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Gk for grade 8

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Lakshya Tera Samne Hai" is the "Official Olympic Theme Song" for Tokyo Olympics 2020, Who is the composer and singer of the song?

a)

Javed Ali

b)

Mohit Chauhan

c)

A. R. Rahman

d)

Sonu Nigam

e)

Mohit Chauhan

2.

Who has been named the captain of the Indian men's hockey team for the Tokyo Olympics?

a)

Darius Khambata

b)

Manpreet Singh

c)

N Venkatram

d)

Manpreet Singh

3.

Which player has won the 2021 French Grand Prix? A. Sergio Perez

a)

Sergio Perez

b)

Lewis Hamilton

c)

Max Verstappen

d)

Sebastian Vettel

4.

The Ministry of Environment distributed awards for a short film competition on the environment. Who is the present Union Minister of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change?

a)

Prakash Javadekar

b)

Smriti Irani

c)

Harsh Vardhan

d)

Piyush Goyal

5.

Gandhi Film Festival is being organized by Films Division in association with India Tourism in which place from 2nd to 6th October 2019?

a)

Delhi

b)

Bengaluru

c)

Mumbai

d)

Hyderabad

6.

The Oscar winning short documentary film ‘Smile Pinki’ (2008) was directed by which director?

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

Megan Mylan

c)

Michel curtiz,

d)

Alfred Hitchcock

7.

Which of these was called "food of the gods" in ancient India?

a)

coconut

b)

Cheese

c)

roti

d)

yoghurt

8.

What will be the charge on an ion if it consists of 3 protons and 2 electrons

a)

+1

b)

-1

c)

no charge

d)

none of these

9.

Magnetic force is.. ?

a)

contact force

b)

non-contact force

c)

both a and b

d)

none of these

10.

Who was the first Women president of Congress?

a)

Aruna Asaf

b)

Madam bhikaji kama

c)

Sarojini Naido

d)

Annie Besant

11.

After the Bardoli Satyagrah the title of "Sardar" to Vallabh Bhai Patel was given by which leader?

a)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

b)

Motilal Nehru

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

12.

Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British parliament?

a)

Dadabhai Naoroji

b)

Bipin Chandra pal

c)

Gopala Krishna Gokhle

d)

Annie Besant

13.

Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone that was seen in news recently is located in which state?

a)

Bihar

b)

Uttarakhand

c)

Chhattisgarh

d)

Madhya Pradesh

14.

Who is the India's 1st Chief of Defence Staff ?

a)

Admiral Karambir Singh

b)

Gen Bipin Rawat

c)

Gen MM Naravane

d)

Marshal R K Singh Bhadauria

15.

Which of these organisations started the ‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ contest on the death anniversary of former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam?

a)

Indian Space Research Organisation

b)

Defence Research and Development Organisation

c)

NITI Aayog

d)

Indian Institute of Science