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Joseph’s School, Giridih

Half Yearly Examination(2018-2019)

Class- VI Subject- G.K FM- 50 Time- 2hrs

(Read all questions carefully)

I. Answer these Questions- 5×1=5

1. How is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad better known? ________

2. Which was Jaya Bachchan’s first film? ________
3. Which film star is nick named Duggu? ________
4. Who was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Palke Award? ________
5. Which is the only Hindi film to be directed by Satyajit Ray? _______

II. Match these sports and games mentioned here, with the terms used
while playing them. 10×1=10
A B
1. Cricket a. Let
2. Kabaddi b. Tap/Tag
3. Table Tennis c. Night Watchman
4. Field Hockey d. Set
5. Football e. Rack
6. Polo f. Rabbit Punch
7. Lawn Tennis g. Falling Ball
8. Kho kho h. Raider
9. Boxing i. Ride-off
10. Billiards(Pool) j. Dropped-ball

III. Put a tick ( ) marks against the correct choice. 5×1=5

1. Indian instrument used by the famous guitarist George Harrison(from the

Beatles):
a. Taanpura b. Sitar
 2. The singer of theme song of the film ‘Titanic is’
a. Joan Baiz b. Cetine Dion

3. The singer of the theme of the song of the James Bond film “Skyfall” is :
a. Adele b. Norah Jones

4. The Indian music director to have won an Oscar is :

a. A.R. Rahman b. Jatin Lalit

5. The 2015 Grammy Award for the Best Rap Performance went to:
a. Kendrich Lamar b. Honey Singh

IV. Here are some famous sportsperson, write their sports. 10×1=10

a) Chris Gayle _________

b) Usain Bolt __________
c) Serena Williams _________
d) Mark Selby _________
e) Lionel Messi _________
f) Sania Mirza _________
g) Sushil Kumar _________
h) Dipika Parlikal _________
i) Saina Nehwal _________
j) M.S. Dhoni _________

V. Verify these statements by writing “T” for true and “F” for false.
5×1=5
a) The Rungrado 1st of May stadium is the smallest stadium in the world,
with a capacity of 10,000 only.
b) The salt lake stadium is the third largest stadium in India and also Known
as yuva Bharati Krirangan.
c) The Maracana stadium was the venue for the 2014 Summer Olympics.
d) The float at Marina Bay stadium was the venue for the 2010 Summer
Youth Olympics.
e) The first Olympics Stadium was built primarily for the 2018 winter
Olympics and Paralympics.
VI. Match these books (classics) with their authors. 10×1=10

1) The From the Madding crowd a. E M Forster

2) The Moon and Six Pence b. Jane Austen
3) Utopia c. Jules Verne
4) A passage to India d. Thomas Hardy
5) Pride and Prejudice e. W Somerset Maugham
6) Time Machine f. George Orwell
7) Alice in Wonderland g. George Bernard Shaw
8) Around the World in Eight days h. Sir Thomas Moor
9) Nineteen Eighty-Four i. H G Wells
10) Arms and the Man j. Lewis Carroll

VII. Place three words (from the words given in brackets) in the blanks so
that the sentence make sense. The words must be anagrams of each
other- they must contain exactly the same letters, different order.
5×1=5
3 LETTER WORDS

a) Though Tinu ___ his ___ biscuits, I didn't ___ mine. (eat)
b) I ___ ___ a trophy because I ___ the bowling tournament. (won)
c) After the soup boils, I usually ___ to take the ___ off the ___. (pot)
d) The common diseases of the ___ ___ different than in a previous ___ .
(are)
e) She touched the ___ with her outstretched ___ , being careful not to ___
his coat.(arm)