Restos ne hacen ts
Guess the answers!
‘Two travellers are lost ina forest.
One starts walking towards
the north, and the other starts 3
walking southwards. They meet
about 20 minutes later. What's
the explanation?
A truck driver went down a one-way
street the wrong way. There were two
traffic police present, yet, they did not
fine him, How come?
5. Chris is challenged by his friend
in a gymnasium. ‘If you can make
the treadmill run very fast without
falling, I will pay you & 500; says his
friend, Chris isn’t very athletic, but
he still finds a way to win the money.
‘What does he do?
4, What question can you ask all
through the day and yet receive
different but correct answers
enh BLAIR A fen
Wonol the Kiphat rut
The brother-in-law of my
mother’s only brother
is closely related to me.
Who is he?
kath
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An autobiography is a personal account of one’s own life.
Z
APJ Abdul Kalam
-
Maya Angelou
Nelson Mandela ‘Tenzing Norgay
A biography is an account of a person's life written by someone else.
B, Name the subject of the following biographies,
i. -—.
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. Titan... Labn...P. Racaceepelere Tata F Kee
. A Beautiful Mind ...Sloln..R.aswbea....Meu dhe Jay-Z, John D Rockefeller,
ai ° Manmohan Singh,
. A Thousand Days >)! Noha Forbes Nak
‘The Man Who Knew Infinity Srsiei Srinivasa Ramanujan
‘The Accidental Prime Minister Meacretk
AYR wn
A. Name the authors of the following autobiographies.
. My Experiments with Truth Wed
. Long Walk to Freedom i
. The Test of My Life...
. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
‘Yuvraj Singh Roald Dahl
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West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha constitute the eastern part of India while
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh lie in central India.
Underline the correct option.
1. The river known as the ‘sorrow of Bihar’ ROG Kaveri
The city in Jharkhand that has the largest steel plant in India Ranchi / BeKaro
The characteristic applique work of Odisha Wirt / gota |
‘The hills from where the Narmada river originates Mahabaleshwar / AngorKantak
Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are India’s largest
copper-producing states / coal-pradetGing states
6. The diamond-mining centre in Madhya Pradesh Parffia / Bhopal
7. The famous Maratha queen of Indore Rani Lakshmibai / Ahily@bai Holkar
8, The horseshoe-shaped waterfall in Chhattisgarh Jog/ Chitfakote
9. The famous hill station in the Satpuras Paghrfiarhi / Saputara
10. The limestone caves in Chhattisgarh Barabar / Kegefinsar
11. The city that is home to the Great Banyan Tree Kelkatia / Bhubaneshwar
12. The state well known for the popular dessert sandesh
West,Bertgal / Madhya Pradesh
13, The missile-launching centre in Odisha Thumba / Chgddipur
14, The university founded by Rabindranath Tagore VisyaBharati / Nalanda
‘Scanned with CamScanneranguage and Literature
Wheres ta Good Wore
A phobia is an irrational fear of something,
A. Read the given description and name the fear.
1. Fear of spiders Ace
2. Fear of time Cly
3. Fear of closed and crowded spaces
Laictinaphobta
. Fear of foreigners %.
. Fear of dead bodies A)
Fear of water)
pena s
. Fear of speed
10. Fear of insects
2 g : 10
claustrophobia, xenophobia, aquaphobia, chronophobia, entomophobia,
agoraphobia, arachnophobia cyberphobia, necrophobia, tachophobia
B. Use the clues to make new words from the word MINARET (aslender tower, typically
part ofa mosque).
Relating to the sea
Part of the eye
Unkind and spiteful
‘Teach a skill
5. Person living in a prison
6. Place where coins are made {M1 |~'T}
7. Group of players
8. Very angry
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2.
3.
4,
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Oscar for her adorable role
in Roman Holiday. She spent
her last years as a Goodwill
Ambassador for UNICEF. 2, Superstar of cowboy movies, he
| has bagged awards for directing
we films such as Unforgiven and
Million Dollar Baby.
3. The first African-American
actor to win an Oscar,
his famous films include
To Sir, with Love.
4, She was the first
Hollywood actress to be
paid an unprecedented
one-million-dollar fee =
to star in the epic film
Cleopatra.
5, This Broadway musical star is
best known for her 6. This legendary Hollywood
roles as Mary Poppins actor won multiple awards
and Maria Von Trapp in including two Oscars, He
‘The Sound of Music. is famous for his role in the
crime drama The God,
SULIE ANDREWS seagate
MARLON BRAND oO
= 4 6
Julie Andrews, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando,
Clint Egstwood, Audrey Hepburn, Sidn
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1, He is from New Zealand : 2
and his most well- "
: known work is
The Lord of the Rings >
trilogy. 4
2. Some of his best works are Jurassic
Park, Schindler's List, Jaws and the
sci-fi flick ET: The Extra Terrestrial.
3. Hee credited with hep
two highest-grossing
movies of all time—Titanic 4, Renowned for his
and Avengers: Infinity War. »\ suspense and horror
Titanic won an films, such as Psycho,
unprecedented 11 Oscars! ‘The Birds and
North by Northwest,
he always made a
silent appearance
in his own films.
5. One of the ace directors of
the silent film era, and the
star of his own films, he made
classics such as The Gold Rush,
‘The Kid, Modern Times and 6. He was a distinguished British
‘The Great Dictator, a spoof on film-maker who made spectacular
‘Adolf Hitler, epics such as Lawrence of Arabia,
‘The Bridge on the River Kwai,
CHARLI A Passage to India and
Doctor Zhivago. :
David LEAN
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<— e
2
7.
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measures electric currents of small
is used for testing the
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measures the curvature of surfaces.
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1. Physical Research Laboratory
a. Bengaluru (CD wAhmedabad (Fc. Kochi
2. Nehru Institute of Mountaineering
a. Darjeeling Ob. Manali C) Uttarkashi
3. Tata Institute of Social Sciences
a. Kolkata () oe Mumbai c. Pune
4. Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports
\ae Patiala C) ». Jaipur () «. Chandigarh
5. Film and Television Institute of India
a. New Delhi {) b. Mumbai L) w/Pune
6. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
a. Dehradun sb Mussoorie [_] c. Bhopal
7. Indian Institute of Science
a Bengaluru {.] b. Kanpur ] ¢. Guwahati
8. English and Foreign Languages University
a. Pune _) 9b Hyderabad (1) c. Chennai
9. National School of Drama
x New Delhi _] b. Mumbai = ([] c. Kolkata
10. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
a. Thirwvananthapuram (_} b. Bengaluru (_] o/ Mumbai
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19 Bireayoruls
From the clues, identify the words that are in common use today.
1. A small digital image or icon used to express an idea
or emotion in electronic messages and web pages
2. A photograph that one takes of oneself, typically
with a smartphone
3.A word or phrase preceded by #, used on social media
websites and applications to identify messages on a
specific topic
4. The action of spoiling a photograph by unexpectedly
appearing in the camera's field of view as the picture
is taken, typically as a prank
5. The time at which television viewership is expected
to be at its highest
6. Using current news to advertise a product on
social media
7. An idea, mostly humorous in nature, that spreads
among people rapidly via the Internet in the form
of images or videos
8. An acronym of You Only Live Once, it tells you to
make the most of the present moment
9, A tool to judge the popularity of a particular
TV channel
10. Obtaining personal information such as passwords
and credit-card details of a user through fraudulent
e-mail.
TRP, (Television Re
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2. South America
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5.
6.
7.
North America...
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Seven Summits is a mountaineering Mt Kilimanjaro, Denali
challenge wherein mountaineers aim to G—Mt Everest, Vinson Massif,
scale the highest points on all the seven
‘Scanned with CamScannerTanisha’s daughter Radhika
needs to be picked up from
school every day, Tanisha has
arranged for a different person
to pick her from school on each
day. She has devised a separate
password for each day to ensure
that Radhika goes with the
correct person.
If the password for Monday is
TRM16and that for Wednesday
is NDW39, what will be the
password for Friday?
3. Suresh, Dinesh and Mahesh
haveacontest to see whobikes
the most distance. Together,
Suresh and Dinesh bike 21
kilometres. The combined
total for Suresh and Mahesh
is 19. Together, Mahesh and
Dinesh ride 22 kilometres,
Who is the winner?
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golden wrappers for a rupee each. }
When Abbas goes to the shop, the |
shopkeeper tells him that he can |
exchange three wrappers fora chocolate. }
‘Abbas has 215 in his wallet. How many |
chocolates is BS able to get? |
ATES.
4. Three painters can complete
a painting job in 24 days.
If 12 more painters join
the team 9 days after the
work has begun, how many
days would be required to
complete the job?
‘Scanned with CamScanner‘There are over 1,200 islands in India. Here are some famous ones.
Umananda is the world’s smallest inhabited river island. It iesin the
Brahmaputra river in Guwahati, Assam. The British used to call it
the ‘Peacock Island’ because of its resemblance to the national bird.
The Brahmaputra is also home to the world’s largest river island,
Majuli, also in Assam. However, it has lost much ofits area to erosion
by the river.
Barren Island in the Andaman Sea has Indias only active volcano,
the Barren Volcano.
Sriharikota, which lies off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, is the base
of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, which is India’s primary rocket-
launching centre.
Cattle Island in the Hirakud reservoir in Odisha is home to cattle
left behind by villagers who were displaced by the building of the
Hirakud Dam. As a result of their isolation, the cattle on the island
turned wild over time.
The North Sentinel Island in the Andamans in the Bay of Bengal is
home to the Sentinelese, an isolated tribe that has always rejected
contact with outsiders.
Dr Abdul Kalam Island, off the coast of Odisha, houses the Integrated
icland Ahoy
Majuli Island
North Sentinel Island
Test Range missile-testing facility.
Match the columns.
: 1. Divar 2a. Gujarat
2. Bet Dwarka 4b. Tamil Nadu
3. Munroe Island 1c. Goa
4, Pamban Island 5 d. Madhya Pradesh
5. Mandhata Se. Kerala
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Guess the answers!
‘Two travellers are lost ina forest.
One starts walking towards
the north, and the other starts 3
walking southwards. They meet
about 20 minutes later. What's
the explanation?
A truck driver went down a one-way
street the wrong way. There were two
traffic police present, yet, they did not
fine him, How come?
5. Chris is challenged by his friend
in a gymnasium. ‘If you can make
the treadmill run very fast without
falling, I will pay you & 500; says his
friend, Chris isn’t very athletic, but
he still finds a way to win the money.
‘What does he do?
4, What question can you ask all
through the day and yet receive
different but correct answers
enh BLAIR A fen
Wonol the Kiphat rut
The brother-in-law of my
mother’s only brother
is closely related to me.
Who is he?
kath
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lhgpiring Lives
An autobiography is a personal account of one’s own life.
Z
APJ Abdul Kalam
-
Maya Angelou
Nelson Mandela ‘Tenzing Norgay
A biography is an account of a person's life written by someone else.
B, Name the subject of the following biographies,
i. -—.
Empire State of Mind ..... Seg de
. Titan... Labn...P. Racaceepelere Tata F Kee
. A Beautiful Mind ...Sloln..R.aswbea....Meu dhe Jay-Z, John D Rockefeller,
ai ° Manmohan Singh,
. A Thousand Days >)! Noha Forbes Nak
‘The Man Who Knew Infinity Srsiei Srinivasa Ramanujan
‘The Accidental Prime Minister Meacretk
AYR wn
A. Name the authors of the following autobiographies.
. My Experiments with Truth Wed
. Long Walk to Freedom i
. The Test of My Life...
. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
‘Yuvraj Singh Roald Dahl
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West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha constitute the eastern part of India while
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh lie in central India.
Underline the correct option.
1. The river known as the ‘sorrow of Bihar’ ROG Kaveri
The city in Jharkhand that has the largest steel plant in India Ranchi / BeKaro
The characteristic applique work of Odisha Wirt / gota |
‘The hills from where the Narmada river originates Mahabaleshwar / AngorKantak
Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are India’s largest
copper-producing states / coal-pradetGing states
6. The diamond-mining centre in Madhya Pradesh Parffia / Bhopal
7. The famous Maratha queen of Indore Rani Lakshmibai / Ahily@bai Holkar
8, The horseshoe-shaped waterfall in Chhattisgarh Jog/ Chitfakote
9. The famous hill station in the Satpuras Paghrfiarhi / Saputara
10. The limestone caves in Chhattisgarh Barabar / Kegefinsar
11. The city that is home to the Great Banyan Tree Kelkatia / Bhubaneshwar
12. The state well known for the popular dessert sandesh
West,Bertgal / Madhya Pradesh
13, The missile-launching centre in Odisha Thumba / Chgddipur
14, The university founded by Rabindranath Tagore VisyaBharati / Nalanda
‘Scanned with CamScanneranguage and Literature
Wheres ta Good Wore
A phobia is an irrational fear of something,
A. Read the given description and name the fear.
1. Fear of spiders Ace
2. Fear of time Cly
3. Fear of closed and crowded spaces
Laictinaphobta
. Fear of foreigners %.
. Fear of dead bodies A)
Fear of water)
pena s
. Fear of speed
10. Fear of insects
2 g : 10
claustrophobia, xenophobia, aquaphobia, chronophobia, entomophobia,
agoraphobia, arachnophobia cyberphobia, necrophobia, tachophobia
B. Use the clues to make new words from the word MINARET (aslender tower, typically
part ofa mosque).
Relating to the sea
Part of the eye
Unkind and spiteful
‘Teach a skill
5. Person living in a prison
6. Place where coins are made {M1 |~'T}
7. Group of players
8. Very angry
1
2.
3.
4,
‘Scanned with CamScanner1. This British actress won an
Oscar for her adorable role
in Roman Holiday. She spent
her last years as a Goodwill
Ambassador for UNICEF. 2, Superstar of cowboy movies, he
| has bagged awards for directing
we films such as Unforgiven and
Million Dollar Baby.
3. The first African-American
actor to win an Oscar,
his famous films include
To Sir, with Love.
4, She was the first
Hollywood actress to be
paid an unprecedented
one-million-dollar fee =
to star in the epic film
Cleopatra.
5, This Broadway musical star is
best known for her 6. This legendary Hollywood
roles as Mary Poppins actor won multiple awards
and Maria Von Trapp in including two Oscars, He
‘The Sound of Music. is famous for his role in the
crime drama The God,
SULIE ANDREWS seagate
MARLON BRAND oO
= 4 6
Julie Andrews, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando,
Clint Egstwood, Audrey Hepburn, Sidn
‘Scanned with CamScannerB. Identify these famous film directors from the clues. | ee:
1, He is from New Zealand : 2
and his most well- "
: known work is
The Lord of the Rings >
trilogy. 4
2. Some of his best works are Jurassic
Park, Schindler's List, Jaws and the
sci-fi flick ET: The Extra Terrestrial.
3. Hee credited with hep
two highest-grossing
movies of all time—Titanic 4, Renowned for his
and Avengers: Infinity War. »\ suspense and horror
Titanic won an films, such as Psycho,
unprecedented 11 Oscars! ‘The Birds and
North by Northwest,
he always made a
silent appearance
in his own films.
5. One of the ace directors of
the silent film era, and the
star of his own films, he made
classics such as The Gold Rush,
‘The Kid, Modern Times and 6. He was a distinguished British
‘The Great Dictator, a spoof on film-maker who made spectacular
‘Adolf Hitler, epics such as Lawrence of Arabia,
‘The Bridge on the River Kwai,
CHARLI A Passage to India and
Doctor Zhivago. :
David LEAN
fata
<— e
2
7.
| ted tritehcock, JameS“Cameron, David Lean,
|. Charlie Chaplin, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg
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used to measure and record the
Yt... measures wind speed.
measures electric currents of small
is used for testing the
indicates the distance covered
bya car or any other vehicle.
7 A. det .. records rainfall at a
measures the curvature of surfaces.
. is an instrument for measuring
is an instrument used to regulate
temperature at a particular level.
is commonly used to measure time
anemometer
ip: Ac. & .. uses radio waves to detect the
direction and speed of an approaching plane.
. is used to illuminate a moving Ee
body very briefly at frequent intervals in order to study =i
periodic motion. =
. is an instrument that measures
photdmeter, dact
5 &
ometer, altieter, odometer, dae spheineter, sa saboscop, has a
thermostat, seismsg f
graph, crc jometer,, shengmetes rain
‘Scanned with CamScannerTick (7) the city in which these institutions are situated.
1. Physical Research Laboratory
a. Bengaluru (CD wAhmedabad (Fc. Kochi
2. Nehru Institute of Mountaineering
a. Darjeeling Ob. Manali C) Uttarkashi
3. Tata Institute of Social Sciences
a. Kolkata () oe Mumbai c. Pune
4. Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports
\ae Patiala C) ». Jaipur () «. Chandigarh
5. Film and Television Institute of India
a. New Delhi {) b. Mumbai L) w/Pune
6. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
a. Dehradun sb Mussoorie [_] c. Bhopal
7. Indian Institute of Science
a Bengaluru {.] b. Kanpur ] ¢. Guwahati
8. English and Foreign Languages University
a. Pune _) 9b Hyderabad (1) c. Chennai
9. National School of Drama
x New Delhi _] b. Mumbai = ([] c. Kolkata
10. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
a. Thirwvananthapuram (_} b. Bengaluru (_] o/ Mumbai
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19 Bireayoruls
From the clues, identify the words that are in common use today.
1. A small digital image or icon used to express an idea
or emotion in electronic messages and web pages
2. A photograph that one takes of oneself, typically
with a smartphone
3.A word or phrase preceded by #, used on social media
websites and applications to identify messages on a
specific topic
4. The action of spoiling a photograph by unexpectedly
appearing in the camera's field of view as the picture
is taken, typically as a prank
5. The time at which television viewership is expected
to be at its highest
6. Using current news to advertise a product on
social media
7. An idea, mostly humorous in nature, that spreads
among people rapidly via the Internet in the form
of images or videos
8. An acronym of You Only Live Once, it tells you to
make the most of the present moment
9, A tool to judge the popularity of a particular
TV channel
10. Obtaining personal information such as passwords
and credit-card details of a user through fraudulent
e-mail.
TRP, (Television Re
hasFlag, meng, YOLO
nevfjacking, sf, print
Phishing, photo-bom
‘Scanned with CamScanner- Name the continents in which the following mountain ranges lie.
1b
+ Ural mountains EUROPE, AND. ASIB
eN AY ew
Atlas mountains ..,,
Andes...
LATCH, Asieeca
Name the highest peak in each of these continents.
1. Australia ...i:kt.
2. South America
3. Antarctica
4.
5.
6.
7.
North America...
Wt Be
SOUNDS} ISMN
Seven Summits is a mountaineering Mt Kilimanjaro, Denali
challenge wherein mountaineers aim to G—Mt Everest, Vinson Massif,
scale the highest points on all the seven
‘Scanned with CamScannerTanisha’s daughter Radhika
needs to be picked up from
school every day, Tanisha has
arranged for a different person
to pick her from school on each
day. She has devised a separate
password for each day to ensure
that Radhika goes with the
correct person.
If the password for Monday is
TRM16and that for Wednesday
is NDW39, what will be the
password for Friday?
3. Suresh, Dinesh and Mahesh
haveacontest to see whobikes
the most distance. Together,
Suresh and Dinesh bike 21
kilometres. The combined
total for Suresh and Mahesh
is 19. Together, Mahesh and
Dinesh ride 22 kilometres,
Who is the winner?
TRUESH. was edinneat =
2, A shopkeeper sells chocolates with
golden wrappers for a rupee each. }
When Abbas goes to the shop, the |
shopkeeper tells him that he can |
exchange three wrappers fora chocolate. }
‘Abbas has 215 in his wallet. How many |
chocolates is BS able to get? |
ATES.
4. Three painters can complete
a painting job in 24 days.
If 12 more painters join
the team 9 days after the
work has begun, how many
days would be required to
complete the job?
‘Scanned with CamScanner‘There are over 1,200 islands in India. Here are some famous ones.
Umananda is the world’s smallest inhabited river island. It iesin the
Brahmaputra river in Guwahati, Assam. The British used to call it
the ‘Peacock Island’ because of its resemblance to the national bird.
The Brahmaputra is also home to the world’s largest river island,
Majuli, also in Assam. However, it has lost much ofits area to erosion
by the river.
Barren Island in the Andaman Sea has Indias only active volcano,
the Barren Volcano.
Sriharikota, which lies off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, is the base
of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, which is India’s primary rocket-
launching centre.
Cattle Island in the Hirakud reservoir in Odisha is home to cattle
left behind by villagers who were displaced by the building of the
Hirakud Dam. As a result of their isolation, the cattle on the island
turned wild over time.
The North Sentinel Island in the Andamans in the Bay of Bengal is
home to the Sentinelese, an isolated tribe that has always rejected
contact with outsiders.
Dr Abdul Kalam Island, off the coast of Odisha, houses the Integrated
icland Ahoy
Majuli Island
North Sentinel Island
Test Range missile-testing facility.
Match the columns.
: 1. Divar 2a. Gujarat
2. Bet Dwarka 4b. Tamil Nadu
3. Munroe Island 1c. Goa
4, Pamban Island 5 d. Madhya Pradesh
5. Mandhata Se. Kerala
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