Whats What Gk Key Book 2g6t23

What’s What

Book of General Knowledge Book 8 3. Netiquette A. 1. (a)    2. (c)    3. (a)    4. (a)    5. (d)    6. (a)    7. (b) B. 1. asap    2. bwl    3. brb    4. cya    5. gtsy    6. ic    7. imo    8. kit 9. sys    10. ta    11. ttfn    12. ttyl C. Dear Teacher As desired by you, I have completed my project on the digestive system. I have made all the slides on Powerpoint but I am facing some difficulty in understanding the role of the small intestine. Will you be available to review the project around 10 a.m. tomorrow?

Thank you



Yours sincerely Reema

5. Botanical Names 1. china rose   2. dog flower   3. daffodil   4. gladioli   5. carnation   6. lily 7. sweet pea   8. tulip   9. rose   10. jasmine   11. tuberose   12. balsam 13. sunflower   14. periwinkle   15. water lily   16. lotus

6. Floral Feelings 1. regard   2. indifference   3. innocence   4. wisdom   5. ingratitude   6. ambition 7. comfort   8. power   9. we are united   10. mourning   11. self-esteem 12. love of nature   13. affection   14. haughtiness   15. thinking of an old friend 16. curiosity

7. Plant Defence 1. thorns e.g. lemon   2. prickles e.g. rose   3. bristles e.g. cacti 4. stinging hairs e.g. fleurya   5. spines e.g. prickly poppy   6. latex e.g. periwinkle 7. alkaloids e.g. dhatura   8. repulsive smell e.g. bitter gourd

8. Importance of Plants 1. fungi   2. mushroom   3. yeast   4. cinnamon   5. bay-leaf   6. clove 7. sesame   8. aniseed   9. willow   10. rubber

9. Avian Knowledge 1. moulting   2. oology   3. brood parasitism   4. falconry   5. tailorbird 6. red-billed hornbill   7. emu   8. Atlantic puffin   9. tailorbird   10. sandgrouse

10. Rare Animals Across: Down:

4. OPOSSUM   6. BUMBLEBEE BAT   8. KAKAPO   11. ADDAX 12. PUMAS   13. CASSOWARY   15. BISON   16. ORYX 17. GRIZZLY BEAR 1. KORI BUSTARD   2. NUMBATS   3. DROMEDARY   5. SEA WASP 7. ORANGUTAN   9. PEA CRAB   10. LAMMERGEIER   13. COYPU 14. WALLABY

11. Wildlife Quiz 1. ichthyology   2. hair   3. by flapping their wings   4. triceratops   5. ungulates 6. nilgai   7. baboon   8. newt   9. spiderlings   10. brown recluse   11. hyrax 12. ibis

12. Outstanding Women 1. Aung San Suu Kyi   2. Cristina Elisabeth Fernández de Kirchner   3. Doris Lessing 4. Jennifer Lopez   5. Oprah Gail Winfrey   6. Sunita Williams

13. Religious Buildings 1. Notre Dame de la Paix   2. Ulm Cathedral   3. Al-Masjid al-Haram 4. Hassan II Mosque   5. Borobodur   6. Shree Hemkunt Sahib   7. Temple Emanu-el 8. Kedarnath

14. Famous Newspapers 1. (b)   2. (c)   3. (d)   4. (p)   5. (g)   6. (i)   7. (k)   8. (l)   9. (m)   10. (n) 11. (o)   12. (a)   13. (h)   14. (j)   15. (f)   16. (e)

15. National Insignia 1. Kangaroo, Emu   2. Maple Leaf, Lacrosse   3. Egyptian Lotus, Football 4. Carabao, White-tailed Eagle   5. White Stork, Football 6. Royal Bengal Tiger, Kabaddi   7. Lotus, Tiger   8. Cantuta, Football

16. Youth Organizations 1. 1844   2. 1855   3. 1907   4. 1910   5. 1947   6. 1991

17. Exceptional Individuals 1. Ludwig van Beethoven   2. Louis Braille   3. Horatio Nelson 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt   5. Helen Keller   6. Stevie Wonder   7. Terry Fox 8. Lance Armstrong

18. Regional Dances 1. Bihu   2. Faguna   3. Dandiya Raas   4. Garba   5. Luddi   6. Tamasha 7. Macha   8. Bhangra   9. Khayal   10. Nautanki

19. Women Pioneers 1. Pratibha Patil   2. Indira Gandhi   3. Mother Teresa   4. Vijay Laxmi Pandit 5. Leila Seth   6. Annie Besant   7. C.B. Muthamma   8. Kalpana Chawla 9. Santosh Yadav   10. Amrita Shergill   11. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur   12. Chokila Iyer 13. Sushmita Sen   14. Reita Faria   15. Durba Banerjee

20. Enterprising Indian Men 1. He climbed Mount Everest on 29 May, 1953. 2. He was the first Indian to go into Space on 13 April, 1984. 3. He was the first Air Force officer to get Param Vir Chakra though posthumously. 4. The only Indian to be awarded with an Oscar Award and Lifetime Achievement Award. 5. He was the first Indian to the I.C.S. 6. First Asian to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four times. 7. He was the first Indian Field Marshal. 8. Grandmaster in Chess. 9. He won the first ever Gold medal in Olympics for India in shooting. 10. He was the President of the International Court of Justice.

21. The Supreme Court 1. Supreme Court   2. Chief Justice   3. twenty-five   4. five   5. federal court 6. senior advocates, advocates on records and other advocates   7. records 8. Registrar General   9. civil, criminal   10. English

22. Where Trains Are Made 1. Chittranjan, electric engines and shunting engines 2. Perumbur, AC coaches, broad gauge and metre gauge coaches 3. Varanasi, broad gauge and metre gauge diesel engines 4. Yelahanka, wheel and axles 5. Kapurthala, rail coaches 6. Patiala, components of diesel engine

23. National Highways NH-1—Delhi, Haryana, Punjab NH-2—Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal NH-3—Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra NH-4—Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu NH-5—Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu NH-6—Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal NH-7— Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

NH-8—Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra NH-15—Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat

24. Autobiographies 1. (k)   2. (d)   3. (c)   4. (g)   5. (o)   6. (h)   7. (a)   8. (j)   9. (e)   10. (f) 11. (i)   12. (l)   13. (b)   14. (n)   15. (m)

25. Writing for Children 1. J.K. Rowling   2. René Goscinny   3. R.L. Stine   4. Georges Remi 5. Enid Blyton   6. Dr. Seuss   7. Beatrix Potter   8. Lewis Carroll   9. Mark Twain 10. Charles Perrault   11. Grimm Brothers   12. Hans Andersen

26. Poems and Poets 1. William Wordsworth   2. John Keats   3. T.S. Eliot   4. Robert Frost 5. Geoffrey Chaucer   6. W.B. Yeats   7. Edmund Spenser   8. John Milton 9. Rudyard Kipling   10. Dante Alighieri   11. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 12. William Blake   13. Lord Byron   14. Homer   15. Alfred Tennyson

27. Verbal Pyramid 3. Ant   4. Bean   5. Human   6. Nuance   7. Artisan   8. Cardigan 9. Gentleman   10. Sanitation   11. Electrician   12. Humanitarian 13. Paediatrician   14. Anthropologist

28. Three of a Kind 1. channel   2. exchange   3. guard   4. impression   5. logic   6. notice   7. old 8. pattern

29. Add ‘LL’ 1. pollution   2. malleable   3. controllable   4. foretell   5. brilliant   6. excellent 7. lullaby   8. naturally   9. millstone   10. illegal   11. skill   12. villain 13. illiterate   14. thrilling   15. dullard   16. sullen

30. Surgical 1. appendectomy   2. laryngectomy   3. tonsillectomy   4. cholecystectomy 5. lithotomy   6. spleenectomy   7. ostectomy   8. tracheotomy   9. arteriotomy 10. cystotomy   11. craniotomy   12. neurotomy   13. rhinoplasty   14. dermoplasty

31. Anatomy Crossword Across: 1. ENDOCRINE   2. CORNEA   3. ARTERIES   4. METACARPELS 5. ERYTHROCYTES   6. PERISTALSIS   7. CEREBELLUM 8. LEUCOCYTES   9. RETINA   10. LIVER   11. DIAPHRAGM 12. SYNOVIAL Down: (a) VEINS   (b) KIDNEY   (c) OLFACTORY RECEPTORS   (d) PITUITARY (e) STIRRUPS   (f) OESOPHAGUS   (g) EPIDERMIS   (h) ALVEOLI (i) ANKLE   (j) HEART

32. Giant Leaps of Mankind 1. Major Yuri Gagarin   2. Velentina Tereshkova   3. Alan B. Shepard 4. Edward Higgins White   5. Neil A. Armstrong   6. Sally Ride   7. Kalpana Chawla 8. Rakesh Sharma   9. Sunita Williams   10. Apollo 8   11. Aryabhata 12. Dennis A. Tito   13. Laika (Dog)

33. Artificial Satellites A: B:

1. America   2. Sriharikota   3. Korou   4. Korou   5. Sriharikota 6. Sriharikota   7. Sriharikota   8. Sriharikota   9. Korou 1. Scientific Research   2. Multi-purpose   3. Remote Sensing   4. Communication 5. Meteorology   6. Education   7. Mapping   8. Remote Sensing 9. Communication

34. Renewable Energy Sources 1. wind energy   2. solar energy   3. tidal energy   4. hydroelectric energy 5. geothermal energy   6. biomass energy

35. Crime Detection 1. surveillance   2. EFIT (electronic facial identification technique) 3. background profiling   4. finger printing   5. DNA finger printing 6. ballistic examination

36. Verbal Challenge 1. TREASURE TROVE   2. CRISS CROSS   3. SPACE SHUTTLE 4. COTTAGE CHEESE   5. SUN SCREEN   6. BROAD BAND   7. CHEESE CAKE 8. ACUTE ANGLE   9. CRISPY CRUNCHY   10. CUCKOOS COCKATOOS 11. LUCKY LADY   12. PITTER PATTER   13. BYE BYE 14. BITTER BUTTER BETTER   15. SQUISH SQUASH   16. WEE WILLIE WINKLE 17. TOPSY TURVY   18. FOSSIL FUEL

37. Number Whirl 1.

14

5+9

5×9

1+4

59

5

45

20

4×5

2. 55 (7 + 2 + 2 + 9 + 3 + 5)   3. 9 (9 + 70 + 998 = 1077)   4. 126 (96 + 10) + (25 – 5) 5. 12 ( 25 + 49 = 5 + 7)   6. 242 (484 – 242)   7. 4[4 × 8 = 32 (8 + 16 + 8)]   8. 7 (Count the number of sides in the block)

38. Jumble Tumble 1. SAHARA, GOBI   2. KARAKORAM, HIMALAYA   3. CHINA, PAKISTAN 4. INDIAN, PACIFIC   5. NORWAY, FINLAND   6. COAL, PETROLEUM 7. BEIJING, SHANGHAI   8. SCOTLAND, ENGLAND   9. SEINE, RHINE 10. MEDITERRANEAN, RED   11. WELLINGTON, AUCKLAND   12. JAMAICA, CUBA 13. NIAGARA, ANGEL   14. SUPERIOR, MICHIGAN

39. I.Q. Test 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

(a) 83/4; (b) PQT; (c) GHW; (d) IM (a) Bees; (b) Brewery; (c) Eagle; (d) Philatelist; (e) Orphanage; (f) Prakash Padukone; (g) Trees (a) lime; (b) oven; (c) Christmas; (d) dance; (e) saree (a) cousin; (b) father-daughter; (c) daughter (a) 5 metres; (b) North; (c) E; (d) M

FF

40. Visuospatial 1. (b)   2. (a)   3. (c)   4. (c)   5. (a)   6. (c)   7. (b)   8. (b)   9. (d) 10. (b)   11. (a)   12. (c)

41. Jigsaw Puzzle



42. Cricket 1. duck   2. chinaman   3. dolly catch   4. flight   5. full toss   6. follow on 7. maiden over   8. bouncer   9. bye   10. leg bye   11. no ball   12. run out

43. The Grand Prix (A): 1. The Constructors’ Championship   2. Ferrari   3. Mika Hakkinen 4. Nitrogen rich gases   5. America   6. Circuit de Monaco 7. Federation Internationale de l’Automobile   8. Place de la Concorde, Paris (B): (a) 6   (b) 4   (c) 5   (d) 8   (e) 3   (f) 2   (g) 7   (h) 9   (i) 1   (j) 10

44. Sportspersons Across: 1. LESLIE   2. SANIA   3. ABHINAV   4. ANJU   5. DOLA   6. MANJIT Down: 1. LEANDER   2. SURENDER   7. RAJYAVARDHAN   8. MAHESH 9. ANJALI   10. KARNAM   11. P.T.

45. Sports Organization 1. International Olympics Committee 2. Federation Internationale de Football Association 3. International Cricket Council 4. Federation Internationale de Volleyball 5. Union Cycliste Internationale 6. World Chess Federation 7. International Tennis Federation 8. International Asociation of Athletic Federations 9. International Swimming Federation

46. Sporting Festivals 1. Jallikattu   2. Gaucho festival   3. snake boat race   4. dragon boat race 5. Calgary Stampede   6. Palio folk festival   7. bull fighting

47. Contour Lines 1. isobars   2. isocheim   3. isochrone   4. isopyenic   5. isotach   6. isohyet 7. isohel   8. isohalsine   9. isoseismal   10. isothere   11. isotherm 12. isophene   13. isoline   14. isopiestic

48. Bridges 1. West Virginia, USA   2. Niagara, USA   3. Niagara, USA   4. New York, USA 5. Scotland   6. Canada   7. Detroit, USA   8. New York, USA 9. San Francisco, USA   10. New York, USA   11. Hull, UK   12. Denmark 13. Akashi Kaikyo, Japan



49. Giant Statues 1. Sphinx, Egypt   2. Statue of Liberty, USA   3. Ushiku Daibutsu, Japan 4. Leshan Giant Buddha, China   5. Christ the Redeemer, Brazil 6. Wat Pho Buddha, Thailand   7. Nelson Column, London   8. Mount Rushmore, USA 9. Abu Simbel, Egypt

50. Future Communication 1. (b)   2. (d)   3. (f)   4. (e)   5. (a)   6. (g)   7. (c)

51. Places of Worship Across: 1. Basilica   2. Monastery   3. Mosque   4. Church   5. Abbey 6. Convent Down: 4. Chapel   7. Synagogue   8. Cathedral   9. Temple   10. Pagoda 11. Shrine

52. Phobias 1. amathophobia   2. zelophobia   3. ornithophobia   4. ombrophobia 5. graphophobia   6. hydrophobia   7. agoraphobia   8. cathisophobia 9. chrematophobia   10. metrophobia   11. phengophobia   12. ambulophobia 13. scotophobia   14. telephonophobia   15. potamophobia   16. bibliophobia 17. zoophobia   18. pyrophobia   19. phonophobia   20. thalassophobia

53. UN International Days 1. May 3   2. August 12   3. October 24   4. March 22   5. March 23   6. April 7 7. May 31   8. September 21   9. May 17   10. October 16   11. November 25 12. December 1   13. June 5   14. September 8   15. October 17 16. November 10   17. February 21   18. October 5   19. September 16 20. October 1   21. December 11

54. Famous Viceroys 1. Lord Canning   2. Lord Ripon   3. Lord Curzon   4. Sir John Lawrence 5. Lord Hardinge   6. Lord Chelmsford   7. Lord Irwin   8. Lord Mountbatten

55. Famous Warplanes 1. Vulcan   2. Spitfire   3. Tornado   4. MIG 25   5. Flying Fortress 6. Avro Lancaster   7. MIRAGE   8. Northrop B-2   9. Messerschmitt ME 262