം ജന്തുക്കള്ക്കഡ തെലിനഡോനലിട്ടുതകഡോടുക്കഡോന്
കല്പലിച്ച Y മനുഷഷ്യന് പ്രകൃതെലിയുതടെ ഭഡോഗമഡോതണനഡ വലിശേശ്വസലിച.
52. MYRISTICA'17
Interdepartmental Quiz Competition
ROUND 2
Question 11 ID the person.
APU
X is a classic Tamil sangam literature consisting of 1330 couplets or Xs,
dealing with the everyday virtues of an individual. Considered one of
the greatest works ever written on ethics and morality, it is known for
its universality and non-denominational nature. It was authored by Y.
The X is one of the most important works in the Tamil language. This is
reflected in some of the other names by which the text is given by,
such as Tamil veda, Poyyāmo i (words that never fail), and divine text.ḻ
Translated to about 82 global languages, X is the most widely
translated non-religious work in the world.The X is dated to sometime
between the third and first centuries BCE and is considered to precede
Silappatikaram (1st century CE) and Manimekalai (between 1st and 5th
centuries CE), since they both acknowledge the Kural text.
61. MYRISTICA'17
Interdepartmental Quiz Competition
ROUND 2
Question 13 ID the person.
APU
Within one year of the operation of the factory, the villagers
started protesting though it was yet to take an organized form. In
the early sixties an action committee was formed with people like
K Chathunni Master, a senior Communist leader, E K K
Muhammed, a Muslim League leader, and others in it
representing to the Government to take measures to control the
air and water pollution in Mavoor. But instead of taking measures
to control the factory’s pollution, the Government allowed the
management to start a new division in 1972 that intensified
pollution and the public agitation. It was in this phase that local
people like X, who later succumbed to cancer after almost three
decades of relentless struggle against pollution, took over the
leadership. As the agitation took a more aggressive turn, the
Government started negotiations which led to a temporary
settlement in 1974. As part of this agreement, it was decided to
measure water and air pollution levels regularly for taking stricter
action to control discharge of effluents into the river and air. As a
result of this agreement, known as Ramanilayam Pact, the Kerala
State Pollution Control Board was set up in 1974, one of the first
such bodies to come up in the country.