GK Olympiad for Class 8 - Sample question paper 11

Posted by Olympiad Tester on Feb 25, 2024

Q) The person who walks on ropes is called a ______.

A. Chiropodist

B. Funambulist

C. Periodontist

D. Ventriloquist

Answer: B. Funambulist

Q) Which of the following is a famous poetic composition by Alexander Pope?

A. Ode to the West Wind

B. The Canterbury Tales

C. No Man is an Island

D. Ode on Solitude

Answer: D. Ode on Solitude

Q) He was a German general and military theorist, popularly known as the ‘Desert fox’ He served as field Marshal of Nazi Germany during World War II. Identify him.

A. Erwin Rommel

B. Walter Scott

C. Adolf Hitler

D. Napoleon

Answer: A. Erwin Rommel

Q) Araku Valley is a hill station in Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The area around it has rich biodiversity. It is famous for its plantation of

A. Tea

B. Tobacco

C. Coffee

D. Rubber

Answer: C. Coffee

Q) The most abundant elements of the Earth crust in decreasing order of %age abundance are

A. Aluminium, iron, copper, oxygen

B. Hydrogen, oxygen, copper, aluminium

C. Oxygen, silicon aluminium, iron

D. Iron, aluminium, hydrogen, silicon

Answer: C. Oxygen, silicon aluminium, iron

Q) Project tiger was started in 1973. Its aim is to create reserves in selected areas of India to increase the tiger population. Identify which of the following is not a tiger reserve.

A. Dudhwa National Park

B. Kanha National Park

C. Similipal National Park

D. Keoladeo Ghana National Park

Answer:D. Keoladeo Ghana National Park

Explanation:Keoladeo National Park is not a tiger reserve. It is a vast bird sanctuary and former royal game reserve in the north Indian state of Rajasthan.

Q) How many sections are there in ‘Wildlife Protection Act 1972’?

A. 66

B. 32

C. 71

D. 18

Answer: A. 66

Explanation: This Act contains 66 Sections which are further divided into seven chapters and six schedules

Q) Which of the following plants generally has bisexual flowers?

A. Papaya

B. Petunia

C. Cucumber

D. Asparagus

Answer: B. Petunia

Q) The term ‘hook pass’ is related to ______.

A. Chess

B. Basketball

C. Hockey

D. Soccer

Answer: B. Basketball

Explanation: The hook pass consists of offensive action that occurs when a player in possession of the basketball propels it through the air with a throwing motion that is somewhat similar to a hook, which could then lead to scoring or playmaking opportunities.

Q) The form of poetry where in a poem the first letter of each line spells a word that fits the theme of the poem or shows a deeper meaning is called ______.

A. Haiku

B. Acrostic

C. Epic

D. Sonnet

Answer: B. Acrostic

Q) ___________ is called the ‘Forest man of India’.

A. Dr. Salim Ali

B. Jadav Payeng

C. Sunderlal Bahuguna

D. Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Answer: B. Jadav Payeng

Explanation: Jadav "Molai" Payeng is an environmental activist and forestry worker from Majuli, popularly known as the Forest Man of India. Over the course of several decades, he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve.

Q) __________ is a crystal of calcium oxalate found in some plants as a metabolic product.

A. Raphides

B. Resins

C. Latex

D. Tuber

Answer: A. Raphides

Q)___________ became the first Indian to win an Academy Award in 1983 for designing the costumes for Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’.

A. Bhanu Athaiya

B. Masaba Gupta

C. Ritu Kumar

D. Anna Singh

Answer: A. Bhanu Athaiya

Q) Which colour of light deviates the least when light enters from one medium to another?

A. Red

B. Green

C. Yellow

D. Blue

Answer: A. Red

Q) Which of the following gases present in air leads to discolouration of a brass vase?

A. Hydrogen sulphide

B. Carbon dioxide

C. Nitrogen

D. Argon

Answer: A. Hydrogen sulphide

Q) Which of the following paintings does not belong to famous painter MF Hussain?

A. Gaja Gamini

B. Mother India

C. Between the Spider and the Lamp

D. Flight of steel

Answer: D. Flight of steel

Q) The Child Labour Prevention Act was amended by the Government of India in ______.

A. 2016

B. 2004

C. 2010

D. 2012

Answer: A. 2016

Explanation: The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act,1986 was amended in the year 2016 and enacted as the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act.

Q) Who was the Mughal Emperor who gave royal patronage to East India Company?

A. Akbar

B. Bahadur Shah Jafar

C. Jahangir

D. Babar

Answer: C. Jahangir

Q) When were Fundamental duties included in the constitution of India?

A. 1972

B. 1952

C. 1976

D. 1960

Answer: C. 1976