Welcome to this month's eco-queez! If you think you know your environment, try these questions. All correct entries would get a surprise gift along with a mention of their name here next month. So what are you waiting for? Get into the quizzing zone!

The winners of the May Eco-Queez are:
1. MB, Okhla, New Delhi
2. K Kuppuraj, Manipal, Karnataka

Answers to the quiz are mentioned below

1.	The scientists from the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad have initiated a project to clone which animal? Ans: The Indian cheetah
2.	Which is the first country to ban genetically modified foods and when? Ans: Sri Lanka, May 1, 2002
3.	More than half the people of Bangladesh are facing poisoning from drinking water contamination... of what substance? Ans: Naturally occurring arsenic
4.	Which beetle eats trees especially the sal trees hollow every year during the rainy season and affected almost 3 million trees in the year 2000? Ans: Sal borers (Hoplocerambyx spinicornis)
5.	Who discovered the 500 square kilometer stretch of rain forest in Assam in the year 2000? Ans: Saumyadeep Dutta
6.	The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has found what productive way of getting rid of the city's garbage? Ans: A privately run compost plant
7.	In 2001 who received the Magsaysay award? Ans: Rajendra Singh
8.	What is a white, ice-like, compound made up of molecules of methane gas trapped in side cages of frozen water called? Ans: Methane hydrate
9.	On which island did Charles Darwin study and consequently develop the theory of ' Origin of Species'? Ans: Galapagos
10.	What dose DNA stands for? Ans: Deoxyribonucleic acid

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