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SOCIAL SCIENCE QUIZ HIGHER SECONDARY SECTION

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the large, long-range airships with a metal frame invented in 1900 by German used in World war 1?

a)

Zeppelin

b)

Dornier

c)

Tupolev

d)

Fairy Barracuda

2.

Hortus Malabaricus is the oldest important printed book on Indian medicinal plants. From where was it published?

a)

Amsterdam

b)

Karnataka

c)

Brussels

d)

Andra Pradesh

3.

A nonprofit organization founded in 1994 by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi with a mission to stop child labour?

a)

Good weave

b)

Udaan

c)

Navjyothi

d)

Amnesty International

4.

Find out the American President who is not included in Mount Rushmore National Memorial from the given options

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

5.

Pazhassi Raja and Napoleon had to face the same opponent. Who was he?

a)

Arthur Wellesley

b)

Robert Clive,

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

William Hedges

6.

In which year was slavery abolished in India?

a)

1843

b)

1812

c)

1901

d)

1912

7.

The Soul of Incredible India ” is the tourism tag line of which Indian state?

a)

Andra Pradesh

b)

Assam

c)

Meghalaya

d)

Odisha

8.

The highest capital city in the world with respect to mean sea level?

a)

Lapaz

b)

Quito

c)

Bogota

d)

Thimbu

9.

Pick the country which is not landlocked

a)

Sudan

b)

Bhutan

c)

Mongolia

d)

Andorra

10.

Identify this iconic festival held every year from December one onwards in a Northeastern state of India

a)

Hornbill festival-Nagaland

b)

Losar- Arunachal Pradesh,

c)

Ambubachi Mela- Assam

d)

Bihu Festival-Assam

11.

Only two square-shaped sovereign flags exist in the world. They are, ‘X’ and Vatican city. Identify X

a)

Switzerland

b)

Germany

c)

Lesotho

d)

Canada

12.

Name the bridge which is said to be the first permanent road connection between the Northern Assam and eastern Arunachal Pradesh.

a)

Bhupen Hazarika Setu

b)

Bogibeel bridge

c)

Howrah Bridge

d)

Bandra–Worli Sea Link

13.

An Island nation is otherwise known as “the doorstep to hell”. Which is the nation?

a)

Iceland

b)

Haiti

c)

Barbados

d)

Greenland

14.

The tallest dam in India is situated in which river?

a)

Bhagirathi

b)

Beas

c)

Brahmaputra

d)

Ganga

15.

Scientifically it has been confirmed that a river is flowing beneath the ground in North India. Name the river.

a)

Saraswathi river

b)

Kali river

c)

Meghna river

d)

Mahananda river

16.

Identify the wrongly matched pair.

a)

Atomium – Brussels,

b)

Space Needle-Germany

c)

Big Ben- London

d)

St. Basil’s Cathedral-Moscow

17.

Identify the dance form related to this legend

a)

Kathak

b)

Kathakali

c)

Odissi

d)

Bharathanatyam

18.

Identify this historic marvel made of French Gothic architecture

a)

Westminster Abbey

b)

Notre-Dame Cathedral

c)

St. Stephen's Cathedral

d)

Hagia Sophia

19.

Identify the location of this most photographed bridge in the world

a)

Australia

b)

Mexico

c)

Canada

d)

US

20.

Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 82.5°E longitude, as per the clock tower situated in a city in India. Which is the city?

a)

Jodhpur- Rajasthan

b)

Jabalpur-Madhya Pradesh

c)

Mirzapur-Uttar Pradesh

d)

Gaya-Bihar