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22. The Science of Good Health, pg. 34
1. Padmasan, 2. Bhujangasan, 3. Naukasan, 4. Chakrasana, 5. Vajrasana, 6. Sirsasana, 7. Sarvangasan, 8. Halasan,
9. Savasan
23. Microscopic World, pg. 35
1. — b, 2. — c, 3. — c, 4. — c, 5. — b, 6. — b, 7. — b, 8. — b, 9. — c, 10. — b, 11. — b, 12. — c, 13. — b
Unit - 3: Models of Influence
26. Revolutionary Movements, pg. 38
1. — e, 2. — f, 3. — j, 4. — a, 5. — c, 6. — d, 7. — i, 8. — b, 9. — g, 10. — h
27. Technology & Innovation Leaders, pg. 39
1. Jeff Bezos, 2. Satya Nadella, 3. Tim Cook, 4. Jennifer Doudna, 5. Reed Hastings, 6. Sara Blakely
28. Technology & Innovation Leaders in India, pg. 40
1. K. Krithivasan, 2. Narayana Murthy, 3. Azim Premji, 4. C. Vijayakumar, 5. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, 6. Ashneer
Grover
30. Some palindrome-related puzzles, pg. 43
1. Racecar, 2. Kayak, 3. Poe, 4. Foot, 5. Dot, 6. Phoenix
Unit - 4: Spotlight
32. Significant Explorations & Discoveries Around the World, pg. 49
1. Ferdinand Magellan, 2. Roald Amundsen, 3. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, 4. Neil Armstrong, 5. James
Watson and Francis Crick, 6. Isaac Newton, 7. Albert Einstein, 8. Louis Pasteur, 9. Alexander Fleming
Unit - 5 : Mind Lab
33. Psychology, pg. 50
1. Cognitive psychology, 2. Neuroscience, 3. Cognitive training, 4. The serial position effect, 5. Psychosomatic
medicine, 6. The hippocampus, 7. Empathy, 8. Neuroplasticity, 9. Anchoring bias.
34. Astronomy, pg. 51
1. Hydrogen, 2. The Big Bang Theory, 3. The distance that light travels in one year, 4. Neutron star or black hole, 5.
Redshift, 6. Andromeda Galaxy, 7. The majority of the mass in the universe that does not emit light, 8. Gravitational
lensing, 9. Cosmic event horizon, 10. Black hole,
Unit - 7 : Print Media
36. World Wide Newspaper, pg. 54
1. The New York Times, 2. The Financial Times, 3. Dainik Bhaskar, 4. The Asahi Shimbun, 5. Le Monde,
6. The Washington Post, 7. The Sydney Morning Herald, 8. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 9. Folha de S.Paulo,
10. People’s Daily, 11. Mail & Guardian, 12. The Globe and Mail, 13. Kommersant, 14. Clarín, 15. The Gulf News,
16. The Economic Times, 17. The Hindu, 18. Dainik Jagran, 19. The Indian Express, 20. Times of India, 21. Mint,
22. Times of India.
Unit - 8 : Tech-1
37. Plastic Money, pg. 56
1. Credit card, 2. Debit, 3. Visa (or MasterCard), 4. Plastic money, 5. Contactless, 6. Theft, 7. Prepaid, 8. Chip-and-
PIN, 9. Smart, 10. Credit/Dabit card
38. Great Innovations in Aerospace, pg. 57
1. Turbojet, 2. Saturn V, 3. Turbofan, 4. Ion, 5. Gravity assist, 6. Composites, 7. Fly-by-wire, 8. Rotating detonation,
9. GPS (Global Positioning System), 10. Solar sail.
Unit - 9 : Nutri Hut
39. Food Poisoning, pg. 59
1. — b, 2. — a, 3. — b, 4. — c, 5. — c, 6. — b, 7. — a, 8. — c, 9. — c, 10. — a
Unit - 10 : Multifarious Exploration, pg. 62-63
1. Machu Picchu (Peru), 2. Petra (Jordan), 3. Chichen Itza (Mexico), 4. Colosseum (Italy), 5. Stonehenge (United
Kingdom), 6. Lalibela (Ethiopia), 7. Great Barrier Reef (Australia), 8. Yellowstone National Park (United States), 9.
Vesuvius Volcano (Italy), 10. Galápagos Islands (Ecuador), 11. Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), 12. Mount Athos (Greece)
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