Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - Gobar Times (Down To Earth's Supplement)

A Down To Earth Supplement

No.11, January 15, 2000
Gobar means animal dung in Hindi. All of rural India uses it in a variety of ways. Ways that exemplify sustainable existence. That's why we use it, too.

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Answer all five questions correctly and win an illustrated story book ‘The Chilika Lake Adventure’

Email your replies to panditji@cseindia.org

Reading your GTs carefully? All questions are from previous issues of GT.

1. What is the common name of ascorbic acid and acetic acid

2. The laughing jackass is not a donkey. What is it?

3. Name of the vessel in which Charles Darwin took a voyage around the world to get evidence on his theory of evolution?

4. We all know that Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium. Which other chemical element did they discover?

5. We oil hinges on doors to facilitate movement. What lubricates our forever moving bony joints?

The first three all correct entries will win.