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QUESTION BANK – SEPTEMBER 2022

1. The book ‘Shadow Lines’ is written by_________.

Ans. Amitav Gosh

2. ------------------ glass contains Cerium and other rare earth and has a high absorption of ultraviolet
rays?
Ans. Crookes glass

3. What is the official name of UTI bank which is considered as the country’s third largest
private sector lender?
Ans. Axis Bank ltd.

4. BYJU’s has been named as an official sponsor of the .

Ans. FIFA World cup Qatar 2022.

5. Name the recognition won by Central Institute of Education Technology from UNESCO?
Ans. Recognition for the use of Information and Communication Technology in
Education.

6. In which novel Louis XIII French king is featured by Alexander Dumas?

Ans. The Three Musketeers.

7. Who won the women singles title in the US open tennis tournament 2018?
Ans. Naomi Osaka.

8. A girl found that she had a 56 cms strip of ribbon. She could cut a cm off every second. How
long would it take for her to cut 56 pieces? She cannot fold the strip and also, cannot stack
two or more strips and cut them together.
Ans. To get 56 pieces, the girl will have to put only 55 cuts. i.e. she can cut 56 pieces in 55 seconds.
After getting 54 pieces, she will have a 2 cms long piece. She can cut it into two with just a
one cut in 1 second. Hence, total of 55 seconds.

9. The technique of DNA Finger-printing was developed by _________.

Ans: Alec Jeffreys

10. University of Dubai was established in 1997 by _____________.

Ans. Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI)

11. Name the new species discovered in Milak River in Nagaland?

Ans. Pseudolaguvia vespa
A new species of dwarf catfish named ‘Pseudolaguvia vespa’ was discovered in Milak River in the
state of Nagaland. Members of the genus Pseudolaguvia are small catfishes present in hill streams
and rivers of the Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages in Nepal, India and Bangladesh, the Irrawaddy
and Sittang drainages in Myanmar and Western Ghats, peninsular India. Vespa is derived from the
Latin word vespa meaning wasp.
12. _______ is the most commonly broken bone in the human body.
Ans: Clavicle
The clavicle, more commonly called the “collarbone”, is one of the most frequently fractured bones
in the body. In fact, it's the most common site for a fracture in children. Clavicle fractures can happen
to infants during birth as they pass through the birth canal.

13. “…curst be he that moves my bones.” these phrases appears on Shakespeare’s __________.
Ans. Gravestone

14. Identify the logo.

26. ________Aerospace is a Joint Venture between India and Russia.
Ans. BrahMos

27. What is the year 2022 called in UAE?

Ans. The Year of Distinction and Precedence.

28. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. “Who said this quote?
Ans: Albert Einstein

29. Identify the personality.

Ans. Thomas Alva Edison has been the most creative inventors of all times. Thomas Alva Edison
spent all his life bringing new inventions to life by feeding his ideas with a correct approach.

30. Which is the first Indian city to publish the transportation emissions data in collaboration with
Google?
Ans. Aurangabad

31. Who is the newly elected president of India?

Ans. Droupathi Murmu

32. Which Indian created history by defeating 5-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen at the FTX
Crypto Cup.
Ans: Praggnanandhaa

33. Which organization conduct ‘PISA’ test in UAE ?

Ans: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

34. If 13 x 12 = 651 & 41 x 23 = 448, then, 24 x 22 =?

Ans. 924

35. Who is the Executive Secretary of Our Own English High School Sharjah?
Ans: Ms.Emercy Dias
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I WANT TO KNOW MORE!!!

1. Vaccination was invented by Edward Jenner—1796.

Edward Jenner is considered the founder of vaccinology in the West in 1796, after he
inoculated a 13 year-old-boy with vaccinia virus (cowpox), and demonstrated immunity to
smallpox. In 1798, the first smallpox vaccine was developed. Over the 18th and 19th centuries,
systematic implementation of mass smallpox immunisation culminated in its global
eradication in 1979.
2. The Himalayas are the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica
and the Arctic. There are approximately 15,000 glaciers located throughout the range.
3. The average person produces about 25 thousand quarts of saliva in a lifetime.
That about enough to fill two swimming pools.
4. Snow is actually colorless. The reason it looks white to us is because very little sunlight is
absorbed by snow.
5. At - 40 degrees Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.