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Class-III M.M 1 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL FIROZABAD Half Yearly Exam – Term 1 (2017-18) Subject-General Knowledge Class-III M.M. 25 Duration: 1 hr Admn. No. …………… Name ………………………………………………………… Date ………………………….. General Instructions: 1. All questions are compulsory. 2. Each question carry 0.5 marks. Tick the correct option given below. 3. Question paper is divided into four sections A,B,C,D. Section A Q.1: In which month of the year Makar Sankranti is celebrated? (a) January (b) February (c) December (d) March Q.2: Which of the followings is called ‘The festival of colors’? (a) Diwali (b) Holi (c) Raksha Bandhan (d) Eid-al-fitr Q.3: Which festival is celebrated to commemorate the marriage anniversary of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati? (a) Ganesh Chaturthi (b) Maha Shivratri (c) Janmashthami (d) Deepawali Q.4: Which festival is celebrated by muslims after Ramadan or Ramajan? (a) Eid-al-fitr (b) Moharram (c) Eid-al-zuha (d) Milad-un-Nabi Q.5: On the occasion of birthday of Lord Krishna, we celebrate……….. (a) Pongal (b) Dussehra (c) Holi (d) Janmashtmi Q.6: Which festival is called ‘The festival of lights’? (a) Buddha Purnima (b) Deepawali (c) Durga Puja (d) Christmas Q.7: The biggest carnival festival is celebrated in which country? (a) England (b) France (c) Brazil (d) India Q.8: On which Wednesday of August ‘La Tomatina’ is celebrated? (a) First (b) Last (c) Second (d) Third Q.9: Glastonbury festival is celebrated in which country? (a) Germany (b) England (c) U.S.A. (d) Canada Q.10: ‘La Tomatina’ is celebrated in which country? (a) India (b) Italy (c) Spain (d) France 2 Section B Q.1: Which is the first book of Bhavna Jain Bhuta with Tulika publication? (a) Dungi dance (b) Jungle book (c) Tenali Raman (d) Chacha Chaudhary Q.2: Who is the writer of David Copperfield? (a) J. K. Rowling (b) Charles Dickens (c) R. K. Narayan (d) Ruskin Bond Q.3: Who illustrated the book ‘David Copperfield’? (a) Charles Dickens (b) Gill Tavner (c) Karen Donnely (d) Kavita Singh Q.4: ‘The Jungle Book’ is written by ………………? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) John Keats (c) Jeff Kinney (d) William Shakespear Q.5: What is the name of the young child in ‘The Jungle Book’? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Sherkhan Q.6: Who retold the short story ‘The other lunch guest’? (a) Birbal (b) Akbar (c) Sarah Jacob (d) Jeff Kinney Q.7: Who is the writer of Rani Sarandha? (a) Munshi Premchand (b) Parinita Shetty (c) Kavita Singh (d) Mahadevi Verma Q.8: What is the name of the king in the story Rani Sarandha? (a) Arvind (b) Anirudh (c) Shyam (d) Ajay Q.9: Anirudh was a ruler of a small village of which city? (a) Bundelkhand (b) Jhansi (c) Gwalior (d) Madhya Pradesh Q.10: What is the name of the bear in the story ‘The jungle book’? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Akela (d) Sherkhan Section C Q.1: How many players are there in a cricket team? (a) 11 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 13 Q.2: Which game is also called Soccer? (a) Hockey (b) Football (c) Basketball (d) Cricket Q.3: Which of the followings sport is played with racquet and shuttlecock? (a) Cricket (b) Tennis (c) Badminton (d) Table tennis Q.4: In which country first basketball match was played? 3 (a) Canada (b) U. S. A. (c) England (d) Australia Q.5: Which of the following sport is played on a hard table divided by a net? (a) Badminton (b) Table Tennis (c) Snooker (d) Carom Q.6: Which of the following got India’s highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratn’? (a) M. S. Dhoni (b) Bhaichung Bhutia (c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) Saurav Ganguly Q.7: The footballer Zinedine Zidane is from which country? (a) India (b) France (c) Brazil (d) Spain Q.8: Bhaichung Bhutia belongs to which sport? (a) Football (b) Tennis (c) Cricket (d) Badminton Q.9: Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal in Badminton? (a) P.V. Sindhu (b) Saina Nehwal (c) Sania Mirza (d) Hemlata Kala Q.10: Satnam Singh Bhamara belongs to which sport? (a) Volleyball (b) Basketball (c) Tennis (d) Baseball Section D Q.1: Who is new CEO and MD of Infosys who has been appointed in place of Vishal Sikka who stepped down on 18 August, 2017? (a) U B Pravin Rao (b) Ratan Tata (c) Bill Gates (d) None of these Q.2: In which state of India Amritsar is situated? (a) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Gujrat Q.3: Alexander Zverev is from which country? (a) Germany (b) Spain (c) India (d) Canada Q.4: In which city of Spain, terrorist attacked and killed 30 people in August 2017? (a) Barcelona (b) Madrid (c) Velencia (d) Granada Q.5: who has been appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for Physical Activity in South-East Asia Region by the World Health Organisation? (a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Milkha Singh (c) Kapil Dev (d) Sushil Kumar Q.6: which Indian state has launched #SheMeansBusiness programme in partnership with Facebook to train women entrepreneurs? (a) Gujrat (b) Delhi (c) Odisha (d) Uttar Pradesh Q.7: Which state has recently passed the Religious Freedom Bill in an attempt to stop forced conversions in the State? 4 (a) Karnataka (b) Jharkhand (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Bihar Q.8: What is the full form of W. H. O.? (a) World health organization (b) world health office (c) web house office (d) world homeopathy organization Q.9: Who is the new Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification who replaced Shri Pahlaj Nihalani? (a) A. R. Rahman (b) Prasoon Joshi (c) Nafisha Ali (d) Anupam Kher Q.10: ‘Real Madrid’ the football club is from which country? (a) France (b) U.S.A. (c) Spain (d) Germany Q.11: Which country has scrapped visa requirements for citizens of 80 countries including India, allowing them to enter the country with a valid passport? (a) Qatar (b) U.A.E. (c) France (d) Indonesia Q.12: Who has been nominated to the post of Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog to replace Shri Arvind Panagariya? (a) Sharad pawar (b) Hamid ansari (c) Dr. Rajiv Kumar (d) Narendra Modi Q.13: Which country has launched the first spatial environmental research vehicle named Venus (Vegetation and Environment Monitoring New Micro-Satellite? (a) Israel (b) South Koria (c) China (d) Russia Q.14: What is the name of the mobile app developed by the Indian Army? (a) Indian Army (b) Saathi (c) Humraaj (d) My app Q.15: The scientist, writer and founder of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad who passed away on 01 August 2017 is? (a) Pushpa Mittra Bhargava (b) Riddhiban Chatterjee (c) Robin Sharma (d) Timothy John Q.16: In which country world's longest suspension foot bridge (length 494 m) is opened to the public? (a) Germany (b) Switzerland (c) England (d) U.S.A. Q.17: The chemicals which have been banned from use in firecrackers by the Supreme Court? (a) mercury, arsenic and lead (b) antimony, lithium (c) Both of them (d) None of these Q.18: The anthem of Swachh Survekshan 2018 scripted by Shri Prasoon Joshi and composed by Shankar Mahadevan is? (a) Swachhata Ki Jyot Jagi Hai (b) Clean India (c) Swachh Bharat (d) green India Q.19: Who is the former Secretary General of the FICCI( Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry)? (a) A. R. Rahman (b) Dr. Rajiv Kumar (c) Hamid Ansari (d) Ajay Chaudhary Q.20: Mr. B N Shrikrishna is a …………………………..? (a) Justice (b) Lawyer (c) Speaker (d) Sportsman .
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