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)

14 words = Excellent; 10 to 13 words = Good; 9 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

Airports of India

1 Agartala, Tripura 2 Chennai, Tamil Nadu 3 Jamnagar, Gujarat 4 Madurai, Tamil Nadu 5 Vadodara, Gujarat 6 Amdavad, Gujarat 7 Hyderabad, Telangana 8 Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar 9 Kolkata, West Bengal 10 Mumbai, Maharashtra Airport Code

A. BOM B. AMD C. CCU D. MAA E. IXA F. JGA G. IXZ H. IXM I. HYD J. BDQ

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

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

SPEER, SPERM, SPREE, STEEP, STREP, TEEPE, TEMPE, TEMPS PESTER, PETER, PREMEET, PRESE, PRESET, SEMPRE, SEPTEMBER, (Solution): BEEPER, BEEPS, EPEES, PEERS, PERMS, Word World

Answer the ones you know and research the rest. There is only one correct answer! 1. Arrange these planets for number of Moons from most to least. (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter

2. Filmfare award for Best Male lead actor of 2020 Hindi films was given to (a) Ranveer Singh (b) Vicky Kaushal (c) Akshay Kumar (d) Hrithik Roshan

3. What is believed to be the ‘Vahana’ (vehicle) of Hindu God “Bhairava”? (a) Cow (b) Cat (c) Horse (d) Dog

4. “Abetting” a crime is to (a) Ignore it (b) Assist with it (c) Condemn it (d) Support it

5. How many types of particles does an atom contain? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

6. What is the surface area of a hollow cylinder 10 ft. high with bottom diameter = 7 ft.? (a) 385 Sq. ft. (b) 320 Sq. ft. (c) 264 Sq. ft. (d) 220 Sq. ft.

7. NC State’s warmest year in recorded history? (a) 2017 (b) 2018 (c) 2019 (d) 2020

8. The country that won the most medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. (a) China (b) Japan (c) Russia (d) United States

9. The Hindenburg disaster occurred in the United States on this date. (a) May 6, 1934 (b) May 6, 1935 (c) May 6, 1936 (d) May 6, 1937

10. North Carolina is divided into ___ counties. (a) 110 (b) 105 (c) 100 (d) 95

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

Dadaji’s Advice

SPEAK WISELY

Q: “Dadaji, sometimes I say things that I wish I could take back. What should I do to speak wisely?”

Dadaji: “All thoughts cannot be told wisely. Speak only that is useful to you, the listener or any person. You can live a long, happy life and avoid lot of trouble. The tongue has no bones yet many uses, which makes it the most powerful part of the body.”