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General Knowledge CHRIST KING HR. SEC. SCHOOL KOHIMA CLASS-8 (A&B) SUBJECT: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXERCISE 1 A. Tick (√) the right option. 1. The world’s biggest gathering of humans. a. Pushkar Mela b. Kumbh Mela c. Sonepur Mela 2. Who can declare the national emergency? a. Chief Justice b. Prime Minister c. President 3. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University? a. Swami Dayanand Saraswati b. Madam Mohan Malviya c. Swami Vivekanand 4. Who introduce the Khari Boli in Hindi writing? a. Mahadevi Verma b. Maithili Sharan Gupt c. Sumitranandan Pant 5. World’s largest democracy. a. South Africa b. USA c. India B. Provide the following information. 1. Indian form of Government Parliamentary. 2. Head of the Country President. 3. Head of the Government Prime Minister. 4. Apex of the Judiciary Supreme Court. 5. Lower House in Indian Parliament Lok Sabha. C. Match the following 1. Rabindranath Tagore a. Parashuram Ki Pratiksha 2. Maithili Sharan Gupt b. Granthi 3. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar c. Geetanjali 4. Sumitranandan Pant d. Bharat Bharti D. Answer the following questions. 1. Who founded the Aligarh Muslim University? Ans. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan founded the Aligarh Muslim University. 2. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission? Ans. Swami Vivekanand founded the Ramakrishna Mission. 3. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj? Ans. Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj. 4. Who founded the Arya Samaj? Ans. Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj. 5. Who founded the Missionaries of Charity? Ans. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity. EXERCISE 2 A. Tick (√) the right option. 1. This award is presented to sportsperson. a. Param Vir Chakra b. Arjuna Award c. Jnanpith Award 2. Who received the Bharat Ratna in 1957? a. Kovind Ballabh Pant b. Dr. D.K.Karve c. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 3. Who is regarded as the ‘father of plastic surgery’? a. Chandragupta Maurya b. Bhaskaracharya c. Sushruta 4. When was the Sati practice abolished? a. 1827 b.1828 c.1829 5. Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Cinema’? a. Shanti Prasad Jain b. Raja Harish Chandra c. Dada Saheb Phalke B. Match the following. Recipients of Bharat Ratna years 1. M.G.Ramachandran a. 1957 2. Satyajit Ray b.1966 3. Govind Ballabh Pant c. 1988 4. Jayaprakash Narayan d.1992 5. Lal Bahadur Shastri e.1999 C. Write any one of the following. 1. Social Reformer Swami Vivekanand 2. Saint Guru Nanak Dev 3. Scientist Sushruta 4. Educationist Bhaskarachaya 5. Political leader Chandragupta Maurya D. Write the year of occurrence of the following events. 1. Battle of Plassey 1757 2. Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh 1919 3. Quit India Movement 1942 4. Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984 5. India’s population exceeds 1 billion 2000 CHAPTER 1 INCREDIBLE INDIA India, the country of mysteries; the land where civilizations and times intermix, is a mysterious place which attracts people from all over the world. 100 million people come to India’s Kumbh Mela Festival. The world’s largest gathering of humans. 70% of all the world’s spices come from India. During World War II, India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2.5 million men. At least 38 Indians received the Victoria Cross or the George Cross. India banknotes have Braille- like marking on them for the blind. India has more people using the Internet than the entire population of the US. India has more population than the entire Western Hemisphere on Earth. India is the world’s largest democracy, with more than 1.35 billion people. India’s Hindu calendar has 6 seasons: spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and preverbal. The Golden Temple in India feeds a vegetarian meal to over 1,00,000 people a day regardless of race, religion, and class. The healthy supplement Chyawanprash is known to be the oldest brand in the world. It originated in the Vedic period. It is in continuous demand till date. The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, built a home valued at US$ 1 billion. Its 27 storey building with 3 helipads, a 6- floor car park, a staff of 600, a 4 storey hanging garden and a cinema. The village of Shani Shingnapur, Maharastra, has no doors locks or crime for over 400 years. Chapter 8 TIMELINE OF INDIA Travel through the timeline of major event in India’ 2500 BC The Indus Valley Civilization developed around the valley of the Indus River (now in Pakistan) 1500 BC The Aryan people arrived in Indus from the north. 326 BC Alexander the Great crossed the Indus River into India. 50 AD Trade flourished between India and the Roman Empire. 320- 550 India was ruled by the Gupta Empire under the ruler of the Gupta Kings. 1288 Marco Polo visited India. 1498 First of Vasco da Gama to Calicut. 1526 The rule of the Mughal Empire began (Babur) 1576 Akbar defeated Rana Praatapat Haldighati. 1600s Holland, Great Britain and France established key trading posts in India. 1638 Muhgal Empire Shah Jahan began construction of the Taj Mahal. 1757 Battle of Plassey. 1829 Prohibition of Sati. 1857 First Indian War of Independence. 1858 The British overthrew the Mughals and control of India. 1885 Indian National Congress was formed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .
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