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GK - December

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which among these was celebrated as 'National Mathematics Year'?

a)

2011

b)

2012

c)

2016

d)

2018

2.

In which year was '22 December' declared to be celebrated as 'National Mathematics Day'

a)

1962

b)

2011

c)

2012

d)

2016

3.

Who among these was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first English-Language writer?

a)

Willima Shakespeare

b)

Rudyard Kipling

c)

William Golding

d)

T S Eliot

4.

Vishvanathan Anand became India's first Chess Grandmaster at the age of 18 years by winning which of these tournament?

a)

World Junior Chess Championship

b)

Shakti Finance International Chess Championship

c)

Asian Junior Championship

d)

Chess Olympiad

5.

What were the two Civilian Awards received by Ratan Tata?

a)

Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri

b)

Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan

c)

Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri

d)

Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan

6.

Identify the image

a)

Yosemite Fall

b)

Ribbon Fall

c)

Fire Fall

d)

Horse Tail Fall

7.

Vishvanathan Anand won the International Master by winning which championship for the second year in a row.

a)

Asian Junior Championship

b)

Asian Sub-Junior Championship

c)

World Junior Chess Championship

d)

World Sub-Junior Championship

8.

Which among these poems is not written by Rudyard Kipling?

a)

If-

b)

Mandalay

c)

The Gods Of Copybook Headings

d)

Where the Sidewalk Ends

9.

The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 seeks to make amendments in which of the following Acts?

a)

The Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tibes Orders Act

b)

Jammu And Kashmir Representation Of The People Act

c)

The Delimitation Act

d)

Representation of the People Act

10.

Bhutan has honoured PM Narendra Modi with the country's highest civilian award. Identify the correct name of the award.

a)

Nagadag Pel gi Khorlo.

b)

Ngadag Pal gi Khorlo.

c)

Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo.

d)

Nagadag Pal gi Khorlo.

11.

When is 'Vijay Diwas' celebrated in India?

a)

5 December

b)

15 December

c)

16 December

d)

24 December

12.

SASTRA Ramanujan Prize of US$10,000 is given to the mathematicians for the outstanding contributions in an area influenced by Ramanujan. What is the maximum age limit to recieve the prize?

a)

42

b)

36

c)

32

d)

50

13.

Who among these is elected as the youngest President of Chile?

a)

Gabriel Iglesias

b)

Gabrial Boric

c)

Gabriel Boric

d)

Gabrial Iglesias

14.

Which country is first in the world to go 100% paperless?

a)

USA

b)

UAE - Dubai

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Qatar

15.

Sweden's first female Prime Minister Eva Magdalena Andersson, was recently in news for which reason?

a)

Being the first female Prime Minister of Sweden

b)

Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party

c)

For resigning after hours of appointment

d)

For being appointed two times in a weak

16.

Who is a 'Luthier'?

a)

A Person who plays stringed instruments

b)

A person who plays percussion instuments

c)

A person who makes / repairs stringed instruments

d)

A person who makes / repairs percussion instruments

17.

What is the term for 'a person who compiles a dictionary'?

a)

Lexicographer

b)

Cartographer

c)

Dictionographer

d)

Wordographer

18.

The year after his death, Ramanujan was listed among other distinguished scientists and mathematicians on which of these calendars?

a)

People in Science

b)

Calendar of Eminent Mathematicians

c)

Mathemagicians

d)

Calendar of Scientific Pioneers

19.

Vijay Diwas is celebrated in India to mark the victory of which of these wars?

a)

Indo-Pak War 1947

b)

Indo-Pak War 1965

c)

Indo-Pak War 1971

d)

Indo-Pak War 1999

20.

A person who eats a diet of food grown in an eco-friendly environment.

a)

Organotarian

b)

Eccotarian

c)

Hydropotarian

d)

Vegetarian