DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE - EAST

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
TOPIC: CURRENT AFFAIRS
NAME: _______________ CLASS: VIII SEC: _____ DATE: ___________

I. Choose the correct option:

1. Which day is declared by the cabinet as ‘National Space Day’ in India?

(a) 20th of August (b) 23rd of August (c) 25th of August (d) 27th of August

2. Which state launched ‘Gruha Lakshmi Scheme’?

(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Odisha

3. Which Indian chess player replaced Viswanathan Anand as the country’s top-ranked player?

(a) R Praggnanandhaa (b) D Gukesh (c) Nihal Sarin (d) Arjun Erigaisi

4. Who has been appointed by the Election Commission of India as its National icon?

(a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (b) Kapil Dev

(c) Rajkummar Rao (d)Anushka Sharma

5. Which country has announced a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags from 2024?

(a) USA (b) UAE (c) Singapore (d) China

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6. Which country is funding India's 'Hunger Project' to promote food security in Uttarakhand?

(a) France (b) UK (c) Canada (d) Norway

7. Which disease, recently in news, is characterised by the build-up of glycogen in the lysosomes of
the body cells?

(a) Type 1 Diabetes (b) Type 2 Diabetes (c) Pompe Disease (d) Anthrax

8. Which is the second North- East state after Arunachal Pradesh to introduce e- cabinet system?
(a) Assam (b) Tripura (c) Meghalaya (d) West Bengal

9. Which Asian country launched its first domestically made submarine for testing?

(a) Thailand (b) Taiwan (c) Malaysia (d) Bangladesh

10. When is the 'World Braille Day' observed every year?

(a) 1st January (b) 2nd January (c) 4th January (d) 6th January

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 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE - EAST
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
CURRENT AFFAIRS
CLASS: VIII ANSWER KEY

I. Choose the correct option:

1.Cabinet declared which day as ‘National Space Day’ in India?

(b) 23rd of August

2. Which state launched ‘Gruha Lakshmi Scheme’?

(b) Karnataka

3. Which Indian chess player replaced Viswanathan Anand as the country’s top-ranked player?
(b) D Gukesh

4. Who has been appointed by the Election Commission of India as its national icon?

(c) Rajkummar Rao

5. Which country has announced a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags from 2024?

(b) UAE

6. Which country is funding India's 'Hunger Project' to promote food security in Uttarakhand?
(d) Norway

7. Which disease, recently in news, is characterised by the build-up of glycogen in the lysosomes of
the body cells?
(c) Pompe Disease

8. Which is the second North- East state after Arunachal Pradesh to introduce e- cabinet system?
(b) Tripura

9. Which Asian country launched its first domestically made submarine for testing?
(b) Taiwan

10. When is the 'World Braille Day' observed every year?

(c) 4th January

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