or Standard 5: 1. The _____ family is the largest family of flowering plants.

The number of ______ species equals about four times the number of mammal species, or more than twice the number of bird species. Fill in the Blank. Orchid 2. This city, whose name is said to have been derived from Sanskrit for City of Virtue (Punya Nagari) is the eight largest in India and is situated around 550 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau. Which city? Pune 3. After the invention of telephones in 1876, to start a conversation. What word? Hello 4. Watermelons contain 92% ____ by weight. Fill in the blank. Water 5. *Which is the planet closest to the sun in the Solar System? Mercury 6. How many months of the year have 31 days? 7 7. *Today (January 13th) is the birthday of the first Indian to travel in Space. Who?Rakesh Sharma 8. According to the nursery rhyme, where did Marys lamb follow her to? School 9. The second line of a very famous song is Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. What is the first line? Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way 10. Sony: Play station :: Microsoft :______? Xbox 11. What is Indias internet country domain code? .in 12. The Indian version of Are you smarter than a 5th grader Kya Aap Panchvi Pass se tez Hai, was hosted by? Shah Rukh Khan 13. You have to press Ctrl-Alt-___ to lock a computer. Which is third key to press? Del 14. This hill station is around 64 km from Pune and is also called the Chikki capital of India, as there are a lot of local outlets there manufacturing this sweet. Which place? Lonavala 15. At which popular religious destination in India can you find Ram Jhula and Lakshman Jhula? Rishikesh 16. *Which Indian state literally means The abode of clouds? Meghalaya Thomas Alva Edison suggested the word ______

17. What does the C stand for in CBI, the premier intelligence agency of India? Central 18. Which car company makes the model called Xylo? Mahindra & Mahindra/Mahindra 19. Which Asian countrys name comes from the Sanskrit for Lion city? Singapore 20. In Tennis, what is the name given to a serve in which the opponent doesnt manage to touch the ball? Ace For standard 6: 1. The _____ family is the largest family of flowering plants. The number of ______ species equals about four times the number of mammal species, or more than twice the number of bird species. Fill in the Blank. Orchid 2. This city was once known as Heptanesia i.e. a cluster of seven islands. Six of the seven islands are Parel, Mazagaon, Mahim, Colaba, Worli and Old Womans Island. Which city? Mumbai/Bombay 3. What is the internet country domain code of India? .in 4. This flag of our neighbor has a red disc, which represents the sun rise, on top of a green background which represents the greenery of the country, its vitality and youthfulness. Which country? Bangladesh 5. *Today (January 13th) is the birthday of the first Indian to travel in Space. Who?Rakesh Sharma 6. Sony: Play Station :: Microsoft :______? Xbox 7. Expand ISRO. Indian Space Research Organisation 8. What term is used to describe perfect eyesight of people (primarily used in USA)? It is also the name of a version of cricket. 20/20 9. You have to press Ctrl-Alt-___ to lock a computer. Which is third key to press? Del 10. Queuing is the only English word to have five ______ one after the other. Fill in the blank. Vowels 11. What is the Japanese art of ornamental flower arrangement called? Ikebana 12. Manoj Kumar and Shahbaz Tumbi are two junior cricketers from St Peters High School in Andhra Pradesh, who set the world record for the highest partnership in any form of cricket

with an unbeaten 721 run partnership. Which famous Mumbai pairs 664 run record did they break? Sachin Kambli 13. Which English word is derived from the Greek word scholeio? School 14. Whom/What did Jim Corbett describe as a large hearted gentleman with boundless courage? Tiger 15. Which country would appear first in the list of alphabetically arranged country names?Afghanistan 16. Around 1830, what British naturalist developed the theory of natural selection by studying animals on the Galapagos Islands? Charles Darwin 17. How many months of the year have 31 days? 7 18. The Hindi word for a delicacy or to lick is a very popular snack variety in India. What? Chaat 19. *For which animal is the Kaziranga national Park in Assam most famous for? One-horned Rhinocerous/Rhinocerous/Rhino 20. Which is the planet closest to the sun in the Solar System? Mercury 21. How many stars are there in our Solar System? 1 (The SUN) 22. The second line of a very famous song is Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. What is the first line? Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way 23. What is nicknamed as Peoples car? Tata Nano 24. *One of the most famous comets, it returns every 75 to 76 years and will return in 2061. Which one? Halleys comet 25. Into which sea does the River Jordan in Israel flow? Dead Sea 26. *What does the V stand for in DVD? Versatile 27. This hill station is around 64 km from Pune and is also called the Chikki capital of India, as there are a lot of local outlets there manufacturing this sweet. Which place? Lonavala 28. Americans call it a faucet. What do we call it in India? Tap

29. What does the C stand for in CBI, the premier intelligence agency of India? Central 30. Which car company makes the model called Xylo? Mahindra & Mahindra/Mahindra For Standard 7: 1. The _____ family is the largest family of flowering plants. The number of ______ species equals about four times the number of mammal species, or more than twice the number of bird species. Fill in the Blank. Orchid 2. *Her name was Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. In 1929, she came to India to begin her work among Indias poorest and sick people. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata in 1950 and also won the Nobel peace prize in 1979. How do we better know her as? Mother Teresa 3. This city was once known as Heptanesia i.e. a cluster of seven islands. Six of the seven islands are Parel, Mazagaon, Mahim, Colaba, Worli and Old Womans Island. Which city? Mumbai/Bombay 4. This fort is located roughly 30 kms from Pune. It is situated on a hill rising 800 metres above the surrounding countryside. Perched on an isolated cliff of the Bhuleswar range of the Sahyadri Mountains, its height above sea-level is 1350 metres. The fort has two gates the Kalyan Darwaza in the south-east and the Pune Darwaza in the north-east. Which fort? Sinhagad Fort 5. This flag of our neighbor has a red disc, which represents the sun rise, on top of a green background which represents the greenery of the country, its vitality and youthfulness. Which country? Bangladesh 6. *Today (January 13th) is the birthday of the first Indian to travel in Space. Who?Rakesh Sharma 7. Sony: Play Station :: Microsoft :______? Xbox 8. Expand ISRO. Indian Space Research Organisation 9. What term is used to describe perfect eyesight of people (primarily used in USA)? It is also the name of a version of cricket. 20/20 10. What is the slogan of Doordarshan? Satyam Shivam Sundaram 11. Queuing is the only English word to have five ______ one after the other. Fill in the blank. Vowels

12. What is the Japanese art of ornamental flower arrangement called? Ikebana 13. Manoj Kumar and Shahbaz Tumbi are two junior cricketers from St Peters High School in Andhra Pradesh, who set the world record for the highest partnership in any form of cricket with an unbeaten 721 run partnership. Which famous Mumbai duos 664 run record did they break? Sachin Kambli 14. Which English word is derived from the Greek word scholeio? School 15. Whom/What did Jim Corbett describe as a large hearted gentleman with boundless courage? Tiger 16. Which country would appear first in the list of alphabetically arranged country names?Afghanistan 17. *Around 1830, which British naturalist developed the theory of natural selection by studying animals on the Galapagos Islands? Charles Darwin 18. The Hindi word for a delicacy or to lick is a very popular snack variety in India. What? Chaat 19. For which animal is the Kaziranga national Park in Assam most famous for? One-horned Rhinocerous/Rhinocerous/Rhino 20. *Which is the last planet in the Solar System? Neptune 21. Which is the biggest 2 digit prime number? 97 22. What is the common name for Sodium Chloride? Salt 23. The second line of a very famous song is Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. What is the first line? Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way 24. What is nicknamed as Peoples car? Tata Nano 25. The branches of which tree appear on the United Nations Flag? Olive 26. One of the most famous comets, it returns every 75 to 76 years and will return in 2061. Which one? Halleys comet 27. How is 500 displayed in Roman numerals? DLV 28. Into which sea does the River Jordan in Israel flow? Dead Sea

29. What does the V stand for in DVD? Versatile 30. This hill station is around 64 km from Pune and is also called the Chikki capital of India, as there are a lot of local outlets there manufacturing this sweet. Which place? Lonavala

Choose the correct answer from the choices given 31. Which planet has a moon called Titan? A) Saturn B) Jupiter C) Uranus D) Mars 32. *Which is the fastest bird? A) Pigeon B) Hummingbird C) Peregrine falcon D) Swift 33. Which is the longest river in the world? A) Nile B) Amazon C) Danube D) Mutha River, Pune 34. What is the bodys largest organ? A) Heart B) Skin C) Large Intestine D) Stomach

35. *The year 1606 is in which century? A) 15th century B) 16th century C) 17th century D) 1600th century
This is a practice set given by Ramanand for the Mood Indigo General Quiz. These questions were also asked in the Delhi and Calcutta elims this year. 1. ) Vital Stats: 19-19-19 Brother: Castor Which fictional character? 2.) In the names R.K.Narayan and R.K.Laxman, what does the R stand for?

3.) Identify this district. 4.) These are the opening lines from the Prologue to which famous work: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 5.) _ _ Genius was a Twitter account that caused a lot of controversy in mid-2012. Some example tweets (the blanks are the same everywhere): The Olympics opening ceremony cost 27m. They wanted _ _ involved but they would have gone over the 35m budget. The World hasnt experienced genius like _ _s over the last few days since an apple fell on Isaac Newtons head. You know youre a genius when you are getting column inches during the Olympics. _ _ tried scoring hundreds but this is far easier. Whose parody account was this? 6.) Describing why the crow is this publications icon, its editor wrote: It is the brainchild of the multi-talented Prasoon Joshi, chairman of McCann Erickson, who brilliantly intuited the old proverb, Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate, for the papers ad campaign.

Which publication? 7.)

This is a scene from a 2010 episode of the cult British TV series Doctor Who. The Doctor goes back in time to meet this famous person, and also brings him to the future to show him how famous he would become. Which person? 8.) Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Bundi, Dholpur, Dungargarh, Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Sirohi and Udaipur; Restaurants: The Maharaja and the Maharani. Where would you find these (an exhaustive list of elements)? 9.) The name of a Central European dance is said to come from the Czech words for half step. Its popularity led to its name being arbitrarily associated with a design pattern in the nineteenth century the pattern became very popular as a result. Whats the name? 10.) Which island, containing counties such as Nassau county and Suffolk county, is the longest island in the contiguous USA (i.e. not including Hawaii or Alaska or any of its dependent territories)? 11.) French : Le trne de fer German : Eisenthron

Spanish : Juego de tronos English: ? 12.)

A moment from the Republican National Convention, 2012. Who is the speaker? 13.)

What type of flower is Sir Alex Ferguson sporting? 14.)

Connect these two characters

15.) She appeared in an unfinished novel of writer Rushwas and there are some British documents that say Azizan Bai (a rebel in the 1857 war) claims to have been taught by her. But largely, it is difficult to separate fact from fiction about this person. Who? 16.)

A still from the Seinfeld episode The Wig Master. Kramer is wearing a costume from which amazing Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? 17.) Complete this quote by Field Marshal Manekshaw with the name of an ethnic group: If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a _____ 18.) A Syrian who is the vice president at Boomtown Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada, Abdulfattah John Jandali never got to meet his son whom he had given up for adoption. Who is his famous son who died in October 2011? 19.)

Which countrys flag do you see? 20.) Its not clear exactly why David Howell Evans got his stage name. Theories are: 1. his sharp features 2. his social tendency to be on the fringes of things 3. his distinct way of playing. Whats the stage name?
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1. 1 Olive Oyl 2 Rasipuram 3 Gangnam

4 Romeo and juliet 5 KP (Kevin Pietersen) 6 7 Van Gogh(?) 8 Palace on Wheels 9 10 Long Island(?) 11 Game of Thrones 12 13 Poppy 14 15 Umrao Jaan(?) 16 17 Gurkha 18 Steve Jobs 19 Ecuador(?) 20 Edge(?)

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2. 17.gorkha 18.Steve Jobes 19.Equador 20.(3)

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3. 6 Tehelka 9 -Polka 12 Clint Eastwood

14 Hamlet (?) 16 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (?)

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4. 1-Olive Oyl. 2-Rasipuram. 3-Gangnam District of Gangnam Style. 4-Romeo & Juliet. 5-Kevin Pietersen KP. 6-Tehelka Bird tehelka.com 7-Vincent Van Gogh. 8-Salons on Palace on Wheels. 9-Polka Dance. 10-Long Island. 11-Game of Thornes. 12-Clint Eastwood. 13-Poppy Flower for Remembrance Day. 14-Hamlet. 15-Umrao Jaan. 16-Kramer as the wig master Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. 17-Gurkha. 18-Steve Jobs. 19-Ecquador. 20-The Edge or Edge.