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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Some fungi and bacteria produce this. But they are used to destroy the microorganisms. Name the substance.

a)

Antibodies

b)

Antibiotics

c)

Antigens

d)

Allergens

2.

This type of mushroom is found growing on tree trunks. They are responsible for wood decay and play a significant role in nutrient cycling. Name the fungi.

a)

Truffle

b)

Puffball

c)

Bracket

d)

Button

3.

Name the fungi that grow underground and edible.

a)

Truffle

b)

Puffball

c)

Coral

d)

Button

4.

The picture shows the coarse bed for railway tracks . What is it called?

a)

Pantograph

b)

Bogie

c)

Ballast

d)

Shunting

5.

Name the steel bar bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.

a)

Bogie

b)

Metal plate

c)

Fishplate

d)

Bolted bar

6.

A Sphygmomanometer is used to

(a)  

7.

Identify the medical instrument. The equipment is used to measure the body temperature. It measures the temperature of the__________.

a)

Digital thermometer, skin.

b)

Aural thermometer, ear

c)

Aural thermometer, eardrum

d)

Digital thermometer, eardrum

8.

cowhom forceps is usually found with a ___________.

a)

Dentist

b)

Beautician

c)

Neurologist

d)

Technician

9.

Nicknamed as the Nightingale of India. She was a poet and Freedom Fighter.

a)

Sarojini Naidu.

b)

Capt Laxmi Sehgal

c)

Rani Lakshmibai

d)

Umabai Kundapur

10.

The first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean.

a)

Golda Meir

b)

Amy Johnson

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Jerrie Mock

11.

How many miles you travel by car or plane. The energy usage in your home. How much you spend on shopping. The composition of your diet. These choices which you make in your life creates an impact on the greenhouse gases released by these activities. The term used is

a)

Carbon footprint

b)

Carbon dating

c)

Carbon density

d)

Carbon

12.

A genetically modified rice to over come Vitamin A deficiency.

a)

Yellow rice

b)

Vita rice

c)

Golden rice

d)

Brown rice

13.

An Austrian Monk who is known as the Father of Genetics.

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Watson And Crick.

c)

Har Gobind Khorana

d)

Charles Darwin

14.

A program that crawls the web into index sites

a)

Dark web

b)

Bot

c)

Spider

d)

Newton

15.

A temporary storage area for copied data

a)

Motherboard

b)

Dashboard

c)

Clipboard

d)

All the above

16.

Geometric patterns are formed overnight in fields by flattening standing crops in fields. Name this mysterious phenomenon.

a)

Fairy circle

b)

Crop circle

c)

Mystery circle

d)

Halo

17.

Select the false statement among the following.

a)

Dennis Ritchie created the C programming language

b)

The internet and the web are the two names of the same thing.

c)

Jackfruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh.

d)

Robbert Goddard is known for his work on modern rockets.

18.

The Japanese art or technique of cutting and folding paper into objects or designs.

a)

Origami

b)

Kirigami

c)

Papercraft

d)

Needlecraft

19.

Which is the deepest lake in the world?

a)

Lake Vostok

b)

Lake Nyasa

c)

Lake Baikal

d)

Caspian sea

20.

Pick the odd one out.

a)

Mace - a powerful weapon.

b)

Java - A breed of chicken.

c)

Galileo - A spacecraft to Jupiter.

d)

Titan - an element.