CBSE Class 6 General Knowledge Question Paper Set 05 with Solutions

Answer: Louis Pasteur. This French scientist developed the first rabies vaccine and also gave us pasteurisation.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pasteur is linked with germ theory, vaccines and pasteurisation.
2. Do not confuse him with Edward Jenner, who made the smallpox vaccine.

Answer: Sir C. V. Raman (Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman). He discovered the Raman Effect.

Teacher's Note:
1. National Science Day (28 February) marks the discovery of the Raman Effect.
2. Do not mix him up with S. Chandrasekhar, who won the Physics Nobel in 1983.

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913).

Teacher's Note:
1. He also wrote the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.
2. Remember that his Nobel was in Literature, not Peace.

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan. His expedition proved the world could be circumnavigated, although he died on the way and his crew completed the journey.

Teacher's Note:
1. Link Magellan with 1519 and the first voyage around the globe.
2. Do not confuse him with Columbus or Vasco da Gama.

Answer: The Sahara Desert in Africa.

Teacher's Note:
1. Antarctica is the largest desert overall, but it is a cold desert.
2. Always read the word hot in the question.

Answer: Sojourner Truth. She is famous for her speech "Ain't I a Woman?".

Teacher's Note:
1. She was born into slavery and later became a leading abolitionist.
2. Do not confuse her with Rosa Parks, who is linked with the bus protest.

Answer: Benjamin Franklin (in Poor Richard's Almanack).

Teacher's Note:
1. Franklin was an American writer, scientist and statesman.
2. Read quotes for their meaning: loving only yourself leaves you with no competition.

Answer: Chinese (Mandarin is its most widely spoken form).

Teacher's Note:
1. Chinese is written with characters, not an alphabet.
2. Language families are a good topic to learn along with countries.

Answer: James Lind. Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C, which lemons contain.

Teacher's Note:
1. Scurvy gives bleeding gums and weakness from missing vitamin C.
2. Connect the disease with the vitamin to remember the answer.

Answer: The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy and Toto land in the Land of Oz.

Teacher's Note:
1. Think of Dorothy, Toto and the yellow brick road.
2. Match the clearest clues first to narrow down the list.

Answer: E. M. Foster (E. M. Forster). The novel was published in 1924.

Teacher's Note:
1. It is a novel about the British and Indians during colonial rule.
2. Be careful: the other author in the list, Tagore, wrote Gitanjali.

Answer: Aakado (Aak or Madar, Calotropis).

Teacher's Note:
1. Aak is a shrub of dry areas with milky sap.
2. Match all four plants together by their flower and leaf descriptions.

Answer: Amelia Bedelia, the funny maid in a children's book series by Peggy Parish.

Teacher's Note:
1. She misunderstands words and phrases, like dressing a chicken in clothes.
2. This shows how idioms can be confusing when taken literally.

Answer: H. G. Wells. This science fiction novel was published in 1895.

Teacher's Note:
1. Wells is known as a father of science fiction.
2. He also wrote The War of the Worlds.

Answer: Thor (a spiny, cactus-like Euphorbia plant of dry regions).

Teacher's Note:
1. Succulents store water in their thick stems.
2. Do not confuse the plant Thor with the Norse god of thunder.

Answer: Beauty and the Beast, a famous fairy tale.

Teacher's Note:
1. The lesson is that real beauty lies within a person.
2. Fairy tales are common in general knowledge papers.

Answer: Dhatura (thorn apple). All parts of it are poisonous.

Teacher's Note:
1. The word toxic is the main clue.
2. Never touch or taste wild plants whose names you do not know.

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore.

Teacher's Note:
1. Gitanjali means a song offering.
2. This clue is the same as Question 3, so it is a quick mark.

Answer: Rohira (Rohida, the desert teak, Tecomella undulata), the state flower of Rajasthan.

Teacher's Note:
1. Tree means it is the only tree among the four plant names.
2. Use elimination: the last plant left after matching the others is the answer.

Answer: True. Geraniums are grown in gardens and pots for their bright flowers.

Teacher's Note:
1. Many geraniums also have scented leaves.
2. Decorative plants are grown mainly for beauty.

Answer: False. Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955.

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the nationality and profession in every statement.
2. She is called the mother of the civil rights movement.

Answer: False. The Sahara is a desert, not a planet. Earth is one planet, and the Sahara is a hot desert on it.

Teacher's Note:
1. A planet and a desert are different things.
2. Read each word of a statement before deciding.

Answer: False. Diane Hendricks is an American businesswoman from Wisconsin, USA.

Teacher's Note:
1. One wrong detail such as the country makes the whole statement false.
2. When unsure, look for the part that may have been changed.

Answer: True. In the Ramayana, Sugriva was the younger brother of Bali, the king of Kishkindha.

Teacher's Note:
1. Sugriva became king of the vanaras after Bali was defeated.
2. He helped Rama search for Sita.

Answer: False. Neerja Bhanot was a brave flight purser who saved passengers in 1986. The first Indian woman commercial pilot was Prem Mathur.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn the difference between a pilot and a flight purser.
2. Neerja Bhanot received the Ashoka Chakra for bravery.

Answer: True. NLP helps computers understand language, as in voice assistants and translation apps.

Teacher's Note:
1. Voice assistants use NLP.
2. Do not mix it up with the same letters used in other fields.

Answer: Zoophobia. The Greek word zoo means animal and phobia means fear.

Teacher's Note:
1. Break the word into its parts to understand it.
2. Other examples are arachnophobia (spiders) and acrophobia (heights).

Answer: The Interlace.

Teacher's Note:
1. It is famous for its stacked, hexagonal-shaped blocks.
2. It was named World Building of the Year in 2015.

Answer: Sun Salutation. It is a set of yoga postures done facing the sun.

Teacher's Note:
1. Surya means sun and namaskar means salutation.
2. It is a sequence of 12 postures.

Answer: Chimpanzees.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives.
2. Gorillas and orangutans share slightly fewer genes with us.

Answer: Shakuntala Devi.

Teacher's Note:
1. She solved difficult sums mentally faster than computers.
2. Her record was set in 1980 for multiplying two 13-digit numbers.

Answer: Doubles.

Teacher's Note:
1. The one-against-one game is called singles.
2. Doubles needs good teamwork.

Answer: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Venki Ramakrishnan), for his work on the structure of the ribosome.

Teacher's Note:
1. He shared the prize with Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath.
2. Remember that he is a biologist who won the Chemistry Nobel.

Answer: (a) Skype. Microsoft bought Skype in 2011.

Teacher's Note:
1. Skype was a video and voice calling app.
2. Slack was bought by Salesforce, not Microsoft.

Answer: (a) The Martian, a 2015 film starring Matt Damon.

Teacher's Note:
1. Mars and a stranded astronaut are the clues.
2. Arrival is about aliens, not an astronaut on Mars.

Answer: (c) Neeraj Chopra, who won gold in javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics.

Teacher's Note:
1. He won the gold medal in 2021 (Tokyo 2020 Games).
2. Milkha Singh finished fourth in the 1960 Olympics.

Answer: (c) Firefly. Fireflies make light by a chemical reaction in their bodies (bioluminescence).

Teacher's Note:
1. Fireflies are also called lightning bugs.
2. Ladybugs are red with black spots and do not glow.

Answer: (b) Athlete. He won gold in the 100 m, 200 m, long jump and 4 x 100 m relay.

Teacher's Note:
1. The Games were held in Berlin.
2. Track and field sports come under athletics.

Answer: (a) Britain. BAFTA stands for British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Teacher's Note:
1. The full form gives the answer.
2. BAFTA is Britain's counterpart of the American Oscars.

Answer: (c) Maori.

Teacher's Note:
1. The Ainu are indigenous people of Japan.
2. The Shan are an ethnic group of Myanmar.

Answer: (b) Paradise Lost, an epic poem published in 1667.

Teacher's Note:
1. It tells the story of Adam and Eve losing paradise.
2. Lycidas and L'Allegro are shorter poems by Milton.

Answer: (c) Mridangam. It is a two-headed drum with a jackfruit wood body.

Teacher's Note:
1. The ghatam is a clay pot, not made of wood.
2. The khartal is a pair of wooden clappers.

Answer: (b) Seven: one gold, two silver and four bronze.

Teacher's Note:
1. Remember the split: 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze.
2. Add them up to check that the total is seven.