GK Olympiad for Class 9 - Sample question paper 05

Q) The 100 metre hurdles is a track and field event with spaced obstacles. It is run in lanes in which hurdles are placed so that athletes alternate between sprinting and jumping. How many hurdles are there in each lane?

A. 6

B. 8

C. 10

D. 12

Q) Commonwealth Games when started in 1930 were known as the ____________.

A. British Commonwealth Empire Games

B. British Empire Games

C. British Commonwealth Games

D. Royal British Empire Games

Q) Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded to honour achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think. These prizes are presented yearly actually by a Nobel Awardee, adding to the satire and value of the prize. Who founded Ig Nobel Prizes?

A. Jim Clifton

B. John M. Coetzee

C. Marc Abrahams

D. Larry Mcmurtry

Q) PDSA Dickin Medal was instituted by Maria Dickin to honour the work of animals in World War II in 1943. Name the winner of Dickin Medal for the year 2017.

A. Theo

B. Sasha

C. Mali

D. Reckless

Q) Exxon Valdez oil spill which is considered to be one of the most devastating human caused environmental disasters occurred in _________.

A. Prince William Sound, Alaska

B. Gulf of Mexico

C. East China Sea

D. Saronic Gulf, Greece.

Q) Consider the following mountains/hills in India.

(a) Nallamala

(b) Garhjat Hills

(c) Cardamom Hills

(d) Patkai Hills

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of the hills from north to south region?

A. (a)-(b)-(c)-(d)

B. (b)-(c)-(a)-(d)

C. (b)-(d)-(a)-(c)

D. (d)-(b)-(a)-(c)

Q) Guess the country to which the flag belongs, based on the hint given below:

• The flag carries an assault rifle, an AK-47 with the bayonet attached to the barrel crossed by the hoe superimposed on an open book.

A. Mozambique

B. Zambia

C. Libya

D. Eritrea

Q) ________ invented the first commercially successful electronic pH meter.

A. Nikola Tesla

B. William George Morgan

C. Alan Turing

D. Arnold Orville Beckman

Q) Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, who has won the prestigious "Grammy Award" is an exponent of the ___________.

A. Mohan Veena

B. Tabla

C. Sarod

D. Violin

Q) On 6th April 1896, the American ______ won the triple jump medal to become the first Olympic champion in more than 1500 years.

A. Spyridon Louis

B. James Connolly

C. Mark Spitz

D. Alfred Flatow

Q) _______ is not a hermaphrodite?

A. Snail

B. Slug

C. Clown fish

D. Cockroach

Q) Which of the following statements is correct about app - TUMBLR?

A. It is a microblogging platform and social networking website by Microsoft.

B. It allows users to post multimedia content to a short-form blog.

C. It is a presentation software by Apple Inc.

D. Both A and B

Q) Identify the country based on the hint given below:

• The cedar tree is its national emblem.  Apart from this, it is also the logo of the country's flag carrier airline, Middle East Airlines.

A. Syria

B. Russia

C. Lebanon

D. Philippines

Q) It is one of the strongest animals in the North American grasslands. It became nearly extinct by a combination of poaching and slaughter along with the introduction of bovine diseases but now its number has rebounded due to its conservation in national parks. It is also the national mammal of USA. Identify this animal.

A. American bison

B. American badger

C. American black bear

D. American beaver

Q) 'The Tao of Cricket : On Games of Destiny and the Destiny of Games' is the book written by

A. Kapil Dev

B. Sunil Gavaskar

C. Ashis Nandy

D. Khushwant Singh.