SELF EVALUATION ASSIGNMENT-2

SAE: SELF EVALUATION ASSIGNMENT- 2

Answer the following questions:

A.    Name the author of the following books

        1.     The Blue Bedspread

        2.     The Everest Hotel

        3.     The Last Post

        4.     Defending India

        5.     An Unfinished Dream

        6.     A Thousand Suns

        7.     Bullet for Bullet : My Life as a Police officer

        8.     Faith and Compassion

        9.     Inside CBI

        10.   Kargil : A Soldier’s Diary

B.    What are the primary names of the following sobriquets?

        1.     Bengal’s Sorrow

        2.     Blue Mountains

        3.     City of Seven Hills/Eternal City

        4.     Cockpit of Europe

        5.     Emerald Island

        6.     Garden of England

        7.     Holy Land

        8.     Quaker City

        9.     Land of the Morning Calm

        10.   The Down Under

C.    Where are the following wild life Sanctuaries/National Parks located/situated ?

        1.     Bandipur National Park

        2.     Chandraprabha Sanctuary

        3.     Dachigam Sanctuary

        4.     Dudhwa National Park

        5.     Ghana Bird Sanctuary

        6.     Kanha National Park

        7.     Manas Sanctuary

        8.     Mudumalai Sanctuary

        9.     Periyar Sanctuary

        10.   Sharawathy Valley Sanctuary

D.    With which game/sport the following terms are associated ?

        1.     Pitcher

        2.     Smash

        3.     Cox

        4.     Chicane

        5.     Checkmate

        6.     Scoop

        7.     Half-Nelson

        8.     Tobogganing

        9.     Mallet

        10.   Punter

E.    Where are the following places  and why are they famous ?

        1.     Kimberley

        2.     Kremlin

        3.     Pentagon

        4.     Potala

        5.     Sphinx

        6.     Wailing Wall

        7.     Wall Street

        8.     White Hall

        9.     Fleet Street

        10.   Harley Street

           11.   Zero Ground

Answer of the Self Evaluation Assignment-2

A.    1.    Raj Kamal Jha

        2.    I.A. Sealy

        3.    Narendar Pani

        4.    Jaswant Singh

        5.    Dr. Verghese Kurien

        6.    Dominique Lapierre

        7.    Julio Riberio

        8.    Navin Chawla

        9.    Joginder Singh

        10.  Harinder Baweja

B.    1.    Damodar River

        2.    Nilgiri Hills

        3.    Rome

        4.    Belgium

        5.    Ireland

        6.    Kent

        7.    Palestine

        8.    Philadelphia

        9.    Korea

        10.  Australia

C.    1.    Karnataka

        2.    Uttar Pradesh

        3.    Jammu & Kashmir

        4.    Uttar Pradesh

        5.    Rajasthan

        6.    Madhya Pradesh

        7.    Assam

        8.    Tamil Nadu

        9.    Kerala

        10.  Karnataka

D.    1.    Baseball

        2.    Badminton, Tennis

        3.    Boat Race

        4.    Bridge

        5.    Chess

        6.    Hockey

        7.    Wrestling

        8.    Skiing

        9.    Polo

        10.  Horse Racing

E.    1.    South Africa– Diamond mining centre

        2.    Russia (Moscow)– Headquarters of Russian Govt.

        3.    USA (Washington)– Headquarters of US Defence Department.

        4.    Tibet (China); Lhasa– Palace of Dalai Lama.

        5.    Egypt (Giza)– World-famous ancient Egyptian figure with the body of a lion and the head of a man.

        6.    Israel (Jerusalem)– Holy shrine of the Jews.

        7.    USA (New York)– Centre of US Finance and Stock Exchange.

        8.    U.K. (London)– Secretariat of British Govt.

        9.    U.K. (London)– Press and Newspaper street.

        10.  U.K. (London)– Doctors street

      11.  USA (New York)– The site of World Trade Towers destroyed by 11/9 terrorist aircrash led by sucide squad of Al Qaida headed by Osama bin Laden