BLOSSOMS SR. SEC.

SCHOOL, PATIALA
FIRST TERM EXAM (SEPT- 2017)
CLASS VIII-SET-B
TIME: 3 HOURS SUB G.K MAX. 50
A. ONE WORD ANSWERS: 1X10=10 Marks
1. Largest planet of the world___________
2. First Indian to reach at moon....................
3. Business capital of India _________
4. Capital of Israel _________
5. ..................... national animal of India
6. Health capital of India_________
7. ....................largest equating circle.
8. The most spoken language in the world__________
9. When did Chandigarh become a union territory?______
10. ISRO stands for...................................

B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1X5=5 Marks

1. Name the football club which won English premier league 2016?
2. Who defeated Indian woman badminton palyer P.V. Sindhu in the final of world
cup 2017?
3. Which country won the Sultan Aljan Shah Hockey cup 2017?
4. Which country won the cricket women world cup 2017?
5. Dribble, Dunk & Pass term are related to which game?

C. AWARDS AND LANGUAGE QUIZ: 1X5=5 Marks

1. ----------------------------- obtained Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rtana Award for Hockey
in 2017.
2. Who is the only person in history to win both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar?
3. Which society was instituted an award for an outstanding parliamentarian?
4. The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred was conferred upon Ms.
Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution in which of the field?
5. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry the
year .................. along with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath, for studies of
the structure and function of the ribosome. He is currently President of the Royal
Society (of London).

D. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUIZ: 1X10=10 Marks

1. -------------- live on land and have round and stumpy feet
2. Crops that are grown from May to October are called............crops.
3. The.......................... is the thinking part of our brain.
4. ISRO launched Mangal Yan as on.........................
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 5. The radioactive element most commonly detected in humans is...........................
6. To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar?
7. _____________ are the unique to each person, even identical twins.
8. The first controlled nuclear chain reaction took place in what year?
9. In which year was the first computer mouse invented?
10.What is the name of Indias first indigenously designed supercomputer?

E. Fill in the blanks: 1X5=5 Marks

1. All Indian banks remained closed on ..................... & ..............Saturday
2. Petrol and Diesel prices are changed ...............basis.
3. ATM means.............................................
4. ...................... deducted from the income before making payment to concerned
person.
5. The person who borrows the money is known as..................

F. MATCH THE FOLOWING: 1X5=5 Marks

1. Brexit South Africa
2. Kim Jong Newzealand
3. Amsterdam Britain
4. Auckland Netherland
5. Durban North Korea

G. CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1X10=10 Marks

1. Mr....................was appointed as Chief Justice of India in August 2017.
2. ......................Country won the Cricket champion trophy 2017
3. Mr ------------------- was appointed 13th vice president of India.
4. Goods and service tax was launched in India with effect from...............
5. BRICS summit 2017 will be held........................country.
6. Mohan Parrikar won the Goa assembly election from .....................constituency.
7. ..........................was appointed as head coach of Indian cricket in the year 2017.
8. As per an order issued by_________, July 1 will be observed as GST Day.
9. Name the cricketer who received the 2015 test cricketer of the year Award by ICC.
10.Name the 11th president of India in whose honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi
launched a postal stamp on 15 October 2015.

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