SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2020-21 CLASS

Total Questions : 50
8 Time : 1 hr.
PATTERN & MARKING SCHEME
(1) General (2) Current (4) Achievers
Section Affairs (3) Life Skills
Awareness Section
SOF INTERNATIONAL GENERAL No. of Questions 30 10 5 5
KNOWLEDGE OLYMPIAD
Marks per Ques. 1 1 1 3

SYLLABUS
Plants and Animals, India and the World, Science and Technology, Earth and Its Environment, Universe, Language and Literature, Entertainment, Social
Studies, Sports, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning, Current Affairs, Life Skills (Empathy, Effective Communication, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking,
Coping with Stress, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Interpersonal Skills, Managing Emotions, Self-awareness).
Achievers Section : Higher Order Thinking Questions from the above given Syllabus.

1. Project tiger was started in 1973. Its aim is to (A) Gujarat

create reserves in selected areas of India to (B) Bihar
increase the tiger population. Identify which of (C) Tamil Nadu
the following is not a tiger reserve. (D) Haryana
(A) Dudhwa National Park
(B) Kanha National Park 5. Mangalyaan has been called “The Super Smart
(C) Simlipal National Park Spacecraft”. Which organisation is involved in
(D) Keoladeo Ghana National Park it?
(A) ISRO
2. Identify the yoga asana shown in the given (B) TISCO
picture. (C) PSLV
(D) NASA

6. If one has lactose intolerance, he /she is likely

to avoid ______.
(A) Sugar
(B) Milk
(C) Honey
(A) Halasana
(D) Alcohol
(B) Sarvangasana
(C) Savasana 7. What is the name of new crop insurance scheme
(D) Parsvottanasana approved by the Union Cabinet?
3. Identify the Indian scientist who found out (A) Nehru Fasal Bima Yojna
that when light passes through a transparent (B) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna
material, some of it undergoes change in its (C) Rashtrapati Fasal Bima Yojna
wavelength. (D) Bharat Fasal Bima Yojna
(A) Homi K. Bhabha
8. If in the class while the teacher is teaching a
(B) C.V. Raman
lesson, then__________.
(C) C.N.R. Rao
(A) It is a good idea to read the same chapter
(D) M.S. Swaminathan
(B) It is a good practice to take notes
4. A great amount of work pertaining to Indus Valley (C) One must simply listen attentively
Civilisation is being done at village Bhirrana. (D) It matters little as one can catch up in
Where is this village located? coaching classes

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9. V.S. Naipaul is a famous writer who has won 10. ______ is the physicist, engineer and inventor,
both Booker Prize and Nobel Prize in Literature. whose name is synonymous with “small
Which among these is not a literary work of speakers that generate big sound”.
V.S. Naipaul ?
(A) Jagadish Chandra Bose
(A) Half A Life
(B) River of Smoke (B) Sumit Ghose
(C) A Bend In the River (C) Amar G. Bose
(D) Magic Seeds (D) Vinod Dua

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (C)

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