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Mercury or alcohol is used in the thermometers.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mercury or alcohol is used in the thermometers. A thermometer is a device that is used to measure the temperature. Alcohol thermometer and mercury thermometer are two types of thermometers that are composed of a bulb and a marked glass tube. The main difference between alcohol and mercury thermometer is that the bulb of mercury thermometer is filled with mercury whereas the bulb of alcohol thermometer is filled with alcohol. The alcohol thermometers are less toxic, whereas the mercury thermometers are highly toxic. 

The difference in the day and night temperature is less in the continental areas.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the continental area, the difference of temperature in the day and night is high. As the land gets heated quickly at the same time it cools down quickly. So during the day due to the sun, the temperature is high at the same time temperature is comparatively low at night because of the absence of Sun rays.

Well preferred tree fossil supposed to be from Jurassic Age in India is reported from _________.

  1. Pithauragarh

  2. Chhattisgarh

  3. Ramgarh

  4. Bahadurgarh


Correct Option: B

The Chenchu people speak Chenchu which is similar to _________.

  1. Gondi

  2. Telugu

  3. Malayalam

  4. Tamil


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chenchu people are tribal groups lives in dense forests. They mostly depends on hunting and gathering. Their spoken language is Chenchu. This language is similar to Telugu, as it is from dravidian language family.

Chenchus depend mainly on _________ for their food.

  1. Government ration

  2. Crops

  3. Forest

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Chenchu are tribal group of people or adivasi lives in dense forests. They are mainly depends on hunting and gathering. For their foods they mainly depends on forests. They used to collect forest products and sales in non tribal groups.

The Chenchu people live in _________ of Andhra Pradesh.

  1. Nallamala forests

  2. Maredumilli forests

  3. Narsapur forests

  4. Mallaram forests


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Chenchu people are tribal people or adivasi lives in dence Nallamala forests of Andhera Pradesh. They mainly depends on hunting and gathering. They are totally depends on forest.

The main deities of Chenchu people are god ________ and the goddess 'Chenchu'.

  1. Lingamayya

  2. Kalabhairava Swamy

  3. Sri Mahalakshmi Ammavaru

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Chenchus have a strong belief system. They worship their deities with great devotion. Lord Eshwara among them is known as "Lingamayya", and Shakti as "Maisamma" or "Peddamma". The worship of both male and female deities is accompanied by puja during the month of "Sravan", that is from July to August.

Chenchus and their relatives live together at a place by constructing huts. These are called "__________.''

  1. Pentas

  2. Mentas

  3. Ventas

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chenchu are tribal group of people lives in dense forests . They mainly depends on hunting and gathering. Chenchu people and their relatives live together at a place by constructing huts, this small huts all together termed as pentas by theme.

The districts Chenchus live in are __________. 

  1. Guntur

  2. Prakasam

  3. Kurnool and Mehboobnagar

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chenchu are the tribal group of people or adivasi lives in dense forests. They mainly depends on hunting and gathering. They lives in the district of Guntur, Prakasam, kurnool and mahboobnagar. Thses people totally depends on forests for their livelehood.

Bonda women have great skills in making the jute cloth. They make the clothes on the loom called ________

  1. Maggamu

  2. Daggamu

  3. Chiggamu

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
First, they soak the jute plants in the water of streams and lakes nearby for 2 to 3 days. Then they weed out a thread from them and dry them for three days under the sun. They collect different colours from the forest and mix these with the thread and make the clothes on the loom called Maggamu. They stitch tiny and beautiful mirrors on these clothes.