KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, NARIMEDU, MADURAI GENERAL KNOWLEDGE COMPETITION NAME OF THE CHILD..CLASS: III/IV/V SEC: A/B/C/D DATE: INSTRUCTIONS: DURATION:60 MINUTES MARKS SCORED 1.Read all the questions carefully and Encircle the correct answer. 2.Encirle only one answer for each question. 3.Each question carries one mark and no negative marking. 1 Which is the capital of Pakistan.? (a) Karachi (b) Lahore (c) Islamabad (d) Multaan 2. The biggest planet of our solar system is (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Mars 3. Mount Everest is situated at (a) India (b) Pakistan (c) Nepal (d) Afghanistan 4. The largest river of the world is (a) Nile (b) Ganges (c) Amazon (d) Brahmaputra 5. Bhangra dance is the famous in (a) Haryana (b) Punjab (c) Tamilnadu (d) Karnataka 6.Pongal is celebrated in (a) Bihar (b) Tamilnadu (c) Kerala (d) Goa 7. Radium was invented by (a) Watson watt (b) Willam Shokely (c) Madam Curie (d)josef Aspdin 1
8. Which planet is called Morning star & Evening star? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune 9. What is the full form of L.P.G is? (a) Liquid petroleum Gas (b) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (c) Light pace Gas (d) Land Project Gape 10. Folk dance of Assam is (a) Ghumar (b) Kaanbelia (c) Bihu (d) Onam 11.Who wrote All is well that Ends well? (a)jane austen (b) William Shakespeare (c)thomas Hardy (d)shivkhera 12 The book You can win is written by (a) Charles Dickens (b) Shivkhera (c)prem chand (d)kalidas 13 Who wrote Discovery of India? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Gandhi ji (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Bhagat singh 14 The Pickwick Papers is written by (a) Charles Dickens (b) George Orwell (c) Mark Tuli (d) Harbans ji 15 The Origin of Spicies is written by (a)amrita (b) J.P Nayar (c) Mark Tuli (d) Charles Darwin 16 Which is the Capital of Nagaland? (a) Aaijol (b) Kohima (c) Imphal (d) Etanagar 17 Which is the capital of Goa? (a) Chandigarh (b) Mumbai (c) Bhopal (d) Panaji 18 The Capital of Germany is (a) Rom (b) Tokiyo (c) Barlin (d) Kathmandu 2
19 The Capital of South Africa is (a) Pritoria (b) Thimpu (c) Chennai (d) Bagdaad 20 The Currency of Iran is (a) Riyal (b) Rupee (c) Taka (d) Dinnar 21. Frank is the currency of (a) Japan (b) Bhutan (c) France (d)russia 22 The Currency of England is (a) Dollar (b) Pound (c) Rupee (d) Lira 23 Yen is the Currency of (a) Bangladesh (b) Bhutan ( c) Japan (d) Australia 24 Taka is the Currency of (a) America (b) England (c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh 25 Who invented Computer (a)michal Farade (b) James Watt (c) Charles benjin (d) Charles Babage 26 Electric Bulb was invented by (a) Graham Bill (b) J.L.Bayerd (c)thomas Alva Edison (d) Machmilan 27 Who invented Printing Press (a) Alfred Nobel (b) Horece Sort (c) Watson Watt (d) Gutenberg 28 Aeroplane was invented by (a) E.R Mamford (b) Wright Brothers (c) Luis Paisture (d) None of these 29 Tamasha is the folk dance of (a) Kerala (b) Goa (c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka 3
30 Ghoomar is the folk dance of (a) Haryana (b) Punjab (c) Chandigarh (d) Rajasthan 31 Which mountain range separates the rivers Narmada and Tapti (a) Satpura ranges (b) Niligiri ranges (c) Vindhyachal (d) None 32 Who wrote our National Song? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Bankim Chandra chaterji (c) Gandhi ji (d) Subash 33 Which is our national bird? (a) Peacock (b) parrot (c) sparrow (d) pigeon 34 Which is our national flower? (a) Rose (b) Sunflower (c) Lilli (d) Lotus 35 Who is the father of our nation? (a) Lal Bahadur shastri (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) None of these 36 Which is our national tree? (a) Neem (b) Peepal (c) banyan (d) Mango tree 37 Who invented Telephone? (a) Charles babage (b) Thomas Edison (c) Mark Taylor (d) Graham Bell 38 Who is the father of geometry? (a) Euclid (b) Aristotal (c) Kopernics (d) Pythagoras 39 Who is known as IRON MAN OF INDIA? (a) Subhash Chandra bose (b) Bhagat singh (c) Sardar vallabai patel (d) Gandhi ji 40 Who is the flying sikh of India? (a) Mohinder singh (b) Milkha singh (c) Joginder singh (d) Harbhajan singh 4
41 Who is associated with Badminton? (a) Sania mirza (b) Saina Nehwal (c) Sarojni Naidu (d) Santoshi 42 Who is Known as Missile Man Of India? (a) Gandhi ji (b) Narender Modi (c) Lal krishan Advani (d) APJ Abdul kalam 43 Which is the national game of Pakistan? (a) cricket (b) Kabbadi (c) Hockey (d) Table tennis 44 Who is an Indian cricketer? (a) Shahid Afridi (b) Virat Kohli (c) Ricky ponting (d) Brian Lara 45 How many players can play in a football team? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 16 46 Which country won cricket world cup of 2011? (a) Australia (b) Pakistan (c) India (d) Bangladesh 47 Which is the national game of England? (a) Cricket (b) Hockey (c) football (d) Judo 48 What is the full form of WHO? (a) World Hope Organization (b) World Health Organization (c) World Human Orientation (d) None of these 49. What is the full form of KVS? (a) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sadan (b) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (c) Kendriya Vidyalaya Shiksha (d) Kendriya Vidya sangathan 50. What is the full form of CCE? (a) Continuous and comprehensive Evaluation (b) Co curriculum Evaluation (c) Cricket control Education (d) none of these 5
51 What is the full form of UNO? (a) Union Nation Oriented (b) United Nations Organization (c) United National Organization (d) Uzkebistan National Organization 52 Which is the coolest planet in solar system? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Earth 53 Which planet is nearest to the sun? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Venus 54 Which planet is well known as Blue Planet? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus 55 Where is the confluence of the rivers Ganga,Yamuna and Saraswati? (a) Bihar (b) Agra (c) Chandigarh (d) Allahabad 56 Who said Do or Die? (a) Nehru (b) Sukhdev (c) Gandhi (d) Sardar Vallabhai patel 57 Swaraj is our birth right and we shall have it was said by (a) Rajguru (b) Bhagat singh (c) Subhashchandar bose (d) Bal gangadhar tilak 58 In which year,india got freedom? (a) 1946 (b) 1947 (c) 1974 (d) 1950 59 Dandi movement was started by Gandhi in (a) 1921 (b) 1919 (c) 1931 (d) 1930 60 How many Union territories and states are there in India? (a) 28,7 (b) 27,7 (c) 7,28 (d) 7,29 ****************************** ALL THE BEST!!!! ******************************* 6