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Q. 1 Answer the following question:
1. Which country is known as the 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean?
2 To which country did Joan of Arc belongs?
3 Who discovered the route from Europe to India via Cape of God Hope?
4 Which two seas does the Suez Canal connect?
5 At which place did India test its nuclear devices?
6 Which Indian state may be described as the home of sandalwood?
7 Which city in Madhya Pradesh would you have to go to in order to see Jahaz Maha
8 What is the name of the university set up by Rabindranath Tagore?
9 Name a mountain associated with Lord Shiva?
10 Name the home for the destitute set up by Mother Teresa?
Q.2 Match the following
1. Paris
Irrawaddy
2. Rome
Burmese
3. Yangon
Indus
4. Saudi Arabia
New Delhi​

Answer 1

9.) Mount Kailash-

The most famed and holiest mountain among all these is Mount Kailash (6,714 metres), and on top is the heavenly abode of Lord Shiva, who shares this lofty peak with his consort goddess Parvati. The grandeur of Mt Kailash, the famed holy peak in western Tibet situated to the north of the Himalayan barrier.