INDIAN SCHOOL AL MAABELA (ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION) MIDDLE SECTION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION BANK CLASS VIII 1. What is the default name if you open new document in Microsoft Word? A. Document1 B. Document2 C. Document3 D. Blank Document 2. This Icon is used for... A. Control Painter B. Format Painter C. Copy Painter D. Painter Format 3. The shortcut for Undoing the last action is: A. Ctrl + C B. Ctrl + Z C. Ctrl + B D. Ctrl + S
4. Instagram is a type of: A. Word processor B. Social media C. Database D. Spreadsheet 5. The starting page of a website is called A. Web Site B. Main Page C. Root Page D. Home Page 6. Ω Icon is used for A. Insert a Music file B. Insert Word Art C. Insert Symbol D. Create Drawing
7. is a set of statements exhibiting repeatedly until a condition is satisfied. A. bug B. Conditional Statement C. Sequence D. Loop 8. The Lowest possible value in binary system is A. 1 B. -1 C. 0 D. F 9. What is Artificial Intelligence? A. Using computer intelligence efficiently B. Playing a game with Computer C. Programming with Intelligence D. Making a machine intelligent 10. Which of the following is an empty HTML tag? A. <br> B. <body> C. <title> D. <b>
11. In which football stadium does Manchester United play all their home matches? A. Old Trafford B. New Trafford C. Barcelona D. Beckham 12. In which country did the Olympic games originate? A. USA B. Greece C. Germany D. UK 13. Andy Murray is a champion at which sport? A. Badminton B. Boxing C. Cricket D. Tennis 14. What food does former footballer Gary Lineker advertise on television? A. Crisps B. Rice C. Wheat D. Dry Fruits
15. What do the teams pull in a game of tug of war? A. Basket Ball B. Rugby Ball C. A Long Rope D. Billiard ball 16. What colour balls are worth one point in a game of snooker? A. Red ball B. White ball C. Black ball D. Orange ball 17. How many vertical wooden stumps make up a cricket wicket? A. 6 B. 9 C. 5 D. 3 18. What do players hit in a game badminton? A. TT Ball B. Shuttlecock C. Plastic ball D. Rubber ball
19. Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals ever; which sport did he compete in? A. High Jump B. Sprint Events C. Pole Vault D. Swimming 20. Which football team is also called “The Gunners”? A. Arsenal B. Spain C. Brazil D. Germany 21. The Green planet in the solar system is…… A. Jupiter B. Saturn C. Uranus D. Neptune
22. Fungi are plants that lack- A. Oxygen B. Carbon dioxide C. Chlorophyll D. None of these 23. Which organ of the body produces the fluid known as bile? A. Liver B. Pancreas C. Gall bladder D. Kidney 24. There are number of muscles in human body. A. 639 B. 640 C. 659 D. 600 25. Which animal never drinks water in its entire life? A. Rat B. Lizard C. Bat D. Kangaroo rat
26. Which is the vertebrate that has two chambered heart? A. Crocodile B. Frog C. Fish D. Humans 27. The number of ribs in a human body is . A. 25 B. 30 C. 24 D. 20 28. The smallest flightless bird is ……… A. Humming bird B. Ostrich C. Kiwi D. Eagle 29. The largest blood vessel in a human body is ……….. A. Artery B. Vein C. Capillary D. Aorta
30. Washing soda is the common name for……. A. Sodium Carbonate B. Sodium sulphate C. Sodium bicarbonate D. Sodium chloride 31. The science of classification of organisms is called: A. Astrology B. Anatomy C. Taxonomy D. Morphology 32. Who was known as the frontier Gandhi? A. Jawahar Lal Nehru B. Ali brothers C. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan D. Jinna
33. The grand old man of the Indian National Congress was … A. Lala Lajpat Rai B. Sardar vallabh bhai patel C. Mahatma Gandhi D. DadabhaiNaoroji 34. Who was called Deshbandhu? A. Lala Lajpat Rai B. Chandra Shekhar Azad C. Chittarajan Das D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 35. The rock which is harder than its original constituent is: A. Sedimentary rock B. Igneous rock C. Metamorphic rock D. Coal 36. Environmental pollution has taken place on a large scale in: A. Rural areas only B. Industrial and urban areas C. Urban areas only D. All of the above
37. The release of water vapour from the leaves is: A. Evaporation B. Transpiration C. Frost D. Dew 38. What is the source of income of the Panchayats? A. House Tax B. Education Tax C. Income Tax D. Transport Tax 39. The iron man of India: A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel B. Gandhiji C. Madan Mohan Malavya D. Mohan Roy
40. “Freedom is my birth right, I shall have it,” is the famous slogan of... A. Lala Lajpat Rai B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak C. Nehru D. Rabindranath Tagore 41. In which poem do these lines appear? And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep A. Stopping by woods on a snowy evening B. Ode to the west wind C. The rainbow D. The road not taken 42. Which of these American novelists has won the Nobel Prize for Literature? A. Laura Ingalls Wilder B. Pearl S. Buck C. Alice Munro D. Emily Dickinson
43. In what language did Geoffrey Chaucer write? A. Greek B. German C. Middle English D. Modern English 44. For which novel did Salman Rushdie win the 1981 Booker Prize? A. East, West B. Midnight's Children C. The Moor's Last Sigh D. The Satanic Verses 45. Which crime writer created the character Detective Inspector Jack Frost? A. RD Wakefield B. RD Waterfield C. RD Wingfield D. RD Woodfield 46. Charles Dickens was born in… A. Manchester B. London C. Cardiff D. Portsmouth
47. Who quoted the words, “A little learning is a dangerous thing?” A. Oscar Wilde B. Alfred Tennyson C. Alexander Pope D. John Milton 48. Which of these books described the Great Depression? A. The Grapes of wrath B. Satanic verses C. The sins D. The Satan 49. A famous English poet who was professionally known as Man of medicine A. Shelley B. Keats C. Milton D. Pope 50. “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts” Who is the poet? A. Kipling B. Wordsworth C. Shelley D. Byron
INDIAN SCHOOL AL MAABELA (ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION) MIDDLE SECTION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION BANK MONTH: JUNE CLASS VIII 1. Which of the following is an example of hardware? A. Windows 10 B. Mac OS C. Subway Surfers D. None 2. A unit of data that typically holds a single character such as a letter, digit or a punctuation mark A. Icon B. Byte C. Bit D. My Documents 3. This shows you the contents of your disk drives, hard disk, CD-ROM drives and network drives. A. My Documents B. Hardware C. Software D. My Computer 4. This is the on-screen work area on which windows, icons, menus, and dialog boxes appear. A. Desktop B. Disk drive C. Hard drive
D. None 5. Memory that can be read from or written to by a computer or other devices. Information stored here is lost when the computer is turned off. A. Application B. Software C. RAM (Random Access Memory) D. None of these 6. A container for programs and files symbolized on the screen by a graphical image used as a means of organizing programs and documents on a disk A. Application B. Icon C. Recycle Bin D. Folder 7. This term is used to describe a preset value for some option in a computer program. It is the value used when a setting has not been specified by the user. A. Default B. Task bar C. Settings D. Start Button 8. A secondary window that contains buttons and various kinds of options through which you can carry out a particular command or task A. Window B. Desktop C. Dialogue Box D. Application
9. The program that manages a computer's resources, such as Windows 10, Mac OS, or Linux. A. Operating System B. My Computer C. Hardware D. Default 10. Who invented GUI (Graphical User Interface)? A. Microsoft B. Xerox C. Bell Labs D. HP 11. The Green Park Stadium, which hosted the 500th International test cricket match played by India in 2016, is situated in the Indian city of – A. Kanpur B. Indore C. Gwalior D. Rajkot 12. The Asian Amateur Boxing Championships' 2019 was held in - A. Delhi, India B. Moscow, Russia C. Bangkok, Thailand D. Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 13. The headquarters of The International Olympic Committee is situated in - A. Vienna, Austria B. Lausanne, Switzerland C. Geneva, Switzerland
D. Madrid, Spain 14. Ben Stokes is associated with the game of - A. Badminton B. Football C. Hockey D. Cricket 15. The Subroto Game is associated with A. Hockey B. Football C. Cricket D. Tennis 16. IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019 was held at A. Ulan Ude, Russia B. Doha, Qatar C. Riyadh, UAE D. Seoul, South Korea 17. Which of the following clubs has won the FIFA Club World Cup, 2019? A. Barcelona B. Real Madrid C. Juventas D. Liverpool 18. Which country hosted the 13th South Asian Games 2019? A. Bangladesh B. Nepal C. Bhutan D. India
19. What was the mascot for the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup Football Tournament played in India? A. SHERA B. BHOLU C. KHELEO D. APPU 20. Sarah Taylor is a women’s cricketer. Which country does she play for? A. Australia B. New Zealand C. South Africa D. England 21. Which is the longest river in the world? A. Great Ganga B. Nile C. Amazon D. Niger 22. Which bank is called bankers bank of India? A. Reserve Bank of India B. Punjab National Bank C. State Bank of India D. ICICI Bank 23. Which is the largest Island in the world?
A. New Guinea B. Andaman Nicobar C. Greenland D. Hawaii 24. Which state has the longest coastline in India? A. Gujarat B. Tamil Nadu C. Karnataka D. Kerala 25. On which river is the Uri Dam constructed? A. Beas B. Sutlej C. Jhelum D. Ganga 26. Which is the smallest country in the world? A. Vatican City B. Bhutan C. Nepal
D. Sri Lanka 27. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world? A. Great Bear Lake B. Lake Superior C. Ohrid Lake D. Great Salt Lake 28. Who was India’s first President? A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad B. S. Radhakrishnan C. Jawaharlal Nehru D. Indira Gandhi 29. Which two oceans are linked by Panama Canal? A. Atlantic and Pacific B. Atlantic and Indian Ocean C. Artic and Indian Ocean D. Pacific and Arctic Ocean 30. Which Indian State has a separate Constitution? A. Punjab
B. Meghalaya C. Manipur D. Jammu and Kashmir 31. Anatomy is a branch of Science which deals with: A. Structure of animals and plants B. Functioning of body organs C. Animal behaviour D. Cells and tissues 32. Name an instrument which is used to measure the density of milk? A. Lactometer B. Hydrometer C. Barometer D. Hygrometer 33. Who had coined the term SMOG? A. Dr. Henry Antoine B. Stephen Hawking C. Nicolaus Copernicus D. Nikola Tesla 34. Excess of fluoride in drinking water causes: A. Lung disease B. Intestinal infection C. Fluorosis
D. None of the above 35. In which artificial propagation method is Stock and Scion involved? A. Tissue Culture B. Cuttings C. Grafting D. Layering 36. Name the smallest muscle? A. Gutters maximus B. Antagonisits C. Stapedius D. None of the above 37. Finger bones are also known as........... A. Hamate bone B. Girdles C. Phalanges D. Metacarpal 38. Name the polymer used in making bullet proof glass A. Melamine B. Bakelite C. Lexan D. Vinyl rubber 39. Soda bottles are made up of: A. Polyethylene Terephthalate B. Polyester
C. Polystyrene D. Poly Styrene Butadiene 40. Who invented the pH Scale? A. S.P.L Sorenson B. Benjamin Franklin C. Henry Moseley D. Wilhelm Rontgen 41. Which is the third oldest university in the world? A. Oxford University B. Columbia University. C. Yale University. D. Stanford University. 42. What is the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series? A. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire B. Harry Potter and the Goblet of water C. Harry Potter and the Goblet of grains D. Harry Potter and the Goblet
43. Which country is Aesop’s Fables believed to originate from? A. German B. Greece C. Rome D. Egypt 44. Which two authors won the Booker Prize in 2019? A. Margaret Atwood and Bernadine Evaristo B. Titus and Suzanne Collins C. Wilbur and Oscar Wilde D. Lanton and Wilbur 45. Who wrote Noddy and Big Ears? A. Enid Blyton B. Wilfred C. Dr. Brown D. Sir Walter 46. Who wrote the famous poem “The Daffodils”? A. William Wordsworth B. Alfred Lord Tennyson C. P.B Shelley D. John Keats 47. “Ozymandias” was written by ________________ A. Walter Scott B. Robert Burns C. Andrew Marwell D. P.B.Shelly
48. In which Shakespearean play does Shylock appear? A. Hamlet B. The tempest C. Merchant of Venice D. Macbeth 49. Whose autobiography is “Wings of fire”? A. A.P.J Abdul Kalam B. Marks C. Evans D. Lawrence 50. For which poem was Tagore awarded Nobel Prize? A. Geetanjali B. Freedom C. Unending love D. Where the mind is without fear
INDIAN SCHOOL AL MAABELA (ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION) MIDDLE SECTION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION BANK MONTH: JULY CLASS VIII 1) Base of Hexadecimal number system is_____________. a)2 b)4 c)8 d)16 2) ASCII stands for _____________________ a) American standard code for information interchange b) American scientific code for information interchange c) American scientific code for international interchange d) American standard code of international interchange 3) _________ allows the user to create and maintain a personal list of favorite URL addresses. a) Software b) Web Servers c) Web Browsers d) WWW 4) Which unit is responsible for converting the data received from the user into a computer understandable format? a) Memory Unit b) Arithmetic & Logic Unit c) Input Unit d) Output Unit
5) Cntl + End are used to: a) Move the cursor to the end of document b) Move the cursor to the end of paragraph c) Move the cursor to the end of line d) Move the cursor to the end of file 6) The extension of BASIC programs is _____________ a) BASIC b) QBASIC c) BAS d) * 7) In Excel, _________ is a vertical line of cells. a) Row b) Column c) Table d) Sheet 8) HTML tag for the largest heading is: a) <head> b) <h6> c) <heading> d) <h1> 9) A field of technology that deals with a combination of real world and the data generated from computer. a) Machine Language b) Artificial Intelligence c) Augmented Reality d) IoT 10) Robot is derived from Czech word a) Rabota b) Robota c) Rebota d) Ribota
11. The number of grand master titles won by Mr. Viswanathan Anand a) 4 b) 6 c) 5 d) 3 12. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in… a) 1951 b) 1963 c) 1971 d) 1982 13. The „Dronacharya Award‟ is given to… a) Sportsmen b) Coaches c) Umpires d) Sports Editors 14.In Ancient India the game of chess was called? a) Roundranga b) Ranaranga c) Thayam d) Chaturanga 15.The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in… a) 1936 b) 1948 c) 1952 d) 1956 16.Who is the first Grand master to lose against computer? a) Garry Kasprov b) ViswanathanAnand c) Magnus Carlson d) Topalov
17. The headquarters of The International Olympic Committee is situated in a) Vienna, Austria b) Lausanne, Switzerland c) Geneva, Switzerland d) Madrid, Spai 18.As per the World Chess Federation (FIDE) dimension of each square is approximately a) 2 to 2.5 inches b) 1 to 1.5 inches c) 3. To 3.5 inches d) 4 to 4.5 inches 19.Karnam Malleswari Won Bronze Medal in which of the following Olympics? a) Athens, 2004 b) Bejing, 2008 c) Sydeny, 2000 d) London, 2012 20. As per the World Chess Federation (FIDE) the size of King is a) 3 to 3.5 inches b) 3.75 to 4 inches c) 2.5 to 3 inches d) 1.75 to 2.75 inches 21. Which of the following can cause acid rain? a) CO2 b) CO c) SO2 d) CH4 22. From what does potato grow? a) root b) stem c) leaves
d) fruit 23. EGC is used to detect any ____ diseases. a) lungs b) lidney c) heart d) stomach 24. Hematite is an ore of a) bauxite b) aluminum c) iron d) gold 25. The mirror that shows lateral inversion a) convex mirror b) concave mirror c) spherical mirror d) plane mirror 26. Who invented Cell? a) Robert Hooke b) Rachel Carson c) Francis crick d)none of these 27. Which is the largest day in the Northern hemisphere of the Earth? a) 22ndJune b) 21st June c) 5th June d) none of these 28. Cataract is a disease of ___ a) eye b) nose c) skin d) ear
29. Scientific study of birds a) Entomology b) Ornithology c) Physiology d) Psychology 30. Which gas is known as the laughing gas? a) Nitrous oxide b) Calcium oxide c) Potassium oxide d) Aluminum oxide 31.Which of the following is defined the northern frontiers of India? a) Himalayan mountain range b) Karakoram Range c) Aravali Range d)Satpura Range 32. Who was the first Indian woman President of the United Nations General Assembly? a) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit b) Indira Gandhi c) Mother Teresa d) Margret Thatcher 33. Which of the following cities are called the twin cities? a) Delhi and Faridabad b) Mumbai and Pune c) Hyderabad and Secunderabad d) Bangalore and Mysore 34. Where is India's permanent research station Dakshin Gangotri? a) Great Himalayas b) Indian Ocean c) Antarctica d)Arabian Sea
35. Who among the following opened the land between India and Europe? a) Alexander b)Arabs c) Greek d) Iranian 36. Which of the following place in the Jammu & Kashmir is famous for 'saffron cultivation'? a) Pampore b) Kashmir c) Jammu d) Kathua 37. Who among the following assassinated Mahatma Gandhi? a) Karamchand b) Nathuram Godse c) Ashfaquallah Khan d) None of the Above 38.When did the Saka Era begin? a)From 78 AD b)From 80 AD c)From 30 AD d)From 639 AD 39.Which of the following India‟s first women-oriented bank aimed at providing loans and financial services to women? a) Bharatiya Women's Bank b) BharatiyaMahila Bank c) Women Empowerment Bank d) Indian Women Empowerment Bank 40. Which king started the organization of Kumbh fair at Allahabad? a) Harshavardhana b) Dhruvasena Ii c) Narshimhvarman d) Akabar
41.Who is the author of the classic masterpiece “Anna Karenina”? a) Victor Hugo b) Leo Tolstoy c) Anna Akhmatova d) Viktor Astafyev 42.Name the female novelist who has authored „Sense and Sensibility‟? a) Mary Anne Atwood b) Anita Nair c) Jane Austen. d) Arundhati Roy 43.Whose autobiography is “Playing It My way”? a) Sunil Gavaskar b) Sahin Tendulkar c) MS Dhoni d) DhanrajPillay 44.Who is the author of „The Alchemist‟ (play)? a) Francis Bacon b) William Shakespeare c) Ben Jonson d) George Bernard shaw 45.Who is the author of the popular novel “Three Men in a Boat”? a) Jerome K Jerome b) Thomas Hardy c) Daniel Defoe d) Jonathan Swift
46.Bram Stoker gave birth to a popular literary character in one of his novels in the year 1897. What was the name of that character? a) Sherlock Holmes b) Count Dracula c) Count of Monte Cristo. d) Iron man 47. In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written? a) 13th – 14th b) 14th – 15th c) 15th -16th d) 16th – 17th 48.What was the nationality of Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of 'Treasure Island'? a) Scottish b) Welsh c) Irish d) French
49.Which Shakespearean play features the characters of Goneril, Regan and Cordelia? a) Romeo and Juliet b) The Tempest c) Macbeth d) King Lear 50.What is defined by Collins Dictionary as “a speech in a play in which a character speaks to himself or herself and to the audience, rather than to another actor”? a.Soliloquy b.Monologue c.Dialogue d.Dramatic irony
INDIAN SCHOOL AL MAABELA (ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION) MIDDLE SECTION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION BANK MONTH: AUGUST CLASS VIII (4th Round) 1) Which software is not a file compression utility? a) 7-Zip b) Win Zip c) Win Rar d) Compres 2) The extension of a text file (Notepad file) is a) .text b) .tet c) .txt d) .tft 3) The Process of erasing a disk is called a) Cleaning b) Wiping c) Defragmenting d) Formatting 4) A window can have ______ states a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
5) Which one is not an Image file? a) .bmp b) .wmv c) .jpg d) .png 6) Which feature is used to make selected sentence having all capital letters to small letters? a) Sentence Case b) Upper Case c) Lower Case d) Capitalize each word 7) Which of the following apps is NOT included in Office 365? a) Word b) Excel c) PowerPoint d) Publisher 8) One drive lets you keep your files in a) cloud b) desktop c) home d) shelf 9) How much space do you get for your files in One Drive? a) 1 MegaByte b) 1 Gigabyte c) 5GB d) 1 Humango Byte 10) The ability of different people to use the same computer is made possible through a) Open Source Software b) User Accounts c) Desktop Elements
d) Settings app 11. How many squares are there in a standard chess board? a) 62 b) 64 c) 66 d) 68 12. In which sports do you run and jump as far as possible on a sandpit? a) Long Jump b) High Jump c) Pole Vault d) Steeple Chase 13. The outdoor sport involves a club, a ball and holes on the ground? a) Rugby b) Tennikoit c) Golf d) Billiards 14. Name the sport played on a Horseback? a) Water Polo b) Ice Hockey c) Golf d) Polo 15. Name the fastest athlete who holds the world record for 100 M? a) Asafa Powell b) Yohan Blake c) Usain Bolt d) Tyson Gay 16. ASHES is associated with which sports? a) Cricket b) Hand Ball c) Basket Ball d) Gymnastics
17. Name the grandmaster of CHESS in India? a) Magnus Carlsen b) Vishwanathan Anand c) Fabiano Caruana d) Pentala Harikrishna 18. What is LBW in Cricket? a) Leg Before Wide b) Lead Before Wicket c) Leg Bend Wicket d) Leg Before Wicket 19.The LORDS cricket ground is in which country? a) Sri Lanka b) England c) Pakistan d) South Africa 20. Who is known as the wizard of Indian Hockey? a) Udam Singh b) Krishan Pathak c) Mandeep Singh d) Major Dhyan Chand 21. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? a) Becquerel: Radioactivity b) Alexander Fleming: Penicillin c) Louis Pasteur: Blood groups d) William Harvey: Blood circulation 22. Which of the following is a sexually transmitted disease? a) Leukemia b) Hepatitis c) Color Blindness d) All the above
23. Which one of the following systems of the body is primarily attacked by HIV? a) Immune b) Respiratory c) Reproductive d) Cardiovascular 24. In the human body, the blood enters the aorta of the circulatory system from the: a) Left atrium b) Left ventricle c) Right atrium d) Right ventricle 25. Which of the following are known as the suicide bags of cells? a) Ribosomes b) Golgi bodies c) Lysosomes d) Nucleoli 26. If a person can see an object clearly when it is placed at about 25cm away from him, he is suffering from: a) Myopia b) Hypermopia c) Astigmatism d) none of these 27. Who among the following discovered the anti-rabies vaccine? a) Edward Jenner b) James Lind c) Louis Pasteur d) Robert Koch 28. Which of the following blood group is considered as Universal Donor? a) A b) B c) AB d) O
29. Name the corona virus that kills human? a) AIDS b) FAIDS c) SARS d) HIV 30. Which vitamin is needed to prevent Xero-phthalmia? a) A b) B c) C d) D 31. What was another name of 'Quit India movement'? a) Khliafat Movement b) Swedeshi Movement c) Home Rule Movement d) August Kranti 32. Who has given the slogan of “Do or Die” during All India Congress Committee in Bombay and ratified the „Quit India‟ resolution? a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Jawahar Lal Nehru c) Subash Chandra Bose d) Jayaprakash Narayan 33. Who gave the slogan “Dilli Chalo” or “Marchto Delhi”? a) Jawahar Lal Nehru b) Subash Chandra Bose c) Sarojini Naidu d) Bipin Chandra Pal 34. Which is the smallest country in the world? a) Angola b) Oman c) Vatican City d) Nepal
35. What is the largest desert in the world? a) Atacama b) Kalahari c) Antarctic Desert d) Sahara Desert 36. What is the currency of Sweden? a) Swedish Krona b) Euro c) Pound d) Penny 37. Which is the highest active volcano in Europe? a) Mt. Fuji b) Mt. Kilimanjaro c) Mt Vesuvius d) Mt. Etna 38. Which country‟s name could be part of a Christmas dinner? a) Turkey b) Rome c) Germany d) Italy 39. Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated? a) Wilson Churchill b) Spencer Perceval c) Margret Thatcher d) Queen Victoria 40. The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands was changed to Lakshadweep by an Act of Parliament in a) 1970 b) 1971 c) 1972 d) 1973
41. Who is the author of the famous storybook 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'? a) Rudyard Kipling b) John Keats c) Lewis Carroll d) H G Wells 42. Who wrote the famous 1855 poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'? a) Alfred Lord Tennyson b) Christopher Marlowe c) Johannes Gutenberg d) H G Wells 43. Which is the first Harry Potter book? a) HP and Goblet of Fire b) HP and Philosopher‟s stone c) HP and Chamber of Secrets d) HP and God of small things. 44. In which novel, the fictitious town „Malgudi‟ was first mentioned? a) The Bachelor of Arts b) The English Teacher c) Under the Banyan Tree d) Swami and Friends 45. Which one is the longest Indian novel ever published in the single volume in the English Language? a) Revolution 2020 b) God of Small Things c) Suitable Boy d) Train to Pakistan 46. Who wrote the National Anthem of Bangladesh „Amar Shonar Bangala‟?
a) Kazi Nazurl Islam b) Michael Madhusudan Dutt c) Faraaz Kaazi d) Rabindranath Tagore 47. Who was the first woman to receive Sahitya Academy Award? a) Mahasweta Devi b) Bani Basu c) Asha Poorna Devi d) Amrita Pritam 48. Who translated the book „The Story of My Experiments with Truth‟ written by M K Gandhi to English? a) Mahadev Desai b) J. B Kripalani c) Mohanlal Pandya d) Vinoba Bhave 49. Forwhich book Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize? a) Satanic Verses b) Midnight‟s Children c) Fury d) Shalimar the Clown 50. Kiran Desai won the Man Booker prize for _______________. a. Life of Pie b. The White Tiger c. Last Orders d. The Inheritance of Loss ***********************************************************
INDIAN SCHOOL AL MAABELA (ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION) MIDDLE SECTION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION BANK MONTH: SEPTEMBER CLASS VIII (5th Round) 1) The currently selected window is called a. Active b. Desktop c. Current d. None of these Ans: a. Active 2) This key will indent text a precise preset amount each time it is used in a word document. It is also used to move through options in a dialog box. a. Tab b. Ctrl c. Shift d. Alt Ans: a. Tab 3) This key will lock alpha cases to upper case. a. Shift b. Caps Lock c. Tab d. Alt Ans: b. Caps Lock
4) A secondary window that contains buttons and various kinds of options through which you can carry out a particular command or a task. a. Window b. Desktop c. Dialog Box d. Application Ans: c. Dialog Box 5) This term is used as a preset value for some option in a computer program.It is the value used when a setting has not been specified by the user. a. Default b. Task Bar c. Settings d. Start Button. Ans: a. Default 6) Purpose of networking computers is a. Sharing software b.Compiling programs c. Changingcomputers d.All the above Ans: a. Sharing software 7) What is a network? a. A set of software used to send information b. A collection of computers and devices connected by communication Channels. c. Set of hardware that is used to save information d. A collection of storage devices
Ans: b. A collection of computers and devices connected by communication channels. 8) Which of the following is not used to facilitate communication on the network? a. Email b. Instant messaging c. Chat rooms d. Printing Ans: d. Printing 9) Largest type of network is a. Local Area Network b. Metropolitan Area Network c. Wide Area Network d. All the above Ans: c. Wide Area Network 10)Which of the following allows user to connect to a network which can access application programs. a. Sharing data, files, information b. Sharing hardware c. Sharing software d. All the above Ans: c. Sharing software. 11) What is the symbol of check mate? a. % b. # c. - d. + Ans: b. #
11)Which lane is given to best swimmer? a.2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 1 Ans: c. 4 12)Ryder Cup is related to a. Golf b. Football c. Badminton d. Cricket Ans: a. Golf 13)The distance of marathon race is a.28miles 385 yards b. 24miles 385 yards c. 26miles 385 yards d. 25miles 385 yards Ans: 26miles 385 yards 14)Free throw is associated with a. Hockey b. Football c. Basketball d. Tennis Ans:Basketball
15)Who started the modern Olympic Games? a. B.P de Coubertin b. Thomos c.H.C.Buck d. Steve Waugh Ans: a. B.P de Coubertin 16)What is the maximum permitted length of cricket bat? a. 32 inches b. 34 inches c. 36 inches d. 38 inches Ans: d. 38 inches 17)Jahangir khan is famous sportsperson who plays a. Boxing b. Squash c. Hockey d. Cricket Ans: b. Squash 18)What is the length and breadth of khokho court? a.25X15M b. 29X16M c. 30X12M d. 24X14M Ans: 29X16M
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