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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
CLASS CODE - 007
SKGKO Roll Number Students Name time : 60 Minutes Total Questions : 40 Maximum Marks :100

I N S T R U C T I O N S
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Write your 12 digit SKGKO 10 Roll Number and your name on top of the Question Paper in the given space. Filling up improper Roll Number may lead to unavailability of Result. The Question Paper consists of 40 questions. Each question carries equal marking of 2.5 marks. Circle your answers(A, B, C,D or E) in the Answer Sheet. The Question Paper contains 4 pages. Do not start attempting the test paper until you are asked to do so.

1. Which one of the following countries signed Shimla Agreement with India?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Nepal Bangladesh China Pakistan None of these

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

Italy Germany Russia America None of these Tipu Sultan Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Bal Gangadhar Tilak Vijay Mallya None of these Indian Service Provider Internet Service Provider International Service Provider All of these None of these

4. Who is known as Tiger of Mysore?

2. Who is the author of the book Harry Potter?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Lewis Carroll Kazi Nazrul Islam Chetan Bhagat J.K. Rowling None of these

5. What is the full form of ISP?

3. Which one of the following countries developed the Atom Bomb first?

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6. In 1905, _____, the Viceroy and GovernorGeneral (18991905), applied the policy of Divide and Rule and ordered the partition of the province of Bengal for improvements in administrative efficiency in that huge and populous region.
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Warren Hastings Lord Curzon Louis Mountbatten All of these None of these

12. Australian Open Tennis Tournament is organised in the city of ______.

(A) Sydney (C) Perth (E) None of these (B) Melbourne (D) All of these

13. Where is the Headquarter of Konkan Railway Corporation?

(A) Ratnagiri (C) Nasik (E) None of these (B) Pune (D) Navi Mumbai

7. In which one of the following games the term Approach Shot is used?
(A) Cricket (C) Football (E) None of these (B) Hockey (D) Tennis

14. Which one of the following is the 1st Indian colour film?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Kishan Kanya Zanzeer Mother India Devdas None of these Horace Short Edward Teller J. F. Cantrell Theodore Maiman Denis Papin

8. Which one of the following Prime Ministers of India added Jai Vigyan into the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan ?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Atal Bihari Vajpai Lal Bahadur Shastri Jawahar Lal Nehru Indira Gandhi None of these

15. Who invented pressure cooker?

9. The members of which one of the following is not direcly elected by the people?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Legislative Assembly All of these None of these

16. Aarti Saha was the 1st Indian woman to swim across English Channel from Cape Gris Nez, France to Sandgate, England. In which one of the following years she did it?
(A) 1961 (C) 1965 (E) None of these (B) 1959 (D) 1969

10. Which one of the following personalities has won the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 2009?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Tony Blair Barack Obama Vladimir Putin David Cameron None of these

17. In which one of the following places Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is situated?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Sriharikota Thiruvananthapuram Ahmedabad All of these None of these Head Office Department Head Of the Desk Head Of the Department All of these None of these

18. What is the full form of HOD?

11. In which one of the following states of India Pongal is celebrated?

(A) Kerala (C) Tamilnadu (E) None of these (B) Karnataka (D) Andhra Pradesh

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19. Given below the picture of a famous footballer from Brazil. What is his name? 24. Name the Indian boxers who won the Gold Medal for India in Common Wealth Games 2010?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Manoj Kumar Suranjoy Mayengbam Paramjeet Samota All of these None of these

(A) Maradona (C) Ronaldo (E) None of these

(B) Ronaldinho (D) Cristiano Ronaldo

25. As established by Indian constitution, India is a secular country. Which one of the following statements is false about this?
(A) The country makes no discrimination on the basis of religion in matters of employment. (B) The country treats all religions equally. (C) All the people have freedom of faith and worship (D) People from different religions will not involve in the festivals of one another. (E) None of these

20. Which of the following is/are the galaxy/ galaxies of our universe?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) The Milky Way The Large Megallanic Cloud The Sagittarius Dwarf All of these None of these (B) Mesopotamia (D) All of these

26. Supernova takes place in space. What is it?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A stellar burn A stellar explosion Breaking of asteroids A stellar collision None of these

21. What was the old name of Iran?

(A) Persia (C) Batavia (E) None of these

22. Which one of the following Indian players won the Gold Medal in Shooting in Common Wealth Games 2010?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Jashpal Rana Gagan Narang Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore All of these None of these

27. Read the statements given below regarding star and find out which one is false.
(A) (B) (C) (D) Stars are heavenly bodies. Sun is a star. Variable stars burn steadily. Variable stars do not burn steadily but flair up and down. (E) None of these

23. Given below the two statements. Which of the following is/are correct? Statement A: Republic of South Africa was placed fourth in the medal tally in Common Wealth Games 2010. Statement B: Republic of South Africa was placed fifth in the medal tally in Common Wealth Games 2010.
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Statement A is correct Statement B is correct Both statement A and B are correct Both statement A and B are incorrect Both statement A and B are partly correct

28. What is the election symbol of Rashtriya Janta Dal?

(A) Clock (C) Lantern (E) None of these (B) Arrow (D) Elephant

29. Which one of the following cricketers is also known as Very Very Special?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Tendulkar Lakshaman Rahul Dravid Sourabh Ganguly None of these

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30. Which one of the following states of India has witnessed maximum Naxal violence in recent years?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Bihar Orissa Maharashtra Chhattisgarh None of these

36. Assertion (A): The Indus region must have been fertile in ancient times. Reason (R): Huge granaries for storing food grains have been excavated in Indus valley sites.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and R is the explanation of A. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. (C) A is true but R is false. (D) A is false but R is true. (E) None of these

31. Which one of the following is not a European country?

(A) Austria (B) Sweden (C) Argentina (D) All of these (E) None of these

37. In the game of Basketball, what is the height of the basket?

(A) 12 feet (upper age) (B) 10 feet (upper edge) (C) 12 feet (lower age) (D) 10 feet (lower age) (E) None of these

32. Which one of the following planets has the longest day and the shortest year?
(A) Mars (C) Mercury (E) Pluto (B) Jupiter (D) Uranus

33. Shiv Sena is one of the oldest regional political parties of Maharashtra. Who is its founder?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Bala Saheb Thackeray Udhav Thackeray Satyavrat Chaturvedi Raj Thackeray None of these

38. The film Paa, in which Amitabh Bachchan plays a patient of a rare disorder called _______.
(A) Pyrea (B) Amentia (C) Progeria (D) Alexia (E) None of these

39. Match the following :

Dance A. Bharatnatyam B. Kuchipudi C. Kathak D. Odissi ABCD (A) 4 2 1 3 (B) 3 1 2 4 (C) 3 2 1 4 (D) 4 1 2 3 (E) None of these State 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Orissa 4. Tamil Nadu

34. The Gandhi Sagar dam is located in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. It is a 64 metre high masonry gravity dam, with a live storage capacity of 6,920 Mm and a catchment area of 22,584 km. On which one of the following river this dam is built?
(A) Chambal (C) Son (E) None of these (B) Narmada (D) Betwa

35. Arrange the following Himalayan peaks in order as they occur from west to east.
(I) Kanchenjunga (III) Nanda Devi (A) I, II, III, IV (C) III, II, I, IV (E) None of these (II) Mt. Everest (IV)Dhaulagiri (B) I, II, IV, III (D) III, IV, II, I

40. A common High Court for two or more States and/or Union Territories may be established by the______.
(A) President (B) Parliament by making law (C) Governor of State (D) Chief Justice of India (E) None of these

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