Know the beaches of India

Anjuna beach – Goa
Gopalpur on Sea – Orissa
Juhu Beach – Maharashtra
Kovalam Beach – Kerala
Mahabalipuram Beach – Tamilnadu
Mypad Beach – Andhra Pradesh
Somnath Veraval Beach – Gujarat
Karwar Beach – Karnataka
Ganapatiputle Beach – Maharashtra
Corbyn’s Beach – Andaman Islands

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Do you Know?

1. Llamas are reported to be inquisitive, friendly animals. A llama greeting is marked by softly blowing on each other. According to animal experts, a soft blow to a person is the llama’s way of saying hello.
2. Octopi and squids can express emotions by changing the colour of their skin. Normally brown, their skin can become green or blue when they are frightened or trying to attract a mate.
   Young birds such as ducks, geese and shore birds are born with their eyes open.
3. Lobsters like grasshoppers feel no pain. They have a decentralised nervous system with no cerebral cortex, which in humans is where a painful stimuli proceeds.
4. Polyp, fish, worm, plant, crab, mollusc and plankton in symbiotic relationship ( the habitual living together of organisms of different species) make up a coral reef.
5. Not all male lions have manes. Many lion specimens have bare shoulders. Some male lions in Central Africa have more than a slight ruff of hair at each side of the chin.
6. An octopus will eat its own arms if it gets famished.

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Riddles

Ramanand a clever boy went to spring to get exactly 4 quarts of water, but he had only 2 jars, 1 jar holding 5 quarts and the other jar holding 3 quarts. How was Ramanand able to get 4 quarts using only these jars?

Answer
Ramanand filled the 3-quart jar and poured it into the 5-quarter jar, then he filled the 3-quart jar again and poured it into the 5-quart jar until the 5 – quart jar was full. He then had 1 quart left in the 3 quart jar. He emptied the 5-quart jar and poured the 1 – quart into it. Finally, he filled the 3-quart jar and poured it into the 5 – quart jar, which gave him exactly 4 quarts.

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