General Knowledge - Answer Key - What's What - Standard Grade 7 - Lesson Chapter 16 to 21

            Second Midterm Test 

          General Knowledge

Time: 45 Minutes                                                                                          Marks - 25

I. Choose the best answer

1. Avian refers to ________

Answer: a) Bird

2. Who among the following has received Nobel Prize in Literature?

Answer: a) Orhan Pamuk

3. Milan Kundera was born in _________

Answer: a) Czechoslovakia

4. “The God of Small Things” is written by ________

Answer: a) Arundhati Roy

5. The adjective to describe sheep is ______

Answer: c) Ovine

II. Fill in the blanks

1. The Hay festival in Dhaka celebrated the rich tradition of the country_______

Answer: Bangladesh

2. The adjective which defines the elephant is _________

Answer: Elephantine

3. ‘Moby Dick’ was __________

Answer: A White whale

4. ________ is one of the biggest literary festival of Asia.

Answer: Jaipur Literature Festival

5. “Red Sorghum” is written by _______

Answer: Mo Yan

III. Match the following

1. CO2 -       Carbon di oxide

2. Coatzee -  Slow Man

3. Sydney -   Australia

4. PEN -       New York

5. Vermian - worm

IV. State whether true or false

1. The joke is the first novel of Milan Kundera.

Answer: True

2. Miranda was Prospero’s daughter in “The Tempest”.

Answer: True

3. The love of a good woman is written by Alice Munro.

Answer: True

4. The adjective Leonine refers to lion.

Answer: True

5. Carbon dioxide is emitted from the generation of electric power.

Answer: True

V. Read the following passage and answer the following questions

The most common way to reduce the carbon footprint of humans is to the four R’s - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse. Another easy option is to drive less. By walking to the destination instead of driving a vehicle, they will be burning less fuel and releasing fewer emissions into the atmosphere. Another option for reducing the carbon footprint of humans is to use less air conditioning and heating in the home. By adding insulation to the walls and attic of one's home, and installing weather stripping or caulking around doors and windows one can lower their heating costs more than 25 percent. Choice of diet is a major influence on a person's carbon footprint. Animal sources of protein like red meat, rice which is produced in high methane gas emitting paddies, foods transported long distance and/or via fuel-inefficient transport (e.g., highly perishable produce flown long distance) and heavily processed and packaged foods are among the major contributors to a high carbon diet.

Questions

1. State the four R’s to reduce carbon emission.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse

2. How is it possible to reduce carbon mission by walking?

By walking to the destination instead of driving a vehicle, they will be burning less fuel and releasing fewer emissions into the atmosphere.

3. Mention an animal source of protein.

Animal source of protein is red meat

4. Which gas is emitted by paddies?

methane gas

5. Give a heading to the passage.

Any title like Global Warming, Carbon Emission, Carbon Footprint, Environment conservation etc.