INTSO EDUCATION

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD(GTSO) 2015 - 2016

STAGE - 2 TIME : 60 min.
CLASS : IV 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. What is the national currency of Saudi Arabia ? [ ]
1) Saudi shekel 2) Saudi riyal 3) Saudi real 4) Saudi dirham
2. The dance performance is encouraged from the temple of Tanjore was [ ]
1) Kathak 2) Odissi 3) Kathakali 4) Bharatanatyam
3. Consider the following statements
A) The design of the national flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22nd
July, 1947.
B) The National Anthem was first sung on 27th December, 1911 at the Calcutta Session of Indian
National Congress.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct ? [ ]
1) A only 2) B only 3) Both A and B 4) Neither 1 nor 2
4. Which is the largest sea port in India ? [ ]
1) Chennai 2) Kochi 3) Mumbai 4) Visakhapatnam
5. Which of the following statements is not correct in regard to the planets of the Solar System ?
1) All the planets are made of rock and metal [ ]
2) All the planets move round the Sun from west to east
3) All the planets revolve round the Sun in different elliptical orbits
4) All the planets shine because they reflect the light of the Sun
6. Assertion (A) : The Gangetic plains are among the most beautiful agricultural areas of the world.
Reason (R) : The Gangetic plains contain predominantly regur soil. [ ]
1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
3) A is true but R is false
4) A is false but R is ture
7. According to Gandhiji who was ‘The Maker of Modern India’? [ ]
1) A.O. Hume 2) Lala Lajpati Rai
3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 4) Subhash Chandra Bose
8. Who among the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries ? [ ]
1) Annie Besant 2) Sarojini Naidu 3) Madam Cama 4) Usha Mehta
9. Which of the following is the official residence of the Prime Minister of India? [ ]
1) No. 1 Safdarjung Road 2) No. 10 Janpath
3) No. 1 Akbar Road 4) No. 7 Race Course Road

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10. Earth revolve around the Sun in a fixed path is called [ ]
1) Axis 2) Orbit 3) Line 4) None of these
11. Who was the only Prime Minister of India to be awarded the “Nishan - E - Pakistan - Pakistan’s
highest civilian honour ? [ ]
1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2) Morarji Desai 3) Indira Gandhi 4) P.V. Narasimha Rao
12. Which one of the following Prime Minister never faced the Parliament during the tenure ?
1) V.P. Singh 2) Chandra Sekhar [ ]
3) Chaudhary Charan Singh 4) A.B. Vajpayee
13. What is the capital of China ? [ ]
1) Beijing 2) Shanghai 3) Tianjin 4) Dongguan
14. Who is the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ? [ ]
1) Prakash Mishra 2) Surendra Singh 3) Anil Kumar Sinha 4) Anitha Kapoor
15. Who is the first Indian President to die in office ? [ ]
1) S. Radhakrishnan 2) Zakir Hussain 3) N. Sanjiva Reddy 4) Rajendra Prasad
16. Which planet was the first to be discovered by using telescope ? [ ]
1) Mars 2) Uranus 3) Saturn 4) Jupiter
17. Who served the longest term as the President in India? [ ]
1) Rajendra Prasad 2) V. V. Giri 3) Zakir Hussain 4) Giani Jail Singh
18. Which of the following dances is a solo dance ? [ ]
1) Ottan Thullal 2) Kuchipudi 3) Yakshagana 4) Odissi
19. Who among the following had drafted the “Declaration of Independence” pledge in 1930 ?
1) Motilal Nehru 2) Jawaharlal Nehru 3) Mahatma Gandhi 4) C.R. Das [ ]
20. Who popularised ‘Jai Hind’ as a salute of India? [ ]
1) Gandhiji 2) Subhash Chandra Bose
3) Nehru 4) Patel
21. Identify the following picture. [ ]
1) Sun Temple, Konark

2) Golden Temple

3) Angkor wat

4) Chennakeshava Temple, Belur

22. The capital of Libya is [ ]

1) Belgrade 2) Havana 3) Kampala 4) Tripoli
23. Which of the following planets is considered as ‘Earth’s - twin’ ? [ ]
1) Mars 2) Mercury 3) Venus 4) Saturn
24. What is the currency of Belarus ? [ ]
1) Euro 2) Real 3) Ruble 4) Peso
25. While watching the night sky, various patterns formed by different groups of stars are called as
1) Andriod 2) Star patterns 3) Constellations 4) Pole star [ ]
26. Which is the closest planet to the Sun? [ ]
1) Mercury 2) Venus 3) Earth 4) Mars

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27. What is the predominant type of Indian agriculture ? [ ]
1) Commercial agriculture 2) Extensive agriculture
3) Plantation agriculture 4) Subsistence agriculture
28. How much time does the moon take to complete one revolution around the earth ? [ ]
1) 45 days 2) 28 days 3) 6 months 4) 3 months
29. A proclamation of Emergency, unless it is approved by resolutions of both the Houses of Parliment,
will cease to be in operation with in [ ]
1) One month from the date of its proclamation
2) Two months from the date of its proclamation
3) Three months from the date of its proclamation
4) Six months from the date of its proclamation
30. Animals and plants are the best protected in [ ]
1) Botanical Gardens 2) Zoos 3) National Parks 4) Sanetuaries
31. The special Calcutta Session, 1920 in which Mahatma Gandhi moved the Non - Cooperation
resolution was presided by ? [ ]
1) C.R. Das 2) B.C. Pal 3) Lala Lajpati Rai 4) Motilal Nehru
32. Indian Railways was started in the year [ ]
1) 1851 2) 1852 3) 1853 4) 1854
33. The correct ascending order of distance of planets from the Sun is [ ]
1) Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn 2) Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
3) Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter 4) Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Saturn
34. Ravi Sankar was famous for which musical instrument? [ ]
1) Sitar 2) Tabla 3) Veena 4) Flute
35. Kathmandu is the capital of which country ? [ ]
1) Peru 2) Oman 3) Qatar 4) Nepal
36. Birth anniversary of which Prime Minister is observed as ‘Sadbhawna Diwas’? [ ]
1) Lal Bahadur Shastri 2) Indira Gandhi
3) Rajiv Gandhi 4) P. V. Narasimha Rao
37. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance? [ ]
1) Kuchipudi 2) Kathak 3) Manipuri 4) Mohiniattam
38. Which among the following was the venue of Indian National Army (INA) trail ? [ ]
1) Calcutta High Court 2) Supreme Court 3) Federal Court 4) Red Fort
39. The Indian Prime Minister who born in independent India? [ ]
1) Narendra Modi 2) Rajiv Gandhi
3) Jawaharlal Nehru 4) A.B Vajpayee
40. Which among the famous folk dance is prevalent in Rajasthan? [ ]
1) Ghumar 2) Gidda 3) Kathak 4) Garba
41. Which planet is called as ‘ Red Planet’? [ ]
1) Mars 2) Saturn 3) Neptune 4) Venus
42. Who wrote the famous book ‘ Discovery of India’? [ ]
1) Nehru 2) Gandhiji 3) Patel 4) Ambedkar
43. Who is the Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ? [ ]
1) K.G. Balakrishnan 2) S. Rajendra Babu 3) Cyriac Joseph 4) Ranganath Mishra

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44. Who was the founder of Hyderabad State Praja Party ? [ ]
1) Madapati Hanumanth Rao 2) Gadicherla Harisarvottama Rao
3) Tanguturi Prakasam 4) Alluri Sitarama Raju
45. What is the national currency of South Africa ? [ ]
1) South African real 2) Soth African rand
3) South African dinar 4) South African dollar
46. Which of the following Prime Ministers belongs to Telangana state? [ ]
1) P. V. Narasimha Rao 2) N. Sanjiva Reddy
3) K. Chandra Sekhar Rao 4) Lal Bahadur Shastri
47. Who is the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister ? [ ]
1) Anant Geete 2) Kalaraj Mishra 3) Suresh Prabhu 4) J.P. Nadda
48. Which one of the following trees are found in Topical Evergreen Forests ? [ ]
1) Mahogany 2) Xerophytes 3) Teak 4) Oak
49. Which of the following soils found in India, is the most useful for agriculture ? [ ]
1) Laterite soil 2) Alluvial soil 3) Red soil 4) Marshy soil
50. Which of the following statements about the State Governor is not true ? [ ]
1) He is a part of state legislature 2) He can pardon a sentence of death
3) He appoints judges of the State High Court 4) He has emergency powers

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