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Reading Day

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the Book “Gandhi and Stalin”?

a)

Raj Narayan

b)

Louis Fisher

c)

Anita Desai

d)

V.S.Naipaul

2.

Which among the following is not a work of Rabindranath Tagore?

a)

Chitra

b)

Kapala Kundala

c)

The Court Dancer

d)

Chithrangada

3.

Who wrote the book "My truth"?

a)

jackie chan

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Vijay Hazare

4.

Booker award given for

a)

Best Book

b)

Best Magazine

c)

Best Novel

d)

None of the above

5.

Where is the head office of Sahitya akademi located?

a)

New Delhi

b)

Mumbai

c)

Kolkata

d)

Pune

6.

For Which book Rabindra Nath Tagore received the Noble Prize?

a)

Gora

b)

Ghar aur Bahar

c)

Gitanjali

d)

None of these

7.

Wings of Fire is an autobiography of

a)

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak

b)

Pranab Mukherjee

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

8.

World Book Day is celebrated on -

a)

23rd March

b)

23rd April

c)

23rd September

d)

23rd August

9.

National Reading Day in India is celebrated on -

a)

15th June

b)

21st June

c)

31st May

d)

19th June

10.

Who is the first Indian citizen to have won the Booker Prize?

a)

Salman Rushdie

b)

Arundhati Roy

c)

Kiran Desai

d)

Aravind Adiga

11.

In whose honour is Reading Day/Week celebrated in India?

a)

S R Ranganathan

b)

P N Panicker

c)

P Sreeramulu

d)

S Radhakrishnan

12.
What does the idiom "spill the beans" mean?
a)
To tell the truth
b)
To scream
c)
To ruin a secret/surprise
d)
To drop food on the floor
13.

Largest Desert in the world is?

a)

Arabian Desert

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Thar Desert

14.
How often are the Commonwealth Games held?
a)
every two years
b)
every four years
c)
every six years
d)
never
15.
What colour is the centre of the target in archery?
a)
yellow
b)
red
c)
blue
d)
green
16.
What are the colours of the five Olympic Rings?
a)
red, yellow, green, white, black
b)
blue, black, red, yellow, green
c)
yellow, green, blue, brown, purple
d)
green, blue, black, orange, white
17.

Which of the following is not an application software?

a)

A. Avira

b)

B. Windows 10

c)

C. Microsoft word

d)

D. Windows Media Player

18.
Which sources of energy are NOT considered renewable
a)
geothermal (heat)
b)
hydroelectric  (water)
c)
coal
d)
wind
19.

Which gas is mainly responsible for the green house effect?

a)

H2

b)

O2

c)

CO2

d)

Water Vapours

20.

Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?

a)

Indus River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Yangtze

21.

First Governor-General of Bengal was

a)

Robert Clive

b)

William Bentinck

c)

Wellesley

d)

Warren Hastings

22.

First English Newspaper in India

a)

The Bengal Gazette

b)

The calcutta Gazette

c)

The Bengal Journal

d)

The Bombay Herald

23.

First census in India was conducted at the time of

a)

Lord Mayo

b)

Lord Lytton

c)

Lord Auckland

d)

Sir John Napier

24.

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Reading

c)

Lord Chelmsford

d)

Lord Wavell

25.

Mucormycosis is also

a)

White Fungus

b)

Black Fungus

c)

Green Fungus

d)

Yellow Fungus