DPSMIS DOHA

GK QUESTIONS FOR CLASS 6 FOR THE MONTH OF

MAY 2010

Section 1: Current Affairs

1. Name the volcano that erupted in Iceland for the second

time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and
steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee
rising floodwaters.

2. Karthryn Bigelow was the first women to win the Oscar for
best director. Which movie won her this prestigious award?

3. Which is the world’s cheapest 4-wheeler, conferred as the

“car of the year?

4. Which country has abolished its 2 time zones out of the 11?

5. Who was elected as the President of Srilanka for the second

time?

Section 2: Sobriquets –Geographical Nicknames of the

countries .

6. City of Dreaming Spires?

7. The land of canal?

8. The sick man of Europe?

9. Land of cakes?
Section 3: World of Science

10. Agronomy is the study of what?

11. Which chemical element has the atomic number 1?

12. What did Charles Babbage call his first computer?

13. Which vegetable used in salads, contains vitamin E?

14. Which insect is known as ‘white ant’?

Section4: History

15. Which Mughal emperor’s name was Khurram?

16. Who wrote Das Kapital?

17. Who was called as the “Iron Chancellor”?

Section 5: On the Map!

18. Which river cuts through Grand Canyon?

19. Which is Japan’s highest mountain peak?

20. Which country is Europe’s fruit and vegetable

garden?
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 Answers:
1. Eyjafjallajokull

2. Hurt Locker

3. Tata Nano

4. Russia

5. Mahinda Rajapaksa

6. Oxford

7. Venice

8. Turkey

9. Scotland

10. Crops and soils

11. Hydrogen

12. Analytical Engine

13. Lettuce

14. Termite

15. Shah Jahan

16. Karl Marx

17. Bismarck

18. River Colorado

19. Mt. Fujiyama

20. Bulgaria