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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: ISLAND FACTS
A. Answer the following questions.
1. How many islands make the group of Andaman and Nicobar islands?
Answer: More than 3000 islands
2. Which islands has a volcano on it?
Answer: Barren islands
3. What is the capital of Andaman and Nicobar islands?
Answer: Port Blair
4. Which notorious building was finished in 1908 to be used as prison for Indian freedom fighters?
Answer: Cellular jail
5. Name the national Park near Port Blair?
Answer: Mt. Harriet national park
6. What is the capital of Lakshadweep?
Answer: Kavaratti
7. How many islands are there in the Union territory of Lakshadweep?
Answer: 36
8. What is special about Lakshadweep?
Answer: India’s smallest union territory
9. Which Indian state is nearest to the Lakshadweep?
Answer: Kerala
10. What is the main occupation of people in Lakshadweep after fishing?
Coin and copra production
11. Which uninhabited islands has been declared a bird sanctuary?
Answer: Pitti
12. Name the main community of Lakshadweep?
Answer: Koyas
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MODULE 2: HISTORY
A. Write historical capitals.
1. This well - known city was the capital of the Magadha Empire: Pataliputra
2. Name the city which was built by Alauddin Khilji as his capital: Siri Fort
3. This city was the capital of the Nawab of Awadh: Faizabad
4. This city was built by Rajendra Chola I: Gangaikonda
5. This ancient city was also capital of Kanishka: Peshawar
6. Name the capital of the Paramara dynasty: Dhar
7. This city was the capital of the Bahmani Kingdom: Gulbarga
8. This city was destroyed after the battle of Talikota: Vijayanagara
9. Name the capital of Ahom Kingdom: Rangpur
10. This city was built by Rana Udai Singh as his new capital: Udaipur
B. Write the name of rulers.
1. This brave Rajput king was defeated by Babur in the battle of Khanwa in 1527.
Answer: Rana Sanga
2. This well known Mauryan king defeated the Greek general Seleucus I Nicator in 305 BC:
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
3. This Afghan ruler invaded India 17 times.
Answer: Mahmud Ghaznavi
4. This Persian king took away the Koh-i- noor from India after defeating the Mughal emperor Muhammad shah in 1739.
Answer: Nadir Shah
5. He was the last Hindu king to rule Afghanistan
Answer: Jayapala
6. This Nawab of Bengal fought against the British at the Battle of Buxar in 1764
Answer: Mir Qasim
7. This sultan tried to introduce a new system of coinage in India but was unsuccessful.
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
8. This monarch embraced Buddhism and renounced war after conquering Kalinga in 261 BC.
Answer: Ashoka
9. This Mughal emperor had to live in exile for 15 years after being defeated by Sher Shah Suri.
Answer: Humayun
10. This Maratha general never lost a single battle in his lifetime.
Answer: Bajirao
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MODULE 3: BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
Learn the definitions of the following branches of science.
Electrology - Study of electricity
Entomology - Study of insects
Epidemology - Study of epidemics
Ethnology - Study of cultures
Etymology - Study of origins of words
Finance - Study of money management
Forestry - Study of forests
Futurology - Study of future
Gemmology - Study of gems and jewels
Geography - Study of the surface of Earth
Hepatology - Study of liver
Hippology - Study of horses
Histology - Study of tissues
Horticulture - Study of gardening
Hydrology - Study of water resources
Hydropathy - Study of treating diseases with water
Hygienics - Study of sanitation
Immunology - Study of immunity
Linguistics - Study of language
Mechanics - Study of action of force on bodies
Meteorology - Study of weather
Numismatics - Study of coins
Pedagogics - Study of teaching
Thermodynamics - Study of relation of heat to motion
Xylology - Study of wood
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MODULE 4: GENERAL AWARENESS
1. How many stars are there in the American flag?
Answer: 50
2. Which instrument is used to measure Atmospheric Pressure?
Answer: Barometer
3. Which is the largest continent in the world?
Answer: Asia
4. Who is the inventor of the electric Bulb?
Answer: Thomas Alva Edison
5. On whose memory Nobel Prize is awarded?
Answer: Alfred Nobel
6. How many players are there in an ice hockey team?
Answer: Six
7. What are the two main gases in LPG?
Answer: Propane and Butane
8. Which instrument is used for measuring wind speed?
Answer: Anemometer
9. How many straight edges does a cube have?
Answer: 12
10. Which layer of planet Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
Answer: Crust
11. Convection, Frontal and Relief are the three main types of clouds, rainfall, or winds?
Answer: Rainfall
12. Who invented champagne?
Answer: Dom Perignon
13. Which actress has won the most Oscars?
Answer: Katherine Hepburn (4 Oscars and 12 nominations)
14. What type of whale is the biggest animal in the world?
Answer: Blue Whale
15. What does the term ‘Piano’ mean?
Answer: ‘To be played softly.’
16. What does the term ‘birdie’ mean in a game of golf?
Answer: One under par
17. Which naturalist sailed in the famous ship called Beagle and found the breakthrough island called the ‘Galapagos’?
Answer: Charles Robert Darwin
18. What type of whale is the biggest animal in the world?
Answer: Blue Whale
19. What kind of weapon is a falchion?
Answer: Sword
20. What is another word for a ‘lexicon’?
Answer: Dictionary
21. What color is a Himalayan poppy?
Answer: Blue
22. Who discovered Cuba?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
23. Which country does volleyball originate from?
Answer: The USA
24. What is Zumba?
Answer: A dance workout
25. Which famous explorer discovered Cuba?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
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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) Mr Arvind Kejriwal
11) Mr Vinay Kumar Saxena
12) Ms Mamata Banerjee
13) Mr Pushkar Singh Dami
14) Mr Ashok Gehlot
15) Mr Nitish Kumar
16) General Anil Chauhan
17) Mr Dinesh Kumar Khara
18) Justice DY Chandrachud
19) Justice Pritinker Diwaker
20) Mr Jagdeep Dhankar
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MODULE 6: ABBREVIATIONS
ASEAN – Association of South-East Asian Nations
SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
WTO – World Trade Organization
IMF – International Monetary Fund
WHO – World Health Organization
UNICEF – United Nations International Children’s’ Emergency Fund
UPU - Universal Postal Union
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization
IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency
IIT- Indian Institute of Technology
ITI – Industrial Training Institute
ISI – Industrial Standard Institute
JEE – Joint Entrance Exam
UPSC – Union Public Service Commission
RRB – Railway Recruitment Board
NITI - National Institution of Transforming India
NIT - National Institutes of Technology
NEET – National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
IAS – Indian Administrative Service
UGC - University Grants Commission
IGNOU – Indira Gandhi National Open University
INTERPOLE – International Police
CBI – Central Bureau of Investigation
NIIT – National Institutes of Information Technology
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MODULE 7: WORD POWER & SPORTS
A. Write the American word for the corresponding English word.
British: American
1- Autumn- fall
2- Bill- check
3- Car bonnet- hood
4- Caretaker- janitor
5- Chemist- drug store
6- crisps- chips
7- Lift - elevator
8- Motorway- freeway
9- Nappy- diaper
10- Railway- railroad
11- lavatory- restroom
12- Sweets - candies
13- Tap- faucet
14- Torch- flashlight
15- Wallet- billfold
B. Write the name of the sport star against the sport.
1- Marathon - Usain Bolt
2- Cricket -Virat Kohli
3- Football - Lionel Messi
4- Wrestling - Sakshi Malik
5- Badminton - P.V.Sindhu
6- Weightlifting - Karnam Malleswari
7- Shooting - Gagan Narang
8- Billiards - Geet Sethi
9- Basket ball - Michael Jordan
10- Lawns tennis – Rafel Nadel
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MODULE 8: GOVERNMENTS AND HISTORY
A. Write the name of the government.
1. A rule by God: Theocracy
2. A social organization in which the father is the head of the family: Patriarchy
3. A small group of people holding power: Oligarchy
4. A government by a king or a queen: Monarchy
5. A government by the old people: Gerontocracy
6. A social organization in which the mother is the head of the family: Matriarchy
7. It is a government by the wealthy people: Plutocracy
8. A system of government by state officials: Bureaucracy
9. A government by one person with absolute power: Autocracy
10. Without law or a state of disorder: Anarchy
B. Write the name of tribes.
1. This tribe established a kingdom in Western Europe in the 5th century.
Answer: Visigoth
2. These people served as a secret agent in feudal Japan.
Answer: Ninja
3. This Middle East based tribe established a vast empire stretching from Spain in the West to India in the East.
Answer: Arab
4. The members of this tribe established the largest empire in Pre-Columbian America.
Answer: Inca
5. This Germanic tribe established a kingdom in North Africa in the 5th century.
Answer: Franks
6. This is a Finno-Ugric community which resides primarily in Scandinavian countries. Answer: Sami
7. The members of this tribe established the largest empire ever.
Answer: Mongol
8. This nomadic tribe used to live in Central Asia, Caucasus and Eastern Europe.
Answer: Hun
9. This tribe is regarded as the fiercest tribe in Africa.
Answer: Zulu
10. These people were known to be expert Archers.
Answer: Apache
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MODULE 9: COUNTRY, CAPITAL & CURRENCY - 3
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MODULE 10: WORLD SOBRIQUETS - 4
Paris of Asia – Lahore, Pakistan
Bengals’s sorrow – River Damoder
Blue Mountains - Nilgiri Hills
Britain of the East – Japan
Britain of the South – New Zealand
Battlefield of Europe – Belgium
Big Apple – New York
City of Cycles - Beijing
City of sky scrapers – New York
City of Golden Gate – San Francisco
City of Seven Hills – Rome
Cockpit of Europe – Belgium
Copper country – Zambia
City of factories – Kanpur
City of festivals – Madurai, Tamil Nadu
City of Golden Temple - Amritsar
City of Palaces – Kolkata
City of Seven Islands – Mumbai
City of Arabian Nights – Baghdad, Iraq
City of Motor cars – Detroit, USA
The City that never sleeps – Cairo, Egypt
City of Roses – Chandigarh
City of Smoke – Osaka, Japan
City of Steel in India - Jamshedpur
City of Temples – Varanasi
Costliest coast – Costa Rica
Dark Continent - Africa
Dead Heart of Africa - Chad
Evergreen Forest – Western Ghats
Eighth Continent – Madagascar
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MODULE 11: Brain Power - 1
1. What is the estimated no. of cells that the human body is composed of?
Ans: 37.2 trillion
2. What is the amount of blood contains in the human body?
Ans: 5-6 litres.
3. With how many bones the human skeletal system is composed of in adult age?
Ans: 206
4. What is the largest organ in the human body?
Ans: skin
5. What is the largest gland?
Ans: liver
6. How many blood groups in the ABO system?
Ans: 4
7. How many chambers in the human heart?
Ans: 4
8. What is the average blood pressure of human being?
Ans: 120/80 mmHg
9. What is the weight of the brain?
Ans: 1.36 kg
10. What is the name of covering of central nervous system?
Ans: meninges
11. Which part of the brain controls anger, fear, body temperature?
Ans: hypothalamus
12. Which part occupies 80% of the brain?
Ans: cerebram
13. What is the master gland of the body?
Ans: pituitary gland
14. What is the amount of urine that a healthy human passes each day?
Ans: 1500 ml
15. What is the Ph of urine?
Ans: 6
16. What is the weight of heart in an average human being?
Ans: 300 gm
17. What is the covering of heart?
Ans: pericardium
18. How many ribs in the human thorax?
Ans: 12 pairs
19. What is the percentage of calcium stored in the bones?
Ans: 97%
20. Which acid is secreted from stomach?
Ans: HCl
21. What is the amount of gastric juice secreted from stomach daily?
Ans: 2 litres
22. What is the mixed gland of the human body?
Ans: pancreas
23. Who invented human blood grouping system?
Ans: Carl Landsteiner
24. Who invented Insulin?
Ans: Edward Sharpy Schafer
25. What is considered as the ‘Power house of cell’?
Ans: Mitochondria
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MODULE 12: Brain Power - 2
Q.1 With which does the power to extend or restrict the jurisdiction of the High Court rest?
(Ans) With the Parliament
Q.2 ‘Gobar gas’ contains mainly which gas?
(Ans) Methane
Q3. Which is the biggest Public Sector undertaking in the country?
(Ans) Railways
Q.4 Which rocks is transformed into marble?
(Ans) Limestone
Q.5 Which ‘Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?
(Ans) Polak
Q.6 By which number the quality of gasoline’ sample is determined?
(Ans) By its octane number
Q.7 Due to bite of mad dog the disease hydrophobia is caused by which virus?
(Ans) Rabies virus
Q.8 Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(Ans) President
Q.9 What is the principal reason for the formation of metamorphic rocks?
(Ans) Extreme heat and pressure
Q.10 Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
Q.11 A temperature at which both the Fahrenheit and the centigrade scales have the same value?
((Ans) -40°
Q.12 With which is the ‘Tennis court oath’ associated?
(Ans) French Revolution
Q.13 Which is the tax that takes away a higher proportion of one’s income as the income rises?
(Ans) Progressive tax
Q.14 Where is the Sargasso sea located?
(Ans) North Atlantic Ocean
Q.15 Who commented that Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank?
(Ans) Mahatma Gandhi
Q.16 Medicine for epilepsy is obtained from which lichen?
(Ans) Parmelia
Q.17 Up to how much age can the Members of the Union Public Service Commission function?
(Ans) 65 years
(Q.18 Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic?
(Ans) Quartz glass
Q.19. Which is the greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean)?
(Ans) 11,033 m
Q.20 At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
(Ans) Champaran
Q.21 The researchers of this IIT has analyzed that urban areas are cooler than non-urban areas during heat waves.
(Ans) IIT-Gandhinagar
Q.22 Which of the following became the first Indian port operator to record 200 million tonnes cargo movement in 2018-19?
(Ans) Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone
(Q.23 India becomes the 4th country to test Anti-satellite missile system named …….
(Ans) Mission Shakti
Q.24 What is the first Indian Ship between India and Bangladesh?
(Ans) R V Bengal Ganga
(Q.25 According to the Skytrax World Airport Awards, which airport has been crowned the world's best aviation hub?
(Ans) Singapore's Changi Airport