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General Knowledge

Book 8

3. Netiquette

A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (b)B. 1. asap 2. bwl 3. brb 4. cya 5. gtsy 6. ic 7. imo 8. kit 9. sys 10. ta 11. ttfn 12. ttyl

C. Dear Teacher As desired by you, I have completed my project on the digestive system. I have made all the

slides on Powerpoint but I am facing some difficulty in understanding the role of the small intestine. Will you be available to review the project around 10 a.m. tomorrow?

Thank you

Yours sincerely Reema

5. Botanical Names1. china rose 2. dog flower 3. daffodil 4. gladioli 5. carnation 6. lily7. sweet pea 8. tulip 9. rose 10. jasmine 11. tuberose 12. balsam13. sunflower 14. periwinkle 15. water lily 16. lotus

6. Floral Feelings1. regard 2. indifference 3. innocence 4. wisdom 5. ingratitude 6. ambition7. comfort 8. power 9. we are united 10. mourning 11. self-esteem12. love of nature 13. affection 14. haughtiness 15. thinking of an old friend16. curiosity

7. Plant Defence

1. thorns e.g. lemon 2. prickles e.g. rose 3. bristles e.g. cacti4. stinging hairs e.g. fleurya 5. spines e.g. prickly poppy 6. latex e.g. periwinkle7. alkaloids e.g. dhatura 8. repulsive smell e.g. bitter gourd

8. Importance of Plants

1. fungi 2. mushroom 3. yeast 4. cinnamon 5. bay-leaf 6. clove7. sesame 8. aniseed 9. willow 10. rubber

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9. Avian Knowledge

1. moulting 2. oology 3. brood parasitism 4. falconry 5. tailorbird6. red-billed hornbill 7. emu 8. Atlantic puffin 9. tailorbird 10. sandgrouse

10. Rare AnimalsAcross: 4. OPOSSUM 6. BUMBLEBEE BAT 8. KAKAPO 11. ADDAX 12. PUMAS 13. CASSOWARY 15. BISON 16. ORYX 17. GRIZZLY BEARDown: 1. KORI BUSTARD 2. NUMBATS 3. DROMEDARY 5. SEA WASP 7. ORANGUTAN 9. PEA CRAB 10. LAMMERGEIER 13. COYPU 14. WALLABY

11. Wildlife Quiz1. ichthyology 2. hair 3. by flapping their wings 4. triceratops 5. ungulates6. nilgai 7. baboon 8. newt 9. spiderlings 10. brown recluse 11. hyrax12. ibis

12. Outstanding Women1. Aung San Suu Kyi 2. Cristina Elisabeth Fernández de Kirchner 3. Doris Lessing4. Jennifer Lopez 5. Oprah Gail Winfrey 6. Sunita Williams

13. Religious Buildings1. Notre Dame de la Paix 2. Ulm Cathedral 3. Al-Masjid al-Haram4. Hassan II Mosque 5. Borobodur 6. Shree Hemkunt Sahib 7. Temple Emanu-el8. Kedarnath

14. Famous Newspapers1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (p) 5. (g) 6. (i) 7. (k) 8. (l) 9. (m) 10. (n)11. (o) 12. (a) 13. (h) 14. (j) 15. (f) 16. (e)

15. National Insignia1. Kangaroo, Emu 2. Maple Leaf, Lacrosse 3. Egyptian Lotus, Football4. Carabao, White-tailed Eagle 5. White Stork, Football6. Royal Bengal Tiger, Kabaddi 7. Lotus, Tiger 8. Cantuta, Football

16. Youth Organizations1. 1844 2. 1855 3. 1907 4. 1910 5. 1947 6. 1991

17. Exceptional Individuals

1. Ludwig van Beethoven 2. Louis Braille 3. Horatio Nelson4. Franklin D. Roosevelt 5. Helen Keller 6. Stevie Wonder 7. Terry Fox8. Lance Armstrong

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18. Regional Dances1. Bihu 2. Faguna 3. Dandiya Raas 4. Garba 5. Luddi 6. Tamasha7. Macha 8. Bhangra 9. Khayal 10. Nautanki

19. Women Pioneers1. Pratibha Patil 2. Indira Gandhi 3. Mother Teresa 4. Vijay Laxmi Pandit5. Leila Seth 6. Annie Besant 7. C.B. Muthamma 8. Kalpana Chawla9. Santosh Yadav 10. Amrita Shergill 11. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 12. Chokila Iyer13. Sushmita Sen 14. Reita Faria 15. Durba Banerjee

20. Enterprising Indian Men1. He climbed Mount Everest on 29 May, 1953.2. He was the first Indian to go into Space on 13 April, 1984.3. He was the first Air Force officer to get Param Vir Chakra though posthumously.4. The only Indian to be awarded with an Oscar Award and Lifetime Achievement Award.5. He was the first Indian to join the I.C.S.6. First Asian to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four times.7. He was the first Indian Field Marshal.8. Grandmaster in Chess.9. He won the first ever Gold medal in Olympics for India in shooting.10. He was the President of the International Court of Justice.

21. The Supreme Court1. Supreme Court 2. Chief Justice 3. twenty-five 4. five 5. federal court6. senior advocates, advocates on records and other advocates 7. records8. Registrar General 9. civil, criminal 10. English

22. Where Trains Are Made1. Chittranjan, electric engines and shunting engines2. Perumbur, AC coaches, broad gauge and metre gauge coaches3. Varanasi, broad gauge and metre gauge diesel engines4. Yelahanka, wheel and axles5. Kapurthala, rail coaches6. Patiala, components of diesel engine

23. National HighwaysNH-1—Delhi, Haryana, PunjabNH-2—Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal NH-3—Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, MaharashtraNH-4—Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil NaduNH-5—Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil NaduNH-6—Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, West BengalNH-7— Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

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NH-8—Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, MaharashtraNH-15—Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat

24. Autobiographies1. (k) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (g) 5. (o) 6. (h) 7. (a) 8. (j) 9. (e) 10. (f)11. (i) 12. (l) 13. (b) 14. (n) 15. (m)

25. Writing for Children1. J.K. Rowling 2. René Goscinny 3. R.L. Stine 4. Georges Remi5. Enid Blyton 6. Dr. Seuss 7. Beatrix Potter 8. Lewis Carroll 9. Mark Twain10. Charles Perrault 11. Grimm Brothers 12. Hans Andersen

26. Poems and Poets1. William Wordsworth 2. John Keats 3. T.S. Eliot 4. Robert Frost5. Geoffrey Chaucer 6. W.B. Yeats 7. Edmund Spenser 8. John Milton9. Rudyard Kipling 10. Dante Alighieri 11. Samuel Taylor Coleridge12. William Blake 13. Lord Byron 14. Homer 15. Alfred Tennyson

27. Verbal Pyramid3. Ant 4. Bean 5. Human 6. Nuance 7. Artisan 8. Cardigan9. Gentleman 10. Sanitation 11. Electrician 12. Humanitarian13. Paediatrician 14. Anthropologist

28. Three of a Kind1. channel 2. exchange 3. guard 4. impression 5. logic 6. notice 7. old8. pattern

29. Add ‘LL’1. pollution 2. malleable 3. controllable 4. foretell 5. brilliant 6. excellent7. lullaby 8. naturally 9. millstone 10. illegal 11. skill 12. villain13. illiterate 14. thrilling 15. dullard 16. sullen

30. Surgical Terms1. appendectomy 2. laryngectomy 3. tonsillectomy 4. cholecystectomy5. lithotomy 6. spleenectomy 7. ostectomy 8. tracheotomy 9. arteriotomy10. cystotomy 11. craniotomy 12. neurotomy 13. rhinoplasty 14. dermoplasty

31. Anatomy CrosswordAcross: 1. ENDOCRINE 2. CORNEA 3. ARTERIES 4. METACARPELS 5. ERYTHROCYTES 6. PERISTALSIS 7. CEREBELLUM 8. LEUCOCYTES 9. RETINA 10. LIVER 11. DIAPHRAGM 12. SYNOVIALDown: (a) VEINS (b) KIDNEY (c) OLFACTORY RECEPTORS (d) PITUITARY (e) STIRRUPS (f) OESOPHAGUS (g) EPIDERMIS (h) ALVEOLI (i) ANKLE (j) HEART

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32. Giant Leaps of Mankind1. Major Yuri Gagarin 2. Velentina Tereshkova 3. Alan B. Shepard4. Edward Higgins White 5. Neil A. Armstrong 6. Sally Ride 7. Kalpana Chawla8. Rakesh Sharma 9. Sunita Williams 10. Apollo 8 11. Aryabhata12. Dennis A. Tito 13. Laika (Dog)

33. Artificial SatellitesA: 1. America 2. Sriharikota 3. Korou 4. Korou 5. Sriharikota 6. Sriharikota 7. Sriharikota 8. Sriharikota 9. KorouB: 1. Scientific Research 2. Multi-purpose 3. Remote Sensing 4. Communication 5. Meteorology 6. Education 7. Mapping 8. Remote Sensing 9. Communication

34. Renewable Energy Sources1. wind energy 2. solar energy 3. tidal energy 4. hydroelectric energy5. geothermal energy 6. biomass energy

35. Crime Detection1. surveillance 2. EFIT (electronic facial identification technique)3. background profiling 4. finger printing 5. DNA finger printing6. ballistic examination

36. Verbal Challenge1. TREASURE TROVE 2. CRISS CROSS 3. SPACE SHUTTLE4. COTTAGE CHEESE 5. SUN SCREEN 6. BROAD BAND 7. CHEESE CAKE8. ACUTE ANGLE 9. CRISPY CRUNCHY 10. CUCKOOS COCKATOOS11. LUCKY LADY 12. PITTER PATTER 13. BYE BYE14. BITTER BUTTER BETTER 15. SQUISH SQUASH 16. WEE WILLIE WINKLE17. TOPSY TURVY 18. FOSSIL FUEL

37. Number Whirl

1.

2. 55 (7 + 2 + 2 + 9 + 3 + 5) 3. 9 (9 + 70 + 998 = 1077) 4. 126 (96 + 10) + (25 – 5)

5. 12 ( 25 + 49 = 5 + 7) 6. 242 (484 – 242) 7. 4[4 × 8 = 32 (8 + 16 + 8)]

8. 7 (Count the number of sides in the block)

45 20

559

14

5 + 9

1 + 4

4 × 55 × 9

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38. Jumble Tumble

1. SAHARA, GOBI 2. KARAKORAM, HIMALAYA 3. CHINA, PAKISTAN4. INDIAN, PACIFIC 5. NORWAY, FINLAND 6. COAL, PETROLEUM7. BEIJING, SHANGHAI 8. SCOTLAND, ENGLAND 9. SEINE, RHINE10. MEDITERRANEAN, RED 11. WELLINGTON, AUCKLAND 12. JAMAICA, CUBA13. NIAGARA, ANGEL 14. SUPERIOR, MICHIGAN

39. I.Q. Test

1. (a) 83/4; (b) PQT; (c) GHW; (d) IM2. (a) Bees; (b) Brewery; (c) Eagle; (d) Philatelist; (e) Orphanage; (f) Prakash Padukone; (g) Trees3. (a) lime; (b) oven; (c) Christmas; (d) dance; (e) saree4. (a) cousin; (b) father-daughter; (c) daughter5. (a) 5 metres; (b) North; (c) E; (d) M6. FF

40. Visuospatial

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (d)10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (c)

41. Jigsaw Puzzle

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42. Cricket Terms

1. duck 2. chinaman 3. dolly catch 4. flight 5. full toss 6. follow on7. maiden over 8. bouncer 9. bye 10. leg bye 11. no ball 12. run out

43. The Grand Prix

(A): 1. The Constructors’ Championship 2. Ferrari 3. Mika Hakkinen 4. Nitrogen rich gases 5. America 6. Circuit de Monaco 7. Federation Internationale de l’Automobile 8. Place de la Concorde, Paris(B): (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 7 (h) 9 (i) 1 (j) 10

44. Sportspersons

Across: 1. LESLIE 2. SANIA 3. ABHINAV 4. ANJU 5. DOLA 6. MANJITDown: 1. LEANDER 2. SURENDER 7. RAJYAVARDHAN 8. MAHESH 9. ANJALI 10. KARNAM 11. P.T.

45. Sports Organization

1. International Olympics Committee2. Federation Internationale de Football Association3. International Cricket Council4. Federation Internationale de Volleyball5. Union Cycliste Internationale6. World Chess Federation7. International Tennis Federation8. International Asociation of Athletic Federations9. International Swimming Federation

46. Sporting Festivals

1. Jallikattu 2. Gaucho festival 3. snake boat race 4. dragon boat race5. Calgary Stampede 6. Palio folk festival 7. bull fighting

47. Contour Lines

1. isobars 2. isocheim 3. isochrone 4. isopyenic 5. isotach 6. isohyet7. isohel 8. isohalsine 9. isoseismal 10. isothere 11. isotherm12. isophene 13. isoline 14. isopiestic

48. Bridges

1. West Virginia, USA 2. Niagara, USA 3. Niagara, USA 4. New York, USA5. Scotland 6. Canada 7. Detroit, USA 8. New York, USA9. San Francisco, USA 10. New York, USA 11. Hull, UK 12. Denmark13. Akashi Kaikyo, Japan

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49. Giant Statues

1. Sphinx, Egypt 2. Statue of Liberty, USA 3. Ushiku Daibutsu, Japan4. Leshan Giant Buddha, China 5. Christ the Redeemer, Brazil6. Wat Pho Buddha, Thailand 7. Nelson Column, London 8. Mount Rushmore, USA9. Abu Simbel, Egypt

50. Future Communication

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (f) 4. (e) 5. (a) 6. (g) 7. (c)

51. Places of Worship

Across: 1. Basilica 2. Monastery 3. Mosque 4. Church 5. Abbey 6. ConventDown: 4. Chapel 7. Synagogue 8. Cathedral 9. Temple 10. Pagoda 11. Shrine

52. Phobias

1. amathophobia 2. zelophobia 3. ornithophobia 4. ombrophobia5. graphophobia 6. hydrophobia 7. agoraphobia 8. cathisophobia9. chrematophobia 10. metrophobia 11. phengophobia 12. ambulophobia13. scotophobia 14. telephonophobia 15. potamophobia 16. bibliophobia17. zoophobia 18. pyrophobia 19. phonophobia 20. thalassophobia

53. UN International Days

1. May 3 2. August 12 3. October 24 4. March 22 5. March 23 6. April 77. May 31 8. September 21 9. May 17 10. October 16 11. November 2512. December 1 13. June 5 14. September 8 15. October 1716. November 10 17. February 21 18. October 5 19. September 1620. October 1 21. December 11

54. Famous Viceroys

1. Lord Canning 2. Lord Ripon 3. Lord Curzon 4. Sir John Lawrence5. Lord Hardinge 6. Lord Chelmsford 7. Lord Irwin 8. Lord Mountbatten

55. Famous Warplanes

1. Vulcan 2. Spitfire 3. Tornado 4. MIG 25 5. Flying Fortress6. Avro Lancaster 7. MIRAGE 8. Northrop B-2 9. Messerschmitt ME 262