8th Class General Knowledge Sample Paper

General Knowledge Olympiad Model Test Paper-17 Total Questions - 50 [Download]

1)

Name the India's first mission to the Moon.

A)

Rohini

B)

Aryabhatta

C)

Chandrayan-1

D)

Bhaskar

E)

None of these

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2)

Which one of the following is the first country to issue paper currency?

A)

India

B)

USA

C)

China

D)

Russia

E)

None of these

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3)

Which organ of the United Nations has suspended its operations since 1994?

A)

Economic and Social Council

B)

Trusteeship Council

C)

Secretariat

D)

International Court of Justice

E)

None of these

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4)

Name the author of the book "Half a Life"?

A)

J.L. Nehru

B)

Mahatama Gandhi

C)

V.S. Naipaul

D)

L.K. Advani

E)

None of these

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5)

Which article of the Indian Constitution gives its people the Right to Equality before law?

A)

Article 13

B)

Article 14

C)

Article 15

D)

Article 16

E)

None of these

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6)

Which one of the following cities is known as the windy city?

A)

Chicago

B)

Adelaide

C)

Melbourne

D)

Sydney

E)

None of these

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7)

The war between Russia and Japan for the control of Manchuria and Korea is known as Russo-Japanese War. In which year it took place?

A)

1904-05

B)

1914-18

C)

1931-33

D)

1939-45

E)

None of these

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8)

The Battle of Plassey was fought between Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah and the British East India Company in the year:

A)

1787

B)

1757

C)

1761

D)

1770

E)

None of these

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9)

A severe earthquake followed by tsunami devastated which one of the following countries in the month of March 2011?

A)

Nepal

B)

India

C)

Japan

D)

Indonesia

E)

None of these

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10)

Albert Einstein was awarded Nobel Prize for his path breaking research and formulation of the:

A)

Theory of Relativity

B)

Principle of Wave Particle Duality

C)

Theory of Critical Opalescence

D)

Laws of Photo-Electric Effect

E)

None of these

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11)

To produce Geothermal Energy which of the following is used?

A)

Earth heat

B)

Coal

C)

Radioactive element

D)

Solar power

E)

None of these

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12)

Name the first man to fly into space.

A)

Richard Nixon

B)

John Hawkins

C)

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

D)

Rakesh Sharma

E)

None of these

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13)

The first Indian to join Indian Civil Service (ICS) was:

A)

Satyendranath Tagore

B)

W.C. Bonnerjee

C)

C.V. Raman

D)

S.P. Sinha

E)

None of these

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14)

The capital of South Korea is:

A)

Pyongyang

B)

Manila

C)

Taipei

D)

Seoul

E)

None of these

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15)

Where is the headquarters of UNICEF located?

A)

Vienna

B)

Paris

C)

Geneva

D)

New York

E)

None of these

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16)

Which one of the following countries has no mineral resources?

A)

Kazakhstan

B)

Zaire

C)

Switzerland

D)

Mongolia

E)

None of these

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17)

Who is the author of the book 'Romeo and Juliet'?

A)

John Braine

B)

Charles Dickens

C)

Bertrand Russell

D)

John F. Kennedy

E)

None of these

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18)

ISRO had launched navigation satellite IRNSS- 1H into orbit, but the mission failed. It was launched by which rocket vehicle?

A)

PSLV C 41

B)

PSLV C 39

C)

PSLV C 40

D)

PSLV C 37

E)

None of these

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19)

Who is credited with the discovery of electron?

A)

Niels Bohr

B)

James Chadwick

C)

Joseph John Thomson

D)

Ernest Rutherford

E)

None of these

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20)

On which year India conducted its first nuclear test at Pokhran in Rajasthan?

A)

18th May 1974

B)

11th May 1998

C)

15th May 1984

D)

26th May 1978

E)

None of these

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21)

Which among the following is the first country to declare internet broadband access a legal right?

A)

USA

B)

Britain

C)

Australia

D)

Finland

E)

None of these

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22)

In India, money supply is governed by the:

A)

Finance Ministry

B)

Reserve Bank of India

C)

Finance Commission

D)

Niti Aayog

E)

None of these

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23)

Ghazi Malik is the founder and ruler of which one of the following dynasties?

A)

Slave Dynasty

B)

Mamluk Dynasty

C)

Khilji Dynasty

D)

Tughlaq Dynasty

E)

None of these

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24)

Which one of the following is not a session of Indian Parliament?

A)

Budget session

B)

Monsoon session

C)

Winter session

D)

Summer session

E)

None of these

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25)

What is the currency of Serbia?

A)

Som

B)

Dinar

C)

Pound

D)

Rouble

E)

None of these

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26)

In Economics, the terms 'Utility' and 'Usefulness? have:

A)

Same meaning

B)

Opposite meaning

C)

Different meaning

D)

Both A and B

E)

None of these

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27)

The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly was:

A)

Margaret Thatcher

B)

Benazir Bhutto

C)

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

D)

Neerja Bhanot

E)

None of these

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28)

Dublin is situated on the banks of the river:

A)

Nile

B)

Spree

C)

Elve

D)

Liffey

E)

None of these

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29)

Which among the following has a 'mixed heart', that is, the heart in which oxygenated and deoxygenated blood is mixed?

A)

Mammals

B)

Reptiles

C)

Birds

D)

All of these

E)

None of these

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30)

Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

A)

Jointly by all political parties

B)

The Prime Minister

C)

Union Public Service Commission

D)

The President

E)

None of these

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31)

Mary Kom has won gold medal in which category at 2017 Asian women's Boxing Championships?

A)

42 kg category

B)

50 kg category

C)

52 kg category

D)

48 kg category

E)

None of these

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32)

Name the Indian city which has been included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for its rich musical tradition?

A)

Mumbai

B)

Chennai

C)

Patna

D)

Lucknow

E)

None of these

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33)

Which country is hosting the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit?

A)

India

B)

Indonesia

C)

Malaysia

D)

Vietnam

E)

None of these

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34)

Which Indian monument has officially been declared the most visited place of the world by World Book of Records (WBR)?

A)

Taj Mahal

B)

Red Fort

C)

Golden Temple

D)

India Gate

E)

None of these

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35)

Which country has clinched the 2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup Tournament?

A)

China

B)

Japan

C)

India

D)

Pakistan

E)

None of these

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36)

What is the theme of 2017 World AIDS Day (WAD)?

A)

Leave no one behind

B)

Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections

C)

Right to health

D)

Universal Access and Human Rights

E)

None of these

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37)

Who has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of Infosys?

A)

S.D. Shibulal

B)

Salil S. Parekh

C)

Vishal Sikka

D)

Pravin Rao

E)

None of these

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38)

Which one of the following has been recognized by UNESCO as India's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017?

A)

Sankirtana

B)

Mudiyettu

C)

Ramman

D)

Kumbh Mela

E)

None of these

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39)

Which state has become the India's first state to endorse Centre's triple talaq draft bill?

A)

Tamil Nadu

B)

Uttar Pradesh

C)

Maharashtra

D)

Karnataka

E)

None of these

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40)

Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has been crowned the Miss Universe 2017. She belongs to which country?

A)

Jamaica

B)

France

C)

South Africa

D)

Colombia

E)

None of these

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41)

Name the organisation which gives away the Crystal Award to artists who have used their art to improve the state of the world?

A)

Food and Agriculture Organisation

B)

World Trade organisation

C)

Worldwide Fund of Nature

D)

World Economic Forum

E)

None of these

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42)

Which one of the following features of the Indian Constitution has been taken from the United States?

A)

Cabinet System of Ministers

B)

Lower House more powerful

C)

Vice-President as the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha

D)

Fundamental Duties

E)

None of these

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43)

Who is the author of the book 'A China Passage'?

A)

Ernest Hemmingway

B)

John Kenneth Galbraith

C)

Louis Fischer

D)

J. K. Rowling

E)

None of these

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44)

Being a non-member, who among the following can participate in the proceedings of either House of the Indian Parliament without having right to vote?

A)

Attorney General

B)

President of India

C)

Chief Justice of India

D)

Comptroller and Auditor General

E)

None of these

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45)

Who founded the 'India League' in London?

A)

V.K. Krishna Menon

B)

Shyamji Krishna Verma

C)

Bhikaji Cama

D)

Annie Besant

E)

None of these

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46)

Which one of the following was not a reform measure carried out by Mahmud Gawan of Bahmani Kingdom

A)

Nobles were paid salaries and were asked to maintain contingents of horses

B)

A tract of land, Khalisa, was set apart for the expenses of the Tarafdar

C)

Lands were measured and land taxes were fixed on that basis

D)

The kingdom was divided into eight provinces or Tarafs

E)

None of these

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47)

Consider the following statements:

1. In India, Prevention of Food Adulteration

Act was enacted in 1972.

2. Under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, a penalty of life imprisonment can be imposed in certain offences.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2 only

1 only

Both land 2

Neither 1 nor 2

None of these

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48)

Which one of the following seas has no coastline?

A)

Sea of Okhotsk

B)

Tasman sea

C)

Sargasso sea

D)

White sea

E)

None of these

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49)

Which one of the following pairs is match incorrectly.

A)

Trafalgar Square - London

B)

Tiananmen Square - Beijing

C)

Red Square - Moscow

D)

Tahrir Square - Paris

E)

None of these

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50)

Amnesty International has its headquarters at:

A)

Berlin

B)

Geneva

C)

London

D)

Paris

E)

None of these

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8th Class General Knowledge Sample Paper

done General Knowledge Olympiad Model Test Paper-17 Total Questions - 50 [Download]

General Knowledge Olympiad Model Test Paper-17 Total Questions - 50 [Download]