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General Knowledge

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's

a)

largest railway station

b)

highest railway station

c)

longest railway station

2.

Entomology is the science that studies

a)

Behavior of human beings

b)

Insects

c)

The origin and history of technical and scientific terms

d)

The formation of rocks

3.

Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

4.

For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

a)

Physics and Chemistry

b)

Physiology or Medicine

c)

Literature, Peace and Economics

d)

All of the above

5.

Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as

a)

Labour Party

b)

Nazi Party

c)

Ku-Klux-Klan

d)

Democratic Party

6.

Fastest shorthand writer was

a)

Dr. G. D. Bist

b)

J.R.D. Tata

c)

J.M. Tagore

d)

Khudada Khan

7.

First human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky, was conducted in

a)

1967

b)

1968

c)

1958

d)

1922

8.

Galileo was an Italian astronomer who

a)

developed the telescope

b)

discovered four satellites of Jupiter

c)

discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement

d)

All of the above

9.

First Afghan War took place in

a)

1839

b)

1843

c)

1833

d)

1848

10.

Georgia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan became the members of UNO in

a)

1991

b)

1992

c)

1993

d)

1994

11.

Euclid was

a)

Greek mathematician

b)

Contributor to the use of deductive principles of logic as the basis of geometry

c)

Propounded the geometrical theorems

d)

All of the above

12.

Ecology deals with

a)

Birds

b)

Cell formation

c)

Relation between organisms and their environment

d)

Tissues

13.

Fathometer is used to measure

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Rainfall

c)

Ocean depth

d)

Sound intensity

14.

Philology is the

a)

study of bones

b)

study of muscles

c)

study of architecture

d)

science of languages

15.

Who is NOT in the "The Three Tenors" operatic singing group?

a)

Plácido Domingo

b)

José Carreras

c)

Luciano Pavarotti

d)

Adrea Bocelli

16.

1998 film starring Robin Williams - “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.”

a)

Brave Heart

b)

Dead Poets Society

c)

Die Hard

d)

Terminator