WorksheetsDPS QUIZ
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which Formula 1 driver won his first ever race
at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix in Monza?
(A) Carlos Sainz Jr
(B) Alex Albon
(C) Pierre Gasly
Which sage donated his bones so that Indra could get his
weapon, the Vajra?
(A) Angiras
(B) Dadhichi
(C) Parashar
Which now-ubiquitous device, when first demonstrated by John F. Mitchell & Martin Cooper in 1973, weighed 2 kg?
(A) CD Player
(B) Laptop
(C) Mobile Phone
Which ancient Indian explained Pythagoras’ Theorem
centuries before the Greek for whom it is named?
(A) Baudhayana
(B) Aryabhatta
(C) Varahamihira
Which Asian Prime Minister has recently declared his intent to step down because of ill health?
(A) Lee Hsien Loong
(B) Nguyn Xuân Phúc
(C) Shinzo Abe
In 1991-92, who became the first person to be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest honour in the field of sports?
(a)
Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya are Class 10 students from Surat. In July 2020, what did they discover and name HLV2514?
(a)
Northrop Grumman has announced that its new Cygnus capsule will be named for an Indian-born American. Who?
(a)
What term is used for a pedestrian who walks on to, or crosses, a road at a place that is not a pedestrian crossing?
(a)
If the Indian cruise missile BrahMos gets its name partially from the Brahmaputra, which other river gives its name to it?
(a)
With which university has pharmaceuticals giant Astra-Zeneca collaborated to create a vaccine against Covid19?
(a)
Which country, named ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’ by some journalists, has been led by Alexander Lukashenko since 1994?
(a)
For which character from the Mahabharata was India’s first indigenously designed and built Main Battle Tank named?
(a)
Which player was disqualified from the 2020 US Open tennis tournament for accidentally hitting a line judge in anger?
(a)
In which country do we find the highest mountain peak in the Southern and Western hemispheres?
(a)
What name is given to such a contraption, created by using an irrigation pumpset as an engine?
(a)
In which country was this ‘flying car’ successfully tested in August 2020, aiming for a 2023 launch?
(a)
Identify this scientist, for whom one of the highest awards in the country is named.
(a)
Name this flamboyant dance from Spain.
(a)
For which mythological object was this HAL-designed aircraft named?
(a)
