INTSO EDUCATION

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD(GTSO) 2015 - 2016

STAGE - 2 TIME : 60 min.
CLASS : VIII Max. Marks : 50
Instructions:
= Fill the OMR sheet completely and carefully.
= Each question carries one mark and has only one correct answer. ¼ (one fourth) marks will be
deducted for indicating incorrect response of each question.
= The question paper contains 50 questions to be answered in 60 minutes.

1. The word 'Ecology' was coined in 1866 by [ ]

1) Charles Darwin 2) Robert Whittaker 3) Arthur Tansley 4) Ernst Haeckel
2. Indian Navy act was passed in [ ]
1) 1925 2) 1927 3) 1965 4) 1975
3. Dravidian civilization was begun in South India in the year [ ]
1) 1800 B.C 2) 2500 B.C 3) 1900 B.C 4) 600 A.D
4. The biggest River is [ ]
1) Great Bariar Reef 2) Amazon 3) Nile 4) Misisipi
5. The Mauryan king Ashoka was succeeded by [ ]
1) Dasharatha 2) Rama 3) Devavarman 4) Brihadratha
6. Arrange the following movements in correct chronological order by using the codes given below.
I. Civil Disobedience II. Khilafat [ ]
III. Non–Co-operation IV. Quit India
Codes :
1) I, II, III, IV 2) II, III, I, IV 3) II, III, IV, I 4) III, IV, II, I
7. Who was the fifth Guru of Sikhs ? [ ]
1) Guru Ram Das 2) Guru Arjun Dev 3) Guru Amar Das 4) Guru Hargobind.
8. Consider the following words.
a) Precipitation b) Condensation c) Frost point d) Dew point
e) Humidity f) Evapotranspiration
Which is the proper order of the processes for the occurrence of rain fall ? [ ]
1) f, e, d, c, b, a 2) e, d, c, b, a, f 3) a, c, e, b, d, f 4) c, f, e, d, a, b
9. 'CENVAT' means [ ]
1) Central Engineering Naval Value Association Test
2) Central English Novel Value Added Test
3) Central Value Added Tax
4) Central Environmental Neo - Value Added Tax
10. 'DAM' is a [ ]
1) Computer application 2) Security services
3) Daily News Paper 4) A Medical Course

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11. The first women Central minister in India [ ]
1) Sarojini Naidu 2) Rajakumari Amrit Kaur
3) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 4) Vailet Alva
12. 'HUDCO' means [ ]
1) Hyderabad Urban Deelopment Corporation
2) Hyper Text Urban Development Corporation
3) Housing and Urban Development Corporation
4) Hindu Undivided Families Development Corporation.
13. What is the full form of CIEFL ? [ ]
1) Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages.
2) Central Institution for English and Foreign Languages
3) Central Institution for English and French Languages.
4) Central Institute of Economics and Factory Links.
14. The capital of Botswana is [ ]
1) Johanneaburg 2) Gaborone 3) Ankara 4) Ouagadougou
15. Bamboo dance belongs to [ ]
1) Muria of Bastar 2) Oalom of Bihar
3) People of Mizoram 4) Saora tribals of Jharkhand
16. Which is the first National Park established in India ? [ ]
1) Valvandar National Park 2) Periyar National Park
3) Bandipur National Park 4) Jim Corbett National Park
17. The currency of El Salvador is [ ]
1) Peso 2) Colon 3) Dollar 4) Real
18. First nuclear sub - marine in India is [ ]
1) INS Chakra 2) INS Kursura 3) INS Kalvari 4) INS Vagsheer
19. Which is odd one ? [ ]
1) Andorra 2) Bosnia 3) Denmark 4) Gambia
20. Filmfare awards started from the year [ ]
1) 1952 2) 1964 3) 1954 4) 1960
21. Who made some of the earliest world maps and imagined the world as a round disc?. [ ]
1) Sumerians 2) Babylonians 3) Greeks 4) Arabs
22. Who played the role of Emperor Akbar in the movie "Mughal e Azam"? [ ]
1) Raj Kapoor 2) Hrithik Roshan 3) Prithviraj Kapoor 4) Dilip Kumar
23. "Indira Gandhi Award" given in India Cinema for [ ]
1) Best film Directors 2) Life time contribution to Cinema
3) Best film on national integration 4) Best first film Director
24. Arrange the following incidents in chronological order. [ ]
a) Birth of Gautama Budha b) Alexander invades India
c) Conquest of Kalinga by Asoka d) Reign of Kanishka
1) b c d a 2) c d a b 3) a b c d 4) a b d c
25. The journal "Vande Mataram" was first edited by [ ]
1) Shishir Kumar Ghosh 2) G.K. Gokhle
3) Aurobindo Ghosh 4) B.B. Upadyaya

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26. The News agency - " Asian News International " is working from [ ]
1) Bangladesh 2) India 3) China 4) Malaysia
27. The full form of ‘AD’ is [ ]
1) Anti - Domain 2) Anno Domini
3) Anti - Diamond 4) Association of Doctors
28. In 2013, the Indian Navy inducted the Boeing P - 8I Aircraft at Naval station, Rajali. To serve
what purpose the aircraft has been inducted ? [ ]
1) Long range maritime reconnaissance
2) Transport of troops from ships to bases and Vice Versa
3) VIP movements of President and other dignitaries.
4) Training of naval pilots
29. The winds that blow continuously and regularly above the world pressure belts are known as
1) Seasonal winds 2) Planetary winds 3) Local winds 4) Cold winds [ ]
30. The "OROP" Scheme related to [ ]
1) Postal Services in India 2) Retired defence personnel
3) Retired IAS officers 4) Retired bank officers
31. 'Saptarshi' is the Indian name of which constellation ? [ ]
1) Ursa Minor 2) Ursa Major 3) Orion 4) Draco
32. The oldest rocks in India are reported from [ ]
1) Shivalik range, Punjab 2) Dharwar region, Karnataka
3) Aravalli range, Rajasthan 4) Vindya ranges, M.P.
33. Which of the following leaders was not belonged to moderate phase ? [ ]
1) Surendranath Benerjee 2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 4) Dadabhai Naoroji
34. Which country has the largest coast line ? [ ]
1) USA 2) Brazil 3) Australia 4) Canada
35. Dover strait lies in between [ ]
1) Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean 2) English Channel and North Sea
3) Gulf of Persia and Gulf of Oman 4) Gulf of Hudson and Atlantic Ocean
36. The Person who worked as the Prime minister (Acting) for short period for two terms? [ ]
1) Gulzarilal Nanda 2) Jawaharlal Nehru 3) Vajpayee 4) Sardar Patel
37. The Osman Sagar dam was situated on the river [ ]
1) Musi 2) Bhima 3) Ghataprabha 4) Sileru
38. Which of the folowing banks was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 ? [ ]
1) Bank of Baroda 2) Bank of Maharashtra
3) Union Bank of India 4) State Bank of Saurashtra
39. Who was the father of Dutch Cartography ? [ ]
1) Gerardus Mercater 2) Da Ming Hun Yi Tu
3) Ptolemy 4) Herodotus
40. The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the basis of the recommendations of the [ ]
1) Shri. Osborne Smith Commission 2) Shri J.M.Keynes Commission
3) Hilton Young Commission 4) A.C.Shah Committee

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41. Which one of the following Pairs is not correctly matched ? [ ]
1) Ghadar Movement - Shohan Singh Bhakna
2) Kisan Movement - Lala Lajpat Rai
3) Hindustan Republican Association - Sachendra Nath Sanyal
4) Hindu Dharma Sanraskhini Sabha - Madan Mohan Malviya
42. Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?
1) Sanyasi Rebellion 2) Santhal Rebellion [ ]
3) Indigo disturbances 4) Pabna disturbances.
43. Consider the following statements. [ ]
Assertion : The Congress leaders in the early stage were called Moderates.
Reason : Moderates advocated a radical way to win their demands.
Select your answer according to the coding scheme given below.
1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2) Both A and R true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
3) A is true, R is false 4) A is false, R is true
44. Which of the following was not foounded by Dr. B.R . Ambedkar ? [ ]
1) Samaj Samata Sangh 2) Deccan Educational Society
3) Peoples Education Society 4) Depressed classes Institute
45. In the context of the Indian freedom struggle, 16th October, 1905 is well known for which one of
the following reasons ? [ ]
1) The formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was made in Calcutta town hall.
2) Partition of Bengal took effect
3) Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the goal of Indian National Congress was Swaraj
4) Lokmanya Tilak started Swadeshi Movement in Maharashtra
46. Match the capitals with their respective countries.
i) Israel a) Bazaville
ii) Tokyo b) Bangkok
iii) Zaire c) Kinshasha
iv) Thailand d) Japan
v) Congo e) Jerusulem
Which is correct set ? [ ]
i ii iii iv v i ii iii iv v
1) a b c d e 2) e d c b a
3) e d b c a 4) c d a b e
47. Form which country's Constitution, Indian Constitution borrowed Concurrent List ? [ ]
1) Canada 2) South Africa 3) Australia 4) Russia(USSR)
48. Maps which give information about mandals, districts, states, countries etc, are [ ]
1) Population Maps 2) Mineral Maps 3) Physical Maps 4) Political Maps
49. Who is the chief executive officer of ICICI bank at present ? [ ]
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya 2) Chanda Kochhar
3) C V R Rajendran 4) Arun Thaigarajan
50. Which bank account is open to individuals for their personal transactions ? [ ]
1) Savings Bank Account 2) Current Bank Account

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3) Fixed Deposit Account 4) Demat Account

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