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FA 1 – MODULES 1-3
FA 2 – MODULES 4-6
SA 1 – MODULES 1-6
FA 3 – MODULES 7-9
FA 4 – MODULES 10-12
SA 2 – MODULES 7-12
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MODULE 1: OUR BODY
A. Write the name of organ system.
1. Controls the chemical messenger of the body called hormones. ……………
Answer: Glandular system
2. Involves in reproduction of living organisms. ……………
Answer: Reproductive system
3. Responsible for digestion of food …………….
Answer: Digestive system
4. Regulates the blood circulation of the body …………….
Answer: Circulatory system
5. Involves the intake of oxygen and expulsion of carbon dioxide ……………
Answer: Respiratory system
6. Controls and regulates the activities of all the other systems of the body …………… Answer: Nervous system
7. Maintains normal level of water and other small molecules in the body …………… Answer: Urinary system
B. Guess the answer from description.
1. Inside the head, a part of the body that controls memory, thoughts and feeling s of a human being is called ……………
Answer: brain
2. Organs in the chest with which we breathe fresh air are called ……………
Answer: lungs
3. An organ that pumps blood to different parts of the part of the body is known as ……………
Answer: [heart]
4. It removes the waste product from the blood. It is called ……………
Answer: kidney
5. An organ that is located in stomach and regulates sugar in the body is called ……………
Answer: pancreas
C. Name the diseases from their symptoms.
1. Too frequent emptying of the bowels ……………
Answer: diarrhea
2. A serious infectious disease of the throat……………
Answer: diphtheria
3. Infectious disease with fever, cough and constant sneezing……………
Answer: influenza
4. Infectious disease causing frequent vomiting and continual emptying of the bowels ……………
Answer: cholera
5- Disease of the gums causing them to shrink, with loss of the teeth……………
Answer: Pyorrhea
6. Disease caused by the stoppage of the flow of bile, marked by yellowness of the skin and whiteness of the eyes……………
Answer: Jaundice
7. Painful disease of the bowels, with discharge of mucus and blood……………
Answer: dysentery
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MODULE 2: GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT
A. Write the name of the following.
1. High flat land is called a ……………
Answer: plateau
2. A …………… is a body of water with land around it.
Answer: lake
3. The bottom of the sea is known as ……………
Answer: seabed
4. The shape of the earth is ……………
Answer: spherical
5. A …………… is a tropical storm in the regions of Indian or Western Pacific Ocean.
Answer: typhoon
6. …………… is the frozen Dew.
Answer: Frost
7. …………… is a house made of ice blocks.
Answer: Igloo
8. …………… is a narrow strip of water connecting to seas or large bodies of water. Answer: Strait
9. …………… is a system of wind rotating around the centre of minimum barometric pressure.
Answer: Cyclone
10. A …………… is a place with scanty water and typically covered with sand.
Answer: desert
B. Write correct word of the following.
1. Reducing the degree of intensity or eliminating population ……………
Answer: Abatement
2. Organic waste, typically coming from plant or animal sources (for example food scrap and paper) which other living organized can break down.
Answer: Biodegradable waste
3. A community of organisms that depend on each other and the environment they inhabit. ……………
Answer: Ecosystem
4. The mass of air surrounding the earth ……………
Answer: Atmosphere
5. Design of a building that includes environmentally friendly features such as solar panel sky light or recycled buildings materials ……………
Answer: Green design
6. Sudden spurt of algal growth, which can affect water quality adversely and indicate potential hazardous changes in the local water chemistry ……………
Answer: Algal blooms
7. The reduction of trees in wood or forest due to natural forces or women activity such as burning or logging ……………
Answer: Deforestation
8. A unit of carbon dioxide bought to reduce greenhouse gas emission. …………… Answer: Carbon credit
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MODULE 3: CURRENT AFFAIRS - REVISION
1. What is the hardest substance?
Answer: Diamond
2. What is the full form of NSS?
Answer: National Service Scheme
3. Who is the full form of NCC?
Answer: National Cadet Corps
4. What is the full form of SIT?
Answer: Special Investigation Team
5. What is the full form of NIA?
Answer: National Investigation Agency
6. What is the full form of PTA?
Answer: Parents’ Teachers Association
7. What is the full form of PTO?
Answer: Please Turn Over
8. What is the full form of MSME?
Answer: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
9. What is NBFC in economy?
Answer: Non-Banking Finance Company
10. What is the first month in Hindi year called?
Answer: Chaith
11. What is the last month in Hindi year called?
Answer: Falguna
12. What is the full form of MVA?
Answer: Motor Vehicles Act
13. What is the full form of NSA?
Answer: National Security Advisor
14. How many bones are there in human body?
Answer: 206
15. Where is Madison Square?
Answer: New York, USA
16. Where is Times Square?
Answer: New York, USA
17. What is the full form of LOC?
Answer: Line Of Control
18. What is the full form of LAC?
Answer: Line of Actual Control
19. What is the full form of PAN?
Answer: Permanent Account Number
20. What is the full form of ED?
Answer: Enforcement Directorate
21. What is the full form of UNGA?
Answer: United Nations General Assembly
22. What is the full form of UNSC?
Answer: United Nations Security Council
23. What is the full form of WTO?
Answer: World Trade Organization
24. What is the full form of IMF?
Answer: International Monetary Fund
25. What is IMF popularly called?
Answer: World Bank
26. What is the full form of WHO?
Answer: World Health Organization
27. Where is the headquarters of UN?
Answer: New York, USA
28. What is the full form of GATT?
Answer: General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
29. What is the full form of NPT?
Answer: Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
30. What is the full form of NSG?
Answer: Nuclear Suppliers Group
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MODULE 4: MAJOR INVENTORS
1. Who invented Air Conditioning?
2. Who is the inventor of Ball-Point Pen?
3. Who invented the internet?
4. Who invented the mobile phone?
5. Who invented ceiling fans?
6. Who is inventor of Insulin?
7. Who is the inventor of Television?
8. Who is the inventor of medical Thermometer?
9. The name of the inventor of Telephone?
10. Who invented the Typewriter?
11. Who invented the Postage stamp (adhesive)?
12. What is the name of the inventor of Postcard?
13. Who invented the DNA (structure)?
14. What is the name of the inventor of Camera Photographic film?
15. When was the Electric washing machine invented?
16. Who is the inventor of submarine?
17. Who is the inventor of Refrigerator?
18. Who invented Microscope (compound)?
19. Who is the inventor of Calculator (pocket)?
20. When was the Battery (dry cell) invented?
21. Who invented Bicycle (pedal)?
22. Who is the inventor of Match (safety, phosphorous)?
23. Who invented X-rays?
Answers
1) Willis Carrier [in 1902].
2) Ladislo Biro [in 1938]
3) Robert E. Kahn and Vint Cerf.
4) Martin Cooper.
5 Philip Diehl [in 1882].
6) Frederick Banting & Charles Best [in 1921].
7) John Logie Baird [in 1926]
8) Thomas Allbutt [in 1867].
9) Alexander Graham Bell [in 1876].
10) William A Burt [in 1829].
11) James Chalmers [in 1834].
12) John P Charlton [in 1861].
13) Francis Crick, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin [in 1953].
14) George Eastmann [in 1888-1889]
15) 1908,1910 (patent) by Alva Fisher.
16) Cornelis Drebbel.
17) Carl Paul
18) Hans Janssen [in 1590].
19) Jack Kilby [in 1967 (patent)].
20) in 1866 (patent) by Georges Leclenche.
21) Kirkpatrick Macmillan [in 1839].
22) Johan Edward Lundstrom [in 1855].
23) Wilhelm Roentgen [in 1895].
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MODULE 5: CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Who is the Prime Minister of India?
2. Who is the President of India?
3. Who is the Home Minister of India?
4. Who is the Finance Minister of India?
5. Who is the Defence Minister of India?
6. Who is the Railway Minister of India?
7. Who is the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
8. Who is the Finance Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
9. Who is the Governor of Uttar Pradesh?
10. Who is the Chief Minister of Delhi?
11. Who is the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi?
12. Who is the Chief Minister of West Bengal?
13. Who is the Chief Minister of Uttaranchal?
14. Who is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan?
15. Who is the Chief Minister of Bihar?
16. Who is the Chief of the Defence Staff in India?
17. Who is the Chairman of SBI?
18. Who is the Chief Justice of India?
19. Who is the Chief Judge of the Allahabad High Court?
20. Who is the Vice-President of India?
ANSWERS
1) Mr Narendra Modi
2) Mrs. Draupadi Murmu
3) Mr Amit Shah
4) Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman
5) Mr Rajnath Singh
6) Mr Ashwini Vaishnav
7) Yogi Adityanath
8) Mr Suresh Khanna
9) Mrs Anandiben Patel
10) Mrs Rekha Gupta
11) Mr Vinay Kumar Saxena
12) Ms Mamata Banerjee
13) Mr Pushkar Singh Dami
14) Mr Bhajan Lal Sharma
15) Mr Nitish Kumar
16) General Anil Chauhan
17) Mr Challa Srinivasulu Setty
18) Justice Bhushan Gavai
19) Justice Arun Bhansali
20) Mr Jagdeep Dhankar
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MODULE 6: ANIMAL SOUNDS
Learn the sounds of animals. Search these creatures in Google and write one attractive point each.
Hippopotamuses – growl
Hyenas – laugh
Magpies – chatter
Mice/rats – squeak
Monkeys – scream
Mosquitoes – buzz
Okapis – cough
Oxen – moo
Owls – hoot
Parrots – squawk
Pigs/hogs – grunt
Pigeons – coo
Rabbits/Hares – squeak
Ravens – croak
Rhinoceroses – bellow
Rooks – caw
Seals – bark
Sheep/goats/lambs – bleat
Snakes – hiss
Swans – cry
Tapirs – squeak
Vultures – scream
Walruses – groan
Whales – sing
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MODULE 7: THE WORLD OF SCIENCE
A. Write the name of the following.
1. The branch of this tree is used as a symbol of peace.
Answer: Olive
2. The juice of fruit of this tree makes a refreshing drink during the summer.
Answer: Bael
3. This is a moody fibre used to make mats, baskets, coarse ropes, fabrics etc.
Answer: Coir
4. This plant grows where there is a little or no rain. Many of such plants are protected by prickly spines.
Answer: Cactus
5. The fruit of this tree is associated with Adam and Eve, the first ancestors of mankind.
Ans: Apple
6. This tree is sacred to both Hindus and the Buddhist.
Answer: Peepal
7. This is among the tallest trees in the world found in Australia. It also has medicinal properties.
Answer: Eucalyptus
8. This is the most massive and giant tree in the world that grows in California.
Answer: Redwood
9. This is the oldest tree in the world found in California. It ranks among the world's oldest and largest living things.
Answer: Sequoia
10. This plant grows faster than any other plants, nearly a meter in a day. This plant is also the tallest among the grass family.
Answer: Bamboo
B. Write the name of the following.
1. Study of sound and sound waves is called.
Answer: Acoustics
2. Science of plant life and plant nutrient is called.
Answer: Agrobiology
3. Study of origin, physical and cultural development of mankind is called.
Answer: Optics
4. The branch of biology that deals with animal life is called.
Answer: Zoology
5. Plant Kingdom is studied under.
Answer: Botany
6. Study of poison is called.
Answer: Toxicology
7. Study of birds is called.
Answer: Ornithology
8. The study of properties and nature of light is called.
Answer: Optics
9. Study of atmosphere and its phenomena is called.
Answer: Meteorology
10. The study of life processes various organs of a living organized is called.
Answer: Physiology
C. Fill in the blanks.
1. Malaria is a disease caused by……………
Answer: mosquitoes
2. Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of……………
Answer: iodine
3. An example of a disease caused by virus is……………
Answer: chickenpox
4. Beri- beri is caused due to the deficiency of vitamin……………
Answer: B1
5. Myopia is connected with ……………
Answer: eyes
6. The most common contagious illness is……………
Answer: common cold
7. Liver disease that makes skin yellow……………
Answer: jaundice
8. Diabetes is related with ……………
Answer: blood sugar
9. Rickets is a disease of the……………
Answer: bones
10. Which disease has posed serious threat to the world ……………
Answer: bird flu
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MODULE 8: THE WORLD OF SPORTS
A. Fill in the blanks.
1. …………… is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in lawn tennis for India.
Answer: Leander Paes
2. …………… won the gold medal for Career Golden Slam in 2012 London Olympic Games.
Answer: Serena William
3. …………… is a famous lawn tennis court located in London.
Answer: Wimbledon
4. 78ft. ×…………… are the dimensions of a tennis court for the Singles Game.
Answer: 28ft.
5. Peti Sampras of USA won a record …………… Grand Slams men's Singles Title.
Answer: 14
6. …………… is one of the youngest Indian to receive the Padma Shri award.
Answer: Sania Mirza
7. …………… is the first Grand Slam of the year.
Answer: Australian Open
8. …………… won the Men's Singles of Australian Open 2008.
Answer: Novak Djokovic
B. Fill in the blanks.
1. …………… is the first Indian tennis player to reach the top 50 in world ranking of lawn tennis.
Answer: Sania Mirza
2. The first Indian woman to win the medal in world championship of athletic is ……………
Answer: Anju Bobby George.
3. …………… is the only badminton player after Prakash Padukone to win senior National badminton championship for a record 9 constructive Times.
Answer: Aparna Popat
4. First Asian to cross the English channel was ……………
Answer: Aarti Saha.
5. …………… is the youngest woman to win a match at Wimbledon at the age of 14.
Answer: Jennifer Capriati
6. …………… is the first tennis player in modern singles ,doubles and mixed doubles title of all the four grand slams.
Answer: Martina Navratilova
7. …………… of the USA made the record to win 5 medals in athletics in Sydney Olympics 2000.
Answer: Marion Jones
8. …………… first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting.
Answer: K. Malleswari
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MODULE 9: PWER PROJECTS AND QUOTATIONS
A. Write where the following power projects are located.
1. Panki Thermal Power Station.
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
2. Neyveli Thermal Power Station.
Answer: Tamil Nadu
3. Trombay Thermal Power Project.
Answer: Maharashtra
4. Naptha Jhakri Hydro-electric Project.
Answer: Himachal Pradesh.
5. Badarpur Thermal Power Station.
Answer: Delhi.
6. Hirakud Hydroelectric Project.
Answer: Odisha
7. Nizam Sagar Hydel Scheme.
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
8. Salal Hydroelectric Project.
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
9. Loktak Hydroelectric Project.
Answer: Manipur
10. Karba Thermal Project.
Answer: Chhattisgarh
B. Write who said the following.
1. Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother.
Answer: Vivekananda
2. Man is by nature a political animal.
Answer: Aristotle
3. Aaram Haram Hai.
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Listen to many, speak to a few.
Answer: Shakespeare
5. Knowledge is Power-
Answer: Francis Bacon
6. Big brother is watching you.
Answer: George Orwell
7. Truth and nonviolence are my God.
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
8. Jai Jawan Jai Kisan.
Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri
9. Eureka! Eureka!.
Answer: Archimedes
10. Swaraj is my birthright.
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
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MODULE 10: EXTREMES IN INDIA
Longest River Bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Longest River - Ganga
Longest Tributary River -Yamuna
Longest River of South India - Godavari
Longest Tunnel - Jawahar Tunnel (in Jammu and Kashmir)
Longest National Highway - NH-7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
Highest Mountain Peak- K2, also known as Godwin Austin
Longest Road - Grand Trunk Road
Largest Mosque - Jama Masjid (in Delhi)
Longest Railway Route - From Jammu to Kanyakumari
Largest Delta - Sunderban Delta (in West Bengal)
Largest Cave Temple - Kailash Temple, Ellora (in Maharashtra)
Heaviest Rainfall - Cherrapunji, earlier it was Mawsynram (in Meghalaya)
Longest Railway Platform - Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Highest Gallantry Award - Paramvir Chakra
Largest Fresh Water Lake - Wular Lake (in Kashmir)
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MODULE 11: GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Which is the largest country in the world?
Answer: Russia (By area)
2. Who invented the Computer?
Answer: Charles Babbage
3. Which festival is known as the festival of colours?
Answer: Holi
4. How many players are there in a cricket team?
Answer: 11
5. Which day is observed as World Literacy Day?
Answer: September 8
6. Who is the inventor of Radio?
Answer: Marconi
7. What colour symbolizes peace?
Answer: White
8. Who is the founder of Microsoft?
Answer: Bill Gates
9. During which year did World War I begin?
Answer: 1914
10. Which festival is called the festival of light?
Answer: Diwali
11. How many Cricket world cups does India have?
Answer: 2
12. Which place is known as the roof of the world?
Answer: Tibet
13. How many teeth does a healthy adult have?
Answer: 32
14. Which gas is most abundant in the earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen
15. How many people are there in the world?
Answer: Over 7 billion
16. Which is the continent with the most number of countries?
Answer: Africa
17. Which animal has extremely long tongues, sometimes as long as its body?
Answer: Chameleon
18. Which is the most common non-contagious disease in the world?
Answer: Tooth Decay
19. How many strings does a violin have?
Answer: Four
20. Global warming is caused by the excess of which type of gas?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
21. How many cards are there in a complete pack of cards?
Answer: 52
22. What is the name of the biggest rain forest in the world?
Answer: The Amazon
23. Which African nation is famous for chocolate?
Answer: Ghana
24. What makes up (approx.) 80% of our brain’s volume?
Answer: Water
25. Which instrument is used for measuring wind speed?
Answer: Anemometer
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MODULE 12: MAJOR DAMS IN INDIA
1. Dams in Rajasthan
Ranapratap Sagar dam - River Chamabal
2. Dams in Tamil Nadu
Mettur dam - River Kavery
3. Dams in Himachal Pradesh
Bhakra dam - River Sutlej
Govinda Sagar dam - River River
4. Dams in Punjab
Nangal - River Sutlej
Ranjit Sagar Dam - River Ravi
Pong - River Beas
5. Dams in Uttar Pradesh
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar - River Rihand
6. Dams in Kerala
Idukki - River Periyar
7. Dams in Gujarat
Sardar Sarovar Dam - River Narmada
Ukai Dam - River Tapti
8. Dams in Maharashtra
Koyana Dam - River Koyana river
Bhima Dam - River Bhima river
9. Dams in Uttarkhand
Tehri Dam - River Bhagirathi
Ramganga Dam – River Ramganga