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Reading Day Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On whose memory is reading day celebrated?

a)

P. L Panicker

b)

P. N Panicker

c)

P.P Panicker

d)

P. S Panicker

2.

Who is known as kerala kalidasan?

a)

Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran

b)

Kalidasan

c)

Vallathol

d)

ullur

3.

Author of Panchathantra stories

a)

Vishnu sharmaa

b)

Ruskin Bond

c)

O. V Vijayan

4.

Name the author of Meghadooth and Raghuvamsha?

a)

Panini

b)

OV Vijayan

c)

Kalidasa

d)

Ullor

5.

Who wrote the famous Malayalam novel The epic of Khasak?

a)

Benyamin

b)

Kalidasa

c)

S K. Pottakadu

d)

O.V Vijayan

6.

Who created the character Tarzan?

a)

Ruskin Bond

b)

Tenesse Williams

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

7.

World Book Day is celebrated on -

a)

23rd March

b)

23rd April

c)

23rd September

d)

23rd August

8.

Who is the only Indian to have won the Nobel Prize for literature?

a)

Abhijit Banerjee

b)

Amartya Sen

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

Rudyard Kipling

9.

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

a)

Chitra

b)

Kapala Kundala

c)

The Court Dancer

d)

Chithrangada

10.

Who wrote the book "My truth"?

a)

jackie chan

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Vijay Hazare

11.

Who wrote 'War and Peace'?

a)

Leo Tolstoy

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Kipling

12.

Famous book "Hind Swarajya" was written by ?

a)

Vallabh Bhai Patel

b)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Lala Lajpat Rai

13.

Who is the author of the book New India?

a)

Manik Bandopadhyay

b)

Annie Besant

c)

John Milton

d)

None

14.

For Which book Rabindra Nath Tagore received the Noble Prize?

a)

Gora

b)

Ghar aur Bahar

c)

Gitanjali

d)

None of these

15.

Wings of Fire is an autobiography of

a)

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak

b)

Pranab Mukherjee

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

16.

Who is the author of book “Hitopadesha”?

a)

Kālidāsa

b)

Narayan Pandit

c)

Vishnu Sharma

d)

None of these

17.

Who composed the Ramcharitmanas?

a)

Tulsidas

b)

Surdas

c)

Valmiki

d)

Kalidas

18.

National Reading Day in India is celebrated on -

a)

15th June

b)

21st June

c)

31st May

d)

19th June

19.

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

a)

Salman Rushdie

b)

Arundhati Roy

c)

Kiran Desai

d)

Aravind Adiga

20.

For which novel did Salman Rushdie, an Indian born novelist win the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers Prize in 1993 & the Best of the Booker Prize in 2008?

a)

The Enchantress of Florence

b)

The Satanic Verses

c)

The Moors Last Sigh

d)

Midnight's Children

21.

Who won India's most prestigious literary award "Jnanpith Award" in 2019?

a)

Amitav Ghosh

b)

G Sankara Kurup

c)

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

d)

Krishna Sobti

22.

Which famous author used the pseudonym Premchand for his works?

a)

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava

b)

Narayan Sanyal

c)

Birendra Krishna Bhadra

d)

Samaresh Basu

23.

What is a coronavirus?

a)

a sudden occurrence, such as of war or disease

b)

a common virus that can cause illnesses of the upper respiratory tract

c)

central point of something, especially something unpleasant or a problem

d)

a common virus that can cause digestive illnesses.

24.

The Latin word "Corona," which means ...........

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

crown

d)

clown

25.

Coronavirus does not cause

a)

fever

b)

pneumonia

c)

runny nose

d)

pimples

26.

Other coronaviruses can infect animals like ........

a)

cats, dogs, monkeys, and rodents

b)

birds, dogs, donkeys, and rodents

c)

insects, dogs, monkeys, and mammals

d)

cats, dogs, monkeys, and reptiles

27.

The coronavirus is deadly.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

How is the coronavirus spread?

a)

Through the air by sneezing, coughing or close contact

b)

Through the air by birds

c)

Through the ground by worms

d)

Through the water by fish

29.

Where did the coronavirus start?

a)

Thailand

b)

China

c)

India

d)

USA

30.

MERS stands for

a)

Middle East respiratory syndrome

b)

Middle East respiratory symptom

c)

Middle Entrance respiratory syndrome

d)

Middle East rodents syndrome

31.

SARS stands for

a)

severe articulatory respiratory syndrome

b)

severe acute respiratory syndrome 

c)

serious acute respiratory syndrome

d)

severe acute respiratory symptom

32.

Treatment for for most corona virus infections is

a)

staying at home

b)

having surgery on your lung

c)

easing symptoms until the infection runs its course

d)

taking medicine until the infection runs its course

33.
What day did Pearl Harbor take place?
a)
December 7th, 1941
b)
December 25th, 1942
c)
November 31st, 1941
d)
December 7th, 1942
34.
What is it called when the Great Britain and France gave in to the aggression of Hitler and Mussolini?
a)
appeasement
b)
agreement
c)
non-aggression pact
d)
easement
35.
What was the official  American position until Pearl Harbor?
a)
neutrality
b)
imperialism
c)
appeasement
d)
aggression
36.
What was the famous military maneuver used by Germany in WWII, known for being lightning fast?
a)
blitzkrieg 
b)
blitzkrieg bop
c)
lebensraum
d)
bürgerkrieg
37.
This move by FDR likely resulted in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a)
Oil embargo
b)
Economic support for China
c)
Four Freedoms Speech
d)
Direct aid to Britain
38.
When was D-Day?
a)
July 4th, 1944
b)
June 6th, 1944
c)
June 6th, 1945
d)
July 4th, 1945
39.

What was the significance of D-Day?

a)

It was a turning point in WWII

b)

It was the last battle in WWII

c)

Germany was defeated after the Allies won this battle

d)

This was the first battle America participated in WWII

40.
Which famous American general, and later President, helped plan the battle at D-Day?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Harry S. Truman
41.
Where did the D-Day battle take place?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Hawaii
42.
How did the Allies arrive on the beaches of Normandy France?
a)
Sea
b)
Air
c)
Both
43.
Which president warned the country of the dangers of forming   political parties? 
a)
Washington 
b)
Adams
c)
Roosevelt 
d)
Monroe
44.
Which president is considered the main  author of the Declaration of Independence? 
a)
Franklin 
b)
Jefferson 
c)
Madison 
d)
Adams 
45.

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

a)

S R Ranganathan

b)

P N Panicker

c)

P Sreeramulu

d)

S Radhakrishnan

46.
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
47.

What is the message delivered by P.N Panicker on reading day?

a)

Read and Grow

b)

Grow with reading

c)

Grow up and think and gain Understanding

d)

Reading is life

48.

Which of the following novel by Chetan Bhagat is not yet adapted into a movie?

a)
b)
c)
d)
49.

Which of the following book was not written by Ivan Pavlov?

a)
b)
c)
d)
50.

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of ________________.

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Babasaheb Ambedkar

d)

Leo Tolstoy

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