Revision Assignment

Sub. GK
Class-8
Answer the following questions:
1.CDS stands for ………Chief of Defence Staff .
2.A typical folk drama of Gujarat ……Bhavai………………………………………..
3.Who is known as Steel King?
Mr. Laxmi N. Mittal
4.The highest gallantry award of India is…Param Veer Chakra……………………….
5.The richest Indian businessman is…Mukesh Ambani………………………………
6.Which is the cleanest city of India ? Indore
7.Who wrote Wings of Fire ?
Shri A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
8.Who was fifth Prime Minister of Israel?
Yitzahak Rabin Rabin
9. The largest church in the world is St. Peters’ Basilica situated in Vatican
City.
10.When was Bangladesh created? – In 1971
11.When did the French Revolution began?- May 1789
12.In South Africa ,the apartheid was abolished in …1990……………………..
13. Treaty of Versailles took place in… 1919……………..
14. RSPB stands for …Royal Society for Birds Protection.
15.IUCN stand for … International Union for Conservation of Nature….
16.Aarnayak is an organisation for …Conservation of biodiversity in North
East India .
17.Located in New York, is also known as ‘the Met’ is the largest art museum
of USA is …The Metropolitan Museum of Art
18.Who is Ananda Galappatti ?
Medical Practitioner of Sri Lanka who got Magsaysay Award in 2008 in the
field of mental health.
19.The study of microscopic structure of tissues is
………Histology………………………….
20.The study of bones is called as ……Osteology……………………………..
21.The element is added to toothpastes to prevent tooth decay
……Fluorine………………..
22.MOM stands for…Mars Orbiter Mission…
23.The protein which the bones are made up of…Collagen…………………………
24.The set of good manners that the netizens must follow while on internet
…Netiquette……………………………..
25Law of Inertia states that…a body in motion tends to remain at rest or in
motion until external force does not apply on it.
26. Who was our longest serving President?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
27. Who was first male speaker of Lok sabha?
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
28.First Indian woman president of INC was……Sarojini Naidu…
29.Who is known as people’s president?
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
30. Whose birthday is observed as Good Governance Day?
Atal Bihari Vajpayee