GK Olympiad for Class 9 - Sample question paper 10

Q) Identify the person in the picture, based on the hints give:

• He was a nuclear physicist and founding director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

• He is known as the "Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme".

A. Homi Jehangir Bhabha

B. Vikram Sarabhai

C. Raja Ramanna

D. C.V. Raman

Q) Identify the lady based on the hints given:

• With 17 goals for Brazil, she holds the record for most goals scored at FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.

• She is one of the most talented Brazilian female soccer players, named the FIFA World Player of the Year for five consecutive years from 2006 to 2010.

A. Christine Sinclair

B. Marta Vieira da Silva

C. Birgit Prinz

D. Homare Sawa

Q) In the picture below, you can see the Ausangate Mountain. It is located in _________.

A. Brazil

B. Argentina

C. Peru

D. Bolivia

Q) __________ is one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1885.

A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

B. Motilal Nehru

C. Annie Besant

D. A.O. Hume

Q) Select the incorrect match of the book and its corresponding author.

A. Scouting for Boys - Robert Baden-Powell

B. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

C. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

D. Little Red Book - Paulo Coelho

Q) What is meant by ‘Quo Warranto’?

A. A writ used to challenge a person's right to hold a public or corporate office

B. Order to secure the performance of public duties by lower court

C. A writ used to release a person who has been detained unlawfully

D. Order to quash the order of an inferior court.

Q) Identify the lady based on the hints given below:

• She was an outstanding Hindi poet, a freedom fighter and an educationist.

• Widely regarded as the “Modern Meera”, she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1988.

A. Mahadevi Verma

B. Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

C. Sarojini Naidu

D. Amrita Pritam

Q) Addition of fertilisers to aquatic systems mostly leads to __________.

A. Increased growth of phytoplankton and hyperoxic conditions

B. Increased growth of phytoplankton and hypoxic conditions

C. Decreased growth of phytoplankton and hypoxic conditions

D. Decreased growth of phytoplankton and hyperoxic conditions.

Q) Rabat is the capital city of __________.

A. Nigeria

B. Chad

C. Morocco

D. Mali

Q) The ‘Instrument of Instructions’ contained in the Government of India Act of 1935 has been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as ____________.

A. Fundamental Rights

B. Directive Principles of State Policy

C. Extent of Executive Power of State

D. Conduct of Business of the Government of India.

Q) How many pairs of letters are there in the word MYSTERIOUS which have number of letters between them in the word one less than the number of letters between them in the English alphabet?

A. Two

B. Three

C. One

D. More than three

Q) Which of the following is a correct sequence of sea ports of India from “South to North”?

A. Kochi → Mangalore → Tuticorin → Ratnagiri

B. Ratnagiri → Tuticorin → Mangalore → Kochi

C. Tuticorin → Kochi → Mangalore → Ratnagiri

D. Tuticorin → Mangalore → Ratnagiri → Kochi

Q) ________ directed the movie Neerja and was ranked as number 11 in the most awarded Directors by the Gunn report.

A. Vishal Bhardwaj

B. Ram Madhvani

C. Ashutosh Gowariker

D. Anurag Basu

Q) The first UN Climate Change Conference was held in 1995 in __________.

A. Berlin, Germany

B. Geneva, Switzerland

C. Kyoto, Japan

D. Lima, Peru.

Q) _________ is the most commonly used gas as inhalation anesthetic in dental surgery.

A. Argon

B. Hydrogen

C. Sulphur dioxide

D. Nitrous oxide