Question

Q.1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow
Camboo is called "green gold because of its great economic importance famdoes are lightweight
being hollomrod straight, strong and long lasting the bamboo is actually a type of grass, nota
tree fiscaled the big brother of all grasses because it grows to a huge size with one species, the giant
bamboo of Myanmar reaching a heigh 37m and girth of 37 cm! A few species are mere struds with
stems no thicker than a pena Bamboo grows very quickly reaching full size in about three months
Some large species add a metre a day! These are about 1000 species of bamboo and they are native to
the warm and tropical regions The largest Sumber is found in Southeast Asia, which is called the
continent of bamboo groves) Around 150 species are found in India. The bamboo has an extraordinary
flowering cycle. Some species flower once in 60 years, some in 120 years! Only a few species produce
flowers annually. All the bamboos of a particular species flower at the same time where ever they are
even 1000 km apart. The spectacle is breathtaking and it occurs only once in the bamboo's me
Answer the following questions briefly.
Mention the physical qualities of bamboo
Why is bamboo called the big brother of all grasses?
Why is the South East Asia called the continent of bamboo groves?
How can you say that bamboo grows very quickly?
Why is bamboo called green gold?
Find words from the passage which mean the same as:
1 empty from inside Bamboo
2 Sight/view
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Answer 1

because it grows to a huge size with one species, the giant