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GROUP II (GRADE 2)
QUESTION BANK MAY 2016

1. What is Canada's national animal?

Ans. Beaver

2. If a cricket umpire holds both arms straight up in the air, what is he indicating?
Ans. Six runs scored

3. When a caterpillar changes into a butterfly the process is called ____________

Ans. Metamorphisis

4. Complete the proverb - A stitch in ______ saves nine.

Ans. Time

5. What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to
measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
Ans. Charles Richter

6. What is the theme of the Earth Day in 2016?

Ans. Trees for the Earth

7. Name the longest river in the world.

Ans. The Nile

8. Name the player who won the 2016 Dubai ATP Tennis Title in the mens singles
category.
Ans. Stan Wawrinka

9. Name the country which will host the next FIFA World Cup in 2018.
Ans. Russia

10. The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are
Ans. Nicobar islands

11. The rib cage protects our _____________

Ans. Heart, Lungs and Liver
12. Name the park in Abu Dhabi which received the Green Flag Award on the 1st of
May 2016.
Ans. Umm Al Emarat

13. The person who studies rocks is called _______________

Ans. Petrologist

14. The nutrients calcium and vitamin D work together to build ___________
Ans. Strong bones

15. Name the airlines which is the best low cost airlines in the UAE.
Ans. Air Arabia

16. When we add 5 to the greatest two digit number the answer we get is _______
Ans. 104
17. Identify this logo

Ans. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-
governmental organization founded on April 29, 1961, working in the field of the
wilderness preservation, and the reduction of humanity's footprint on the environment. It
was formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in
Canada and the United States. The group's mission is to stop the degradation of the
planets natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with
nature. Its slogan is For a living Planet

18. Name the eminent author who visited our school in April 2016 and conducted an
interactive session with the girls of OOS.
Ans. Cerrie Burnell

19. Which country is the global headquarters of Gulf Cooperation Council?

Ans. Doha

20. The opposite of the word innocent is ___________.

Ans. guilty
21. ____________ is caused due to the deficiency of vitamin A.
Ans. Night blindness

22. Which part of the body does a dermatologist treat?

Ans. Skin

23. Name the person who has been appointed as the Chief Executive of Masdar City
in Abu Dhabi.
Ans. Mohammed Al Ramahi

24. Name the first south Indian Metro Rail to inaugurate underground corridor on 30th
April 2016 in Bengaluru.
Ans. Namma Metro -Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), a joint
venture of Government of India and Government of Karnataka is a Special Purpose
Vehicle entrusted with the responsibility of implementation of Bangalore Metro Rail
Project. It began its operation on the 20th of November 2011.

25. Identify this logo

Ans. Royal Dutch Shell, commonly known as Shell, is an Anglo-Dutch multinational

oil and gas company with its headquarters in the Netherlands and incorporated in the
United Kingdom. Created by the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum and UK-based Shell
Transport & Trading, it is the seventh largest company in the world as of 2016, in terms
of revenue and one of the six oil and gas supermajors. As of February 2016, Shell is the
world's second largest oil company.
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NOW I KNOW!!
1. 84% of a raw apple and 96% of
a raw cucumber is water.

2. Our eyes are always the same

size from birth, but our nose and
ears never stop growing.

3. There are only two words in

the English language that have all
five vowels in order:
abstemious and facetious.