Grade-4 Eight Level

Mahatma Gandhi’s full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on 2 October 1869 at Porbandar and led major phases of India’s freedom movement through non-violent mass mobilisation.

The Kalinga War was fought by Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire around 261 BCE. The war’s destruction deeply affected Ashoka and contributed to his later patronage of Buddhism and policy of Dhamma.

Babur was the first Mughal emperor. He defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526, establishing Mughal rule in northern India.

Bangladesh emerged as an independent country in 1971. The Bangladesh Liberation War culminated in Pakistani forces surrendering in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.

Mussoorie is not the capital of Uttarakhand. Dehradun is the winter capital and Gairsain is the summer capital, while Mussoorie is a major hill station and tourist town.

The Governor of a State is appointed by the President of India. Article 155 provides that the Governor is appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal; the Chief Minister is appointed by the Governor.

The incorrect statement is that Chilika Lake is in Gujarat. Chilika is a famous brackish-water lagoon on the coast of Odisha and is one of India’s important wetland ecosystems.

The Assamese Gogona is traditionally made from bamboo. It is a small vibrating jaw-harp-like folk instrument associated particularly with Bihu music and Assamese cultural performance.

Nelson Mandela belonged to South Africa. He became the country’s first democratically elected Black president in 1994 after the end of apartheid and served one presidential term.

The Sahara Desert is located in Africa. It stretches across much of North Africa and is the world’s largest hot desert.

Egypt is traditionally called the Gift of the Nile because the Nile’s annual water and sediment supported agriculture and settlement in an otherwise largely arid region. The phrase is famously associated with the Greek historian Herodotus.

Vitamin D is vital for healthy bones and teeth because it helps the body absorb calcium and phosphate. Deficiency can cause disorders such as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.

The standard reference for normal adult blood pressure is approximately 120/80 mm Hg. The paper’s option C prints the pair as 80/120 mm Hg, but the official answer key marks C, indicating that the intended normal reading is 120/80 mm Hg.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni captained the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League. Under his captaincy, CSK won multiple IPL titles and became one of the league’s most successful franchises.

As on 1 January 2024, the paper keys Ranjeet Kumar Dass as Assam’s Minister for Panchayat and Rural Development. He is a senior BJP politician from Assam and has held several ministerial responsibilities in the state government.

Runs ’n Ruins was written by former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar was India’s opening batsman and became the first player to reach 10,000 Test runs in 1987.

Munshi Premchand wrote Godaan in Hindi. Published in 1936, it is one of the major Hindi novels of the modern period and centres on rural poverty, debt and social inequality.

A tsunami is a series of long sea waves caused by a sudden displacement of a large volume of water, most commonly by an undersea earthquake. Near the coast, these waves can rise dramatically and cause severe flooding.

Saurabh Kumar Chaliha was the pen name of Assamese writer Surendra Nath Medhi. His short-story collection Golam received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974.

Mamore Dhora Tarowal was written by Mamoni Raisom Goswami (Indira Goswami). The work was published in 1980, and she received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1982 for it.