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GK class 8

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the earlier name of Rajasthan?

a)

Rajagiri

b)

Rajputana

c)

Rajnagari

d)

RajaGhar

2.

Which is the largest kite flying festival celebrated in India

a)

Holi

b)

Janmashtami

c)

Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti

d)

Durga Puja

3.

Who gave the slogan ''Give me blood and I shall give you freedom''

a)

Vallabhbhai Patel

b)

Chandrashekhar Azad

c)

Subhash Chandra Bose

d)

Sukhbir

4.

What does White color in National Flag signify ? 

a)

Sacrifice

b)

Truth and Purity of thoughts

c)

Prosperity of life

5.

What does the blue wheel that appears in the Indian national flag stand for?

a)

The wheel of law of justice

b)

The wheel of religion

c)

The wheel of Krishna

d)

The wheel of fortune

6.
What is the National motto of India?
a)
Jai Jawan Jai Kisaan
b)
Saare Jahan se achcha
c)
Satyamev Jayate
d)
Jana Gana Mana
7.

Identify the movie and the song from this picture

a)

Kranti

b)

Ye Desh hai Veer Jawano ka

c)

Naya Daur

d)

Ude Jab Jab Zulfen Teri

8.

The first war of Independence took place on in

a)

1854

b)

1857

c)

1863

d)

1800

9.

Who gave the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

10.

Who was the first Indian ruler who had territory outside India?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Chandragupta Maurya

c)

Kanishka

d)

Huvishka

11.

When was Constitution of India adopted?

a)

January 26, 1951

b)

November 26, 1949

c)

November 26, 1950

d)

January 26, 1950

12.

Worlds largest festival is Kumbh mela

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The first indian rocket was transported using?

a)

Bullock Cart

b)

Horse Cart

c)

Bicycle

d)

Tractor

14.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Indus River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Brahmaputra River
d)
Nile River
15.

First English Newspaper in India

a)

The Bengal Gazette

b)

The calcutta Gazette

c)

The Bengal Journal

d)

The Bombay Herald

16.

Where is the tomb of Mughal Emperor Akbar located?

a)

Delhi

b)

Lahore

c)

Agra

d)

Kashmir

17.
The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:
a)
Primary Consumers
b)
Producers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Tertiary Consumers
18.

When is World Environment Day is celebrated?

a)

5 February

b)

5 August

c)

5 June

d)

5 may

19.

The phenomenon by which toxins concentrate in the organisms at higher trophic levels within an ecosystem is known as...

a)

Biotoxicity

b)

Biomagnification

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Predation

20.

What does the Ozone in the atmosphere do?

a)

causes the greenhouse effect

b)

causes acid rain

c)

protects the Earth from harmful infrared (IR) rays

d)

protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays

21.

What damage can UV rays cause?

a)

can cause sunburn.

b)

can cause some types of skin cancer.

c)

cataracts.

d)

all of the above

22.

What is causing damage to the Ozone layer?

a)

Methane

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

CFCs

d)

All of the above

23.

Identify the non- biodegradable substance from the following.

a)

Paper

b)

Tin cans

c)

Vegetable peels

d)

Wood

24.

An artificial ecosystem is

a)

Pond

b)

Forest

c)

Desert

d)

Crop field

25.

Each step of a food chain is called as

a)

Trophic level

b)

Food web

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Biological magnification

26.

Which of the following constitute a food chain?

a)

Grass, tiger and ant

b)

Tiger, goat and human

c)

Goat, human and grass

d)

Human, fish and crab

27.

Calculate the amount of energy available to snake in the given food chain if there is 6500 J of energy available to grass hopper.

Grass ----> grass hopper ---> frog -----> snake

a)

6500 J

b)

650 J

c)

65 J

d)

6.5 J

28.

Why do we need to manage the garbage we produce

i)To improve the health and quality of life

ii)For preventing environmental pollution

iii) To produce more biodegradable plastics

iv) To reduce the strain on natural resources

a)

i and iv

b)

iii and ii

c)

i, ii and iii

d)

i,ii and iv

29.

Non biodegradable waste materials can be treated by composting technique.

a)

true

b)

False

30.

Non biodegradable wastes can be managed by practicing techniques like

a)

Reduce Reuse Reabsorb

b)

Reduce reuse recycle

31.

___________________ are found as an alternative for plastics which are decomposed by microbial action.

a)

PVC

b)

Biodegradable plastics

c)

thermoplastic plastic

d)

thermosetting plastic

32.

What percentage of energy is passed on to next tropic level?

a)

10%

b)

50%

c)

90%

d)

100%

33.

Which of the following is a primary consumer in a grassland ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

What is this called?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Abiotic Factors

d)

Biotic factors

35.

Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

a)

Owl

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Lilypad

d)

Mouse

36.

Consider the following food chain:

Algae > Mayfly > Minnow > Trout


In a polluted ecosystem, which organism is likely to have the HIGHEST level of toxic chemicals in its body?

a)

Algae

b)

Mayfly

c)

Minnow

d)

Trout

37.
The ___________ is the basic unit of life
a)
organ
b)
cell
c)
atom
d)
tissue
38.
A group of tissues that perform a similar function is called_____. (Examples include the heart, lungs or stomach)
a)
cells
b)
tissues
c)
organs
d)
organ system
39.
This is a example of ........
a)
cell
b)
organ system
c)
organ
d)
tissue
40.
 A group of cells that have similar functions? Examples are nervous, epithelial, muscle and connective
a)
cells
b)
tissues
c)
organs
d)
atoms
41.
Which of the following lists these levels in the correct order of organization from the simplest to the most complex?
a)
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms
b)
organisms, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells
c)
tissues, cells, organs, organisms, organ systems
d)

organs, organ systems, organisms, cells, tissues

42.

Both a plant and animal cells have a cell wall

a)

True

b)

False

43.

What is the large sac that holds food, water, and waste?

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Vacuole

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

44.

Which cell has a cell wall?

a)

Animal Cell

b)

Plant Cell

c)

Both

45.

Which cell has chloroplast?

a)

Plant cell

b)

Animal cell

c)

Both

d)

Neither one of them have chloroplast

46.

What is the cell membrane?

a)

Power House

b)

Its the outer layer of a cell

c)

Large sac that holds food, water, and waste

d)

Jelly like substance

47.

What is the power house in the plant and animal cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

Cell membrane

d)

none of the above

48.

This cell part is in ALL cells. It is the gel-like substance that provides cell shape.

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Cell membrane

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Nucleus

49.

Plants perform photosynthesis through this organelle. It captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food for the cell.

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Nucleus

50.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Homi J. Bhabha

b)

Venkatraman Radhakrishnan

c)

CV Raman

d)

Visvesvaraya

51.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Homi J. Bhabha

b)

Venkatraman Radhakrishnan

c)

CV Raman

d)

Visvesvaraya

52.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Homi J. Bhabha

b)

Venkatraman Radhakrishnan

c)

CV Raman

d)

Visvesvaraya

53.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Homi J. Bhabha

b)

Venkatraman Radhakrishnan

c)

CV Raman

d)

Visvesvaraya

54.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Meghnad Saha

b)

Srinivasa Ramanujan

c)

Satyendra Nath Bose

d)

S. Chandrashekar

55.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Meghnad Saha

b)

Srinivasa Ramanujan

c)

Satyendra Nath Bose

d)

S. Chandrashekar

56.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Meghnad Saha

b)

Srinivasa Ramanujan

c)

Satyendra Nath Bose

d)

S. Chandrashekar

57.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Meghnad Saha

b)

Srinivasa Ramanujan

c)

Satyendra Nath Bose

d)

S. Chandrashekar

58.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Jagadish Chandra Bose

b)

Har Gobind Khorana

c)

Vikram Sarabhai

d)

Salim Ali

59.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Jagadish Chandra Bose

b)

Har Gobind Khorana

c)

Vikram Sarabhai

d)

Salim Ali

60.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Jagadish Chandra Bose

b)

Har Gobind Khorana

c)

Vikram Sarabhai

d)

Salim Ali

61.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Jagadish Chandra Bose

b)

Har Gobind Khorana

c)

Vikram Sarabhai

d)

Salim Ali

62.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

Jagadish Chandra Bose

b)

Har Gobind Khorana

c)

Vikram Sarabhai

d)

Birbal Sahni

63.

Who is this Indian Scientist?

a)

J C Bose

b)

Har Gobind Khorana

c)

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

d)

Birbal Sahni

64.

Who is known as the "Plastic Man of India"

a)

Dr. R. Mahadevan

b)

Dr. R. Vasudevan

c)

Dr. R. Srinivasan

65.

The oldest University in India is

a)

Nagaland University

b)

Narmada University

c)

Nalanda University

66.

Father of Ayurveda medicine

a)

Charaka

b)

Chanakya

c)

Agastya

d)

Varahamihara

67.

Father of plastic surgery

a)

Maharishi Acharya

b)

Maharishi Vibhukta

c)

Maharishi Sushruta

d)

Maharishi Bhardwaj

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