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KERALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

GK Final Term PT Assignment 2 – Classes 6, 7, 8

Q1. World Homoeopathy Day is observed on __


Answer: April 10

Q2. What is the square of 42?


Answer: 1764

Q3. Baku is the capital of which country?


Answer: Azerbaijan

Q4. Name the currency used in Japan.


Answer: Yen

Q5. Which lake is situated on the border of countries, Peru and Bolivia?
Answer:- Lake Titicaca

Q6. What is the distance travelled by light in one year called?


Answer: Light Year

Q7. When is World Hearing Day?


Answer: March 23

Q8. Name a non-metal that conducts electricity.


Answer: Graphite

Q9. The birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is observed as?


Answer: National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Divas - 31st October).

Q10. Who discovered X-Rays?


Answer: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Q11. Name the main gases present in the Sun.


Answer: Hydrogen and Helium

Q12. Name the capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain.


Answer: Manama

Q13. What is the capital of Norway?


Answer: Oslo

Q14. What are the tiny pores present in plant leaves called?
Answer: Stomata

Q15. Who invented electricity?


Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Q16. Name the continent known as the “Dark Continent”?


Answer: Africa

Q17. What is the hardest substance available on Earth?


Answer: Diamond

Q18. Name the instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.


Answer: Barometer

Q19. Who was the first woman to go to space?


Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Q20. Which bird is known for its intelligence?


Answer: Owl

Q21. Which is the gas absorbed by plants?


Answer: Carbon Dioxide

Q22. What is the capital of Denmark?


Answer: Copenhagen

Q23. Olympic Games of which year were cancelled due to World War I?
Answer: 1916

Q24. How many players are there in a Kho-Kho team?


Answer: - 9

Q25. Who was the first President of the United States?


Answer: George Washington

Q26. Name the continent with the highest population density.


Answer: Asia

Q27. Beriberi disease is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?


Answer: Vitamin B

Q28. Scientific study of birds.


Answer: Ornithology

Q29. Name the organ responsible for blood purification in the human body
Answer: Kidney

Q30. What is the name of the process where excess water in plants gets released?
Answer: Transpiration

Q31. What is the main source of energy produced through photosynthesis in plants?
Answer: Glucose

Q32. What is the measure of moisture in the air called?


Answer: Humidity

Q33. How many sides does a decagon have?


Answer: 10

Q34. What is the cube root of 27?


Answer: 3
Q35. What is another name for Northern Lights?
Answer:- Aurora Boralis

Q36. There are a total of how many time zones in the world?
Answer: 24

Q37. What is the full form of GPS?


Answer: Global Positioning System

Q38. Which famous explorer discovered Cuba?


Answer: Christopher Columbus

Q39. Which is the hardest substance on the human body?


Answer: Tooth enamel

Q40. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO located?


Answer: Paris, France

Q41. Which planet is known as Earth’s Twin?


Answer: Venus

Q42. Which is the loudest animal on Earth?


Answer: Sperm whale

Q43. Which blood group is known as a “universal donor”?


Answer: O+

Q44. Which animal is known as the Flying Mammal?


Answer: The Bat

Q45. Which animal has fingerprints similar to that of humans?


Answer: Koala

Q46. What is the colour of a polar bear’s skin?


Answer: Black

Q47. Which protein is a fingernail made of?


Answer: Keratin

Q48. Which bird can fly backwards?


Answer: Hummingbird

Q49. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?


Answer: Marie Curie (in the year 1903)

Q50. Which is the warmest sea on Earth?


Answer: Read Sea

Q51. Which is the fastest snake in the world?


Answer: Black Mamba

Q52. Which is the largest organ in the human body?


Answer: Skin
Q53. What is the atomic number of Iron (Fe)?
Answer: 26

Q54. What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)?


Answer: Abu Dhabi

Q55. Golfer Vijay Singh belongs to which country?


Answer: Fiji

Q56. Which blood cells do not have a nucleus?


Answer: Blood platelets

Q57. Who authored the renowned novel “The Godfather”?


Answer: Mario Puzo

Q58. RAM is located in which part of the computer?


Answer: Motherboard

Q59. Who was nicknamed the “Little Corporal”?


Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Q60. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel has frescoes painted by which famous painter?
Answer: Michelangelo

Q61. What was the court language used by the Mughals?


Answer: Persian

Q62. When did World War II start?


Answer: 1939

Q63. Vienna is the capital of which country?


Answer: Austria

Q64. Who discovered Protons?


Answer: Rutherford

Q65. What does ‘Xylem’ in plants do?


Answer: Transport water

Q66. Which is the ‘class’ of Octopus?


Answer: Cephalopod

Q67. What does Big Bang Theory explain?


Answer: Origin of Universe

Q68. Who is the author of ‘Origin of Species’?


Answer: Charles Darwin

Q69. What kind of mosquito carries malaria?


Answer: Anopheles Mosquitoes

Q70. Name the smallest Ocean.


Answer: Arctic Ocean

Q71. Which day is celebrated as World Consumer Rights Day?


Answer: March 15

Q72. Which is the sacred book of Buddhists?


Answer: Tripitakas

Q73. What is the SI unit of Force?


Answer: Newton

Q74. Who is the author of ‘Wings of Fire’?


Answer: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Q75. Who is the father of Economics?


Answer: Adam Smith

Q76. What is the common name of Sodium Carbonate?


Answer: Washing Soda

Q77. What is Phycology?


Answer: Study of Algae

Q78. Which is the first Asian country to orbit Mars?


Answer: India

Q79. Which country is the largest producer of Coffee?


Answer: Brazil

Q80. Which are the colours of the rings of the Olympic flag?
Answer: Black, Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow

Q81. Who invented the elevator?


Answer: Elisha Graves Otis

Q82. Which river crosses the equator twice?


Answer: Congo River

Q83. Which is the device used to locate submerged objects under sea?
Answer: SONAR

Q84. List the name of the Four Vedas.


Answer: Rigveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, Samaveda

Q85. When did India enact the "Wildlife Protection Act"?


Answer: 1972

Q86. Name the first national park in India to be equipped with satellite phones.
Answer: Kaziranga National Park in Assam

Q87. Name two styles of Hindustani Classical Music.


Answer: Tarana and Khyal
Q88. What is the function of the hump in a camel?
Answer: It stores fat and helps with the insulation of heat.

Q89. Who has the authority to declare a "Global Emergency"?


Answer: World Health Organisation (WHO).

Q90. Name the Currency used in Singapore.


Answer: Singapore Dollar

Q91. The ‘Chithirai Thiruvizha' festival is celebrated in which state of India?


Answer: Tamil Nadu

Q92. What is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?


Answer: Saint John’s

Q93. Mohenjo-Daro Site of Indus Valley Civilization was associated with which river?
Answer: Indus

Q94. How many and which countries are there in Great Britain?
Answer: There are three countries that make-up Great Britain- England, Wales, and Scotland.

Q95. Which Channel divides the Indian Islands Andaman and Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal?
Answer: Ten Degree Channel

Q96. Kalidasa was one of the nine gems of the court of which King?
Answer: King Vikramaditya of Ujjain

Q97. Garo tribes are found in which state of India?


Answer: Meghalaya

Q98. What is the name of India's longest Highway having a length of 4,112 km?
Answer: National Highway 44

Q99. Name the city of Pakistan which is World famous for maximum production of Footballs.
Answer: Sialkot

Q100. Which African country is very famous for chocolate?


Answer: Ghana

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