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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A fungus that grows under the ground and is edible.

a)

Bracket mushrooms

b)

Truffle

c)

Puffball

d)

Coral mushrooms

2.

The picture shows a metal bar that joins the ends of the rails. Identify the structure.

a)

Metal bar

b)

Fishplate

c)

Join bar

d)

Fishbar

3.

This medical equipment can be found in the clinic of a _________.

a)

Ophthalmologist

b)

Dentist

c)

Neurologist

d)

Endocrinologist

4.

A German politician who has been Chancellor of Germany since 2005. Identify from the photograph.

a)

Angela Merkel

b)

Golda Meir

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Gro Harlem

5.

A team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. In the United States, it is also known as a gridiron. Identify the sport from the picture.

a)

American Football

b)

Throw Ball

c)

Rugby

d)

Hand Ball

6.

What are the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent?

a)

Carbon mapping

b)

Carbon dating

c)

Carbon footprint

d)

Carbon reuse

7.

The planet whose atmosphere is mainly made of carbon dioxide due to the excessive greenhouse effect.

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

8.

Social activist and founder of the Narmadha Bachao Andolan, who campaigns for the rights of the people displaced by large dams along the Narmadha river. Identify the person.

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Name the scientist who discovered the relationship between the motion of the Moon and the motion of a body falling freely on Earth.

a)

Daniel Bernoulli

b)

Galileo.

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Sir Issac Newton.

10.

UV rays ,smoking and X-rays can cause errors in the gene.These errors are called __________.

a)

DNA copying

b)

Replication

c)

Mutation.

d)

Duplication.

11.

Name the multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, international effort to map and sequence the 3 billion letters in the human DNA instruction book headed by Francis Collins.

a)

Human Genome Project

b)

Human Genome Protein

c)

Human Genetics Project

d)

Human Coding Project

12.

A way to measure a person's physical characteristics to verify their identity.

a)

Bionics

b)

Fingerprint scan

c)

Biometrics

d)

Bioinformatics

13.

Name the website that allows users to change the contents of the site.

a)

Macro

b)

Wiki

c)

Metadata

d)

Index

14.

The picture shows a collection of giant geoglyphs—designs or motifs etched into the ground—located in the Peruvian coastal plains. Identify the picture.

a)

Crop circles

b)

Crop lines

c)

Nazca lines

d)

Field lines

15.

Java is an island of Indonesia.Java may also refer to:

a)

a satellite

b)

a breed of chicken

c)

a scientist

d)

Moon of Saturn

16.

Select the false statement.

a)

Thailand's national flower is the orchid.

b)

Dennis Ritchie created the C programming language.

c)

Jackfruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh.

d)

The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal.

17.

A fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. It is also used in jewelry.

a)

Amber

b)

Radium

c)

Fossa

d)

Titanium

18.

Pick the odd one out.

a)

Mace - an irritant spray.

b)

Titan - a moon of Saturn.

c)

Buffalo - a place.

d)

Galileo - a moon of Jupiter.

19.

The given picture shows an application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. Name the technology.

a)

Bioinformatics.

b)

Biometrics.

c)

Bionics.

d)

Biomimicry.

20.

The picture shows the three-dimensional helical structure of DNA. Name the scientists who first proposed the three-dimensional structure of DNA?

a)

James Watson and Francis Crick.

b)

Gregor Mendel.

c)

Francis Collins.

d)

Friedreich Miescher.