Questions

1. Lichens are plants that grow in exposed places such as rocks or tree bark.

2.  Lichens are widely used as environmental indicators or bio-indicators. They can be used as air pollution indicators, especially of the concentration of sulfur-di-oxide in the atmosphere.  

3. They need to be very good at absorbing water and nutrients to grow there.

Rangaswamy Cup is associated with Hockey. Introduced in 1928, the Rangaswami Cup, was originally known as Inter-Provincial Tournament meant to pick up players for the national team for the Olympics.

After some years, The Hindu Group in 1951 presented the Rangaswami Cup that was named after one of its editors and since then the tournament is known as the Rangaswami Cup.