INTSO EDUCATION

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD(GTSO) 2015 - 2016

STAGE - 1 TIME : 60 min.
CLASS : VII Max. Marks : 50

Instructions:
= Fill the OMR sheet completely and carefully.
= Each question carries one mark and has only one correct answer. No negative marks
= The question paper contains 50 questions to be answered in 60 minutes.

1. Some of the rivers and seas in which they join are given below. Identify the incorrect set.
1) R Danube - Black sea 2) R Volga - Caspian Sea [ ]
3) R . Vistula - Baltic Sea 4) R. Seine - Mediterranean Sea
2. What is the capital of Nigeria at present ? [ ]
1) Abuja 2) Lagos 3) Kano 4) Kaduna
3. Who is the author of ‘Communist Manifesto’? [ ]
1) Saint Siman 2) Louis Blanc 3) Karl Marx 4) Robert Owen
4. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to the President of India ? [ ]
1) The President is the head of the state.
2) The administration is run in the name of the President.
3) The power of the President is nominal.
4) The President cannot be removed from office under any circumstances.
5. What is the minimum age to become M.L.A.? [ ]
1) 21 years 2) 25 years 3) 30 years 4) 35 years
6. Which city of India is known as Garden city ? [ ]
1) Jaipur 2) Mumbai 3) Madurai 4) Banguluru
7. Which of the following statements are correct with reference to the climate of Europe ? [ ]
i) The climate of Western Europe is affected by 'Westerlies'.
ii) The climate of west coast of Europe is affected by " North Atlantic Drift'.
iii) Countries of Southern Europe experiences Mediterranean climate
iv) Europe has a hot climate than India.
1) i, ii and iii 2) ii, iii and iv 3) i, ii and iv 4) i, ii, iii and iv
8. Nigeria became independent in the year [ ]
1) 1959 2) 1960 3) 1961 4) 1963
9. Who is the author of ‘ India Wins Freedom’? [ ]
1) Subhas Chandra Bose 2) Sarojini Naidu
3) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 4) Tagore
10. The President does not enjoy this power [ ]
1) To convene the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
2) To prorogue the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
3) To dissolve Rajya Sabha.
4) To address the joint session of both houses of Parliament
11. Paris is situated on the river [ ]
1) Tiber 2) Avon 3) Danube 4) Seine

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12. Which country is known as ‘The sugar bowl of the world’? [ ]
1) Cuba 2) Chcina 3) U.S.A. 4) Chile
13. “Prathaparudra Yashobhushanam” was written by [ ]
1) Srinatha 2) Vidyantha 3) Pampa 4) Palkurki Somanatha
14. Which of the folowing countries are on the shores of the Arctic Ocean ? [ ]
i) Russia ii) Germany iii) Sweden iv) Finland
1) i, ii and iii 2) ii, iii and iv 3) i, iii and iv 4) i, ii, iii and iv
15. The first country to issue paper currency [ ]
1) Japan 2) Korea 3) China 4) U. S. A.
16. Who is the author of ‘My Experiments with Truth’? [ ]
1) Jawaharlal Nehru 2) Rabindranath Tagore
3) Mahathma Gandhi 4) S. Radha krishnan
17. Who among the following are not appointed by the President ? [ ]
1) Governors of the State 2) Ambassadors of other countries in our country
3) Chiefs of the three forces 4) Election Commissioners
18. Srinagar is situated on the banks of the river [ ]
1) Sutlej 2) Jhelum 3) Ganga 4) Tapti
19. Which city is known as ‘City of sky scrappers’ ? [ ]
1) Beijing 2) NewYork 3) San Francisco 4) Rome
20. What was the capital of Kakatiyas ? [ ]
1) Amaravathi 2) Vijayapuri 3) Orugallu 4) Hampi
21. The main source of electricity in France is [ ]
1) Thermal energy 2) Nuclear power 3) Hydel power 4) Gas based energy
22. Who was the first person to land on moon ? [ ]
1) Neil Armstrong 2) Yuri Gagarin 3) James Irwin 4) Ravish Malhotra
23. Who wrote ‘Panchatantra’? [ ]
1) Vishnu Sharma 2) Rohith Sharma 3) Pandit Ravi Sankar 4) Prem Chand
24. Which one among the following is not a power of the Lok Sabha ? [ ]
1) Electing Deputy Speaker 2) Electing Deputy Chairman
3) Controlling the Council of Ministers 4) Approving the Annual Budget
25. On the bank of which of the following rivers is the Indian city Agra located ? [ ]
1) Yamuna 2) Ganga 3) Saraswathi 4) Jhelum
26. Which country is called ‘Land of thousand lakes’? [ ]
1) Norway 2) Finland 3) Switzerland 4) Austria
27. Vijayanagara rulers imported horses from [ ]
1)French 2) Portuguese 3) English 4) Spanish
28. The world's largest gold and diamond mines are located in [ ]
1) Asia 2) Australia 3) Africa 4) Europe
29. The first woman Prime Minister of a country [ ]
1) Srimavo Bandaranaike 2) Indira Gandhi
3) Margaret Thatcher 4) Benazir Bhutto
30. Who is the author of ‘Indian Philosophy’? [ ]
1) S. Radhakrishnan 2) Rabindranath Tagore
3) G. Krishna Murthi 4) Prem Chand
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31. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to Prime Minister of India ?
1) The Prime Minister enjoys freedom to select the members of his Council of Ministers.
2) The Prime Minister is the leader of the Parliament. [ ]
3) State of Emergancy' is announced by the Prime Minister.
4) The Prime Minister advises the President Constitutionally.
32. Cairo is situated on the banks of river [ ]
1) Nile 2) Niger 3) Elve 4) Vistula
33. Which city is called ‘Eternal city’? [ ]
1) Rome 2) Washington 3) Paris 4) Londan
34. What was the capital of Bahamani Kingdom ? [ ]
1) Bidar 2) Raichur 3) Gulbarga 4) Raipur
35. Through which Continent do the Prime Meridian, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn pass ?
1) Asia 2) Africa 3) North America 4) Europe [ ]
36. The first country to send man to the moon [ ]
1) U. S. A. 2) U. S. S. R. 3) England 4) Japan
37. Who is the realhead of the executive in Central Government ? [ ]
1) President 2) Prime Minister 3) Vice President 4) Governor
38. The power to take policy decisions at the state level is with [ ]
1) Speaker 2) Governor 3) Finance Minister 4) Chief Minster
39. Which place is known as ‘the land of rising Sun’ ? [ ]
1) Japan 2) Germany 3) Newzealand 4) Australia
40. Who built a big fort, a tank and a temple called Thousand Pillared Temple in Anmakonda ?
[ ]
1) Rudrama Devi 2) Prataparudra 3) Rudra Deva 4) Ganapati Deva
41. Which was the important port during the time of Kakatiyas ? [ ]
1) Motupalli 2) Kakinada 3) Machilipatnam 4) Kandla
42. Which country in Africa was not colonised by Europeans ? [ ]
1) Congo 2) Algeria 3) Ethiopia 4) Sudan
43. The main source of income to the Mughals was [ ]
1) Service tax 2) Income tax
3) Property tax 4) Tax on the produce of the peasantry
44. Who was the founder of a religion ' Din-e-ilahi'? [ ]
1) Babur 2) Akbar 3) Jahangir 4) Aurangzeb
45. Ibadat Khana means [ ]
1) Diwani - i - Am 2) Diwani - I - Khas 3) Prayer hall 4) Royal Court hall
46. The book “Playing it my way” was written by [ ]
1) Sunil Gavaskar 2) Viswanathan Anand 3) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Kapil Dev

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47. Match the cities (I, II, III, IV) given in the map with their respective names.

a) Hampi b) Orugallu c) Agra d) Bijapur

What is the correct set ? [ ]
1) I - a, II - b, III - c, IV - d 2) I - d, II - c, III - b, IV - a
2) I - c, II - d, III - b, IV - a 4) I - c, II - d, III - a, IV - b
48. Identify the states from which only one member of Lok Sabha is elected from each state.
1) Manipur, Meghalaya 2) Mizoram, Nagaland [ ]
3) Sikkim, Tripura 4) Goa, Mizoram
49. Arrange the Kings of Vijayanagara in Chronological order based on their period of rule.
a) Devaraya II b) Krishnadevaraya
c) Aliya Rama Raya d) Saluva Narasimha Raya
Which is the correct set ? [ ]
1) a d b c 2) d c b a 3) a b c d 4) a b d c
50. Identify the city, which is not located on the banks of the River Ganga [ ]
1) Kanpur 2) Badrinath 3) Allahabad 4) Mathura

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