Who wants to be a Scholar?! Answer the ones you know and research the rest. There is only one correct answer! 1. Arrange these countries with most to least number of islands. (a) Canada (b) Bahamas (c) Finland (d) Philippines
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2. Which of these Bollywood movies has the Censor Board banned in India? (a) Fire (b) Black Friday (c) Sins (d) All of the above
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3. Acid rain is blamed for forest destruction. The main component of acid rain is...? (a) Nitrogen (b) Carbon Dioxide (c) Ozone (d) Sulfur Dioxide 4. Which of the following means ’Demand as a right’? (a) Insure (b) Claim (c) Earn (d) Ensure 5. Which of these planets has no moons? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Both a & b 6. A water tank of 7’ radius & 10’ high, what is the volume of water in 1/2 full tank? (a) 770 ft³ (b) 670 ft³ (c) 570 ft³ (d) 470 ft³
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Make words using 7 or more letters. The central letter must be used in each word. Plural words are not allowed. Use all letters for the subject word (underlined in solutions below)
7. The population of Pakistan is equivalent to % of the total world population. (a) 5.83% (b) 4.83% (F) 3.83% (d) 2.83%
12+ words = Excellent; 8 to 11 words = Good; 7 or less = keep looking. Words we found are in solutions below.
8. The US Open Tennis Championship is held in which city? (a) Chicago (b) San Francisco (c) Austin (d) New York City 9. How many spikes are in the Ashok-Chakra in India’s national flag? (a) 36 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) 16
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10. The tallest mountain in Canada is (a) Mount Wood (b) Mount Logan (c) Mount Steele (d) Mount Vancouver
Here is a simple quiz. See if you can solve it. No peeking! Match the number in column 1 with letter in column 2 Capital city
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Answers are on bottom left. No Peeking. Scholar: All correct; 1st Class: 9 Correct; 2nd Class: 8 Correct; 3rd Class: 7 Correct; Need to improve: 6 or less
A. Caracas B. Georgetown C. Montevideo D. Brasilia E. Buenos Aires F. Santiago G. Paramaribo H. Bogota I. Lima J. Quito
1 Argentina... 2 Brazil... 3 Chile... 4 Columbia... 5 Ecuador... 6 Guyana... 7 Peru... 8 Suriname... 9 Uruguay... 10 Venezuela...
Dadaji’s moral stories for kids THE GNAT AND THE BULL
A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of a Bull. After he had rested a short time, he was ready to fly away. But before he left he begged the Bull's pardon for having used his horn for a resting place.
Brain Train: 1-E, 2-D, 3-F, 4-H, 5-J, 6-B, 7-I, 8-G, 9-C, 10-A
"You must be very glad to have me go now," he said. "It's all the same to me," replied the Bull. "I did not even know you were there."
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Word World (Solution): AGENT, AGOIST, AUGITE, AUGUST, AUGUSTINE, AUNTIE, AUSTIN, EASTING, EATING, GENISTA, INGATE, INJESTA, SEAUTE, STUNG, UNOTAGE Saathee.com
Moral: We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor. 84
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