SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS, AMRAVATI

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT- II
SESSION :2015-16
SUBJECT: General Knowledge
(Answer-Key)
Class: VIII Marks : 80

Date: Time:- 3 Hrs.

Q.1- Choose the correct answer and write. [1x12=12M]

1) a) Tulip

2) b) Chamomile

3) a) Pakistan

4) a) Mark Zuckerberg

5) a) Apollo 13

6) c) The four seasons

7) a) Discuss Thrower

8) b) Mouse Potato

9) b) Anjali Bhagwat

10) c) Rabindranath Tagore

11) c) Bodhisatva

12) b) cow

Q.2 Fill in the blanks. [1x7=7]

1) Protea

2) Iran-Iraq

3) Caterina Fake

4) Five

5) Ear

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6) Gurumukhi

7) Garuda

Q.3 Match the pair. [1x7=7]

1) Moon Walk : - e) Michael Jackson

) Sunny Days :- d) Sunil Gavaskar

3) Daughter of the East:- a) Benazir Bhutto

4) Return to earth :- b) Buzz Aldrin

5) Dreams from my Father :- c) Barack Obama

6) Wings of Fire:- g ) APJ Abdul Kalam

7) Long walk to freedom :- f) Nelson Mandela g)

Q.4 State whether the following is True or False. [1x7=7]

1) True.

2) True.

3) False

4) True.

5) False.

6) False.

7) False.

Q.5 Choose the correct option. [1x7=7]

1) a) Epiphytes and trees

2) b) mercury

3) a) silver

4) b) The Cinderella Man

5) a) Lord Hanuman

6) b) Ahmedabad

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7) a) Manikarnika

Q.6 Name the following. [1x7=7]

1) Dolphin.

2) Wasp.

3) Social weaver bird.

4) Napolean Bonaparte.

5) Indira Gandhi.

6) Iron.

7) Lead

Q.7 Answer in the one sentence. [1x7=7]

1) Sardar.

2) Richard Wagner.

3) The Little Mermaid.

4) incommunicado.

5) Shantivan.

6) Shevtamber.

7) Diana

Q.8 Identify the name of the following personalities. [1x7=7]

1) Mukesh Ambani.

2) Shahnaj Husain.

3) Indira Gandhi.

4) Benazir Bhutto.

5) Jagdish Chandra Bose.

6) Salim Ali.

7) Ronald Ross.

Q.9What’s the good word? [1x7=7]

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1) Dussehra.

2) Hemis Gompa.

3) Khajuraho Dance Festival

4) Sonepur Mela.

5) The Nehru trophy Boat Race.

6) Pushkar

7) Rural Olympics

Q.10 Current Affairs.

Answer the following questions in one sentence. [1x12=12M]

1) Mysuru.

2) Pranab Mukharjee.

3) 21June 2015.

4) Indo-British Asif Kapadia.

5) Piruz Khambatta

6) Nida Fazli.

7) Saudi Arabia

8) Ratan Tata

9) Mumbai central

10) Rekha

11) 31 May

12) Syed Kirmani

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