FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2022-23

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
CLASS VI
TIME: MM:50
Note:
All questions are compulsory.

A) Choose the correct option: 1*10=10

1.)Robin Hood is a character in this story.
i)TinTin ii)Traditional English Stories iii)Julius Caesar iv)The Jungle Book
2.)What is the full form of DNA?
i)Deoxyribonucleic acid ii)Deoxyribonucleus acid iii)Deoxygenuleic acid iv) Deoxyribonucleic base
3.)Goitre is caused by the deficiency of _____________.
i)Iron ii)Sulphur iii)Iodine iv)oxygen
4.)This prize is given for writing the best literature.
1)Man Booker Prize ii)Nobel Prize iii)Academy Award iv)Pulitzer Award
5.)Water falling from a height.
i)River ii)Waterfall iii)Gulf iv)Monsoon
6.)A long period of time when there is little or no rain.
i)Tsunami ii)Flood iii)Famine iv)Drought
7.)Who was the leader of Chipko Movement?
i)Medha Patkar ii)Steve Irwin iii)Verghese Kurien iv)Sunderlal Bahugana
8.)Sunderbans Sanctuary is located in __________.
i)Kerala ii)West Bengal iii)Gujarat iv)Assam
9.)It helps in curing burns and joint pains.
i)Aloe ii)Turmeric iii)Clove iv)Vanilla
10.)A plant that catches and digests insects.
i) Venus fly trap ii)Holly iii)Rafflesia iv)Flax

B) Answer the following questions in one word: 1*10=10

1)Who said this, ”Fancy cannot cheat so well”.
2)Which insect can easily detect ultraviolet rays?
3)When is the ‘World Environmental Day’ celebrated every year?
4) It occurs once in a minute, twice in a week and once in a year. What is it?
5)Who is the current President of India?
6)Which instrument is used to measure the purity of milk?
7)Name the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
8)On which river is the World’s Highest Bridge in Jammu Kashmir built?
9)Which palindrome forms another, new palindrome when viewed upside down?
10.) A plant that grows most rapidly.

C) Fill in the blanks: 1*10=10

1)The life of a housefly is only ___ days.
2)________ is the act of cutting down or burning the trees in an area.
3)Commonwealth games 2022 were held in ___________.
4)_________ is the poisonous pale yellow gas and is very reactive.
5)The first scientist to propose a flying vehicle with flapping wings was _____________.
6)_________ gave the law of gravity.
7)The art of decorative writing is called __________.
8)The ‘Tree posture’ in yoga is also called _________.
9)_________ word derived from hindi language means a liquid soap.
10)_________ teeth help us in biting food.

D) Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements: 1*10=10
1) India ranked 4th in Commonwealth games 2022.
2) Beluga is the most widely eaten fish.
3)Cow was the first animal to go up in space.
4)Gir Forest is located in Gujarat.
5.)Albert Einstein gave the theory of relativity.
6.)Sharks can smell blood from a mile away.
7)Turtles are found in Antarctica.
8)Bluetooth is the method of connecting many electronic devices wirelessly.
9)The panda has an additional thumb which helps them to eat more.
10)Use of tobacco in any form causes cancer.

E) Match the following: 1*10=10

Column A Column B
1) Lady Muriel Dowding a)Compressed National Gas
2)Dudhwa National Park b)designed and developed the first powered aircraft.
3)Robert Frost c)A quaking or shaking of the earth.
4)Tongue d)World War-II
5)Earthquake e)Battle of Haldighati
6)The Wright brothers f) Founded the ‘Beauty without Cruelty’ society.
7)Rana Pratap g) a huge mass floating in a sea.
8)CNG h)Uttar Pradesh
9)Adolf Hitler i)’Good fences make good neighbors’.
10)Iceberg j)strongest muscle of the body.