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General Knowledge1

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Brihadisvara Temple, the Temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram and the Airavatesvara Temple are collectively part of which heritage site?

a)

Sun Temple

b)

Chola Temple

c)

Bodh Gaya

d)

Khajuraho

2.

One of the world's youngest volcanoes, Paricutin is located in?

a)

Cuba

b)

Guatemala

c)

Mexico

d)

Nicaragua

3.

Name India's first lunar mission launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation

a)

Chandrayaan Program

b)

SARAL

c)

Discovery Program

d)

Cassini-Huygens Program

4.

Who among the following was not a part of the Apollo 11 Mission?

a)

Yuri Gagrin

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Buzz Aldrin

d)

Michael Collins

5.

Who invented the Atomic Battery in 1912?

a)

Santiago Ramon y Cajal

b)

Pierre Curie

c)

Luis Alvarez

d)

Henry Moseley

6.

Who is known as the father of Plastic Surgery?

a)

Sushruta

b)

Charaka

c)

Aryabhatta

d)

Varahamihira

7.

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Ajanta Caves?

a)

The general style of paintings at the Ajanta Caves seems to have influenced paintings in Tibet and Sri Lanka.

b)

Ajanta caves were tagged as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.

c)

Ajanta Caves were excavated between 12th century and 16th century

d)

Currently, these caves are taken care of by the Archaeological Survey of India.

8.

Name the largest waterfall in the world

a)

Blue Nile Fall

b)

Jog Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Niagara Falls

9.

Which building is known as the ‘White Marble Mughal Architecture'?

a)

Ajanta

b)

Hampi

c)

Taj Mahal

d)

Qutub Minar

10.

Which Heritage Site depicts the fine Dravidian Style of Art and Architecture?

a)

Khajuraho

b)

Akshardham

c)

Hampi

d)

Ajanta

11.

The first vehicle driven by man on the Moon's surface was__________.

a)

Luna Rover Vehicle

b)

Eagle

c)

Challenger

d)

Lunakhod 2

12.

Which planet has two natural satellites called Phobos and Deimos?

a)

Mars

b)

Uranus

c)

Mecury

d)

Neptune

13.

Identify the landform created due to the weathering and erosion caused by the Colorado River in US

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Death Valley

d)

Grand Canyon

14.

On January 1st, 1502 Portuguese explorers landed at Guanabara Bay, a natural harbour on the coast of South America and named the city “Rio De Janeiro” which means _____________ in Portuguese.

a)

River of April

b)

River of May

c)

River of January

d)

River of March

15.

Which among the following is the world’s tallest, natural pyramid?

a)

Pyramid of Lahun

b)

Walsh’s Pyramid

c)

Pyramid of Giza

d)

Mayan Pyramid

16.

Which Physicist was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of X-Rays?

a)

Wilhelm Röntgen

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Archimedes

d)

Robert Hooks

17.

Which planets are considered as gaseous planets of the Solar System?

a)

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury

b)

Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus

c)

Mars, Earth, Saturn and Jupiter

d)

Saturn, Mars, Neptune and Uranus

18.

Who, along with Robert Cailliau, invented the World Wide Web (WWW)?

a)

Tim Berners-Lee

b)

Alexander Bereznyak

c)

Karl Benz

d)

Nikola Tesla

19.

Which of the following is the nearest major spiral galaxy to the Milky Way?

a)

Centaurus A

b)

Messier 84

c)

Andromeda

d)

Cartwheel