FIRST SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT : 2011-12
Subject : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Time : 3 hrs. Class : VI M.M. : 60
I. Choose correct option : 10x10
1. Who created the Rock Garden at Chandigarh from waste materials ?
(a) Nek Chand (b) Tek chand (c) Prem chand [ ]
2. Where in India is the Silent Valley located ?
(a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c) Tamil Nadu [ ]
3. Which gas is mainly responsible for the Green house effect ?
(a) Carbon monoxide (b) Carbon dioxide (c) Sulphur dioxide [ ]
4. Hear is to Deaf as speak is to :
(a) Quiet (b) Mumb (c) Dumb [ ]
5. Which pair is different from the rest ?
(a) 2, 8 (b) 4, 16 (c) 2, 25 (d) 8, 64 [ ]
6. The ratio of 2 m to 60 cm is
(a) 1:3 (b) 3:1 (c) 3:10 (d) 10:3 [ ]
7. The HCF of two numbers is 30. Their LCM is 420. If one of the numbers is 210, other
number is :
(a) 50 (b) 60 (c) 65 (d) 55 [ ]
8. Web is :
(a) Part of Internet (b) Different from Internet
(c) Same as Internet (d) Spiders Nest [ ]
9. In which year was the massive hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica discovered ?
(a) 1960 (b) 1985 (c) 1980 (d) 1976 [ ]
10. Name the disease also called ‘black death’ which is spread by rats living in unhygienic
conditions.
(a) Dengue (b) Plague (c) Cholera (d) Flu [ ]
II. Fill in the blanks :-
1. He was a giant in one city and a dwarf in another G.......L..........V ....... R .
2. One who fell asleep for 100 years because of a witch’s curse. S...........P........G........B. ...... TY.
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3. A wooden boy whose nose grew when he lied. P.....NN............I...... .
4. What are the names of the teenage sons of Detective Fenton Hardy ?
F........N......... and J ................ .
5. Teh teenage female detective who stays in the town of River heights is
N..............N..............D..................E...................
6. The leaves of this native plant produce a blue dye. I............D..............G........... .
7. The seeds of this plant are crushed to make cooking oil. MU..........TA........... .
8. The little boy who got himself the nickname ‘The Menace’. D........N............I............... .
9. The sap of this tree is used to make tyres, erasers, slippers etc. R......B.....E...... .
10. A K.....M........D...... DR.......O. ...... is a lizard. It is the biggest lizard in the world.
III. Match the column - 10x1=10
1. The theory of relativity (a) Euclid
2. The theory of radioactivity (b) John Dalton
3. The atomic theory (c) A.H. Becquerel
4. The laws of heredity (d) W. Heisenberg
5. The Science of geometry (e) Charles Darwin
6. The theory of evolution (f) Isaac Newton
7. The laws of gravitation (g) Albert Einstein
8. The uncertainty principle (h) Gregor Mendal
9. Chinese (i) Declared that the earth is round.
10. Pythagoras (j) Drew maps of the stars and
constellations.
IV. Read the situations and write True or False correctly - 10x1=10
1. Neha listens to loud music while travelling in a bus. [ ]
2. Raman does not eat anything that a stranger offers to him [ ]
3. Neha spoils the seat cover while tavelling in a public transport. [ ]
4. While travelling by a train, Raman likes to stand near the doors. [ ]
5. Avinash never makes fun of other religions. [ ]
6. While in a library, Irtiqa does not displace the books in the racks. [ ]
7. While travelling by an aeroplane. Raman follows the instructions of the air hostess
carefully. [ ]
8. Irtiqu keeps silence when she goes to a nearby nursing home or hospital. [ ]
9. While travelling in a train Irtiqa asked her fellow. [ ]
10. When Neha goes out to a cinema hall to watch a movie, she sits silently while
watching it. [ ]
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V. Answer the following questions _ 15x1=15
1. Name the founder of Infosys.
2. Name the developer of Hotmail.
3. How the ultraviolet rays of the sun are harmful for human beings.
4. What is Greenhouse Effect ?
5. What is a Novel ?
6. Name the silvery white metal generally found in rocks, shells and bones and teeth of
animals.
7. When was the green Revolution started ?
8. Who invented Aeroplane ?
9. Who discovered Electron ?
10. Name the founder of Microsoft corp.
11. Name a gaseous chemical element which is used in the manufacture of fertilisers, pesti
cides and detergents etc.
12. What is Oral Literature ?
13. What are Epics and Saga ?
14. Operation flood is ralted to which thing ?
15. When and where India had done its first underground explosion ?
VI. Current Events -
1. Who becomes the first cricketer in history to score a double century in an ODI ?
2. Who is appointed as the 38th Chief Justice of India ?
3. Name the air to air short range missile recently tested by India ?
4. Who is the home minister of India ?
5. Who is the Chief minister of Rajasthan ?
