NSGO

(National School Genius Olympiad)

Class: X

CONTENT Chapter 1: Amazing Information

Chapter 2: Travel

Chapter 3: Science

Chapter 4: Health

Chapter 5: Technology

Chapter 6: Invention & Discoveries

Chapter 7: Reasoning

Chapter 8: Busters

Chapter 9: Current Affairs

Chapter 10: TUK Special Corner

Chapter1 Amazing Information

1. The spa and rejuvenation centre for elephants is located in __________.

a) Guruvayur

b) Kozhikode

c) Varkala

d) Mudumalai National

2. How did Lee Redmond (lady with longest nails) lose her nails?

a) Surgery

b) Eating an apple

c) Swimming in the sea

d) In a road mishap

3. The ________was one of HP’s first customers.

a) Universal studios

b) Mgm studios

c) Walt disney studios

d) Warner bros

4. The shape of Nepal’s flag symbolises the _______________________.

a) Country’s brave spirit

b) Rising Sun

c) Himalayan mountain peaks

d) None of these

5. What is the technical term for differently coloured irises?

a) Macular degeneration

b) Heterochromia Iridis

c) Cataracts

d) Glaucoma

6. Who discovered the pineapple in 1493?

a) Amerigo Vespucci

b) Christopher Columbus

c) Benjamin Franklin

d) DuPont

7. What is the name of the venom released by Bullet ants?

a) Poneratoxin

b) Ricin

c) Botulinum Toxin

d) Tetradotoxin

8. Which is the only animal that cannot jump?

a) Fish

b) Elephant

c) Crab

d) Horse

9. What has been the voting day of USA since 1845?

a) First Wednesday of December

b) First Monday of November

c) First Tuesday of November

d) First Thursday of October

10. Where are maximum volcanoes found?

a) China

b) Africa

c) Indonesia

d) USA

11. Who invented rubber?

a) Galileo

b) Charles Goodyear

c) Thomas Saver

d) Benjamin Franklin

12. Who successfully clicked the first picture in 1816?

a) David Charles

b) William Douglas

c) Joseph Nicephore Niepce

d) Tom Cruise

13. Whose was the first face on Facebook?

a) Mark Zuckerberg’s

b) Al Pacino’s

c) Steve Jobs’

d) Kevin Systrom’s

14. Which of the activities is not possible in a dream?

a) Eating

b) Reading

c) Walking

d) Crying

15. Which is the world’s loudest animal?

a) Elephant

b) Blue Whale

c) Kangaroo

d) Shark

16. Prof. Amartya Sen has earned worldwide distinction in which of the following

fields/areas?

a) Economics

b) Geology

c) Biochemistry

d) Astrophysics

17. Who among the following was known as 'Kipper'?

a) Napoleon Bonaparte

b) Field Marshal K.M Cariappa

c) Gen. Erwin Rommel

d) Younger Pitt

18. Ms Kim Campbell was the first female Prime Minister of

a) Congo

b) Canada

c) Portugal

d) Phillippines

19. Which is Highest Gallantry Award in India?

a) Padma Bhushan

b) Paramveer Chakra

c) Sena Medal

d) Seva Medal

20. Which place is said to be the cathedral city of India?

a) Benaras

b) Kancheepuram

c) Madurai

d) Bhubaneswar

21. Which one of the following is a landlocked harbour?

a) Mumbai

b) Haldia

c) Vishakapatnam

d) Ennore

22. The first newspaper in the world was started by?

a) Japan

b) China

c) USA

d) India

23. Indian captain Virat Kohli became the first captain to hit six double centuries in Test

cricket. He has surpassed -

a) Steve Smith

b) Brian Lara

c) Michael Clarke

d) Don Bradman

24. 'Khazanah' is the state-owned investment holding arm of which country?

a) Singapore

b) Japan

c) Mauritius

d) Malaysia

25. Which of the following sports is most popular worldwide?

a) Cricket

b) Football

c) Tennis

d) Badminton

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26. Fouaad Mirza is related to which sports?

a) Equestrian b) Long Jump

c) Short Throw d) Shooting

27. Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna?

a) B.R. Ambedkar b) Lal Bahadur Shastri

c) K. Kamraj d) M.G. Ramachandran

28. Limba Ram is associated with which of the following fields

a) Motion Pictures b) Sports

c) Social Service d) Politics

29. Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars '?

a) Kiran Bedi b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Nelson Mandela d) Sheikh Abdullah

30. The International Rice Research Institute is located in __________.

a) Thailand b) Malaysia

c) Philippines

d) Indonesia

Chapter 2 Travel

1. Machu Picchu is cradled in the rocky terrain, northwest of ________, Peru.

a) Lima

b) Cusco

c) Colca Canyon

d) Aguas Calientes

2. Whose statue was gifted by the Commonwealth of Virginia to the National Gallery?

a) George Washington

b) Abraham Lincoln

c) Walt Disney

d) None of these

3. Which is the largest canal of Venice?

a) Rogota Canal

b) Grand Canal

c) Stroove Canal

d) None of these

4. What is the Thai name of the White Temple of Thailand?

a) Wat Rong Khun

b) Wat Phra Kaew

c) Wat Saket

d) Wat Suthat

5. Which is the highest peak of Swiss Alps?

a) Matterhorn

b) Dufourspitze

c) Mont Blanc

d) None of these

6. The Lotus temple has been designed by ________________.

a) Rafiq Azam

b) B V Doshi

c) Muzharul Islam

d) Fariborz Sabha

7. The ______________ has hairy soles to protect its feet and has large ears to dissipate heat. It lives in the Sahara Desert.

a) Fennec fox b) Kkit fox

c) Culpeo d) Corsac fox

8. Which one of the following deserts is not a part of Sahara?

a) Western Sahara b) Tenere Desert

c) Atacama Desert d) Libyan Desert

9. Bergen is often referred to as ___________________.

a) Pink City b) The Fjord World

c) The Gateway to the Fjords d) Paradise on Earth

10. In which year was Bryggen enlisted in the UNESCO?

a) 1977

b) 1975

c) 1983

d) 1979

11.__________ ordered the construction of the Royal Palace of Madrid in the 18th century.

a) King Felipe IV

b) Philip V

c) King Juan Carlos

d) Philip IV

12. Where is the Palacio Real located?

a) Istanbul

b) Afghanistan

c) Spain

d) England

13. The Courtallam Falls named after the place, Courtallam , located in ___________

District.

a) Tirunelveli

b) Dharampuri

c) Krishnagiri

d) Coimbatore

14. Identify the given picture.

a) Buckingham Palace

b) Windsor Castle

c) Palace of Versailles

d) Royal Palace of Madrid

15. The Phool Sagar Lake in Bundi overflows with_________ in the month of September.

a) Weeds

b) Water snakes

c) Lotus

d) Muddy waters

16. What does ''Arunachal'' mean?

a) Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains

b) Mountain of the Moon

c) Mountain is heaven

d) Reddish glow in the morning sky

17. Which historic structure lies near to the Pitti Palace, Italy?

a) Leaning Tower of Pisa

b) Roman Castle

c) Bridge of Ponte Vecchio

d) None of these

18. The most extraordinary sight at Koh Samui is the____________ at Wat Khuranam which

gives a deep insight into the Thai and Buddhist culture.

a) Buddha Statue

b) Mummy Monk

c) Tiger Zoo

d) Secret Buddha Garden

19. Approximately eighty per cent of the territory of Greenland is hidden by the

___________.

a) Ice sheet

b) Glaciers

c) Water

d) Mountains

20. The Lower Town of the Quebec City has preserved the ancient ____________

architecture.

a) Gothic

b) English

c) French

d) Baroque

21. The Stave Church is one of the best-preserved Churches in the history of Norway that is

dedicated to the apostle ____________.

a) St. Aaron

b) St. Andrew

c) St. Berarius

d) St. Pabo

22. The wildlife found in the Thar Desert consists of the Blackbuck, the Great Indian Bustard

and the __________________.

a) Porcupine

b) Monitor lizards

c) Great Indian Spotted Eagle

d) Indian Wild Ass

23. Bali’s largest city is ___________.

a) Kuta

b) Ubud

c) Densapar

d) Jimbaran

24. Sahara is the plural word for ___________.

a) Cactus

b) Scorpion

c) Oasis

d) Desert

25. Who designed the White Temple of Thailand?

a) Chalermchai Kositpipat

b) Whib Nakra

c) Phra Khauti

d) Chalarmchai Kossetpat

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26. The most magnificent building of the Jaisalmer Fort is the _______________, which is

located at the front of Chauhata Square.

a) Raj Mahal

b) Akhey Prole

c) Maharawals

d) Laxminath Temple

27. In which year did Sahara Desert boast of the highest temperature recorded in history, a

melting-boiling 136 degree Fahrenheit?

a) 2003

b) 1983

c) 1992

d) 1993

28. The plane in which Jimmy Angel discovered Venezuela’s Angel Falls can be seen at the

__________________.

a) Museo de Bellas Artes

b) Aeronautics Museum of Maracay

c) Museo Bolivariano

d) Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art

29. ____ are ancient statues on an island belonging to Chile.

a) Statue of Liberty

b) Great Sphinx of Giza

c) Easter Island Moai

d) The Leaning Tower of Pisa

30. ____ is a very famous temple in Greece in honor of the Greek goddess of wisdom.

a) The Parthenon

b) The Colosseum

c) The Vatican

d) Rockefeller Center

Chapter 3 Science

1. Fat can be separated from milk in a cream separator because of:

a) Centrifugal force

b) Cohesive force

c) Gravitational force

d) Centripetal force

2. What is the term given to each of two or more alternative forms of a gene that usually

arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome?

a) Locus

b) Allele

c) DNA

d) RNA

3. Aristotle in 350 BCE had dwelt on solar sneezing in __________________.

a) Arganon

b) Rhetorics

c) The Book of Problems

d) De Interpretations

4. The ___________________ system in our body is the reason for the sense of touch.

a) Circulatory

b) Somatosensory

c) Integumentary

d) Endocrine

5. King of chemicals is ____________.

a) Sulphuric acid

b) Nitric acid

c) Hydrochloric acid

d) Lactic acid

6. The process of deposition of zinc over iron is known as ____________.

a) Galvanisation

b) Chrome plating

c) Tinning

d) Plating

7. Soft drinks contain ____________.

a) Hydrochloric acid

b) Carbonic acid

c) Tartaric acid

d) Citric acid

8. A relapse of cancer can be prevented by using the drug _____________.

a) Germcitabine

b) Gemcitabine

c) Germicitabine

d) Germcitibane

9. A combination of Calcium and Calcium chloride (CaCl2) produces the colour ___________.

a) Red

b) White

c) Orange

d) Blue

10. The acid used to clean windows is ______________.

a) Calcium hydroxide

b) Ammonium hydroxide

c) Sodium hydroxide

d) Magnesium hydroxide

11. Calcium hydroxide is also known as ___________.

a) Caustic potash

b) Quick lime

c) Ant acid

d) Slaked lime

12. The _________ is used to measure the distance of the Sun.

a) Astronomical unit

b) Kilometre

c) Metre

d) Centimetre

13. Which of the following winds flow from lower to higher altitudes?

a) Anabatic winds

b) Katabatic winds

c) None of these

d) Both of these

14. What does the spleen produce?

a) Lymphocytes

b) Red blood cells

c) Calcium

d) None of these

15. The density of water is _____.

a) 1000 kg/m2

b) 100 kg/m2

c) 10 kg/m2

d) 10000 kg/m2

16. Radio Carbon Dating is use to estimate the age of _____.

a) Monuments

b) Rocks

c) Soil

d) Fossils

17. Lichens are the best indicators of

a) Air pollution

b) Sound pollution

c) Noise pollution

d) Water pollution

18. Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying drinking water, because

a) It is a sterilising agent

b) It dissolves the impurities of water

c) It is a reducing agent

d) It is an oxidising agent

19. Washing soda is the common name for

a) Sodium carbonate

b) Calcium bicarbonate

c) Sodium bicarbonate

d) Calcium carbonate

20. Who Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell?

a) Otto Hahn

b) John Dalton

c) Robert Brown

d) Marie Curie

21. When a gas is turned into a liquid, the process is called

a) Condensation

b) Evaporation

c) Deposition

d) Sublimation

22. The hardest substance available on earth is

a) Gold

b) Iron

c) Diamond

d) Platinum

23. Which of the following metals remain in liquid form under normal conditions?

a) Radium

b) Zinc

c) Uranium

d) Mercury

24. What is scientific name of Mango?

a) Pavo cristatus

b) Mangifera indica

c) Malus

d) Citrus sinensis

25. The power of a lens is measured in?

a) Diopters

b) Aeon

c) Lumen

d) Candela

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26. Persons with which blood group are called universal donors?

a) AB

b) A

c) B

d) O

27. Permanent hardness of water can be removed by adding

a) Chlorine

b) Washing soda

c) Potassium permanganate

d) Bleaching powder

28. LPG consists of mainly

a) Methane, ethane and hexane

b) Ethane, hexane and nonane

c) Methane, hexane and nonane

d) Methane, butane and propane

29. The most important ore of aluminium is

a) Galena

b) Calamine

c) Calcite

d) Bauxite

30. When an iron nail gets rusted, iron oxide is formed:

a) Without any change in the weight

of the nail

b) With decrease in the weight of the

nail

c) With increase in the weight of the

nail

d) Without any change in colour or

weight of the nail

Chapter 4 Health

1. Serotonin is referred to as___________.

a) Sad hormones

b) Cheerful hormones

c) Smiling hormones

d) Happy hormones

2. Body Mass Index ratio was created by a Belgian statistician, _______________ in 1832.

a) Edith Abbott

b) Thomas Bayes

c) Adolphe Quetelet

d) Ladislaus Josephovich Bortkiewicz

3. Dark chocolate makes you feel good because of the chemical _____________________

present in it.

a) Tartrazine

b) Triacetin

c) Propyl gallate

d) Phenylethylamine (PEA)

4.___________ nuts are the highest in selenium content as compared to other nuts.

a) Cedar

b) Brazil

c) Sesame

d) Cashew

5._______________ is a condition caused due to excess of iron in the body.

a) Osteoporosis

b) Hypervitaminosis

c) Hemochromatosis

d) Hypercalcemia

6. Curry tree is part of the family ___________.

a) Umbellifers

b) Legumes

c) Rutaceae

d) Boraginaceae

7._________________ oil helps to relax your mind and body.

a) Sesame

b) Chamomile

c) Mustard

d) Coconut

8. Garlic contains ________.

a) Sago

b) Allicin

c) Cassareep

d) Aspic

9. Healthy kidneys produce ________________.

a) Keratin

b) Collagen

c) Erythropoietin

d) Lipoprotein

10. Cheese increases the _________ of the body.

a) Energy level

b) Ph level

c) Immune system

d) Cellular level

11. Synovium, also known as synovium membrane, covers the gap in joints and produces ____________.

a) Cartilage b) Synovial fluid

c) Bone marrow

d) White blood cells

12. The scientific name of opium poppy is __________________.

a) Piper nigrum

b) Zingiber officinale

c) Curcuma longa

d) Papaversomniferum

13. Tomatoes contain the anti-oxidant called ____________ (which gives tomatoes the red

pigments). .

a) Melatonin

b) Glutathione

c) Lipoic acid

d) Lycopene

14. A condition where the platelet count is above 450,000 is known as _________________.

a) Lymphoma

b) Leukemia

c) Polycythemia vera

d) Thrombocytosis

15. Vitamin B12 is also known as ____________.

a) Thiamine

b) Riboflavin

c) Biotin

d) Cobalamin

16. Jaundice disease is caused by

a) Elevated levels of bilirubin

b) Mosquitoes

c) Viruses

d) Bacteria and parasites

17. Which one of the diseases is not a communicable disease:-

a) Typhoid

b) Leprosy

c) Measles

d) Leukemia

18. The mandible is located in the

a) Jaw

b) Leg

c) Lungs

d) Collarbone

19. Which of these connects the bones?

a) Knee

b) Ligaments

c) Cells

d) Tissues

20. Who developed the vaccine against poliomyelitis?

a) Dr. Jonas Salk

b) Dr. Luc Montagnier

c) Dr. Gallo

d) Sir Ronald Ross

21. What is the name of the system in the human body that transports blood?

a) The Excretory system

b) The Cardiovascular system

c) Endocrine system

d) The Renal system

22. If a person has lockjaw, what disease is he or she suffering from?

a) Tetanus

b) Toothache

c) Cold

d) Factitious disorder

23. What are the functions of the veins?

a) Protect organs from microorganisms b) Transfer Nutrients to the tissues c) Taking oxygenated blood to the tissues d) Returning deoxygenated blood back to the heart

24. Vitamin B-1 deficiency, is also known as?

a) Scurvy

b) Thiamine

c) Beri-Beri

d) Rickets

25. The proposed "two in one" salt contains iodine and

a) Sodium

b) Potassium

c) Iron

d) Manganese

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26. Who is known as the Father of Modern Medicine?

a) Sir William Osler

b) Sir Ronald Ross

c) Joseph Lister

d) Andreas Vesalius

27. What is exobiology?

a) Study of human body

b) Study of life in outer space

c) Study of evolution of body

d) Dynamic Study of interactions of organisms

28. How many sweat glands does the average person have?

a) 2 million

b) 6

c) 12

d) 100

29. Which one from the below is a mosquito-borne disease?

a) Swine-Flu

b) Typhoid

c) Leptospirosis

d) Chikungunya

30. What is the scientific term for a disease that causes dizziness?

a) Vertigo

b) Allergies

c) Chronic pain

d) Viral

Chapter 5 Technology

1. Documents, movies, images and photographs etc, are stored in a computer in the:

a) Application Sever

b) Web Sever

c) Print Server

d) File Server

2. After Librie, which major e-book product was released in 2006?

a) Reader

b) Kindle

c) Rocketbook

d) None of these

3. Which company manufactures the e-reader, Kindle?

a) Sony

b) Amazon

c) Best Price

d) Lenovo

4. Who was the Founder of Bluetooth?

a) Ericson

b) Martin Cooper

c) Steve Jobs

d) Apple

5. Which information among the following does the Smart Box in a car not record?

a) Speed

b) Acceleration

c) Blood group of the driver

d) How brakes are applied

6. In which decade did the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?

a) 1850s

b) 1860s

c) 1870s

d) 1900s

7. Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?

a) Flash

b) Flange

c) Fury

d) FRAM

8. Who is the 'Father of Analysis of Algorithms'?

a) Van-Neumann

b) Dennis M. Ritchie

c) Donald Kunth

d) Bjarne Stroustrup

9. What technology did Paytm launch recently?

a) One97 Communications AI Cloud

for India

b) Paytm AI Cloud for India

c) One97 Communications AI Cloud

2018

d) Paytm AI Cloud 2018

10. Which aeroplane carried the first Black Box?

a) Boeing B-17

b) MiG-21

c) Airbus 17

d) None of these

11. What is the name of the first super computer of India?

a) Saga 220

b) PARAM 8000

c) ENIAC

d) PARAM 6000

12. Which is of the working principle law in Maglev Trains?

a) Ohms Law

b) Faraday’s Law

c) Johnson’s Principle

d) None of these

13. What kind of a storage device is the USB?

a) Primary

b) Secondary

c) Tertiary

d) None of above

14. '.INI' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

a) Image file

b) System file

c) Hypertext related file

d) Image Color Matching Profile file

15. What is the television broadcast standard in the United States?

a) PAL

b) NTSC

c) SECAM

d) RGB

16. What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?

a) Report

b) Field

c) Record

d) File

17. What do you use to create a chart?

a) Pie Wizard

b) Excel Wizard

c) Data Wizard

d) Chart Wizard

18. What kind of errors can be pointed out by the compiler?

a) Syntax error

b) Symantic error

c) Logical error

d) Internal error

19. Name the person who invited the QWERTY keyboard layout design?

a) Christopher Latham Sholes

b) Albert Atwood

c) Emik Bentov

d) Anthony Adducci

20. What does SSL stand for?

a) Security System Law

b) Security System Layers

c) Secure Socket Layer

d) None of the above

21. A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have the _____

a) Compiler

b) Loader

c) Operating system

d) Assembler

22. By default, your documents print in ________ mode

a) Landscape

b) Portrait

c) Page Setup

d) Print View

23. A _________ is approximately one billion bytes.

a) Megabyte

b) Gigabyte

c) Terabyte

d) None of these

24. The two major types of computer chips are

a) Microprocessor

b) Primary memory

c) Both A & B

d) External memory

25. A test to determine processor speed is?

a) A gesture

b) Flat panel

c) A benchmark

d) None of the above

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26. In MS-Word, for what does ruler help?

a) To set indents

b) To change page margins

c) To set tabs

d) All of the above

27. Which of the following is a command prompt command for Microsoft Windows?

a) Meg

b) Power

c) Ping

d) Petabyte

28. What will you associate the term Social Engineering when it comes to computers?

a) Hacking

b) Malware

c) Worms

d) Trojans

29. Which of the following memories is an optical memory?

a) Floppy Disk

b) Bubble Memories

c) CD–ROM

d) Core Memories

30. FPI stands for:

a) Faults per inch

b) Frames per inch

c) Film per inch

d) Figure per inch

Chapter 6 Invention and Discoveries

1. Frequency modulation radio 'FM' was invented by ______________.

a) Gerald Pearson

b) Edwin Howard Armstrong

c) Daryl Chapin

d) Calvin Southern Fuller

2. Which of the following machines was designed by Charles Babbage?

a) Arithmetic engine

b) Analytical engine

c) Tabulating machine

d) Punched card

3. In which decade was the telephone invented?

a) 1850s

b) 1860s

c) 1870s

d) 1880s

4. What did Benjamin Franklin invent?

a) Bifocal spectacles

b) Radio

c) Barom eter

d) Hygrometer

5.___________ was invented by Belgium born Leo Hendrik Baekeland in 1907.

a) Parkesine

b) Celluloid

c) Bakelite

d) Plasticiser

6. In which country was the yo-yo invented?

a) France

b) United States

c) Philippines

d) England

7. The microwave' oven was invented by ___________.

a) Percy Spencer

b) Victor Vacquier

c) George Inman

d) Raytheon

8. The transistor was invented by ____________.

a) Edwin Howard Armstrong

b) Lisa Meitner and George

Stephenson

c) Otto Hahn

d) John Bardeen and Walter Brattain

9. Facebook was founded in

a) 2004

b) 2006

c) 2005

d) 2003

10. Who discovered the electrons?

a) Newton

b) Roentgen

c) J.J. Thompson

d) Edison

11. High heeled shoes were invented for _________.

a) Cleopatra

b) Queen Elizabeth I

c) King Louis the XIV

d) King Charles II

12. Sir Isaac Newton invented __________.

a) Reflecting telescope

b) Chronometer

c) Microscope

d) Spectacles

13. Thomas A Edison in 1879 produced a bulb that glowed for over _______________.

a) 1200 minutes

b) 1200 seconds

c) 2100 minutes

d) 1200 hours

14. “The Gramophone Company” was established by __________.

a) Dr Wallace Calvin Abbott

b) Jeff Bezos

c) Henry Wells

d) Emile Berliner

15. Playing cards was invented in _____________.

a) Song Dynasty China

b) Ming Dynasty China

c) Yuan Dynasty China

d) Tang Dynasty China

16. Who invented the Electric Generator?

a) Sir Alexander Graham Bell

b) Michael Faraday

c) Alfred B. Nobel

d) Thomas Alva Edison

17. What did Karl Benz invent?

a) Gasoline powered automobile

b) Streetcar

c) Glider

d) Steam turbine

18. This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.'

a) Philo Farnsworth

b) J. Presper Eckert

c) John Mauchly

d) Charles Babbage

19. For whom were high heeled shoes invented?

a) Cleopatra

b) Queen Elizabeth I

c) King Louis the XIV

d) King Charles II

20. App to locate board exam centre for students launched by?

a) CBSE

b) IIT

c) JNU

d) NCERT

21. Who is the inventor of the printing press?

a) Johann Gutenberg

b) William Lee

c) George Eastman

d) R.W Thomson

22. What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?

a) Telephone

b) Early Warning

c) Electricity

d) Television

23. In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?

a) The sender

b) There was no fee

c) The receiver of the letter

d) The post office

24. What did George Westinghouse invent?

a) Electric razor

b) Light bulb

c) Railway air brakes

d) Refrigerator

25. Elevator was invented by

a) Otis

b) Domagk

c) Lee De Forest

d) None of these

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26. FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

a) C. Birdseye

b) F. Rozenosh

c) G. Findus

d) R. Scott

27. Who Invented the Traffic Signal?

a) Lewis Edson Waterman

b) Levi Strauss

c) Percy LeBaron Spencer

d) Garrett Augustus Morgan

28. The Solar System was discovered by

a) Galileo

b) Finsen

c) Copernicus

d) None of these

29. Where were hair wigs invented?

a) Japan

b) France

c) Egypt

d) China

30. Fax machine was invented by

a) Daimler

b) Dewar

c) Bain

d) None of these

Chapter 7 Reasoning

1. a) 1

b) 8

c) 6

d) 16

2. Which one is the same as Mumbai, Kolkata and Cochin?

a) Delhi

b) Kanpur

c) Chennai

d) Sholapur

3. From the given alternatives select the word which can be formed using the letters of the

given word.

DICTIONARY

a) BINARY

b) NATION

c) DAIRY

d) ADDITION

4. Insert the missing number. 34, 7, 37, 14, 40, 28, 43, (...).

a) 9

b) 42

c) 31

d) 56

5. If ROSE is coded as 6821, CHAIR is 73456 and PREACH is coded as 961473 then what will

be the code for SEARCH?

a) 246173

b) 214673

c) 214763

d) 216473

6. In this question, select the one which is different from other three alternatives:

a) Microscope

b) Telescope

c) Periscope

d) Stethoscope

7. In the below question, select the related word/letters/number/ figure from the given

alternatives MANGO : 50 : : CHILLI : ?

a) 44

b) 53

c) 55

d) 18

8. Select the related word/letters/number/ figure from the given alternatives:

Silvenite : Gold : : Gypsum : ?

a) Magnesium

b) Calcium

c) Copper

d) Aluminium

9. If ASHA equals 79, then VINAYBHUSHAN =?

a) 211

b) 200

c) 144

d) None of these

10. If '+' denotes ÷ , '–' denotes ×, ‘×’ denotes – and ‘÷’ denotes +, then

35 + 7 – 5 ¸5 × 6 = ?

a) 20

b) 14

c) 36

d) 24

11. What should come next in the following letter series?

P Q R S T A B C D E P Q R S A B C D E P Q R S A B C D P Q

a) R

b) T

c) A

d) B

12. In the below question which one of the following diagrams represents the correct

relationship among Manager, Labour Union and Worker?

a)

b)

c)

d) 13. Select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word

PATERFAMILIAS.

a) TRANSFER

b) PREFER

c) PATER

d) TERMINATE

14. Find the number.

8 3 21

6 5 25

12 2 ?

a) 24

b) 19

c) 22

d) 20

15. Find the odd number from the given alternatives.

11,11,15,32,67,131

a) 11

b) 32

c) 67

d) 131

16. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. The length of the

bridge is __________.

a) 1000 meters

b) 1050 meters

c) 1200 meters

d) 1250 meters

17. What is the greatest possible length used to exactly measure 15 metres 75 cm, 11

metres 25 cm and 7 metres 65 cm

a) 45cm

b) 255cm

c) 244cm

d) 55cm

18. A number increases from 20 to 30 and then decreases from 30 to 20. Compare the

percent of increase from 20 to 30 and that of the decrease from 30 to 20. From the

following which of the following statement is true:

a) Percent decreased is less than the percent increased

b) Percent decreased is more than the percent increased

c) Percent increased is less than the percent increased

d) None of the above

19. If Simran’s job is to recruit, develop and manage the staff in her organisation, what is her

designation?

a) Personal Manager

b) Personnal Manager

c) Personnel Manager

d) Personality Manager

20. Abhishek is the son of Amitabh’s father’s sister. Prakash is the son of Teji, who is the

mother of Vikash and the grandmother of Amitabh. Harivansh is the father of Neela and the

grandfather of Abhishek. Teji is the wife of Harivansh. How is Abhishek related to Teji?

a) Grandson

b) Son

c) Data Inadequate

d) None of these

21. In a certain code ‘FORGIVE’ is written as ‘DPPHGWC’. How would ‘REQUEST’ be written

in that code?

a) PFOVCUR

b) TFOVCRU

c) POFCVUR

d) None of these

22. Choose the correct image of water of the fig. (x) from the given four figures.

23. One afternoon Arun and Mani were sitting in a garden and facing each other. Mani’s

shadow fell exactly on Arun’s right. Which direction was Mani facing?

a) South

b) East

c) West

d) North

24. Which one does not belong to the group?

a) Red

b) Pink

c) Green

d) Violet

25. Asthma: Lungs: Conjunctivitis:

a) Bones

b) Teeth

c) Eyes

d) Blood

HIGH ORDER THINKING

26. 285 is the summation of 3 numbers. The ratio between the 2nd and the 3rd numbers is

6:5. The ratio between the 1st and the 2nd numbers is 3:7. The 3rd number is?

a) 135

b) 150

c) 124

d) 105

27. When a die (dice) is rolled, the probability of it landing on 2 is?

a) 3/6

b) 1/6

c) 2/6

d) 5/6

28. Sin (90° – x) equals?

a) Sin x

b) 1 – Sin x

c) Cos x

d) Cosec x

29. CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU

a) GRR

b) GSS

c) ISS

d) ITT

30. If you’re a fitness walker, there is no need for a commute to a health club. Your

neighbourhood can be your health club. You don’t need a lot of fancy equipment to get a

good workout either. All you need is a well-designed pair of athletic shoes.

This paragraph best supports the statement that

a) Fitness walking is a better form of exercise than weight lifting.

b) A membership in a health club is a poor investment.

c) Walking outdoors provides a better work-out than walking indoors.

d) Fitness walking is a convenient and valuable form of exercise.

Chapter 8: Busters

1. When is World Tourism Day celebrated?

a) July 27

b) August 27

c) September 27

d) October 27

2. India’s first successful heart transplant operation was conducted on_______.

a) August 3, 1993

b) August 3, 1994

c) August 5, 1994

d) August 5, 1993

3. Which former Prime Minister of India shared his birthday with Mahatma Gandhi?

a) Lal Bahadur Shastri

b) Indira Gandhi

c) Morarji Desai

d) Rajiv Gandhi

4. “Sorry, is one of the most commonly used words”. World Fraternity and Apology Day falls

on __________.

a) September 10

b) September 12

c) September 14

d) September 16

5. Which was the first planet that was discovered through mathematical predictions rather

than telescopic location?

a) Uranus

b) Neptune

c) Saturn

d) None of the above

6. What is the title of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s autobiography?

a) Turning Points: A Journey

Through Challenges

b) Wings of Fire

c) My Journey: Transforming Dreams

into Actions

d) Indomitable Spirit

7. NASA was founded by the US Federal Government on ___________.

a) July 29, 1957

b) July 29, 1958

c) July 29, 1959

d) July 29, 1960

8. Which was the first country to allow women to vote?

a) India

b) New Zealand

c) Germany

d) France

9. A word used to describe unreadable handwriting is called__________.

a) Griffonage

b) Graffiti

c) Hieroglyphics

d) Chirography

10. The first image screened on television was of __________.

a) John Logie Baird

b) Petrache Poenaru

c) William Taynton

d) Philo Taylor Farnsworth

11. When was the world’s longest burning bulb installed, which has been glowing for 115 years?

a) 1901

b) 1907

c) 1994

d) 1946

12. In which city of USA are the towns called Heaven and Hell found?

a) Chicago

b) Boston

c) Austin

d) Michigan

13. In which city of USA are the towns called Heaven and Hell found?

a) Chicago

b) Boston

c) Austin

d) Michigan

14. For how many years did Charles Osborne suffer from hiccups?

a) 50

b) 25

c) 35

d) 68

15. Which scientist’s brain was removed after his death by a pathologist, for future study?

a) Albert Einstein

b) Thomas Alva Edison

c) James Watson

d) Alexander Fleming

16. What colour would be coca-cola if colouring would not be added to it?

a) Red

b) Green

c) White

d) Black

17. Which is highest battle field of the world?

a) Iceland

b) Panamik Glacier

c) Siachen Glacier

d) Leh

18. Which manmade marvel has a secret apartment at the top of it?

a) Eiffel Tower

b) Taj Mahal

c) Leaning Tower of Pisa

d) Machu Pichu

19. Which manmade marvel has a secret apartment at the top of it?

a) Eiffel Tower

b) Taj Mahal

c) Leaning Tower of Pisa

d) Machu Pichu

20. Adolf Hitler was once nominated for which stream of Nobel Prize?

a) Peace

b) Mathematics

c) Physics

d) Literature

21. Mark Zuckerberg suffers from which disease?

a) Red- Green colour blindness

b) Leukaemia

c) Diabetes

d) None of these

22. Which book holds the record of being stolen from Public Libraries?

a) Guinness Book of Records

b) Harry Potter

c) Life of PI

d) Bhagavad Gita

23. For what collecting does Bettina Dorfmann of Germany holds the Guinness record?

a) Dolls

b) Cars

c) Shoes

d) Nailpaints

24. In which country were emoji invented?

a) India

b) China

c) Japan

d) France

25. Which are the colors which stimulate hunger?

a) Red and green

b) Black and white

c) Blue and yellow

d) None of these

HIGH ORDER THINKING

26. Where is the world’s deepest post box located?

a) Germany

b) India

c) Russia

d) Japan

27. Which language was considered to be the language of Gods as per the ancient Indians?

a) Sanskrit

b) Hindi

c) Marathi

d) Kannada

28. Which is the most stolen food in the world?

a) Salt

b) Sugar

c) Cheese

d) Apple

29. Which dress is banned in North Korea?

a) Jeans

b) Skirt

c) Shirt

d) Coat

30. What do Cats spend most of their lives doing?

a) Sleeping

b) Eating

c) Fighting

d) Yawning

Chapter 9: Current Affairs

1. With which country has India undergone a joint military exercise ‘Maitree 2018’? a) Thailand b) Nepal

c) Sri Lanka d) Vietnam

2. Which Indian state has launched the “Swachhameva Jayate”, rural cleanliness and sanitation campaign?

a) Madhya Pradesh b) Rajasthan

c) Goa d) Karnataka

3. Which Indian film bagged the ‘best film’ award at the 3rd edition of the BRICS Film Festival 2018?

a) Village Rockstars

b) Sinjar

c) Bhanayakam

d) Newton

4. Which among the following IITs have launched a Re Water Research Institute?

a) IIT Kanpur

b) IIT Delhi

c) IIT Srinagar

d) IIT Kharagpur

5. Other than India, which country is doing a joint “ELANG SHAKTI” exercise?

a) Myanmar

b) Malaysia

c) Australia

d) Bhutan

6. The world’s rarest species of mammals, the Indus river dolphin, is found only in India and________.

a) Malaysia

b) Sri Lanka

c) Pakistan

d) Bangladesh

7. Which company has launched an initiative for a person with disabilities, ‘AI for Accessibility’?

a) IBM

b) Google

c) Oracle

d) Microsoft

8. _______ citizens can seek information under RTI, as per the latest ruling.

a) NRI

b) NRI and Indians

c) Only Indians

d) None of the above

9. India’s first-ever national police museum is going to be established in _______.

a) Chennai

b) Delhi

c) Nagpur

d) Kolkata

10. Shantaram Laxman Naik was the former Congress chief of which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Goa

c) Bihar

d) Karnataka

11. Which district of Rajasthan is the first cow sanctuary of the state to be established?

a) Bikaner

b) Jodhpur

c) Jaipur

d) Hanumangarh

12. Who is the author of the book “Kashi: Secret of the Black Temple” that was launched in

New Delhi, on 14th September 2018?

a) Ram Prakash Rai

b) Madan Kumar

c) Vineet Bajpai

d) None of these

13. What is the name given to the lander of second moon mission of India, which will be

India’s First moon landing mission?

a) Vikram

b) Hindmoon

c) Chandrasara

d) Chandrabhana

14. NITI Aayog has launched a ___________competition for budding startups in the mobility

field.

a) Pitch to Mob

b) Pitch to Move

c) Pitch to Start

d) Pitch to Gear

15. India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge “Bogibeel” will come up over which river?

a) Brahmaputra

b) Godavari

c) Ganga

d) Yamuna

16. Where was the International Water Colour Festival 2018 celebrated to promote the rich

art and culture of Jharkhand?

a) Ranchi

b) Deoghar

c) Dhanbad

d) Bokaro

17. Who was appointed as the Governor of Sikkim?

a) Shriniwas patil

b) Ganga prasad

c) Sudarshan agarwal

d) None of these

18. Who was appointed as the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) succeeding N N Vohra?

a) Satya Pal Malik

b) S K Arora

c) G Satheesh Reddy

d) Gopalkrishna Gandhi

19. Which state observed September as the "month of nutrition" to create awareness

among people living in the state about nutrition?

a) Rajasthan

b) New delhi

c) Mumbai

d) Pune

20. High Court of which state recently banned the commercial use of elephants?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Andra Pradesh

c) Assam

d) Chandigharh

21. Which Bollywood actor was appointed by the Union Minister for Road Transport &

Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari as the brand ambassador of road safety campaign in India?

a) Akshay Kumar

b) Amitabh bachchan

c) Aamir Khan

d) Salman Khan

22. Who has become the first woman chief justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court?

a) Gita Mittal

b) Ruma Pal

c) Ranjana Desai

d) Manjula Chellur

23. Which bank recently introduced Iris Scan Authentication for Aadhaar-based transactions

through micro ATMs?

a) Axis Bank

b) ICICI Bank

c) IDBI Bank

d) Yes Bank

24. Who has won the 2017 Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year?

a) Ajinkya Rahane

b) Virat Kohli

c) Ravichandran Ashwin

d) None of these

25. Which university has bagged Visitors’ Award for ‘Best University 2017’?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

b) Banaras Hindu University (BHU)

c) Central University of Himachal

Pradesh

d) Tezpur University

HIGH ORDER THINKING

26. Which state government has made Sanskrit compulsory up to class VIII in all classes?

a) Manipur

b) Assam

c) Kerala

d) Tamil Nadu

27. Which country is to build its’ first national under water observatory in disputed South

China Sea?

a) China

b) Malaysia

c) Brunei

d) Vietnam

28. What is the theme of 2017 World Hearing Day (WHD)?

a) Action for hearing loss: make a

sound investment

b) Make listening safe

c) Ear care can avoid hearing loss

d) Childhood hearing loss: act now,

here is how!

29. Which state became the first in India to launch a free email address in Hindi for

residents?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Rajasthan

c) Gujarat

d) Uttar Pradesh

30. India's Ritu Phogat has won Silver medal in Under-23 Senior World Wrestling held at

which location?

a) Spain

b) Poland

c) Germany

d) Russia

Chapter10: TUK Special Corner

1. According to Hindu mythology, which animal is the vehicle of Lord Shiva??

a) Rat

b) Ox

c) Peacock

d) Tiger

2. What should you not eat in Keto diet?

a) Fat

b) Protein

c) Vitamins

d) Carbohydrates

3. The most harmful chemical released through vehicle emission is _________.

a) Carbon

b) Sulphur

c) Oxygen

d) Nitrogen

4. Where was Yogi Adityanath born?

a) Dehradun

b) Allahabad

c) Pauri Garhwal

d) Hyderabad

5. In which state is Chenani-Nashri tunnel located?

a) Jammu & Kashmir

b) Goa

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Punjab

6. Which fungus can break the molecular bonds of plastic and cause it to decompose?

a) Zygomycota

b) Microsporidia

c) Hyphomycetes

d) Aspergillus Tubingensis

7. When did ISRO launch GSAT – 9?

a) May 2017

b) April 2017

c) March 2018

d) January 2016

8. Dhara Mustard Hybrid -11 is the genetically modified crop for ________.

a) Mustard

b) Coconut

c) Cotton

d) Jute

9. Pema Khandu is the Chief Minister of the Indian state _______.

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Nagaland

c) Mizoram

d) Orissa

10. When was ‘privacy’ declared a fundamental right in India?

a) August, 2017

b) July, 2018

c) January 2018

d) September 2018

11. In which year did Burma gain independence?

a) 1947

b) 1948

c) 1950

d) 1955

12. The child prodigy Tanmay Bakshi owns the youtube channel, ______.

a) Tanmay Teaches

b) Tanmay Learns

c) Tanmay Technology

d) Tanmay Speaks

13. Swami Vivekananda represented the religion of India at the Parliament of World’s

Religions held at _______ in 1893.

a) Chicago

b) Delhi

c) Shanghai

d) Paris

14. Where was the Iron man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel born?

a) West Bengal

b) Punjab

c) Gujarat

d) Madhya Pradesh

15. Who is the Health Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

a) Raj Nath Singh

b) Siddharth Nath Singh

c) Akhilesh Singh

d) Mulayam Singh Yadav

16. Who launched the ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative?

a) George Bush

b) Aamir Khan

c) Narendra Modi

d) Rahul Gandhi

17. Which was the original location for the manufacturing unit of Tata Nano?

a) Dispur, Assam

b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

c) Dehradun, Uttarakhand

d) Singur, West Bengal

18. Which is the fastest man-made object till now?

a) Juno, space shuttle by NASA

b) NA X-15, aircraft USA

c) Bugatti Chiron, car

d) Dodge Tomahawk, Bike

19. Which country is a leading cotton producer in the world?

a) India b) China

c) USA d) Russia

20. In which state of India is the Yaganti Temple located?

a) Kerala b) Tamil Nadu

c) Maharashtra d) Andhra Pradesh

21. What is the theme of the 2017 International Rare Disease Day (IRDD)?

a) Solidarity

b) Mystery Diagnosis

c) With research, possibilities are

limitless

d) Rehabilitation

22. Sir Peter Mansfield, who passed away recently, was the Nobel laureate from which

country?

a) France

b) England

c) Brazil

d) Singapore

23. Which of the following was the official mascot for FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017?

a) Kheleo

b) Zabivaka

c) Fuleco

d) Pille

24. Which process is used to remove dirt and sand from wastewater?

a) Aeration

b) Chlorination

c) Sedimentation

d) Flocculation

25. Which country has launched the world’s first Braille Atlas for visually impaired persons?

a) China

b) India

c) Japan

d) France

HIGH ORDER THINKING

26. In which state has India’s first-ever floating elementary school started?

a) Manipur

b) Mizoram

c) West Bengal

d) Assam

27. Who is the author of the book “Welcome to Nowhere”?

a) David Olusoga

b) Malorie Blackman

c) Revathi Suresh

d) Elizabeth Laird

28. Who has been selected for the 2016 Vyas Samma?

a) Vishwanath Tripathi

b) Padma Sachdev

c) Mamta Kalia

d) Sunita Jain

29. Which section of DNA provides information for one protein?

a) Nucleus

b) Chromosomes

c) Trait

d) Gene

30. Narmada Bachao Andolan was to…?

a) Clean Narmada

b) Expand Narmada

c) Save Narmada

d) None of above

ANSWERS

Chapter 1: Amazing Information

1. a 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. b

6. b 7. a 8. b 9. c 10. c

11. b 12. c 13. b 14. b 15. b

16. a 17. b 18. b 19. b 20. d

21. c 22. b 23. b 24. d 25. b

26. a 27. b 28. b 29. a 30. c

Chapter 2: Travel

1. b 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. b

6. d 7. a 8. c 9. c 10. d

11. b 12. c 13. a 14. a 15. c

16. a 17. c 18. b 19. a 20. c

21. b 22. d 23. c 24. d 25. a

26. c 27. d 28. b 29. c 30. a

Chapter 3: Science

1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a

6. a 7. b 8. b 9. c 10. b

11. d 12. a 13. a 14. a 15. a

16. d 17. a 18. d 19. a 20. c

21. a 22. c 23. d 24. b 25. a

26. d 27. b 28. d 29. d 30. c

Chapter 4: Health

1. d 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. c

6. c 7. d 8. b 9. c 10. b

11. b 12. d 13. d 14. d 15. d

16. a 17. d 18. a 19. b 20. a

21. b 22. a 23. d 24. c 25. c

26. a 27. b 28. a 29. d 30. a

Chapter 5: Technology

1. d 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. c

6. d 7. a 8. c 9. b 10. a

11. b 12. b 13. c 14. b 15. b

16. b 17. d 18. a 19. a 20. c

21. c 22. b 23. b 24. c 25. c

26. d 27. a 28. a 29. c 30. b

Chapter 6: Invention & Discoveries

1. b 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c

6. c 7. a 8. d 9. a 10. c

11. c 12. a 13. d 14. d 15. c

16. b 17. a 18. d 19. c 20. a

21. a 22. d 23. c 24. c 25. a

26. a 27. d 28. c 29. c 30. c

Chapter 7: Reasoning

1 c 2 c 3 c 4 d 5 b

6 c 7 b 8 b 9 d 10 d

11 a 12 a 13 b 14 c 15 b

16 d 17 a 18 a 19 c 20 a

21 d 22 a 23 a 24 b 25 c

26 d 27 b 28 c 29 c 30 d

Chapter 8: Busters

1. c 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b

6. b 7. b 8. b 9. a 10. c

11. a 12. d 13. d 14. d 15. a

16. b 17. c 18. a 19. c 20. a

21. a 22. a 23. a 24. c 25. a

26. d 27. a 28. c 29. a 30. a

Chapter 9: Current Affairs

1. a 2. d 3. a 4. d 5. b

6. c 7. d 8. c 9. b 10. b

11. a 12. c 13. a 14. b 15. a

16. a 17. b 18. a 19. a 20. a

21. a 22. a 23. a 24. b 25. a

26. b 27. a 28. a 29. b 30. b

Chapter 10: TUK Special Corner

1. b 2. d 3. b 4. c 5. a

6. d 7. a 8. a 9. a 10. a

11. b 12. a 13. a 14. c 15. b

16. c 17. d 18. a 19. b 20. d

21. c 22. b 23. a 24. c 25. b

26. a 27. d 28. c 29. d 30. c