Grade 5 G.K. PDF - Rivers of India, Brain Teasers, World Languages

Okay, here's the conversion of the document to markdown format: ### Rivers of India **Read the clues and name these famous rivers of India.** 1. This river originates at Gomukh, the terminus of the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas. * **Answer:** Ganges 2. The Hirakud Dam on this river f...

Okay, here's the conversion of the document to markdown format: ### Rivers of India **Read the clues and name these famous rivers of India.** 1. This river originates at Gomukh, the terminus of the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas. * **Answer:** Ganges 2. The Hirakud Dam on this river forms a man-made lake near Sambalpur in Odisha. * **Answer:** Mahanadi 3. This river rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats and descends the Eastern Ghats in a series of great falls. * **Answer:** Kaveri 4. This river originates on the slopes of the Bandarpunch massif in the lower Himalayas in western Uttarakhand. * **Answer:** Yamuna 5. Originating in the Western Ghats in north-western Maharashtra, this river is also called the Dakshin Ganga. * **Answer:** Godavari 6. Umananda Island, also called Peacock Island, is the world's smallest inhabited riverine island situated on this river. * **Answer:** Brahmaputra ### Brain Teasers **Answer the following riddles.** 1. I am a word of letters five; add two and shorter I will be. What word am I? * **Answer:** Short 2. The more you take, the more you leave behind. Can you guess what? * **Answer:** Footsteps 3. A man looks at a photograph and says, "Brothers and sisters, I have none, but this boy's father is my father's son." Whose photograph is it? * **Answer:** The man's son 4. What has lakes but no water, mountains but no rocks, and cities but no buildings? * **Answer:** Map 5. Which odd number becomes even when a letter is taken away from it? * **Answer:** Seven 6. What is always in front of us, but can't be seen? * **Answer:** Future 7. What is it that goes over hills and through tunnels, but never moves? * **Answer:** Road 8. If $R + S = 500$ mg, $S + S = 400$ mg, and $R + U = 800$ mg, then what is the weight of $U$? * **Answer:** 500 mg 9. If 'EXAMPLE' is coded as 'JCFRUQJ', then how will RIGHT be coded? * **Answer:** TGHUV 10. Find seven four-letter words starting with 'M' from the following grid. | | R | F | E | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | V | O | Z | A | | K | S | O | G | | F | Y | E | M | * MOVE, MAKE, MAZE, MARK, MASK, MOOR ### The Highest and the Tallest * **Tokyo Skytree:** The world's highest stand-alone communication tower at 634 m. It is a broadcasting tower with many shops and restaurants as well as an aquarium and planetarium. It is the second tallest structure in the world after Burj Khalifa. * **Petronas Twin Towers:** The world-famous Petronas Twin Towers are two similar towers, each 451.9 m high, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These are the tallest twin buildings in the world. The buildings have the world's deepest foundations and have a two-story skybridge which connects them on the 41st and 42nd floors. * **Taipei 101:** At 508 m, Taipei 101 in Taiwan is one of the world's tallest buildings. The building is distinctively Chinese in appearance, as it resembles a stalk of bamboo or an elongated pagoda. * **Burj Khalifa:** The 828 m high Burj Khalifa is a super-tall skyscraper in Dubai, UAE. It is the tallest structure ever built by humans. This grand 163-story structure also set a world record with the maximum number of floors and tallest freestanding structure. * **Shanghai Tower:** Which is 632 meters tall is listed as the tallest tower in China. It became the second tallest in the world when it was completed in 2015 it has 128 stories and is an engineering feat with a strong foundation which is needed as Shanghai is a frequent earthquake zone. It is also known for its green or sustainable architectural elements. * **One World Trade Center** also known as the Freedom Tower, is built the site of terrorits-dimolished Twin Towers at World Trade Center in New York, United States. With a height of 541m, it is currently the tallest building in the United States and also the western hemisphere. ### Quick Quiz 1. The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 destroyed these twin towers. * **Answer:** World Trade Centre 2. This spectacular building is a hotel in Dubai. * **Answer:** Burj Al Arab 3. This historical tower built at the turn of the 13th century in Delhi is also the world's tallest brick minaret. * **Answer:** Qutb Minar 4. This famous building is a prominent part ofThe cityscape of New York city ,The city of Skyscrapers. * **Answer:** Empire State Building ### Languages Worldwide **Answer the following questions.** 1. This is the most widely spoken language in the world, with one billion speakers. It has 40,000 characters and nine tones. Which language is this? * **Answer:** Mandarin 2. What is the scientific study of languages called? * **Answer:** Linguistics 3. Which country has the most number of languages in the world? * **Answer:** Papua New Guinea 4. Name two countries that do not have any official language. * **Answer:** Australia and The USA 5. Name a language other than English that does not attach gender to its objects. * **Answer:** Persian 6. Which 'constructed language' was created by Polish ophthalmologist LL Zamenhof? * **Answer:** Esperanto 7. Name the first human language that was spoken away from the planet Earth. * **Answer:** Russia 8. With a total of 74 letters, which language has the longest alphabet? * **Answer:** Khmer ### Adventure Sports **Choose the correct options to identify the sports being described in the clues.** 1. You are wearing a mask underwater. You are * **Answer:** a) snorkelling 2. You are exploring the rough terrain in and around caves. You are * **Answer:** a) speleunking 3. You are wearing an open parachute and gliding through the air. You are * **Answer:** a) parasailing 4. You are paddling a narrow boat with a single-bladed paddle. You are * **Answer:** a) canoeing 5. You need to go to a desert to do this activity. You are * **Answer:** a) dune bashing 6. You use a rope to go down a steep rock. You are * **Answer:** b) rappelling **Adventure sports include everything from extremely dangerous, life-threatening sports to more common traveling activities. Look at the pictures and identify the adventure sports.** 1. Cliff Jumping 2. Ice Climbing 3. Bungee Jumping 4. Jet Skiing 5. Surfing 6. Long Boarding 7. Scuba Diving 8. Wind Surfing ### Famous Words **Tick (✔) the correct options to identify the people who said these famous words.** 1. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. * **Answer:** b) Mahatma Gandhi 2. Whoever is happy will make others happy too. * **Answer:** c) Anne Frank 3. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. * **Answer:** b) Martin Luther King Jr 4. My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. * **Answer:** c) Mother Teresa 5. Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. * **Answer:** c) John Lennon 6. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. * **Answer:** a) Walt Disney 7. What we really are matters more than what other people think of us. * **Answer:** c) RK Narayan 8. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. * **Answer:** c) John Lennon 9. The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs. * **Answer:** c) Napoléon Bonaparte 10. You have to dream before your dreams can come true. * **Answer:** c) APJ Abdul Kalam ### Playing Commonwealth **The Commonwealth Games, a multi-sports event, is held every four years among the athletes of the Commonwealth nations. Tick the correct options to find out how much you know about these games.** 1. Which city hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games? * **Answer:** Gold Coast, Australia 2. Which among the two was introduced in the 2018 Commonwealth Games—women's rugby sevens or women's boxing? * **Answer:** Women's rugby sevens 3. Which country won the highest number of medals in the 2018 Commonwealth Games? * **Answer:** Australia 4. What was the name of the official mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games * **Answer:** Borobi 5. In 2018, who became the first Indian javelin thrower to win a Commonwealth gold? * **Answer:** Neeraj Chopra **Here are some key gold medal winners of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Match these players with the sports they are associated with.** 1. Vinesh Phogat-c) wrestling 2. Neeraj Chopra-d) javelin throw 3. Manu Bhaker-e) shooting 4. Manika Batra-a)table tennis 5. Mirabai Chanu- b) weightlifting ### Indian Authors **Identify the authors of the following books.** 1. The Immortals of Meluha * **Answer:** Amish Tripathi 2. Midnight's Children * **Answer:** Salman Rushdie 3. The Room on the Roof * **Answer:** Ruskin Bond 4. The Inheritance of Loss * **Answer:** Kiran Desai 5. The Palace of Illusions * **Answer:** Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 6. The Shadow Lines * **Answer:** Amitav Ghosh 7. Malgudi Days * **Answer:** R.K. Narayan 8. The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian * **Answer:** Nirad C. Chaudhuri 9. Train to Pakistan * **Answer:** Khushwant Singh 10. Coolie * **Answer**: Mulk Raj Anand ### India's Neighbors **Fill in the missing information to complete the chart on India's neighboring countries.** | Flag | Country | Capital(s) | Official Language(s) | | :------------ | :---------- | :-------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------ | | (Nepal Flag) | Nepal | Kathmandu | Nepali | | (Bhutan Flag) | Bhutan | Thimphu | Dzongkha (Bhutanese) | | (Sri Lanka) | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte,Colombo | Sinhala, Tamil | | (Pakistan) | Pakistan | Islamabad | Urdu, English | | (Bangladesh) | Bangladesh | Dhaka | Bangla | | (China Flag) | China | Beijing | Mandarin Chinese | | (Myanmar) | Myanmar | Naypyidaw | Myanmar Language(Burmese) | I have done my best to accurately capture all the information. Let me know if you need any adjustments.