ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL SHILLONG
ANNUAL EXAMINATION: (2022-23)
SUBJECT: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
CLASS: V
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 50
Name: ____________________________________________________ Roll No.______ Sec: _____
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1. Choose the correct option : 1X10=10
a) A group of frogs is called
i) Cloud ii) School iii) Army iv) Plague
b) _____________________ was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992
for his English novel ‘Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra’.
i) Ruskin Bond ii) George Eliot iii) LeoTolstoy iv) WilliamShakespeare
c) It is a nocturnal species that can be found scurrying along the branches of
trees for a meal of fruits, flowers, nuts and insects
i) Dormouse ii) Tarsier iii) Bat iv) Badger
d) Out of all mammals, it has the largest eyes relatives to its body size. It uses its
huge eyes to see insects, lizards, frogs and other prey in the dark of the night.
i) Tarsier ii) Dormouse iii) Bat iv) Badger
e) ______________________________ is a string puppet from Karnataka
i) Gombeyattta ii) Pavakoothu iii) Kundhei iv) Kalasutri - Bahulya
f) The second most abundant element found on earth’s crust is
i) Iron ii) Copper iii) Silicon iv) Mercury
g) When is the National Science Day observed
i) 3rd March ii) 28th February iii) 21st June iv) 15th August
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h) Which body part is affected by pyorrhea?
i) Gums ii) Leg iii) Ears iv) Eyes
i) It is native to Central and South America and is also known as a honey bear.
At night it climbs on the trees to look for fruits
i) Kinkajou ii) Badger iii) Dormouse iv) Tarsier
j) He received nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from
1902 to 1906
i) WilliamShakespeare ii) George Eliot iii) LeoTolstoy iv) Ruskin Bond
2. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statement 1X6=6
a) A group of rhinoceroses is called a plague.
b) A group of turtle is called bale.
c) Coconut is used in many religious ceremonies of the Hindus and is even
distributed as Prasad..
d) Mango leaves are hung by a string to express the auspiciousness of an
occasion.
e) Lactometer removes nitrogen gas from air and supplies oxygen rich air.
f) Goitre and enlarged thyroid gland is caused due to deficiency of vitamin D.
3. Fill in the blanks 1X10=10
a) The flag of India consist of ______________equal sized horizontal stripes.
b) The middle stripe at its centre bears the design of _______________________
in navy colour with 24 equally spaced spokes.
c) ___________________________ hoisted the Indian National Flag on
Mount Everest for the first time on 29 May 1953.
d) According to the law, the National Flag of India must be made in
______________________.
e) ___________________________ is the largest natural satellite of Saturn.
f) Uranus was discovered by __________________________________.
g) Venus is the ____________________________ and brightest planet on the
Solar System.
h) __________________________________ is the most dangerous bird in the
world.
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i) ________________________________ is a small bird of prey. It is found in
Southern United States swamp forests.
j) _____________________________ tree is generally said to be the humble
abode of lord Krishna.
4. Match the following column: 1X10=10
A B
a) Vitamin A i) JK Rowling
b) Iron ii) Heavenly bodies
c) Vitamin C iii) Kerala
d) Clinical Thermometer iv) Fertiliser
e) Telescope v) Cutting and gathering of crops
f) Pulse oximeter vi) Anaemia
g) Manuring vii) Body heat
h) Weeding viii) Oxygen level
i) Harvesting ix) Scurvy
j) Harry Potter x) Night blindness
5. Answer the following questions: 1X10=10
a) Name the body part that is affected by glaucoma.
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b) Name the colour of rainbow that is in the centre.
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c) People of which blood group are called universal donors.
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d) Name the hardest naturally occurring substance.
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e) Name the largest constituent of atmospheric air.
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f) What is the width to length ratio of the National Flag of India?
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g) Name a rod puppet from West Bengal.
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h) Name the third planet from the sun.
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i) Name the smallest planet in the solar system which is closest to the sun.
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j) Name the largest flightless bird in the world.
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6. Identify the pictures: 1X4=4
HELP BOX: Kathputli Emu Microscope Bat
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