1)   Author of ‘How to Avoid a Climate Disaster’:

A) Greta Thunberg

B) Sunderlal Bahuguna

C) Bill Gates

D) Pope Francis

Bill Gates wrote How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (2021), laying out a plan to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions with solutions across electricity, manufacturing, transport, buildings, and agriculture.

Greta Thunberg compiled The Climate Book;

Sunderlal Bahuguna was a Chipko movement leader, not the author of this title;

Pope Francis wrote the encyclical Laudato Si’ on care for our common home.

Ans)  C) Bill Gates


2)  Match the following epics of the Sangham Period (List I) with their authors (List II)

List I                                              List II

a. Silappadikaram                        TiruttakkaTevar

b. Manimeghala                            Nagakuthanar

c. Jivak Chintamani                      Ilango Adikal

d. Kundalakesi                              Sathanar


A) a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2

B) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

C) a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4

D) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4

Silappadikaram → Ilango Adikal (3): One of the five great Tamil epics.

Manimeghala(i) → Sathanar (4): Sequel to Silappadikaram with Buddhist themes.

Jivaka Chintamani → TiruttakkaTevar (1): A Jain epic.

Kundalakesi → Nagakuthanar (2): A Buddhist epic centered on the heroine Kundalakesi.

Ans) B) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2