The use of hot-air balloons can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history

(220-280 AD). Zhuge Liang used these early incarnations, known as Kongming lanterns, as
military signals. The first manned flight on record took place in France on October 15th, 1783. In
a balloon constructed by Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, a Frenchman named Pilatre de Rozier
was elevated eighty feet off the ground. Modern hot-air balloons, with their capacity to ascend
or descend and occasionally ‘steer’ at the pilot’s will, were first developed by Ed Yost in the
1950s. The Bristol Belle is generally regarded as the first modern hot-air balloon and had its
inaugural flight in 1967. Since then, balloon technology has become extremely sophisticated.
Some hot-air balloons have reached altitudes of 21,000 metres, travelled over 7,500 kilometres,
and reached speeds of up to 400 kilometres per hour.

Questions:
Choose the correct letter A-D next to question 1-5 on the answer sheet.

1. According to the passage, In which era did the hot-air balloons come into use?

1. Six dynasties (220-589 AD)

2. Three kingdoms era (220-280 AD)

3. Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC)

4. Imperial China (221 BC – 1912 AD)

2. Who used the early incarnation of the hot-air balloons?

5. Liu Bei

6. Cao Cao

7. Sima Yi

8. Zhuge Liang

3. When did the first manned hot air balloon come into use?

9. October 15,1783

10. September 19, 1783

11. November 21, 1783

 12. August 18, 1783

4. Who developed the Modern Day Hot-air Balloons?

13. Zhuge Liang

14. Pilatre de Rozier

15. Ed Yost

16. Joseph-Micheal Montgolfier

5.What was the name given to the first modern hot air balloon?

17. Roziere Balloons

18. Aerostat Reveillon

19. Vijayapat Singhania

20. Bristol Belle

Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of the
Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He had an older sister, Willie
Christine King, and a younger brother Alfred Daniel Williams King. Growing up in Atlanta, King
attended Booker T. Washington High School. He skipped ninth and twelfth grades and entered
Morehouse College at age fifteen without formally graduating from high school. From the time
that Martin was born, he knew that black people and white people had different rights in
certain parts of America.

Questions:
Choose the correct letter A-D from the question next to 1-5.

1.When and where was Martin Luther King born?

 21. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee

22. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia

23. November 21, 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

24. March 23, 1925, Ulm, Germany

2. How many siblings did Martin Luther King have?

25. Three siblings

26. One sibling

27. Two siblings

28. None of the above

3. Which school did Martin Luther King attend?

29. Booker T. Washington High School

30. The Galloway School

31. Carver High school

32. Warren T. Jackson School

4. Which grades did Martin Luther king skip to enter college?

33. 6th & 11the grade

34. 10th & 7th grade

35. 9th & 12th grade

36. 8th and 12th grade

5.What did Martin Luther King know from the beginning of his birth?

37. Different rights for black & white people in America

38. Black people deprived of education rights in America

39. No rights for black people to vote in America

40. Couldn’t understand why white people were treated better than the black people
As, over the last four hundred years, tea-leaves became available throughout much of Asia and
Europe, the ways in which tea was drunk changed. The Chinese considered the quality of the
leaves and the ways in which they were cured are essential. People in other cultures added new
ingredients besides tea-leaves and hot water. They drank tea with milk, sugar, spices like
cinnamon and cardamom, and herbs such as mint or sage. The variations are endless. For
example, in Western Sudan, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, sesame oil is added to milky tea
on cold mornings. In England, tea, unlike coffee, acquired a reputation as a therapeutic drink
that promoted health. Indeed, in European and Arab countries as well as in Persia and Russia,
tea was praised for its restorative and health-giving properties. One Dutch physician, Cornelius
Blankaart, advised that to maintain health, a minimum of eight to ten cups a day should be
drunk and that up to 50 to 100 daily cups could be consumed safely.

Questions:
Choose letters A-D from questions 1-5.

1.According to the passage, in which countries did the tea leaves become available over the last
400 years?

41. Russia & USA

42. England & France

43. Asia & Europe

44. Persia & Russia

2. What were the other ingredients added while making the tea?

45. Sugar & Milk

46. Herbs (Mint & Sage)

47. Spices (Cinnamon & Cardamom)

 48. All of the above

3. In which place was sesame oil added to milky tea?

49. On the edge of the Sahara Desert, Western Sudan

50. Japanese and Middle Eastern countries

51. Southern Arab countries

52. None of the above

4. Which countries have praised tea for its restorative and health-giving properties?

53. Arab & Europe

54. Persia & Russia

55. Both A & B

56. England & France

5.Which physician advised to consume eight to ten cups of tea a day?

57. Al-zahrawi

58. Ibn Sina

59. Sushruta

60. Cornelius Blankaart

Answers:

61.Three Kingdoms era (220-280 AD)

62.Zhuge Liang

63.October 15, 1783

64.Ed Yost
 65.Bristol Belle

Answers:

66.January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia.

67.Two Siblings

68.Booker T. Washington High School.

69.9th & 12th grade

70.Different rights for black & white people in America.

Answers:

71.Asia & Europe

72.All of the above

73.On the edge of Sahara Desert, Western Sudan

74.Both A & B

75.Cornelius Blankaart