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ANNUAL EXAMINATION (2019-20)

CLASS: XI & XII

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

1. Prime Minister Modi recently appeared with Bear Grylls on which

television show of Discovery Channel

a) Man vs Wild c) Myth Busters b) Expedition Unknown d) How do they do it? Ans: Man vs Wild

2. Fashion houses around the world should know what well-known insect’s scientific name is ‘Bombyx Mori: a) Honey Bee c) Caterpillar b) Silk worm d) None of these Ans: Silk worm

3. 20th Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated this year on which date? a) 29th June c) 26th August b) 26th July d) 26th June

Ans: 26th July 4. She has been appointed as the first Indian origin woman home secretary in the newly formed UK cabinet a) Riti Gupta c) Priti Patel b) Chetali Das d) Priti Gupta Ans: Priti Patel

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5. According to the 12th edition of Global Innovation Index 2019, which country secured the top position a) Sweden c) Norway b) Switzerland d) Netherlands

Ans: Switzerland 6. Post success of Mission Shakti, is set to launch first ever space war exercise to prepare for future space wars. The name of this mission is a) Space Shakti c) Aakash Shakti b) IndSpaceEx d) None one the above

Ans: IndSpaceEx 7. Mohun Bagan Ratna award for 2019 is presented to which player a) Prasun Bannerjee c) Keshav Dutt b) Ravi Ketan d) Manoj Mukund Ans: Keshav Dutt 8. The much-in-news Guantanamo Bay is located in which of the following countries?

a) Mexico c) b) Guatemala d) Nicaragua

Ans: Cuba 9. Through which one of the following Straits, does a tunnel connect the United Kingdom and France?

a) Davis Strait c) Denmark Strait b) Strait of Dover d) Strait of Gibraltar Ans: Strait of Dover

10. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what? a) Waterfall c) Mountains b) Plateau d) Rivulet Ans: Waterfall 11. Which place is set to have India’s first-ever space park? a) Nagpur c) b) d) Mumbai

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Ans: Thiruvananthapuram 12. Who won the Men’s single Australian Open Trophy in 2019?

a) Rafael Nadal c) Novak Djokovic b) Roger Federer d) Andy Murray

Ans: Novak Djokovic 13. In Google company, for products to be accepted they need to pass a “toothbrush test “. What is it? a) Brush your teeth twice a day c) Used atleast twice a day b) It should be a miniature d) devoid of theft Ans: Used atleast twice a day 14. Which one of the following is the Hangprinter which turns room in to a 3D-Printer?

a) Rip Rap Printer c) Open-Source Prototype

b) Spring cleaning printer d) No such printer available

Ans: Open-Source Prototype 15. Who is known as the ‘father of the yellow school bus’?

a) Sheryl Sandberg c) Sheila Lirio b) Dr Frank W.Cyr d) Cai Lun

Ans: Dr Frank W.Cyr

16. Which MNC has a corporate tag line. Good Food -Good Life.

a) Uniliver c) Nike b) Coco Cola d) Nestle

Ans: Nestle 17. To prevent bacterial action which of the following substances is used in packaging of fruits?

a) Ethyl bromide c) Methyl bromide

b) Silver bromide d) Sodium bromide

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Ans: Methyl bromide 18. London based company Brand Finance has declared this company as the most valued brand of 2019 a) TATA c) Reliance b) LIC d) Intel Ans: TATA 19. Which European city is called the electric car capital of the world? a) c) Prague b) d) Oslo Ans: Oslo 20. India’s most coveted mission Chandryaan-2 was launched on which date in 2019

a) 24th July c) 5th July b) 20th July d) 22nd July

Ans: 22nd July

21. Rain sensors fitted on the windshield wipers of some automobiles are based on which of the following principles? a) Surface tension c) Bernoulli’s principle b) Total internal reflection d) Heat radiation Ans: Total internal reflection

22. The city has made an official entry in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage sites recently at the 43rd session of the Unesco World Heritage Committee. a) Ahmedabad c) Nagpur b) Jaipur d) Lukhnow Ans: Jaipur

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23. Which brand took advertising into outer space in the year 2001 when a Russian rocket had its big logo painted on it? a) Pizza Hut c) UPS b) Pepsi Cola d) Dell Ans: Pizza Hut 24. Which country qualified for its first world cup appearance in FIFA 2018? a) Iceland c) Estonia b) d) Finland Ans: Iceland 25. president Volodymyr Zelenski had inaugurated the world’s largest movable metal structure called the a) The Eco Dome c) New Safe Confinement b) Safe Zone d) Chernobyl Dome Ans: New Safe Confinement 26. Who is regarded as father of artificial organ? a) Von Frey c) Willem, Kolff b) Dr. Atala d) Paolo Macchiarini

Ans: Willem, Kolff 27. Who became chief minister of Indian State for just 3 days? a) Jagdambika Pal b) Kalyan Singh b) Romesh Bhandari d) Om Prakash Chautala Ans: Jagdambika Pal 28. What popular video game has been developed by Stockholm based Mojang AB which has sold 147mn copies worldwide ? a) Minecraft c) Final Fantasy b) Fortnite d) Docktor

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Ans: Minecraft

29. What is the name of the first Indian company listed on New York Stock Exchange? a) TATA Motors c) Make my trip b) Infosys d) HDFC Bank Ans: Infosys 30. Who has become the youngest man to climb the seven highest peaks and volcanic summits across all continents after conquering Antartica’s highest point Mount Sidley? a) Daniel Bull c) Satyarup Siddhanta b) Arjun Vajpai d) Ans: Satyarup Siddhanta 31. To mark the contribution of Nelson Mandela towards peace and freedom, this year 100th anniversary of International Nelson Mandela day is observed on

a) 18th July c) 1st September b) 10th November d) 15th April

Ans: 18th July 32. Name the Nobel laureate who has been awarded the Nobel prize in Physics twice a. Bob Dylan b. Angus Deaton c. John Bardeen d. Hiroshi Amano Ans. John Bardeen 33. Who is appointed as the first Lokpal of India?

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a) A.R. Lakshmanan c) G.S. Singhvi b) Pianaki Chandra Ghose d) Madan Lokur Ans: Pinaki Chandra Ghose 34. Which country launched the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile network? a) Japan c) Singapore b) d) Malaysia Ans: South Korea 35. Which famous singer has been awarded with Bharat Ratna award in the year 2019? a) Bhupen Hazarika c) Manna Dey b) Asha Bhonsle d) Lata Mageshkar Ans: Bhupen Hazarika 36. A rare flower blooms in and Western Ghats once every 12 years. The last time it bloomed was in 2018. What is the name of the flower?

a) Strobilanthes kunthianus c) Chocolate Cosmos b) Fire Lily d) Kadupul Flower Ans: Strobilanthes kunthianus 37. India’s longest 300-meter single lane steel cable suspension bridge was inaugurated in which state? a) Assam c) Nagaland b) Mizoram d) Arunachal Pradesh Ans: Arunachal Pradesh 38. What is the other name of the Kyasanur Forest Disease which recently spread in Kerala ? a) Nipah Virus c) Monkey Fever b) Ebola Virus d) Japanese fever

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Ans: Monkey Fever 39. Which is the first city in the U.S. to ban the use of facial recognition software? a) New York c) Las Vegas b) Los Angeles d) San Francisco Ans: San Francisco 40. Which country developed world’s first 3D vascularized engineered heart a) India c) Israel b) Japan d) United States Ans: Israel 41. The ____ is a horseshoe shaped zone found along the Pacific rim where 75% of the world’s volcanoes occur. a) Ring of Pyre c) Ring of fire b) Ring of Elysium d) Ring of resistance Ans: Ring of fire 42. Where can you find India’s only floating post office, which is situated in a lake? a) Srinagar c) Udaipur b) Nainital d) Shillong Ans: Srinagar 43. Nepal has its first Forbes billionaire – Binod Chaudhury. With which business and brand would you associate him? a) Kathmandu c) Annapurna Pictures b) Wai Wai Noodles d) Nepal EVO GTX Ans: Wai Wai Noodles 44. Which of the following country does not allow to wear blue jeans? a) North Korea c) Albania b) Singapore d) Cambodia Ans: North Korea

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45. What is the official name of the Twitter bird? a) Blue throat c) Mountain Bluebird b) Bunting d) Blue gray tanager Ans: Mountain Bluebird 46. Who has become the first woman to head the Indian National Science Academy? a) Geeta Dharmarajan c) Vasudha Prakash b) Chandrima Shaha d) Vimla Kaul Ans: Chandrima Shaha 47. _____ has been ranked as the world number one in 86 kg category in the latest ranking by International Federation. a) c) Deepak Punia b) Gadzhimurad Rashidov d) Nur Sultan Ans: Deepak Punia 48. Which of the following creature does not die and is kind of immortal? a) Alpine swift c) Bullfrog b) Pangolin d) Turritopsis doohmi-Jelly fish Ans: Turritopsis doohmi-Jelly fish 49. Who has joined International Monetary Fund as its chief economist, becoming the first woman to occupy the top IMF post? a) Maury Obstfeld c) Vidhya Parihat b) Gita Gopinath d) Shikha Mathur Ans: Gita Gopinath 50. How many countries are there in Asian Sub-continent? a) 46 c) 47 b) 50 d) 48 Ans: 48

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51. In India all rupee notes are signed by Governor of Reserve Bank of India, except for one Rupee note. Who signs the one rupee note? a) President c) Prime Minister b) National Security Advisor d) Finance Secretary Ans: Finance Secretary 52. Who is the author the book Resurgent India? a) Bimal Jalan c) Raghuram Rajan b) Urjit Patel d) R Gandhi Ans: Bimal Jalan 53. Who has been has been appointed as Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG)? a) Anup Singh c) K L Dhillon b) Venkatesh Prasad d) Pranjal Kumar Ans: Anup Singh 54. Who led the Indian delegation at G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Washington? a) Narendra Modi c) Rajnath Singh b) Piyush Goyal d) Nirmala Sitharaman Ans: Nirmala Sitharaman

55. Which movie won the best motion picture in 76th Golden Globe Award a) Bohemian Rhapsody c) Green Book b) If Beale street could talk d) Black Panther Ans: Bohemian Rhapsody 56. Who won Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019? a. James Peebles b. Michel Mayor c. Didier Queloz d. All the above Ans. All of the above 57. Which country has more lakes than the rest of the countries combined?

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a) Finland c) b) Norway d) Canada Ans: Canada 58. Which player has scored the most goals in FIFA World cup history? a) Lionel Messi c) Miroslav Klose b) Cristiano Ronaldo d) Karl-Heinz Ans: Miroslav Klose 59. Pankaj Advani recently won his 22nd World Billiards Title 2019. This tournament is held in.. a) Malaysia c) Myanmar b) India d) Ans: Myanmar 60. There are only 3 companies which have occupied the top slot in Fortune 500 ever since 1955. Name them. a) General Motors, Exxon Mobil and Wal-Mart b) Texaco, Exxon Mobil and Wal-Mart c) Gulf Oil, GE and Exxon Mobile d) Gneral Motors, GE aand Exxon Mobile

Ans: General Motors, Exxon Mobil and Wal-Mart

61. Which of the following is not matched correctly? a) Pankaj Advani: Billiards b) : Shooting c) Muhammed Anas Yahiya: Boxing d) : Athletics Ans: Muhammed Anas Yahiya: Boxing

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62. Where will G-7 International summit be held in 2020? a) Unites States c) Canada b) Japan d) Germany Ans: United Stats 63. Choose the correct statement about Plasmonics? A. It is a chemical analysis of blood plasma. B. It is study of sound in a plasmonic medium. C. It deals with propagation, manipulation and localization of light at the nanoscale. D. It is the study of gaseous plasma in space. Ans: It deals with propagation, manipulation and localization of light at the nanoscale. 64. Which one of the following gases are released from the ground, minutes or hours before an earthquake is about to strike? a) Xenon c) Argon b) Helium d) Radon Ans: Radon 65. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 is given to: a. Abhijit Banerjee b. Esther Duflo c. Michael Kremer d. All the above Ans. All of the above 66. Silly Putty is a 13 g piece of plastic clay inside an egg-shaped plastic container. Since 1950 300 million eggs sold. Which brand is it ? a) Kinder c) Crayola LLC b) Faber Castell d) Funskool

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Ans: Crayola LLC 67. Which of the following animal has no vocal cord? a) Rabbit c) Monkeys b) Giraffe d) Buffalo Ans: Giraffe 68. The official boundary between earth’s sky and space is called as a) Blake line c) Krape line b) Blind line d) Karman Line Ans: Karman Line 69. Which country has beaver as the national emblem? a) Canada c) Monaco b) Peru d) Turkey Ans: Canada 70. Who became the first woman pilot of the Indian Air Force to qualify to undertake combat missions on a fighter jet? a) Bhawana Kanth c) Avani Chaturvedi b) Shubhangi Swaroop d) Punita Arora

Ans: Bhawana Kanth 71. The new commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is known as a) Space Market India Limited b) ISRO Business Limited c) New Space India Limited d) Space Analytic India Limited

Ans: New Space India Limited

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72. Which Indian State’s Infrastructure Investment Fund Board has become the first state level firm in India to be listed in the London Stock Exchange? a) Kerala c) Punjab b) Karnataka d) Ans: Kerala 73. Which is the world’s largest airline in terms of passengers? a) American Airlines c) Delta Airlines b) Southwest Airlines d) China Southern Airlines Ans: American Airlines 74. Which place in the world has been named as the world capital for Architecture 2020 a) c) Paris b) Athens d) New Delhi Ans: Rio De Janeiro 75. Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh have turned into Union territories on which date and the map of India has changed from this effective date….

a) October 31st, 2019 c) August 15th ,2019 b) October 2nd , 2019 d) December 31st, 2019

Ans: October 31st, 2019 76. In which country is there a natural gas pit nicknamed the ‘Door to Hell’ that has been on fire since 1971? a) Turkmenistan c) Azerbaijan b) Bulgaria d) Iceland Ans: Turkmenistan 77. World’s first self-standing crutch ( Flex Motiv) has been designed by the students of which IIT Institute

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a) IIT Delhi c) IIT Roorkee b) IIT Bombay d) IIT Madras Ans” IIT Delhi 78. Which of the following animal never sleeps? a) Emperor Tamarin c) Bullfrog b) Raccoon Dog d) Hispaniola Solenodon Ans: Bullfrog 79. Which of the following was earlier a supercontinent but is now the name of an area in India? a) Gondwana c) Meghalaya b) Santhal d) Deccan Ans: Gondwana 80. Which fuel is used in mission Chandrayaan-02? a) Petrol c) Hydrogen and Kerosene b) Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine d) Liquid Oxygen Ans: Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine 81. What is the name of the PC launched by Intel which is the size of an SD card? a) Vaio c) Edison b) Yoga d) Pavilion Ans: Edison

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82. 52nd ASEAN summit 2019 was held in which place? a) Vietnam c) Malaysia b) Cambodia d) Ans: Thailand 83. Who has become the first person to cross the English Chanel on jet powered hoverboard? a) Franky Zapata c) Aaron Smith b) Felix Baker d) Daniel Atkinson

Ans: Franky Zapata 84. Which sportsperson has written a book “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life”? a) c) b) d) Jeev Ans: Viswanathan Anand 85. Who has won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 for journalism? a) Sudhir Chowdhary c) Ravish Kumar b) Rahul Kanwal d) Dibang Ans: Ravish Kumar 86. Which of the space research organization is going to launch a golf cart- sized robot on the Moon for search of water? a) ISRO c) NASA b) JAXA d) ESA Ans: NASA 87. Which of the following are associated with winning Man Booker Prize 2019? a) Jokha al-Harthi for Celestial Bodies

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b) Juan Gabriel for The Shape of the ruins c) Alia Zeran for The Remainder d) Annie Emaux for The Years

Ans: Jokha al-Harthi for Celestial Bodies 88. Who has become the highest wicket-taker in international cricket in 2018? a) Mohamed Shami c) Jaspreet Bumrah b) Billy Stanelcake d) Marcus Stoinis Ans: Jaspreet Bumrah 89. Which nut is used to make dynamite? a) Peanut c) Hazel Nut b) Cocoa d) Cocunut Ans: Peanut 90. Who has become the first Indian Athlete to be nominated for Laureus World Sports Award? a) c) b) d) Ans: Vinesh Phogat 91. Which chemical is called Chile Salt peter? a) Sodium Nitrate c) Sodium Bicarbonate b) Titanium di oxide d) Graphite Ans: Sodium Nitrate 92. The instrument shown here is a charger for which of the following? a) Supercomputer c) Satellite b) Windmill d) Electric Car

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Ans: Electric Car 93. Who has received Padma Bhusan 2019 for sports? a) c) b) d) Ans: Balchendri Pal 94. A school in ______won the Guinness World Record for becoming the largest school in the world in 2019-20 in terms of strength of students. a) New Delhi c) Lucknow b) Mumbai d) Ans: Lucknow 95. Apple in partnership with which company has started the issue of its credit card that is named as Apple Card? a) Master card c) CitiBank b) Goldman Sachs d) American Express Ans: Goldman Sachs 96. Which animal among the following has fingerprints just like human beings? a) Koalas c) Cat b) Panther d) lizards Ans: Koalas 97. Which match of FIFA world cup holds the world record of most goals scored in single world cup match?

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a) Switzerland Vs Germany 8-6(1958) b) France Vs England 4-3 (1974) c) Brazil Vs Argentina 7-6 (1966) d) Austria vs Switzerland 7-5 (1954)

Ans: Austria vs Switzerland 7-5 (1954)

98. Sushma Swaraj, politician who recently passed away was the youngest Cabinet Minister of which state or UT at the age of 25 years. a) Gujrat c) Punjab b) d) Uttar Pradesh Ans: Haryana 99. Name the only woman who has been honoured with Nobel Prize twice in different areas? a) Gerty Cori b) Marie Curie c) Elinor Ostrom d) Barbara McClintock Ans: Marie Curie 100. Arka Suprabhat is a variety of new fruit, recently developed in Bengaluru. Which fruit is it? a) Apple c) Jackfruit b) Banana d) Mango Ans: Mango

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