Youth Corner

Word World By Kirit Shukla

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Make words using 5 or more letters. The central letter must be used in each word. Plural words are not allowed. Use all letters for the subject word (underlined in solutions below)

8+ words = Excellent; 5 to 7 words = Good; 4 or less = keep looking. Words we found are in solutions below.

Brain-Train

Here is a simple quiz. See if you can solve it. No peeking! Match the number in column 1 with letter in column 2

Official Language of a country...

1. Cantonese 2. Greek 3. Dutch 4. German 5. Dzongkha 6. Portuguese 7. Urdu 8. Khmer 9. Sinhala 10. Arabic ...Country

A. Bhutan B. Austria C. Brazil D. Cambodia E. Cyprus F. Egypt G. Hong Kong H. Pakistan I. The Netherlands J. Sri Lanka

1-G, 2-E, 3-I, 4-B, 5-A, 6-C, 7-H, 8-D, 9-J, 10-F Brain Train:

6. a 7. d 8. b 9. c 10. d Scholar 1. d, c, b, a 2. a 3. a, d 4. d 5. b

TRAVISH, TRAVISHER, VIHAR

HAVARTI, RAVISH, SHIVA, SHIVER, SHIVRATRI, THRIVE, ARCHIVIST, ARTHRITIS, HARVEST, (Solution):Word World

Answer the ones you know and research the rest. There is only one correct answer! 1. Arrange these US Presidents chronologically, from past to present. (a) Harry S Truman (b) Woodrow Wilson (c) James K Polk (d) Andrew Jackson

2. Filmfare award for 2021 best film was given to Bollywood Hindi film ___ . (a) Thappad (b) Dil Bechara (c) Sir (d) The Unsung Warrior

3. The amount of momentum is dependent on? Check all that apply. (a) Mass (b) Distance (c) Weight (d) Velocity

4. “Queasy” means (a) Not easy (b) Out of tune (c) Questionable (d) Squeamish

5. The diameter of the planet Mars is approximately...? (a) 5800 km (b) 6800 km (c) 7800 km (d) 8800 km

6. What is the approximate length of the side of a square whose area is equal to that of a circle of 7 Ft. diameter? (a) 6.2 ft. (b) 5.2 ft. (c) 4.2 ft. (d) 7.2 ft.

7. Country with the highest number of lakes? (a) USA (b) India (F) Russia (d) Canada

8. Australian Open Men’s singles winner of 2022. (a) Medvedev (b) Nadal (c) Sampras (d) Federer

9. Who was the winner of Miss Universe in 2021? (a) Miss USA (b) Miss South Africa (c) Miss India (d) Miss Paraguay

10. The largest fresh water lake in India is (a) Shiv Sagar (b) Indira Sagar (c) Chilika (d) Vembanad

Answers are on bottom left. No Peeking.

Scholar: All correct; 1st Class: 9 Correct; 2nd Class: 8 Correct; 3rd Class: 7 Correct; Need to improve: 6 or less

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