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Fun GK and History Booster quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not completely extinct?

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Dodo

c)

Gangetic Dolphin

d)

Saber tooth tiger

2.

When was the first successful airship built?

a)

1850

b)

1851

c)

1852

d)

1853

e)

1856

3.

Who wrote the book 'Train to Pakistan'?

a)

Amitav Ghosh

b)

RK Narayan

c)

Rabindra Nath Tagore

d)

Khushwant Singh

4.

Which of the following companies is not a manufacturer of motorbikes?

a)

Suzuki

b)

BMW

c)

Bristol

d)

Peugeot

5.

When was zero invented

a)

sixth century AD

b)

fourth century AD

c)

Fifth century AD

d)

twelfth century AD

6.

Who is known as Swar Kokila

a)

Lata Mangeshkar

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Amir Khusro

d)

Milkha Singh

7.

What is the full form of BCE

a)

Before Christ Era

b)

Before Calculated Era

c)

Before Common Era

8.

Who is known as the father of the language 'Sanskrit'

a)

Lord Shiva

b)

Lord Vishnu

c)

Rishi Atrey

d)

Rishi Panani

9.

What do you mean by literary source

(a)  

10.

The next few questions are based on type of historical sources

Writing on stone surface =

a)

Archaeological

b)

Literary

11.

The next few questions are based on type of historical sources

Ruins of buildings

a)

Archaeological

b)

Literary

12.

The next few questions are based on type of historical sources

Vedas

a)

Archaeological

b)

Literary

13.

In which year did the French scholar Jean - Francois Champolion deciphered the Egyptian hieoglyphic script

a)

1811

b)

1822

c)

1833

d)

1844

e)

1855

14.

The population of a town was 3, 47, 509 in the year 2005-2006. The next year it was found to have increased by 11, 670. What was the toltal population in 2006-2007

(a)  

15.

Write in Hindu Arabic Numerals.

DCCXIV

(a)  

16.

54878 Rounded off to the nearest thousand is

a)

54900

b)

55000

c)

54880

d)

54000

17.

In which year did Vasco Da Gama reach India?

a)

1498

b)

1499

c)

1500

d)

1497

e)

1496

18.

Who wrote the story Palace of Illusions

a)

Amitav Ghosh

b)

Chitra Banerjee Devakurmi

c)

RK Narayan

d)

Salman Rushdie

19.

Guess this movie

Master Shifu, Po Tigress, Monkey, Viper

(a)  

20.

Who created frisbee?

a)

Lonnie George Johnson

b)

Walter Fredrick Morrison

c)

John Spilsbury

d)

Ruth Mosco Handler