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Birbal Sahni, a Common card
Birbal Sahni FRS was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Birbal Sahni quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Birbal Sahni card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also took an ______ in geology and archaeology.
Answer
interest. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology. From the Birbal Sahni article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow in ____.
Answer
1940s. He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow in 1946. From the Birbal Sahni article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He also took an interest in geology and archaeology.
- He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow in 1946.
- His major contributions were in the study of the fossil plants of India and in plant evolution.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Birbal Sahni article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Birbal Sahni (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : AshLin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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