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Summative Assessment - 1
Name:
Date:
Time: ___ h
M.M.: 50
A. Tick the correct answer:
(1 × 10)
1. Name the new Indian airline to be launched in January 2015, which is a
combined venture of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines?
a. Etihad
b. Vistara
c. TataAir
2. Cinchona is used to treat malaria and arrhythmia. Which part of the tree is
used for treatment?
a. root
b. bark
c. flower
b. fish
c. tree
3. An axolotl is a type of:
a. lizard
4. Which city was formerly known as Batavia?
a. Bangkok
b. Kuala Lumpur
c. Jakarta
5. In which city would you find the Ramoji Film City?
a. Hyderabad
b. Bengaluru
c. Cochin
6. Which is the strongest muscle in the human body?
a. biceps
b. tongue
c. gluteus
7. On June 21, the Sun’s rays fall directly on the
a. Tropic of Capricorn
b. Equator
c. Tropic of Cancer
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8. Which vitamin must a person take to combat scurvy?
a. vitamin A
b. vitamin C
c. vitamin K
9. On which river is the city of Tiruchirapalli situated?
a. Krishna
b. Koovam
c. Kaveri 10.In the equation E = mc2, c stands for:
a. energy
b. mass
c. speed of light B. True or false?
(1 × 5)
1. The orangutan is an endangered animal.
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2. Tulsidas was a blind poet.
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3. The Lufthansa logo depicts a stylized crane .
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4. The Masjid-al-haram in Mecca is the largest
mosque in the world.
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5. Albert Einstein discovered Oxygen gas.
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C. Can you answer these questions with a single word or 2?
(1 × 7)
1. Who was known as the ‘Saint of the Gutters’?
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2. Which is the only organ in the human body
that can regenerate itself?
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3. What instrument did U Srinivas play?
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4. With which sport is Prakash Padukone associated?
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5. The leaf of which tree would you find on
the Canadian flag?
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6. What is the capital of the Ukraine?
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7. Of which state is Dispur the capital?
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D. Answer these questions in 2 sentences.
(2 × 7)
1. Who was the first woman to graduate from medical school and when? To
which country did she belong?
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2. What is the Pravda? What is its country of origin?
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3. In zoology, what exactly characterizes a marsupial? Name a marsupial.
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4. What is shatoosh? Where does it originate?
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5. What are leguminous plants?
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6. What was invented by Lewis E Waterman? How does it work?
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7. Her’s was the face ‘that launched a thousand ships’. Who was she? What war
did she cause?
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E. Write a very short note of no more than 3 or 4 sentences on each of the
following
(3 × 3)
1. How did plant eating dinosaurs survive flesh eating dinosaurs?
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2. Describe any TV show you like watching.
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3. Discuss the disease called hydrophobia.
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F. Look at the picture carefully. Which festival is being celebrated in it? Write a
short paragraph about it.
(1 × 5)
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