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Grade : 4 – 7
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Conquesta General Knowledge Sample Question Paper
Grade 4 :
1. Who invented the movable printing press?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Charles Babbage.
(d) Magellan.
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2. What is the longest river in the world?
(a) Amazon
(b) Yellow
(c) Darling
(d) Nile
Match the words in (a) – (d) to the colours at questions 3 – 6.
(a) azure (b) auburn (c) amethyst (d) amber
3. A mix of orange and yellow.
4. Purple.
5. A mix of brown and red.
6. Blue.
7. What do silkworms eat?
(a) Oak leaves.
(b) Mulberry leaves.
(c) Grass.
(d) Lettuce.
8. In which system in the human body would you find these words? rennin, pepsin, oesophagus and intestine
(a) respiratory
(b) circulatory
(c) digestive
(d) endocrine
9. What measurement would you use to calculate the mass of 20 paper clips?
(a) grams
(b) kilograms
(c) millilitres
(d) centimetres
10. What name is given to a slow moving mass of ice?
(a) avalanche
(b) snow
(c) glacier
(d) fjord
Grade 5 :
1. What name is given to the bones that make up your spine?
(a) Chords
(b) Vertebrates
(c) Vertebrae
(d) Chordites
2. Besides hearing, why are the ears in a human important? They
(a) are responsible for the sense of balance.
(b) protect the face.
(c) cushion the brain.
(d) provide symmetry to the face.
3. What food makes up nearly all a Giant Panda’s diet?
(a) Mulberry leaves
(b) Eucalyptus leaves
(c) Bamboo shoots
(d) Palm trees
4. What name is given to a female elephant?
(a) Sow
(b) Jenny
(c) Cow
(d) Queen
5. What are the small pictures on which the computer-user clicks the cursor as opposed to typing in commands?
(a) Hyperlinks
(b) Icons
(c) Graphics
(d) Logos
Grade 6 :
1. By what name is the shape of DNA known as?
(a) Triple by-pass
(b) Double helix
(c) Quadruple triangle
(d) Orb
2. What name is given to the coloured part of the eye?
(a) Retina
(b) Pupil
(c) Scelera
(d) Iris
3. Which of these cats is the largest and heaviest in the world?
(a) Lion
(b) Panther
(c) Tiger
(d) Cheetah
4. What is the name given to oil that is released through damage to an oil tanker?
(a) oil shale
(b) oil spill
(c) oil well
(d) oil injection
5. What, in Mathematics, is written by placing a numerator over a denominator?
(a) Fraction
(b) Decimal
(c) Equation
(d) Isoceles
6. What is the name of plants from whose seeds vegetable oils are pressed?
(a) Biannual crop
(b) Perennial crop
(c) Annual crop
(d) Oil crop
7. Which ingredient is mixed with sand, water, and gravel to make concrete?
(a) Molasses
(b) Cement
(c) Tar
(d) Gypsum
8. Which spice is made from the dried orange-yellow stigmas of the flower Purple Autumn Crocus?
(a) Nutmeg
(b) Saffron
(c) Paprika
(d) Lotus
9. What is the common name for a drug given to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria?
(a) Antibiotic
(b) Antihistamine
(c) Anti inflammatory
(d) Antipathy
10. What are red dwarfs, white dwarfs and yellow dwarfs?
(a) Algae
(b) Stars
(c) Spiders
(d) Fairytale characters
Grade 7 :
1. What do we call the fine hair of an angora goat?
(a) Fur
(b) Wool
(c) Mohair
(d) Velvet
2. By what other name do we call calcium carbonate?
(a) Vinegar
(b) Chalk
(c) Bleach
(d) Salt
3. What do we call the larvae of flies?
(a) Wrigglers
(b) Caterpillars
(c) Maggots
(d) Leeches
4. What normal lining covers a tooth?
(a) Dentine
(b) Enamel
(c) Fluoride
(d) Plaque
5. What substance do you find in a thermometer?
(a) Mercury
(b) Helium
(c) Alcohol
(d) Nitrogen
6. To what food group does a potato belong?
(a) Protein
(b) Fats
(c) Carbohydrates
(d) Enzymes
7. Seaweed comes in three different colours. Which colour is the odd one out?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Brown
(d) Red
8. Heat energy can be transferred in three different ways. Which of the following is not one of those ways?
(a) Conduction
(b) Convection
(c) Radiation
(d) Precipitation
9. What is the scientific name for rust?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Nitrous oxide
(c) Iron oxide
(d) Oxygen
10. What is the substance in a plant that makes it green called?
(a) Chlorophyll
(b) Phylem
(c) Leaf
(d) Stem