state quiz ( orissa)

KNOW YOUR STATE ORISSA ( for class 5 & 6)

OR 1. WITH WHICH FIELD ARE SONAL MANSINGH AND GURU KELUCHARAN MAHAPATRA ASSOCIATED ?

OR 2. WHICH NATIONAL PARK OF ORISSA IS ALSO A BIOSPHERE RESERVE?

0R 3. NAME THE 12^TH CENTURY POET FROM ORISSA WHO WROTE GEET GOVINDA?

OR 4.THE GAHIRMATHA BEACH IS THE LARGEST NESTING SITE OF A PARTICULAR SPECIES OF REPTILE , CAN YOU GUESS WHICH REPTILE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ?

OR 5. WHERE IS INDIA’S MISSILE TESTING RANGE SITUATED ?

OR 6 .WHERE WAS THE FIRST MAJOR PUBLIC SECTOR STEEL PLANT SET UP IN ORISSA ?I

OR 7.THIS SALT WATER LAKE IN ORISSA IS THE LARGEST IN INDIA AND PROVIDES LIVELIHOOD FOR MORE THAN 1.5 LAKH FISHERMEN.CAN YOU NAME THIS LAKE?

OR 8. IDENTIFY THIS PERSONALITY. AN INDUSTRIALIST, PATRIOT, DARE DEVIL PILOT AND FORMER CHIEF MINISTER OF ORISSA.
OR 9. WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS TRADITIONAL SCROLL PAINTING OF ORISSA?

OR 10. THIS SWEET ORIGINATED IN THESE STREETS IN THE 13TH CENTURY. IT WAS CALLED KHIRA MOHANA THEN. THIS SWEET WAS OFFERED TO GODDESS LAKSHMI IN JAGANNATH TEMPLE. BY WHAT NAME IS IT POPULARLY KNOWN?

ANSWER

ANS 1. THEY ARE ODISSI DANCERS

ANS 2. SIMLIPAL

ANS 3. JAYADEV

ANS 4. OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES

ANS 5 . CHANDIPUR AT SEA

ANS 6. ROURKELA

ANS 7. CHILKA LAKE

ANS 8. BIJU PATNAIK
ANS 9. PATACHITRA
ANS 10. ROSOGULLA

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