URSULINE CONVENT ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL

PURNEA CITY, PURNEA

Current Affairs for Class 7 & 8

1. When do we celebrate International Yoga Day?
Answer: June 21
2. Which is the world’s largest coral reef system?
Answer: The Great Barrier Reef of Australia
3. Which space agency launched the James Webb Telescope?
Answer: NASA
4. Who was appointed as the 50th Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Justice DY Chandrachud
5. Which ancient planet’s parts are said to be buried inside Earth?
Answer: Theia
6. How many countries are part of NATO at present?
Answer: 31
7. Who is the current President of the USA?
Answer: Joe Biden
8. Who is Greta Thunberg?
Answer: A 20-year-old Swedish climate-change activist.
9. Where is the Donbas region located?
Answer: Ukraine
10. Who releases the Human Development Index?
Answer: UNDP
11. Which international organisation published the Global Risks Report?
Answer: World Economic Forum
12. Which is the oldest national sports award in India?
Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy
13. In which two countries was UPI launched recently?
Answer: Sri Lanka and Mauritius
14. Where is the ‘Swahili’ language spoken?
Answer: East Africa
15. Who is the first female archer without arms to compete internationally?
Answer: Sheetal Devi
16. Who is the owner of the social media platform 'X'?
Answer: Elon Musk
17. What is the answer of the submersible that imploded near the Titanic ship's
wreckage under the ocean?
Answer: Titan
18. Where is the headquarters of the World Bank?
Answer: Washington D.C., the capital of the USA
19. What is the full form of NFT?
Answer: Non-Fungible Token
20. Who is the Dalai Lama?
Answer: The highest spiritual leader and head of Tibet.
21. Which is the world’s tallest and most powerful rocket?
Answer: Starship by SpaceX
22. What is the purpose of Starlink satellites?
Answer: They provide satellite internet services.
23. What is the national aquatic animal of India?
Answer: Gangetic Dolphin
24. Which kind of plastic has particles smaller than 1 micron?
Answer: Nanoplastics
25. The recently launched semi-high-speed train with automated doors is called?
Answer: Vande Bharat Express
26. Who is the director of the ‘Barbie’ movie?
Answer: Greta Gerwig
27. Which countries sent cheetahs to India as part of ‘Project Cheetah’?
Answer: Namibia and South Africa
28. In which year was ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ first telecasted?
Answer: 2000
29. Who is the upcoming president of G20?
Answer: Brazil
30. What is the answer of the space station built by China?
Answer: Tiangong Space Station
31. "As you like it" is written by?
Answer: William Shakespeare
32. Who is known as the father of Economics?
Answer: Adam Smith
33. Who is the inventor of dynamite?
Answer: Alfred Nobel
34. Niagara Falls is an international border between which two countries?
Answer: Canada and the USA
35. When was the first International Yoga Day celebrated?
Answer: 2015
36. What is the full form of MGNREGA?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005)
37. The oldest stock exchange in Asia is situated in India? Which is it?
Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange
38. Who was the first Vice President of India?
Answer: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
39. When did the Right to Information Act pass?
Answer: 2005
40. Where was the session of Congress held in 1919?
Answer: Amritsar
41. Where is the Reserve Bank of India located?
Answer: Mumbai
42. What is the full form of ICICI Bank?
Answer: Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)
43. Where is Bandipur National Park situated?
Answer: Karnataka
44. What is the full form of ISRO?
Answer: Indian Space Research Organisation
45. Who took the first step on the Moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
46. What is the answer of India's longest Highway having a length of 4,112 km?
Answer: NH44
47. How many players are there in one Baseball team?
Answer: Nine
48. What is the height of Kanchenjunga?
Answer: 8,586 meter
49. What is the origin of the Tapi river?
Answer: Satpura Ranges
50. Which is said to be the highest region of the earth?
Answer: Tibet - 14,370 feet above sea level.
51. Which public sector bank is the largest in India?
Answer: State Bank of India
52. Where is Salim Ali National Park located?
Answer: Jammu & Kashmir
53. Where is the World Health Organisation situated?
Answer: Geneva, Switzerland
54. When does National Science day celebrate?
Answer: February 28
55. What is the currency of Japan?
Answer: Japanese Yen
56. Who is known as the Father of Mathematics?
Answer: Archimedes
57. How many MBs are there in 1 GB?
Answer: 1024 MBs
58. Which planet in the solar system has the longest rotation?
Answer: Venus
59. Which movie is based on Srinivasa Ramanujan?
Answer: The Man Who Knew Infinity
60. Who is widely considered to be the “Father of Mathematics”?
Answer: Archimedes
61. What is the full form of ISRO?
Answer: Indian Space Research Organisation
62. How many prime and non-prime numbers will there be in between 1 to 100?
Answer: 25 and 75
63. Which date is written in the preamble of India?
Answer: November 26, 1949
64. What is produced when there is friction?
Answer: Heat
65. How long does a Test Match last?
Answer: Over 5 days
66. When is Earth day celebrated?
Answer: 22nd April
67. answer the smallest continent in the world.
Answer: Australia
68. What does LED stand for?
Answer: Light Emitting Diode
69. What is the language from which the word 'Tsunami' comes from?Answer:
Japanese
70. Who is the author of the book 'The story of my experiments with truth'?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
71. Which state in India has the longest coastline?
Answer: Gujarat has the longest coastline of 1,596 km.
72. Which two oceans are linked by the Panama Canal?
Answer: Atlantic and Pacific
73. Which year did India celebrate its first Republic Day?
Answer: 1950
74. Which continent is considered the hottest in the world?
Answer: Africa
75. Which bank is known as the 'Banker's Bank'?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India
76. Which metal is in liquid form?
Answer: Mercury
77. Which country in the world is the smallest in size?
Answer: Vatican City
 78. Which is the fastest animal in the world?
Answer: Cheetah
79. Who invented electricity?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
80. Which continent is called a 'Dark continent'?
Answer: Africa
81. How many stars does the flag of China have?
Answer: Five

Current Affairs :
1. President of India : Smt. Droupadi Murmu
2. Vice President of India :
3. Prime Minister of India :
4. Chief Justice of India : D Y Chandrachud (50th)
5. Defence Minister of India :
6. Home Minister of India :
7. Speaker of Lok Sabha :
8. Speaker of Rajya Sabha :
9. Chief Election Commissioner of India : Rajiv Kumar (25th)
10. Supreme Commander of India : President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu
11. Chief of Air Force Staff : V.R. Chaudhari (27th)
12. Chief of Naval Staff : R. Hari Kumar (25th)
13. Chief of Army Staff : Manoj Pandey
14. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) : Lt. General Anil Chauhan (2nd)
15. Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) : S. Somanth
16. World Environment Day : 5th June
17. World Water Day, Bihar Day (Bihar Diwas) : 22 March
18. CEO of Flipkart : Kalyan Krishnamurthy
19. CEO of WhatsApp : Will Cathcart
20. CEO of Instagram : Kevin Systrom

Reasoning Based Question :

1. Pointing towards a lady in a photograph, a girl said, 'She is the sister of my mother’s
husband'. How is the girl related to the lady?
a. Daughter
b. Niece
c. Sister
d. Daughter-in-Law

2. Write the next number: 2, 4, 8, 16, _

 a. 20
b. 24
c. 32
d. 64
3. 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, _
a. 250
b. 256
c. 216
d. 225

4. 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, _

a. 30
b. 36
c. 38
d. 40

5. Clothes : Tailor :: Book: ?

a. Fiber
b. Textile
c. Teacher
d. Author

6. Mill : Cloth :: Factory: ?

a. Oil
b. Fibre
c. Textile
d. Cement

7. If 'x' stands for '+', '÷' stands for '-', '-' stands for 'x' and '+' stands for '÷', then find
the value of the following equation: 54 ÷ 16 - 3 x 6 + 2 = ?
a. 9
b. 12
c. 8
d. 15

8. In the following question, one number is incorrect in the series.

Find out the number: 289, 324, 362, 400, 441, 484
a. 289
b. 484
c. 324
d. 362

9. Find the missing number, if the same rule is followed in all the three figures.

a. 361
b. 625
c. 729
d. 864
11. Which number will replace the question mark, if the matrix follows a certain rule in the
rows or columns?

a. 35
b. 34
c. 38
d. 33

12. Choose the appropriate number which follows the given pattern: A1, B2, C3, D4, _
a. G5
b. F5
c. E5
d. H5

13. Disha’s mother is the only daughter of Mona's father. How is Mona’s husband related
to Disha?
a. Uncle
b. Father
c. Grandfather
d. Brother

14. Choose the word which is different from the rest.

a. Curd
b. Butter
c. Oil
d. Cheese

15. Choose the odd one out.

a. Pear
b. Tore
c. Reap
d. Tear

16. In a certain language, SIGHT is written as FVTUC. How is REVEAL written in the same
language?
a. ERIRNY
b. DQHQMX
c. FSJSOZ
d. YNRIRE

17. If CAT=24 and DOG=26 then RAT = ?

a. 34
b. 19
c. 39
d. 30

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