Siasat l English Weekly l Kids World Fri.

11-05-2018 11
b. femur
c. tibia A: stapes Study Tips...
Q: What percentage of the human body
is water?
a. 40-50%
b. 50-65%
c. 65-80% A: 50-65%
Q: What is the most abundant mineral
in the human body?
a. phosphorous
Q: What is the biggest organ in the human body? b. calcium
a. brain c. magnesium A: calcium
b. skin Q: Which tissue in the human body does not have any
c. liver A: S kin direct blood supply?
Q: What is the largest gland in the human body? a. cornea
a. adrenal gland b. nervous tissue
b. liver c. muscle tissue A: cornea
c. thyroid A: Liver Q: Which is the vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood?
Q: What is the approximate amount of blood in the human a. vitamin E
body? b. vitamin A
a. 4-5 litres
b. 5-6 litres
c. vitamin K
Q: Which hormone does the pancreas secrete?
A: vitamin K Things you shouldn’t
c. 7-8 litres A: 5-6 litres
Q: What is the smallest bone in the human body?
a. adrenalin ever tell your kid
b. insulin
a. stapes c. cortisol A: insulin — Corina B Manuel

Which State is P radesh, R ajasthan, Bihar and BEWARE of what you say to your
J harkhand. With a production
the Largest Mica of 7626 tons of Mica in the year
children and how you say it because
2013-14, A ndhra P rades h you may be sending out inadvertent
producer? comes at the top of the list of
mica producing states.
cues on negative parenting.
Andhra Pradesh is the
‘Don’t be a cry baby!’
largest producer of R ajasthan has occupied
mica in India. second place with an If your child has had a fall and is bawling his/her
estimate production of 6635 eyes out, this is not the time to rebuke the child.
For over hundred years, India Attend to the child, check for injuries, apply first aid
tons of mica in the year
had enjoyed monopoly in and reassure him/her that all is good. The time to
2013-14. The mines of mica
production and export of sheet give her a life lesson is later.
are located in Bhilwara,
mica in the world. Of late, there
Ajmer and R ajsamand ‘C’mon, hurry up already! We don’t have all day...’
has been a steep decline in
districts if the state.
mica production in India, largely due to technological Your child insists on combing her own hair (even
improvements that facilitate use of reconstructed mica Bihar comes at third position with an estimated though she hasn’t quite mastered the technique yet),
and emergence of production of 3381 and is on pace to be late for school. Again.
mica s ubs titutes tons of M ica in the But pushing her to get a move on only creates
c o n s e q u e n tly year 2013-14. M ica additional stress. Instead, soften your tone slightly
resulting into fall in production in the or better yet, come up with a game: ‘Let’s see who
the demand of state is centered in braids her hair first!’ S he decodes it as that this ‘your
natural mica in the Nawada district. couple thing’ to do each morning.
world market. S till J harkhand comes
India stays there at next in the list with
8th position in the list an estimated
of largest producers production of 2110
of mica in the world. tons of mica in the
Andhra P radesh is year 2013-14. Mines
the largest producer of mica are found in
of M ica. N ellore Giridih and Kodarma
dis trict of A ndhra districts of the state.
P radesh is famous There was a time
for its mica (crude) when Kodarma was
production. O n the considered as the
other hand, mica Mica capital of India
(waste and scrap) is due to city’s
largely produced by worldwide fame for
the states of Andhra mica production.