Vedanta GK Key

Vedanta

General Knowledge

Grade 1- 7

Key Book

Author
Hritesh Shrestha

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ANSWER
KEY

(Grade I to VII)

Grade I (page 3 to 8)
Grade II (page 9 to 16)
Grade III (page 17 to 24)
Grade IV (page 25 to 34)
Grade V (page 35 to 44)
Grade VI (page 45 to 54)
Grade VII (page 55 to 64)

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First Edition: B.S. 2077 (2020 A. D.)

Layout and Design
Pradeep Kandel

Printed in Nepal
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Vedanta General Knowledge Grade One

Section A: Me and My Family
Lesson 1.1 About Me
Please guide the students to solve the questions themselves.

Lesson 1.2 My Body Parts
(1) hair, head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, neck, shoulder, chest, arm, stomach, hand,

leg, knee, toe, foot
(2) (a) ten (b) one (c) one (d) one (e) two (f) two (g) two (h) two
(3) (a) eyes (b) nose (c) ears (d) tongue (e) skin

Lesson 1.3 My Family
Please guide the students to solve the questions themselves.

Lesson 2.1 Section B: Our Country: Our Pride
(a) Nepal Our Country
(e) India (b) 7, 77 (c) Kathmandu (d) Asia
(f) Nepali (g) Rupees

Lesson 2.2 Our National Symbols
(a) khukuri (b) lophophorus (c) coat of arms
(d) cow (e) rhododendron (f) crimson red

Lesson 2.3 Our National Flag
Please guide the students to colour and draw our national flag themselves.

Lesson 2.4 Our National Anthem (b) Amber Gurung
(1) (a) Byakul Maila (Pradeep Kumar Rai)

Lesson 2.5 Famous Places of Nepal
(1) (a) Ilam (b) Lumbini (c) Kathmandu (d) Pokhara (e) Mugu (f) Chitwan

Section C: Plants and Animals
Lesson 3.1 Common Fruits
pomegranate, banana, papaya, watermelon, apple, mango, pineapple, orange,
grapes
Lesson 3.2 Common Vegetables
pumpkin, radish, brinjal, onion, lady’s finger, broccoli, tomato, capsicum,
cucumber, cabbage, cauliflower, potato

Fruits and Vegetables
(1) (a) do yourself (b) do yourself (c) mango (d) peas (e) lemon
(2) (a) Peas (b) pineapple (c) cabbage (d) spinach (e) carrot
Lesson 3.3 Some Common Flowers
(1) lotus, pansy, jasmine, rhododendron, sunflower, hibiscus, tulip, marigold,
rose
(2) (a) do yourself (b) rhododendron (c) sunflower (d) marigold
(e) lotus (f) rose (g) daffodil
(3) (a) PANSY (b) DAHLIA (c) LILY (d) TULIP

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Lesson 3.4 Types of Plants
Herbs: coriander, marigold, onion, radish
Shrubs: hibiscus, jasmine, rose, tea plant
Trees: coconut, mango, peepal, pine

Lesson 3.5 Parts of a Plant
(1) (a) flower (b) fruit (c) stem(d) leaf (e) root
(2) (a) root (b) stem (c) fruit (d) flower (e) leaf

Lesson 3.6 Food from Plants and Animals
Food from plants: fruits, grains, lentils, seeds, spinach, vegetables
Food from animals: egg, fish, ghee, honey, meat, milk

Lesson 3.7 Common Domestic Animals
camel, dog, sheep, horse, pig, cow, buffalo, cat, goat

Lesson 3.8 Some Wild Animals
giraffe, kangaroo, rhinoceros, jackal, gorilla, leopard, bear, tiger, deer, lion,
zebra, elephant

Domestic and Wild Animals (d) giraffe
(1) (a) dog (b) camel (c) lion (h) shark
(e) elephant (f) kangaroo (g) blue whale
(2) Domestic animals: dog, goat, horse, ox, pig
Wild animals: bear, fox, monkey, leopard, zebra

Lesson 3.9 Houses of Animals (d) kennel (e) soil (f) water
(1) (a) hive (b) nest (c) shed (j) hole (k) web (l) den
(h) stable (i) home (d) sty (e) burrow
(g) pen (b) pond (c) coop
(2) (a) den

Lesson 3.10 Some Birds
eagle, ostrich, peacock, parrot, vulture, crow, sparrow, woodpecker,
lophophorus, owl, pigeon, cuckoo

Lesson 3.11 Some Insects
butterfly, grasshopper, fly, mosquito, ant, wasp, caterpillar, cockroach, bee

Birds and Insects (d) caterpillar
(1) (a) owl (b) lophophorus (c) cuckoo (h) ostrich
(e) silkworm (f) butterfly (g) honeybee
(b) ostrich (c) penguin
(2) (a) emu

Lesson 3.12 Babies and Movements of Animals
(1) (a) kitten (b) calf (c) puppy (d) fry
(e) tadpole (f) kid (g) bunny (h) cub
(2) (a) swim (b) walk (c) jump (d) crawl (e) fly

Lesson 3.13 Facts about Plants
(a) willow (b) cactus (c) rafflesia (d) venus flytrap (e) bamboo (f) strawberry

Lesson 3.14 Facts about Animals
(a) hummingbird (b) cheetah (c) chimpanzee (d) ostrich (e) rhinoceros

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Section D: Art, Culture, and Literature
Lesson 4.1 Different Types of Arts
(a) music (b) painting (c) acting (d) dancing

Lesson 4.2 Our Musical Instruments
flute, madal, sarangi, sankha, dholak, damphu

Lesson 4.3 Our Festivals
(a) Dashain (b) Eid (c) Christmas (d) Lhosar

Lesson 4.4 Polite Words
(1) (a) EXCUSE ME (b) NAMASKAR (c) PLEASE (d) SORRY
(e) THANK YOU (f) WELCOME (c) sorry (d) Namaskar
(2) (a) welcome (b) thank you
(e) Please (f) Excuse me

Lesson 4.5 Famous Poets and Writers of Nepal
(a) Laxmi Prasad Devkota (b) Bhanubhakta Acharya
(c) Motiram Bhatta (d) Parijat

Section E: History and Geography
Lesson 5.1 My Past
(1) Please guide the students to solve the questions themselves.

Lesson 5.2 Famous People of Nepal
(a) Bhimsen Thapa (b) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
(c) Prithvi Narayan Shah (d) King Janak
Lesson 5.3 Our Surrounding
(a) terai (b) hill (c) mountain (d) valley

Lesson 5.4 Seasons (c) spring (d) autumn
(a) summer (b) winter

Section F: Science and Technology
Lesson 6.1 Some Vehicles
Ship, motorcycle, truck, jeep, car, bus, bicycle, train, aeroplane

Lesson 6.2 Parts of a Computer (d) mouse
(1) (a) keyboard (b) monitor (c) CPU

Lesson 6.3 Some Useful Tools
(1) (a) spade (b) hammer (c) saw (d) shovel (e) knife (f) axe

Lesson 6.4 Domestic Devices
(1) (a) iron (b) refrigerator (c) stove (d) vacuum cleaner
(e) television (f) washing machine

Section G: Sports and Entertainment
Lesson 7.1 Indoor and Outdoor Games
(1) (a) ludo (b) carrom board (c) chess
(2) (a) football (b) basketball (c) cricket

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Lesson 7.2 Games of Kids
(a) see saw (b) slide (c) hide and seek (d) skipping (e) marble (f) hopscotch

Lesson 7.3 Famous Actors and Actresses of Nepal
Numbers in correct order: 5, 3, 1, 6, 4, 2

Lesson 7.4 Cartoon Characters
Shiva, Tom and Jerry, Doraemon, Motu and Patlu

Lesson 7.5 Nepali Singers
Pramod Kharel, Indira Joshi, Pashupati Sharma, Anju Panta, Narayan Gopal,
Melina Rai
Section H: The Wonderful World
Lesson 8.1 Our Neighbouring Countries
(1) (a) China (b) India (c) New Delhi, Beijing (d) Indians, Chinese

Lesson 8.2 People and Language
(1) (a) Nepali/Nepalese (b) Americans (c) Bhutanese (d) Pakistani (e) Canadians
(2) (a) Bengali (b) Chinese (c) Hindi (d) Nepali (e) Urdu

Lesson 8.3 Countries and Flags
Pakistan, Nepal, America, Canada, China, India

Section I: Mixed Bag
Lesson 9.1 Telling the Time
Half-past seven o’clock, half-past ten o’clock, seven o’clock, nine o’clock,
four o’clock, half past five o’clock, eight o’clock, half-past eleven o’clock,
half-past one o’clock

Lesson 9.2 Days of the Week

(1) cfOtaf/, ;f]daf/, d+unaf/, aw' af/, lalxaf/, z'qmaf/, ;lgaf/

(2) (a) do yourself (b) do yourself (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday (e) Monday

Lesson 9.3 Twelve Months (c) ASHAD (d) SHRAWAN
(1) (a) BAISAKH (b) JESTHA (g) KARTIK (h) MANGSIR
(e) BHADRA (f) ASHWIN (k) FALGUN (l) CHAITRA
(i) POUSH (j) MAGH (c) MARCH (d) APRIL
(2) (a) JANUARY (b) FEBRUARY (g)JULY (h) AUGUST
(e) MAY (f) JUNE (k) NOVEMBER (l) DECEMBER
(i) SEPTEMBER (j) OCTOBER

Lesson 9.4 Different Jobs (d) porter
(a) farmer (b) carpenter (c) singer (h) nurse
(e) tailor (f) cobbler (g) teacher

Lesson 9.5 Our Clothes (c) shirt(d) shorts (e) cap
(a) sweater (b) daura suruwal (h) coat (i) trousers
(f) skirt (g) t-shirt

Lesson 9.6 Traffic Lights
(1) (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) foot path (e) zebra crossing
(2) (a) True (b) False (c) False (d) True (e) False

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Lesson 9.7 The Directions (d) north (e) south (f) compass
(1) (a) four (b) east (c) west

Lesson 9.8 Things Made Up of
leather, milk, clay, plastic, wood, glass, paper, iron, gold

Lesson 9.9 True or False
(1) (a) False (b) True (c) False (d) False (e) False (f) True
(g) False (h) True (i) True (j) False (k) True (l) True (m) True
Section J: Health and Hygiene
Lesson 10.1 Personal Cleanliness
(1) (a) twice (b) after (c) should not (d) properly (e) bad
(f) should not (g) safe (h) bad (i) always (j) hand

Lesson 10.2 Food and Nutrition
(1) (a) rice, potato, wheat and sugar (b) pulses, eggs, meat and fish
(c) fruits, vegetables and nuts
(2) (a) Breakfast (b) milk (c) 8 hours
Section K: Read and Lead
Lesson 11.1 Our Surroundings
(1) (a) Shrubs (b) Living (c) hard (d) disasters (e) artificial
(f) trees (g) Tihar (h) Chhath (i) communication (j) Terai
(k) light (l) winter (m) grandfather (n) grass (o) harmful

Lesson 11.2 English Language
(1) (a) five (b) an (c) A (d) special (e) benches (f) aunt
(g) He (h) She (i) We (j) It (k) This (l) live
(m) studies (n) go (o) am (p) are
(2) (a) has (b) have (c) crawl (d) came (e) sings (f) but
(g) and (h) fast (i) in (j) brushes (k) have (l) were
(m) articles (n) pronouns (o) on

English 11.3 English Vocabulary
(1) (a) slow (b) low (c) fat (d) difficult (e) ugly
(f) dirty (g) weak (h) new (i) short (j) empty
(2) (a) quick (b) present (c) difficult (d) beautiful (e) silent
(f) wealthy (g) correct (h) street (i) unhappy (j) begin
(3) cake - make, cap - tap, cat - bat, hill - bill, run - sun, rest - best, rat - bat,
hide - ride, doll - ball, hen - pen
(4) (a) their (b) There (c) deer (d) dear (e) right(f) write

English 11.4 Mathematics
Triangle, square, circle, star, rectangle, cylinder, diamond, cone, oval

English 11.5 Mathematics - Numbers (e) 46 (f) 51
(1) (a) 71 (b) 41 (c) 38 (d) 70
(2) (a) 25, 43, 56 (b) 18, 29, 35 (c) 48, 68, 98
(3) (a) 95, 85, 65 (b) 90, 80, 60 (c) 61, 51, 15
(4) (a) O (b) E (c) O (d) E (e) E (f) O

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(5) (a) 37, 39 (b) 56, 58 (c) 63, 65 (d) 79, 81 (e) 156, 158 (f) 198, 200
(6) (a) 14 (b) 39 (c) 62 (d) 14 (e) 31 (f) 35 (g) 28
(i) 3 (j) 4 (k) 5 (l) 4
(h) 5 (b) twenty-four (c) 89 (d) thirty-two (e) eight
(7) (a) 40

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Lesson 12.1 IQ Test 1 Section L: IQ Tests

(1) (a) nail cutter (b) pillow (c) rabbit (d) leg (e) duck
(2) (a) teacher and actor (b) millet and buckwheat (c) China and Canada
(d) purple and white (e) basketball and baseball
(3) (a) 3,3 (b) 4, 4

Lesson 12.2 IQ Test 2
(1) (a) hibiscus (b) tadpoles (c) cannot (d) hummingbird
(e) rafflesia (f) Tihar
(2) (a) crow (b) camel (c) snake (d) park (e) Dolpa (f) Bhaktapur

Lesson 12.3 IQ Test 3
(1) (a) 16, 32 (b) 100, 25 (c) 7, 11 (d) 16, 14 (e) o,
u (f) G, I
(2) (a) + (b) - (c) X (d) / (e) + (f) / (g) X (h) -
(3) (a) hair (b) school (c) wool (d) kennel (e) China (f) dog

Lesson 12.4 IQ Test 4
(1) (a) doctor/nurse (b) teacher (c) tailor (d) carpenter (e) barber
(2) (a) countries (b) sea animals (c) games (d) sense organs (e) colours
(3) (a) 33 (b) 28 (c) 36 (d) 14

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General Knowledge Grade Two
Section A: Me and My Family

Lesson 1.1. All About Me
Please guide the students to solve the questions themselves.

Lesson 1.2. My Body Parts (c) chest (d) teeth (e) knee
(1) (a) arm (b) mouth (c) eyes (d) nose (e) tongue
(2) (a) skin (b) ears

Lesson 1.3. My Relatives
(1) (a) aunt (b) uncle (c) cousin (d) grandfather (e) grandmother
(f) niece (g) nephew (h) maternal uncle

Lesson 1.4 My Work in My Family
Please guide the students to solve the questions themselves.

Section B: Our Country: Our Pride
Lesson 2.1 Our Country
(a) Nepal (b) Kathmandu (c) 7, 77 (d) China (e) India
(f) landlocked (g) Asia

Lesson 2.2 Our National Symbols
(1) National flag, rhododendron, Danphe, Khukuri, Crimson red, national
anthem, Cow
(2) (a) triangular (b) Danphe (c) Laligurans (d) crimson red
(e) national anthem (f) cow (g) Khukuri (h) music

Lesson 2.3 Famous Places of Nepal
(a) Mustang (b) Ilam (c) Mugu (d) Kaski (e) Chitwan (f) Kathmandu

Lesson 2.4 Famous People of Nepal
(a) Laxmi Prasad Devkota (b) Gautam Buddha (c) Narayan Gopal
(d) Sita e) Araniko (f) Prithvi Narayan Shah

Lesson 2.5 Exploring Nepal (c) Bhaktapur
(a) Mt Everest (b) Dolpa (d) Nepali
(e) Karnali (f) Koshi (g) Narayani (h) Rara

Section C: Plants and Animals
Lesson 3.1 Vegetables
carrot, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, beans, mushroom, asparagus, turnip, snake
gourd, lettuce

Lesson 3.2 Dry Fruits
almond, cashews, raisins, hazelnut, pistachio, walnut

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Lesson 3.3 Food Grains
maize, oat, wheat, soyabean, barley, rice, millet, mustard, buckwheat

Lesson 3.4 Cash Crops
jute, sugarcane, tea, coffee, cotton, mustard, tobacco, ginger, cardamom

Lesson 3.5 Fruits
Strawberry, kiwi, jackfruit, litchi, peach, star fruit, avocado, pear, guava

Interesting Facts about Fruits and Vegetables
(a) jute (b) walnut (c) grapes (d) avocado
(h) bitter gourd
(e) jackfruit (f) cauliflower (g) tomato

Lesson 3.6 Edible Parts of a Plant (e) leaves
(a) seeds (b) flower (c) roots (d) flowers (j) roots
(f) leaves (g) seeds (h) seeds (i) leaves

Lesson 3.7 Useful Things from Plants
(a) rubber (b) paper (c) cloth (d) spice (e) perfume
(f) rope (g) medicine (h) oil (i) rice (j) wood (k) jam (l) sugar

Lesson 3.8 Types of Plants
Flowering Plants: mango, rhododendron, potato, rose, mustard
Non flowering Plants: fern, moss, mushroom, pine, spirogyra
Annual Plants: maize, mustard, peas, rice, pumpkin
Perennial Plants:guava, mango, pine, saal, sisau
Terrestrial Plants: banyan, guava, lady’s finger, peepal, vine
Aquatic Plants: hydrilla, water lily, lotus, spirogyra, water hyacinth
Pulses: beans, kidney beans, lentils, chick peas, grams
Food Grains: barley, millet, rice, maize, wheat

Lesson 3.9 Farm Animals
camel, horse, hen, sheep, duck, goat, buffalo, pig, turkey

Lesson 3.10 Wild Animals
rhinoceros, panda, gorilla, kangaroo, porcupine, koala, squirrel, hippopotamus,
hyena

Lesson 3.11 Water Animals
prawn, jellyfish, starfish, seal, octopus, shark, turtle, dolphin, whale

Facts about Animals (c) cow (d) pig (e) sheep (f) panda
(1) (a) camel (b) horse (i) whale (j) octopus (k) seal (l) hyena

(g) kangaroo (h) cow

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Lesson 3.12 Homes and Sounds of Animals
Please tell the students to study the table themselves and memorise the
information.

Lesson 3.13 Young Ones of Animals (d) fawn (e) duckling
(1) (a) cub (b) kitten (c) chick (i) foal (j) chick
(g) fry (h) kid (n) cub (o) calf
(f) calf (l) piglet (m) lamb
(k) owlet

Lesson 3.14 Food of Animals
Plant eating animals (herbivores): cows, deer, horses, rabbits, sheep
Flesh eating animals (carnivores): cats, eagles, lions, leopards, snakes
Plants and flesh eating animals (omnivores): crows, dogs, pigs, bears, human
beings

Lesson 3.15 Birds (b) ostrich (c) cuckoo (d) parrot
(1) (a) owl (f) crow (g) hummingbird (h) albatross
(c) ostrich (d) kiwi
(e) woodpecker
(2) (a) penguin (b) emu

Lesson 3.16 Facts about Birds and Animals
(1) (a) komodo dragon (b) blue whale (c) albatross
(d) anaconda (e) chameleon (f) kiwi

Lesson 3.17 Plants Life
(1) (a) cactus (b) cocoa beans (c) mustard
(d) By counting the rings on trunks (e) pine (f) mango
(g) venus flytrap (h) titan arum (i) fern (j) rafflesia

Section D: Art, Culture and Literature
Lesson 4.1 Different Types of Arts
(1) (a) poetry (b) film (c) scripture (d) photography

Lesson 4.2 Places of Worship (d) church
(1) (a) temple (b) monastery (c) mosque

Lesson 4.3 Our Festivals
(1) (a) Tihar (b) Chhath (c) Holi (d) Buddha Jayanti (e) Christmas (f) Eid

Lesson 4.4 Polite Expressions (c) hello (d) excuse me
(1) (a) good morning (b) good afternoon (g) sorry (h) Namaste
(e) please (f) thank you

Lesson 4.5 Different Books
(1) (a) magazine (b) atlas (c) dictionary (d) encyclopedia
(e) diary (f) directory

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Lesson 4.6 Famous Nepali Poets and Writers
(1) (a) Madhav Prasad Ghimire (b) Gopal Prasad Rimal
(c) Balkrishna Sama (d) Jhamak Kumari Ghimire

Section E: History and Geography
Lesson 5.1 Some Famous People
(1) (a) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (b) Lakhan Thapa
(c) Gehendra Shumsher Rana (d) Bhimsen Thapa

Lesson 5.2 Famous Builders
(1) (a) Bir Shumsher (b) Mandev (c) Chandra Shumsher (d) Pratap Malla

Lesson 5.3 Our Surrounding
(1) (a) Valley (b) Bensi (c) Khonch (d) Tar

Lesson 5.4 Geography of Nepal
(1) (a) three (b) Hilly (c) northern (d) central
(e) southern (f) thirty

Lesson 5.5 Our Earth (d) five (h) Australia
(1) (a) continent (b) seven (c) ocean (g) Asia

(e) Asia, Australia (f) Pacific, Arctic

Lesson 6.1 Section F: Science and Technology
(1) (a) lungs Functions of Our Body Organs
(b) brain (c) liver (d) intestines (e) heart (f) kidneys

Lesson 6.2 Types of Objects
Floating objects: plastic, paper, wax, wood
Sinking objects: brick, coin, spoon, stone
Soluble substances: sugar, salt, glucose, milk
Insoluble substances: rice, sand, flour, soil

Lesson 6.3 Means of Communication
(1) (a) internet (b) telephone (c) letter (d) television (e) radio (f) newspaper

Lesson 6.4 Useful Appliances
(1) (a) sewing machine (b) microwave oven (c) ATM Machine
(d) geyser (e) grinder (f) air conditioner
Lesson 6.5 Useful Devices
(1) (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
(e) binoculars (f) camera (g) calculator (h) projector

Lesson 6.6 Parts of the Computer
(1) (a) webcam (b) speaker (c) printer (d) photocopier (e) scanner (f) pen drive
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Section G: Sports and Entertainment
Lesson 7.1 Games and Sports
(1) golf, volleyball, hockey, polo, table tennis, tennis
(2) (a) polo (b) volleyball (c) six

Lesson 7.2 Types of Exercise
(1) yoga, skipping, swimming, running, cycling, aerobics

Lesson 7.3 Places for Playing Games
(1) ring, court, ground, link, pitch, board

Lesson 7.4 Famous Players of Nepal
(1) (a) Sandeep Lamichhane (b) Paras Khadka (c) Nawayug Shrestha
(d) Gaurika Singh (e) Deepak Bista (f) Baikuntha Manandhar

Lesson 7.5 Famous Entertainers of Nepal
4, 7, 6, 9, 2, 5, 8, 1, 3

Lesson 7.6 Musical Instruments
(1) flute, sarangi, violin, saxophone, drum, harmonium, madal, guitar, sitar,
bagpipe, trumpet, piano

Section H: The Wonderful World
Lesson 8.1 Capital Cities of Some Countries
(1) (a) Kabul (b) Dhaka (c) Thimpu (d) New Delhi (e) Male
(f) Islamabad (g) Colombo
(2) (a) Canberra (b) Beijing (c) Washington DC (d) Moscow
(e) Tokyo (f) Ottawa (g) London (h) Berlin

Lesson 8.2 Countries and People (c) Bhutanese (d) Indian
(1) (a) Afghan (b) Bengali (g) Sri Lankan
(e) Maldivian (f) Pakistani
(2) (a) American (b) Australian (c) Canadian (d) Chinese
(e) English (f) Russian

Lesson 8.3 Famous Landmarks
(1) UK, France, China, Italy, Egypt, America, Australia, India

Lesson 8.4 Wonderful Facts about Different Countries
(1) (a) Russia (b) Vatican City (c) China (d) Nepal
(e) Japan (f) Norway (g) Australia (h) Finland

Lesson 8.5 Famous People in the World
(1) (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Mother Teresa (c) Albert Einstein
(d) Thomas Edison (e) Abraham Lincoln (f) Malala Yousafzai

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Section I: Mixed Bag
Lesson 9.1 Collective Nouns
(1) (a) class (b) fleet (c) pride(d) bouquet (e) group (f) flock
(h) school (i) swarm (j) colony
(g) bunch

Lesson 9.2 Different Jobs (c) mechanic (d) comedian
(1) (a) butcher (b) cobbler (g) farmer (h) driver
(e) pilot (f) blacksmith (k) cook (l) engineer
(i) waiter (j) goldsmith

Lesson 9.3 Traffic Signals (c) Do not enter (d) Stop
(1) (a) Zebra crossing (b) Cycle route
(e) No left turn (f) No parking (g) No right turn (h) No U-turn
(i) Falling rocks (warning for falling rocks)

Lesson 9.4 Weather
(1) rainy, windy, foggy, sunny, cloudy, snowy

Lesson 9.5 Important Days (c) December 25 (d) Jestha 15
(1) (a) Baishak 1 (b) Magh16 (g) Poush 27 (h) Falgun 7

(e) Ashwin 3 (f) March 8

Lesson 9.6 Word Pairs (d) night (e) west (f) blood
(1) (a) ball (b) white (c) butter (j) order (k) tidy (l) pencil
(h) there (i) cold (p) tie (q) later (r) see
(g) take (n) regulations (o) sound
(m) roll

Lesson 9.7 Time Measurement
(1) (a) 60 (b) 60 (c) 24 (d) 7 (e) 30 (f) 12
(h) 366 (i) 52 (j) 10 (k) 100 (l) 1000
(g) 365

Section J: Health and Hygiene
Lesson 10.1 Health Education
(1) (a) True (b) True (c) False (d) False (e) False (f) False
(h) True (i)True (j) True (k) True (l) True (m) True
(g) False

Lesson 10.2 Diseases
(1) Communicable diseases: diphtheria, chickenpox, diarrhoea
Non-communicable diseases: diabetes, blood pressure, cancer
(2) (a) diarrhea (b) dysentery (c) pneumonia (d) measles

Lesson 10.3 Food and Nutrition
(1) (a) swallow (b) dirty (c) meal (d) energy
(e) junk (f) Water (g) healthy (h) indigestion
(2) (a) barley, maize, rice, wheat (b) eggs, fish, meat, pulses
(c) fruits and vegetables

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Lesson 11.1 Section K: Read and Lead
(1) (a) farmer Our Surrounding
(b) careless (c) circular (d) kennels (e) communicable
(f) public (g) necessary (h) light (i) Eid (j) shrubs
(k) plain (l) Laligurans (m) wild (n) should (o) should

Lesson 11.2 English Language (d) an (e) a (f)They
(1) (a) proper (b) legs (c) puppies (j) his (k) our (l) you
(g) We (h) He (i) you (p) biggest (q) is (r) have
(m) Those (n) me (o) taller (d) in (e) at
(s) does (t) watched (i) was (j) has got
(2) (a) and (b) or (c) but (o) tallest
(f) on (g) will study (h) slept (n) poor
(k) move (l) have got (m) am

Lesson 11.3 English Vocabulary
(1) (a) scared (b) pretty (c) start (d) trust (e) gather
(f) right (g) weep (h) forest (i) small (j) wealthy
(2) (a) question (b) careful (c) cheap (d) start (e) soft
(f) early (g) heavy (h) quiet (i) arrive (j) right
(3) (a) There (b) eight (c) meet (d) weak (e) son
(f) blue (g) week (h) hour
(4) (a) cat (b) red (c) pen (d) nice (e) kick
(f) make (g) bell (h) free
(5) (a) February (b) friend (c) neighbour(d) scissors (e) tomorrow
(f) Wednesday

Lesson 11.4 Mathematics-Numbers

(1) (a) one hundred ten (b) 589 (c) ^$% (d) 936 (e) 180
(f) 358 (g) 448 (h) 675 (j) > (k) 12
(l) IX (m) 956 (n) 373 (i) 636 (p) 8
(o) 48

Lesson 11.5 Mathematics
(1) (a) hi
(2) (a) True (b) True (c) False (d) True (e) True (f) True (g) True (h) False

Lesson 11.6 Nepali

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Lesson 12.1 Section L: IQ Tests
(1) (a) duck IQ Test 1
(b) spinach (c) goose (d) heart (e) scarf (f) whale (g) January

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(2) (a) cities (b) lakes (c) singers (d) vegetables (e) directions
(f) festivals

Lesson 12.2 IQ Test 2 (c) mosque (d) calf
(1) (a) pitch (b) India (g) sleep
(c) 8, 16 (d) 12, 15 (e) 20, 25 (f) 85, 80
(e) hear (f) desert
(2) (a) 10, 12 (b) 15, 21

Lesson 12.3 IQ Test 3 (d) Canada (e) Jupiter
(1) (a) elephant (b) ocean (c) ostrich
(2) (a) 4 (b) fork (c) Rhododendron (d) Trishuli (e) wasn’t
(3) (a) COCONUT (b) GARLIC (c) BADMINTON (d) BHUTAN

Lesson 12.4 IQ Test 4 (c) sand (e) school
(1) (a) mango (b) horse (d) teacher
(2) (a) day, week, month, year (b) infant, child, youth, old person
(c) city, province country, continent (d) Nepal, India, China, Russia
(e) rabbit, pig, elephant, blue whale
(3) (a) umbrella (b) clock (c) voice (d) age (e) Fryday

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Vedanta General Knowledge Class Three
Section A: Me, My Family and Neighbourhood

Lesson 1.1 Me and My Family
Please guide the students to solve the questions themselves.

Lesson 1.2 My Neighbours
(1) (a) True (b) False (c) True (d) False (True)
(2) (a) serve water and food to guests (b) call an ambulance
(c) call the fire brigade and other people (d) inform the police
(e) look after their house and pets

Lesson 1.3 Occupational Tools of My Neighbours
(1) sickle, saw, pliers, wrench, hacksaw, chisel, power drills, screwdriver,
multimeter, stethoscope, plane, spade
(2) (a) farmer (b) carpenter (c) doctor (d) teacher (e) electrician
(3) (a) chisel (b) plane (c) hacksaw (d) multimeter (e) pliers
(f) saw (g) wrench (h) stethoscope

Section B: Our Country: Our Pride
Lesson 2.1 Our Country
(1) (a) Asia (b) 1,47,181 (c) 7, 77 (d) Karnali (e) Province 2
(f) answer may vary (g) answer may vary

Lesson 2.2 Famous Places of Nepal
(1) (a) Khaptad (b) Gorkha (c) Ghandruk

(d) Janakpur (e) Tansen (f) Nagarkot

Lesson 2.3 Facts about Nepal
(1) (a) Bhaktapur (b) Dolpa (c) Singha Durbar (d) Mahendra (East-west)

(e) Kathmandu (f) TU Central library (g) Bir Hospital (h) Nyatapole

Lesson 2.4 Mt Everest and Gautam Buddha
(1) (a) Sagarmatha (b) Siddhartha Gautam (c) Solukhumbu
(d) Rupandehi (e) Tenzing Sherpa (f) Queen Mayadevi
(g) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (h) Light of Asia

Lesson 2.5 Products and Places in Nepal
(1) Ilam, Gulmi, Palpa, Pharping, Bhojpur, Chitwan, Birgunj, Malekhu,

Bhaktapur

Lesson 2.6 Who is Who?
(1) (a) singer (b) actor (c) martyr (d) scientist (e) poet
(f) writer (g) mountaineer (h) social worker (i) player (j) doctor

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Section C: Plants and Animals
Lesson 3.1 Fruits and Vegetables
(1) custard apple, capsicum, kiwi, broccoli, apricot, watermelon, asparagus,
avocado, bottle gourd

Interesting Facts about Fruits (c) fig (d) jackfruit (e) melon (f) kiwi
(1) (a) potato (b) orange

Lesson 3.2 Flowering and Non-Flowering Plants
(1) F, N, N, F, F, N

Lesson 3.3 Types of Plants
(1) T, A, D, A, T, T, A, T, D

Lesson 3.4 Spices
(1) cumin, ginger, coriander, bay leaf, cardamom, garlic, mint, nutmeg,
pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, clove

Lesson 3.5 Amazing Plants (d) touch me not
(1) (a) cactus (b) venus flytrap (c) rafflesia

(e) pine (f) apple

Lesson 3.6 Mammals
(1) otter, walrus, dolphin, sea lion, polar bear, bat, mole, platypus, kangaroo,
seal, hippo, koala

Lesson 3.7 Birds
(1) kingfisher, hummingbird, owl, heron, stork, ostrich, albatross, swift,
woodpecker, vulture, pigeon, penguin

Lesson 3.8 Reptiles and Amphibians
(1) crocodile, komodo dragon, newt, snake, tortoise
(2) frog, caecilian, salamander, lizard, toad

Lesson 3.9 Insects
(1) cricket, silkworm, fly, ant, wasp, cockroach, bee, scorpion, ladybird, beetle,
grasshopper, butterfly

Section D: Art, Culture, and Literature
Lesson 4.1 Types of Art
(1) (a) poetry (b) scripture (c) drawing (d) dance (e) music
(f) photography (g) painting (h) graphic design

Lesson 4.2 Our Way of Life
(1) (a) Christian (b) Muslim (c) Kirant (d) Hindu (e) Himalayan
(f) Hilly (g) Terai (h) Ihi (i) Maghi

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Lesson 4.3 Our Festivals
(1) (a) Dashain (b) Buddha Jayanti (c) Eid (d) Gaijatra (e) Gaura Parba
(f) Holi (g) Lhosar (h) Shree Panchami (i) Tihar (j) Udhauli

Lesson 4.4 Our Folk Musical Instruments
(1) (a) hiiii (b) Tungna (c) Damaru (d) Dholak (e) Murchunga
(f) Sarangi (g) Damphu (h) Dhimay (i) Dhyangro

Lesson 4.5 Religious Places of Nepal
(1) (a) Kathmandu (b) Gorkha (c) Kathmandu (d) Kathmandu
(e) Kathmandu (f) Bhaktapur (g) Taplejung (h) Mustang
(i) Kathmandu (j) Lalitpur

Lesson 4.6 Types of Literature (d) poem (e) story
(1) (a) novel (b) play (c) essay (d) play (e) story
(2) (a) poem (b) essay (c) novel

Lesson 4.7 Famous Nepali Poets and Writers
(1) (a) Guruprasad Mainali (b) BP Koirala

(c) Siddhicharan Shrestha (d) Lekhnath Poudyal

Lesson 4.8 Story Time (b) Sleeping Beauty
(1) (a) Cinderella (d) Hansel and Gretel

(c) Little Red Riding Hood

Section E: History and Geography
Lesson 5.1 Some Famous People
(1) (a) Sankhadhar Sankhwa (b) Ram Shah (c) Amshuverma
(d) King Tribhuwan (e) Gautam Buddha (f) Falgunanda

Lesson 5.2 Our Brave Warriors
(1) (a) Balabhadra Kunwar (b) Amar Singh Thapa
(c) Bhakti Thapa (d) Bhimsen Thapa

Lesson 5.3 Who Built What?
(a) Chandra Shumsher (b) Mandev (c) Ashoka (d) Bir Shumsher
(e) Bhimsen Thapa (f) Pratap Malla

Lesson 5.4 Geography of Nepal (c) Himalayan, Terai
(1) (a) Hilly (b) northern, southern (f) thirty
(e) three
(d) eight

Lesson 5.5 Our Earth (b) five, Pacific, Arctic (c) Asia
(1) (a) seven, Asia, Australia (e) Sahara (f) Greenland

(d) Australia

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Section F: Science and Technology
Lesson 6.1 Science around Us
(1) (a) Air (b) wind (c) heat (d) Light (e) electricity
(f) sound (g) First aid (h) Robots (i) machine (j) internet
(k) Energy (l) Matter

Lesson 6.2 The Human Body
(1) (a) bones (b) muscles (c) heart (d) brain
(e) kidneys (f) lungs (g) liver (h) stomach
(2) kidneys, heart, lungs, liver

Lesson 6.3 Scientific Instruments
(1) (a) barometer (b) seismograph (c) manometer (d) rain gauge

(e) voltmeter (f) chronometer (g) speedometer (h) breathalyser

Lesson 6.4 Parts of a Computer (d) mouse (e) webcam
(1) (a) keyboard (b) monitor (c) CPU
(f) speaker (g) printer (h) photocopier (i) scanner (j) pen drive
(2) (a) Central Processing Unit (b) Random Access Memory
(c) Read-Only Memory

Lesson 6.5 The Solar System
(1) (a) eight (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Earth
(f) Saturn (g) Neptune (h) moon
(e) Mars

Lesson 6.6 Our Local Technologies
(1) Tuin, Kol, Dhiki, Chakra, Pani ghatta, Charkha, Khal, Janto, Taan

Section G: Sports and Entertainment
Lesson 7.1 Local Games
(1) Chungi, Dandi Biyo, Kabaddi, Gatta, Bagha Chal, Ghhyainkasa

Lesson 7.2 Adventure Sports
(1) rafting, hang gliding, skiing, sky diving, paragliding, mountain biking,
bungee jumping, mountaineering, skateboarding

Lesson 7.3 Playing Places of Some Games (f) ground
(1) (a) court (b) diamond (c) court (d) ring (e) pitch (l) ring
(g) link (h) field (i) court (j) board (k) court

Lesson 7.4 Sports Legends
(1) (a) Pele (b) Michael Jordan (c) Muhammad Ali (d) Sachin Tendulkar

Lesson 7.5 Players and Games
(1) (a) football (b) football (c) cricket (d) cricket (e) lawn tennis
(f) lawn tennis (g) football (h) cricket (i) football

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Lesson 7.6 Nepali Cinema
(1) Barsha Raut, Swostima Khadka, Priyanka Karki, Aanchal Sharma,

Dayahang Rai, Saugat Malla, Anmol KC, Bipin Karki, Pradeep Khadka
(2) (a) Aama (b) Kumari (c) Shiva Shankar Manandhar (d) Bhuwan Chand

(e) Yug Dekhi Yug Samma (f) Vigilante (g) Shree Swasthani (h) Saugat Bista

Lesson 7.7 Nepali Music
(1) (a) Narayan Gopal (b) Amber Gurung (c) Bhaktaraj Acharya
(d) Melawadevi Gurung (e) Tara Devi Shrestha (f) Aruna Lama

Section H: The Wonderful World
Lesson 8.1 Countries and Capital
(1) (a) Cairo (b) Paris (c) Tehran (d) Baghdad (e) Kuala Lumpur
(f) Moscow (g) Madrid
(2) (a) Brasilia (b) Athens (c) Rome (d) Oslo (e) Doha
(f) Singapore City (g) Taipei (h) Bangkok

Lesson 8.2 Countries and their People and Flags
(1) (a) Afghan (b) Pakistani (c) Bengali (d) Bhutani (e) Canadian
(f) Indian (g) American (h) Australian
(2) (a) Afghanistan (b) Bangladesh (c) Bhutan (d) Nepal
(e) India (f) Maldives (g) Pakistan (h) Sri Lanka

Lesson 8.3 Special Names of Some Countries
(1) (a) Australia (b) Egypt (c) Finland (d) Canada (e) Japan (f) Norway

Lesson 8.4 Famous People in the World (c) William Shakespeare
(1) (a) Tenzing Norgay (b) Nelson Mandela (f) Hellen Keller
(d) Anna Frank (e) Marie Curie

Lesson 8.5 Famous Places to See
(1) Russia, Japan, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, America, Canada, Italy, Greece,
United Kingdom

Section I: Mixed Bag
Lesson 9.1 Types of Houses
(1) (a) apartment (b) castle (c) igloo (d) palace
(e) hut (f) caravan (g) cabin (h) quarters

Lesson 9.2 Word Pairs (b) groom (c) effect (d) alive (e) last
(1) (a) back and forth (h) take (i) spicy (j) address
(m) roll (n) technology (o) sweet
(f) blood (g) sports (q) error (r) peace
(k) cons (l) write
(p) conditions

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Lesson 9.3 Public Places
(1) (a) court (b) bank (c) post office (d) fire station (e) playground
(f) hotel (g) airport (h) library (i) school (j) police station
(k) cinema hall (l) hospital (m) restaurant (n) park

Lesson 9.4 Collective Nouns
(1) (a) colony (b) swarm (c) school (d) bouquet (e) pride
(f) range (g) crowd (h) litter (i) flock (j) fleet
(k) bundle (l) army

Lesson 9.5 Natural Resources
(1) timber, firewood, petroleum, limestone, soil, water

Lesson 9.6 Safety Rules and First Aid
(1) (a) hurry (b) traffic rules (c) footpath (d) zebra crossing (e) first aid

(2) (a) True (b) False (c) False (d) True (e) True

Lesson 9.7 Traffic Signs
(1) no pedestrian, bus stop, speed limit, petrol pump ahead, school zone,
restaurant ahead, wild animal (area), hospital ahead, danger

Lesson 9.8 Abbreviations
(1) (a) Anno Domini (b) Bikram Sambat (c) Post Meridiem/Prime Minister
(d) Bachelor of Arts (e) Compact Disc (f) Kindergarten
(g) Frequency Modulation (h) Digital Versatile Disc
(i) Please Turn Over (j) Central Processing Unit

Lesson 9.9 Special Days (c) December 25 (d) Jestha 15
(1) (a) Baisakh 1 (b) Magh 16 (g) Poush 27 (h) Falgun 7
(k) Ashad 29
(e) Ashwin 3 (f) March 8
(i) Bhadra 29 (j) May 1

Lesson 9.10 Single Words (c) gymnastics
(1) (a) nicotine (b) disease (g) smoking (d) edible
(e) respiration (f) pollution (k) atmosphere (h) environment
(i) habitat (j) technology (l) vaccination

Lesson 9.11 True or False
(1) (a) True (b) True (c) True (d) False (we celebrate it for 15 days)
(e) False (It lies in Hilly region) (f) True (g) False (Mumbai is)
(h) False (Mahabharata is) (i) True (j) False (it is an input device)
(k) True (l) True (m) True

Lesson 9.12 Choosing the Right Answer
(1) (a) Neil Armstrong (b) Volleyball (c) Bir Shumsher (d) Cells

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(e) Leaf (f) Maize (g) Loamy (h) crocodile
(i) rhinoceros (j) cockroach (k) hyena (l) visually (m) 32

Section J: Health and Hygiene
Lesson 10.1 Our Food
(1) (a) diet (b) nutrient (c) balanced diet (d) vitamins
(e) carbohydrates (f) calcium (g) protein (h) fat
(i) water (j) milk (k) stale (l) junk food

Lesson 10.2 Health and Hygiene (e) infection
(1) (a) soap (b) teeth (c) exercise (d) rest (j) nutrients
(f) healthy (g) garbage (h) source (i) food
(k) nail (l) posture

Lesson 10.3 Diseases: Their Prevention and Treatment
(1) (a) Bacillus Calmette Guerin (b) Diptheria Pertussis and Tetanus
(c) Tuberculin-tested
(2) (a) DPT (b) Polio (c) BCG

Section K: Read and Lead
Section 11.1 Our Surrounding
(1) (a) Buddha Jayanti (b) herbivores (c) natural resources
(d) habitat (e) neighbours (f) superstition
(g) nicotine (h) communication (i) continent
(j) stable (k) atmosphere (l) Nalapani
(m) zebra-crossing

Lesson 11.2 English Language (d) Water
(1) (a) proper (b) an, a (c) the (j) their (e) leaves (f) We
(h) himself (i) ourselves (k) her (l) are
(g) us (n) Is (o) were
(m) am

(2) (a) have (b) has (c) How (d) How much (e) long
(f) faster (g) small (h) largest (i) play (j) went
(k) bravely (l) at (m) on (n) because (o) or

Lesson 11.3 English Vocabulary
(1) (a) select (b) collect (c) enormous (d) wealthy (e) believe
(f) selfless (g) grief (h) average (i) poor (j) sensible
(2) (a) destroy (b) dangerous (c) departure (d) build (e) victory
(f) pessimistic (g) cheap (h) finish (i) foreign (j) forget
(3) (a) hole (b) fare (c) flour (d) tail (e) hear

Lesson 11.4 Mathematics (c) 42 (d) 20 (e) 76 (f) Rs 240
(1) (a) 90 (b) 307

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(g) 0.3 (h) XIII (i) Yes (j) 366 (k) 289 (l) Yes
(m) 1:15 pm (n) 48 (o) Friday

Lesson 11.5 Nepali

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Lesson 12.1 IQ Test 1 Section L: IQ Tests

(1) (a) koala (b) spider (c) Pakistan (d) Narayan Gopal
(e) Sachin Tendulkar (f) pear (g) penguin
(2) (a) CHEETAH (b) CUCKOO (c) CROW (d) DECADE (e) TULIP
(3) (a) Practice makes a person perfect. (b) Honesty is the best policy.
(c) Slow and steady wins the race. (d) There is no place like home.

Lesson 12.2 IQ Test 2
(1) (a) ground (b) litre (c) lamb (d) sour (e) season (f) Janakpur
(2) (a) 12 inch (b) 12 copies (c) twenty (d) 144 (12 dozens) (e) equal
(3) (a) egg (b) vegetable (c) keyboard (d) your name (e) atlas

Lesson 12.3 IQ Test 3
(1) (a) 90, 50 (b) 25, 36 (c) 256, 1024 (d) 24, 48 (e) 12, 24
(2) (a) fowl, kangaroo, leopard, lion (b) basketball, cricket, football, volleyball
(c) bundle, flock, shoal, swarm (d) green, indigo, purple, violet
(e) church, monastery, mosque, temple
(3) (a) 20 days (b) 10 (c) Khadga (d) 16 quarters (e) Rs 150

Lesson 12.4 IQ Test 4 (c) No (five) (d) Yes
(1) (a) Yes (b) Yes (e) No (31 days)
(2) (a) famous and popular (b) giraffe (c) rude (d) artificial and natural
(e) litre (f) snail

Lesson 12.5 IQ Test 5
(1) 12 (b) 10, 12, 12 (c) 14

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Vedanta General Knowledge Class Four
Section A: Our Country: Our Pride

Lesson 1.1 Our Country
(1) (a) Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (b) 885 km (c) 193 km
(d) 1,47,181 sq km (e) 0.03% (f) 0.3% (g) China (h) India

Lesson 1.2 Our National Heritages
(1) Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bouddhanath , Changunarayan, Chitwan
National Park, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Lumbini, Pashupatinath, Patan
Durbar Square, Sagarmatha National Park, Swayambhunath

Lesson 1.3 Our National Heroes
(1) (a) Balabhadra Kunwar (b) Amarsingh Thapa
(c) Sankhadhar Sakhwa (d) Ram Shah (e) King Amshuverma
(f) King Tribhuwan (g) Gautam Buddha (h) Mahaguru Falgunanda
(i) Bhimsen Thapa (j) Sita (k) Araniko (l) Prithvi Narayan Shah
(m) King Janak (n) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (o) Bhanubhakta Acharya
(p) Motiram Bhatta

Lesson 1.4 Superlatives of Nepal
(1) (a) Rara (b) Central Library, TU (c) Dasarath Stadium
(f) Khumbu (g) East-west Highway (h) Dolpa (i) Bhaktapur
(j) Bouddhanath (k) Nyatapole (l) Pachal

Lesson 1.5 Tourist Destinations in Nepal
(1) (a) Kaski (b) Dhankuta (c) Lamjung (d) Rasuwa (e) Nuwakot

(f) Dolakha (g) Mustang (h) Bhaktapur (i) Solukhumbu

Lesson 1.6 Political Leaders of Nepal
(1) 5, 8, 3, 7, 1, 4, 2, 9, 6

Lesson 1.7 Other Names of Places of Nepal
(1) (a) Birgunj (b) Ranighat Mahal (c) Baglung (d) Namche Bazar
(e) Kathmandu (f) Jiri (g) Jumla (h) Mustang (i) Rukum (j) Chitwan

Section B: Plants and Animals
Lesson 2.1 Types of Plants
Flowering plants: rose, wheat, mint, cactus
Non-flowering plants: cycad, fern, moss, mushroom
Herbs: rice, wheat, mustard, pea
Shrubs: rose, hibiscus, cotton, pomegranate
Trees: mango, jackfruit, banyan, pine
Lesson 2.2 Parts of a Plant and a Flower
Parts of a plant: flower, fruit, bud, stem, leaf, branch, root
Parts of a flower: stigma, anther, petal, ovary, sepal

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Lesson 2.3 Some Medicinal Plants
(1) (a) clove (b) mint (c) aloe vera (d) ginger (e) garlic (f) cinnamon

Lesson 2.4 Special Plants
(1) (a) giant redwood (b) watermeal (c) rose (d) orchid
(e) tomato (f) grapes (g) mango (h) hooker lips

Lesson 2.5 Vertebrates and Invertebrates
(1) V, I, V, V, I, V, I, V, I, I, V, I,

Lesson 2.6 Oviparous and Viviparous Animals
(1) O, V, V, V, O, O, V, O, V, O, O, V

Lesson 2.7 Desert Animals
(1) (a) camel (b) skunk (c) kangaroo rat (d) addax (e) bison
(f) fennec (g) mule deer (h) gila monster

Lesson 2.8 Classification of Animals
(1) (a) carnivores (b) herbivores (c) omnivores (d) birds (e) mammals
(f) insects (g) reptiles (h) amphibians (i) ruminants (j) rodents
(2) (a) birds (b) insects (c) herbivores (d) mammals (e) omnivores
(f) amphibians (g) carnivores (h) ruminants (i) reptiles (j) rodents

Lesson 2.9 Strange Animals
(1) (a) llama (b) bison (c) moose (d) hammerhead (e) armadillo
(f) platypus (g) babirusa (h) sponge

Lesson 2.10 Amazing Facts about Birds and Animals
(1) (a) grey partridge (b) sailfish (c) pangolin (d) orangutan
(e) golden eagle (f) komodo dragon

Section C:Art, Culture, and Literature
Lesson 3.1 Nepalese Art
(1) (a) painting (b) sculpture (c) architecture

Lesson 3.2 Nepalese Language (c) Devanagari (d) Maithali
(1) (a) Nepali (b) Sinja Valley (g) Sanskrit (h)Nagraj
(e) September 23 (f) Ranjana

Lesson 3.3 Folk Dances of Nepal
(1) (a) Rai (b) Limbu (c) Maithili (d) Magar (e) Newar
(f) Tamang (g) Gurung (h) Gandharva (i) Thakali

Lesson 3.4 Our Festivals
(1) (a) Jitiya (b) Sama Chakhewa (c) Gaura Parva (d) Teej

(e) Udhauli Parva (f) Wadangment (g) Janai Purnima (h) Siruwa

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Lesson 3.5 Nepali Culture and Religion
(1) (a) Chhath (b) Machhindranath (c) Kumari (d) Ihi (e) Rigveda
(f) Chepang (g) Rabanshi (h) Saraswati (i) Sewai (j) Alum

Lesson 3.6 Holy Books of Different Religions
(1) (a) Hinduism (b) Christianity (c) Islam (d) Buddhism
(e) Kirant (f) Sikhism

Lesson 3.7 Famous Writers of Nepal
(1) 9, 4, 2, 7, 8, 5, 6, 1, 3

Lesson 3.8 Nepali Literary Persons and their Titles
(1) (a) Mahakabi (b) Aadikabi (c) Yuwakabi
(d) Kabi Siromani (e) Natya Samrat (f) Adhunik Kabi
(g) Rastrakabi (h) Yugkabi (i) Janakabi Keshari

Lesson 3.9 Prominent Poets and Writers of Different Languages
(1) (a) Italian (b) German (c) Hindi (d) Greek (e) Sanskrit
(f) Russian (g) Urdu (h) Bengali (i) English

Lesson 4.1 Section D: History and Geography (c) painting
(1) (a) utensil Sources of History (f) statue

(d) coin (b) copper inscription
(e) stone inscription

Lesson 4.2 Ancient Nepal
(1) (a) Manjushree (b) China (c) Gopalas (d) Mathura, India
(e) Matatirtha (f) Mahispals (g) Kirants (h) Patan (i) Gokarna
(j) Lichchhavi (k) Baishali (l) Malla

Lesson 4.3 Our Brave Martyrs
(1) (a) Magh 16 (b) Lakhan Thapa (c) Kathmandu (d) 1997 BS
(2) Lakhan Thapa, Gangalal Shrestha, Sukraraj Shastri,
Dharmabhakta Mathema, Dasarath Chand

Lesson 4.4 First in Nepal
(1) (a) Dr Ram Baran Yadav (b) Bidhya Devi Bhandari (c) Bhimsen Thapa

(d) BP Koirala (e) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (f) Shiva Shankar Manandhar
(g) Bhuwan Chand (h) Hari Prasad Rimal (i) Gehendra Shumsher

Lesson 4.5 Famous Builders of Nepal
(1) (a) Siddhinarsingh Malla (b) Mahendra Malla (c) Prachandadev
(d) Bir Shumsher (e) Vrisha Bhanu Kumari (f) Rudra Shumsher
(g) Juddha Shumsher (h) PN Shah (i) Janga Bahadur Rana

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Lesson 4.6 Map Symbols (c) mountain/peak
(1) (a) lake (b) river (d) hospital
(e) roadway (f) bridge (g) international boundary (h) ropeway
(i) airway (j) capital city (k) mountain range (l) school
(m) temple (n) university (o) railway track (p) forest

Lesson 4.7 Geographical Features of Nepal
(1) (a) 21% (b) 62% (c) 17% (d) 20 (e) 36 (f) 21
(g) Gaurishankar (h) Mustang (i) Baglung (j) Lumle
(k) Kanchanjunga (l) Nepalgunj

Lesson 4.8 Mountains in Nepal (c) Lhotse (d) Makalu
(1) (a) Sagarmatha (b) Kanchanjunga (g) Manaslu (h) Annapurna
(e) Cho Oyu (f) Dhaulagiri

Lesson 4.9 Waterfalls in Nepal
(1) (a) Terhathum (b) Taplejung (c) Myagdi (d) Kaski (e) Dhankuta
(f) Dhading (g) Dang (h) Kalikot (i) Okhaldhunga

Lesson 4.10 Highways in Nepal
(1) (1) East-west (Mahendra) (2) Tribhuwan (3) Araniko (4) Prithvi
(5) Madan Ashrit (6) BP Highway (7) Mechi (8) Koshi
(9) Sagarmatha (10) Siddhartha (11) Rapti (12) Ratna

Lesson 4.11 Lakes and Ponds in Nepal (4) Rasuwa
(1) (1) Surkhet (2) Dhanusha (3) Kailali (8) Kaski
(5) Makwanpur (6) Achham (7) Ilam (12) Manang
(9) Mugu (10) Dolpa (11) Kathmandu

Lesson 4.12 Places Lying on Banks of Rivers (e) Damauli
(1) (a) Syangja (b) Ghorahi (c) Kathmandu (d) Beni (i) Bharatpur
(f) Mahendranagar (g) Besisahar (h) Kusma
(j) Pokhara (k) Butwal (l) Bidur

Section E: Science and Technology
Lesson 5.1 World-Famous Scientists
(1) (a) Galileo (b) Sir Issac Newton (c) Charles Darwin
(d) Albert Einstein (e) Thomas Edison (f) Marie Curie

Lesson 5.2 Branches of Science
(1) (a) botany (b) biology (c) physics (d) ecology (e) chemistry
(f) microbiology (g) zoology (h) astronomy (i) cosmology (j) anatomy

Lesson 5.3 Scientific Instruments
(1) (a) wattmeter (b) microphone (c) barometer (d) lactometer
(e) endoscope (f) microscope (g) cardiograph (h) altimeter

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Lesson 5.4 Inventions and Inventors
(1) (a) James Neismith (b) K. Macmillan (c) Michael Faraday
(d) Waterman (e) Steve Jobs (f) David Hughes
(g) B. Thimmonnier (h) Rene Laennec (i) JL Baird (j) A.L. Breguet

Lesson 5.5 Computers
(1) (a) Charles Babbage (b) Vinton Gray Cerf (c) Abacus

(d) Super Computer (e) Super computer (f) hardware

(g) optical disk (h) 1024 MB

(2) (a) Compact Disc (b) Central Processing Unit

(c) Digital Versatile Disc (d) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

(e) Internet Service Provider (f) Local Area Network

(g) Liquid Crystal Display (h) Light Emitting Diode

(i) Personal Computer (j) Random-access Memory

(k) Uninterrupted Power Supply (l) Uniform Resource Locater

(m) World Wide Web

Lesson 5.6 The Solar System
(1) (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) earth (d) Mars (e) Jupiter

(f) Saturn (g) Neptune (h) Uranus (i) Milky Way (j) Moon

Lesson 5.7 Amazing Human Body

(1) (a) liver (b) femur (c) tooth (d) ear (e) enamel
(f) eyes (g) tongue (h) skin (i) brain (j) heart

Section F: Sports and Entertainment
Lesson 6.1 Football
(1) (a) 11 (b) ground (c) 90 m – 120 m (d) 45 m – 90 m
(2) (a) captain (b) coach (c) defender (d) goalkeeper
(e) midfielder (f) striker (g) referee

Lesson 6.2 Cricket (d) leather
(1) (a) eleven (b) wicket (c) white (e) innings
(f) runs (g) six (h) leg before wicket
(i) international cricket council (j) umpire

Lesson 6.3 Famous Nepali Players
(1) (a) marathon (b) cricket (c) cricket (d) taekwondo
(e) football (f) swimming (g) football (h) cricket (i) taekwondo

Lesson 6.4 National Games of Different Countries
(1) (a) cricket (b) kabaddi (c) archery (d) table tennis (e) football

(f) hockey (g) badminton (h) sumo wrestling (i) diving (j) baseball
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Lesson 6.5 Nepali Cinema (c) Kumari (d) Silu
(1) (a) Aama (b) Satya Harischandra (g) Yug Dekhi Yug Samma
(j) Yestai Hunchha
(e) Kasturi (f) Badalpari
(h) Shree Swosthani (i) Ranko

Lesson 6.6 Gems of Nepali Music
(1) (a) Narayan Gopal (b) Bhaktaraj Acharya (c) Melawadevi Gurung
(d) Ustad Ganeshlal (e) Yagyaraj Sharma (f) Amber Gurung
(g) Hari Prasad Rimal (h) Ranu Devi Adhikari (i) Om Bikram Bista
(j) Aruna Lama

Lesson 6.7 World Famous Celebrities (c) Angelina Jolie
(1) (a) Aamir Khan (b) Amitabh Bachchhan (f) Priyanka Chopra
(d) Jackie Chan (e) Leonardo Di Caprio (i) Tom Cruise
(g) Salman Khan (h) Shahrukh Khan

Section G: The Wonderful World
Lesson 7.1 Capital Cities and Currencies of Different Countries
(1) Kathmandu, Nepalese rupee (2) Kabul, Afghan Afghani (3) Dhaka, Taka
(4) Thimpu, Ngultrum (5) New Delhi, Indian rupee (6) Male, Rufiyaa
(7) Islamabad, Pakistani rupee (8) Colombo, Sri Lankan rupee
(9) Washington DC, United States Dollar (10) Canberra, Australian Dollar
(11) Ottawa, Canadian Dollar (12) Beijing, Yuan
(13) Tokyo, Yen (14) Abu Dhabi, Dirham

Lesson 7.2 Amazing Features of Some Nations
(1) (a) Iceland (b) France (c) Switzerland (d) Sri Lanka
(e) Saudi Arabia (f) Cyprus (g) Laos (h) Panama
(i) Kuwait (j) United Kingdom

Lesson 7.3 Geographical Nicknames of Some Countries
(1) (a) Egypt (b) Australia (c) Canada (d) Norway
(e) Japan (f) Great Britain (g) Finland (h) Belgium
(i) Bhutan (j) Switzerland (k) Cuba (l) Laos

Lesson 7.4 Some Countries as Introducers
(1) (a) Egypt (b) Switzerland (c) Greece (d) Spain
(e) Italy (f) China (g) France (h) Austria
(i) United Kingdom (j) Germany

Lesson 7.5 Nicknames of Some World Famous Personalities
(1) (a) Poet’s poet (b) Lady with the Lamp (c) Light of Asia
(d) Father of English Poetry (e) Light of the World (f) Man of Steel
(g) Bapu (h) Gandhi of America (i) Black Pearl (j) Bard of Avon

Lesson 7.6 Old and New Names of Some Countries and Places
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(1) Mumbai (2) Myanmar (3) Kolkata (4) Sri Lanka (5) Netherlands
(6) Chennai (7) Malaysia (8) Iraq (9) Japan (10) Beijing
(11) Iran (12) Congo

Lesson 7.7 International Days (c) June 5 (d) May 15
(1) (a) November 20 (b) December 10
(e) December 1 (f) July 11 (g) May 8 (h) May 1
(i) June 21 (j) September 8 (k) March 24 (l) March 8

Section H: Mixed Bag
Lesson 8.1 Different Hobbies
(1) knitting, stamp collecting, photography, gardening, dancing, playing,
painting, hiking, singing

Lesson 8.2 Full Forms
(1) (a) British Broadcasting Corporation (b) Chief Executive Officer
(c) Curriculum Vitae (d) Secondary Education Examination
(e) Ear, Nose and Throat (f) Frequency Modulation
(g) Intensive Care Unit (h) Basic Level Examination
(i) Please Turn over (j) Managing Director
(k) Automated Teller Machine (l) Ultraviolet

Lesson 8.3 True or False (d) True
(1) (a) True (b) False (Venus is) (c) True
(e) False (Pacific is) (f) True (g) False (It is famous for orange)
(h) True (i) True (j) False (they live in Rautahat)
(k) False (he wrote the Ramayan) (l) True (m) True
(n) False (Shirdhwoj) (o) True

Lesson 8.4 Road Signs

(1) No U-turn, No Parking, Danger, Speed Limit, Restaurant ahead, picnic site, falling
rocks, turn left, steep hill downwards

Lesson 8.5 Single Words (c) tradition (d) vertebrate
(1) (a) monument (b) orphan (g) robbery (h) origami
(e) matter (f) vegetation (k) mitochondria (l) atmosphere
(i) martyr (j) habitat

Lesson 8.6 Word Puzzle
(1) (a) pink (b) stamen (c) koala (d) Belgium (e) Russia
(f) England (g) skin (h) hydrogen (i) Kiwi (j) Hwang Ho

Section I: Health and Hygiene
Lesson 9.1 Our Body and Surrounding
(1) (a) True (b) False (c) False (d) True (e) True
(g) True (h) False
(f) False

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(2) Degradable wastes: fruits, plants, paper, vegetables
Non-biodegradable wastes: bottle, metal, plastic, rubber

Lesson 9.2 Food and Nutrition
(1) Healthy food: fruits, green vegetables, maize, potato

Unhealthy (junk) food: french fry, noodles, pizza, potato chips
(2) (1) carbohydrates (2) protein (3) fat (4) vitamin (5) mineral

Lesson 9.3 Diseases and Doctors
(1) (a) eyes (b) skin (c) stomach (d) thyroid (e) liver
(f) nerves (g) lungs (h) nervous system (i) intestine
(j) immune system
(2) (a) ophthalmologist (b) dentist (c) paediatrician (d) cardiologist
(e) dermatologist (f) psychiatrist

Lesson 9.4 Diseases (b) non-communicable (d) diphtheria
(1) (a) communicable (b) measles (c) tuberculosis (h) DPT
(2) (a) dysentery (f) polio (g) BCG

(e) pneumonia

Section J: Read and Lead
Lesson 10.1 English Vocabulary
(1) (a) reach (b) combine (c) concise (d) seize
(e) harm (f) harm (g) promote (h) foe
(i) sufficient (j) grasp (k) suitable (l) wealthy
(2) (a) forbid (b) depart (c) lead (d) annoy (e) rough
(f) blame (g) notorious (h) variable (i) modern
(j) present (k) loss (l) guilty
(3) (a) coriander (b) garlic (c) clove (d) cardamom (e) ginger
(f) nutmeg (g) cinnamon (h) mint (i) pepper
(j) cumin
(4) (a) lion (b) fox (c) bone (d) snail (e) peacock
(f) owl (g) cucumber (h) bee (i) elephant (j) bird
(5) (a) deck (b) brood (c) troop (d) crew (e) galaxy
(f) board (g) flock (h) caravan (i) school (j) army
(6) (a) bray (b) buzz (c) grunt (d) creak (e) scream
(f) croak (g) squeak (h) hoot (i) squawk (j) squeal
(k) bellow (l)hiss
(7) (a) stare (b) hear (c) mail (d) weak (e) brake (f) principal
(8) (a) ear (b) sauce (c) time (d) pal (e) ape
(f) dies (g) pots (h) rat
(9) (a) deserts (b) lakes (c) religions (d) tri-ratna (e) purans
(f) panche baja

Lesson 10.2 English Language (d) the (e) me (f) themselves
(1) (a) loaf (b) birds (c) a

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(g) ourselves (h) younger (i) slowly (j) Why
(k) are (l) riding (m) gets (n) at (o) in (p) on (q) and (r) so

Lesson 10.3 Social Studies
(1) (a) neighbour (b) ornament (c) Siruwa (d) bad (e) illegal
(f) should (g) crust (h) India (i) China (j) 104
(k) Magh (l) Terai (m) map (n) president (o) prime minister

Lesson 10.4 Science
(1) (a) arboreal (b) germination (c) Aquatic (d) natural disasters
(e) Gas (f) energy (g) weather (h) equator (i) planet
(j) environment (k) balanced diet (l) accidents

Lesson 10.5 Mathematics
(1) (a) 600 (b) 100000 (c) 9999999 (d) 40789 (e) LX

(f) 40 (g) 122 (h) 23 (i) equilateral (j) ^&$(
(k) 49 (l) Rs 320 (m) Yes (n) Yes (o) No

Lesson 10.6 Naming Time
(1) (a) flood, landslide, earthquake, volcano (b) tiger, lion, snake, human being
(c) butterfly, earthworm, mosquito, snail (d) fish, frog, crow, snake
(e) dog, panda, rat, human being (f) fish, starfish, crab, shark
(g) dog, cat, lion, tiger (h) lotus, hydrilla, hyacinth, water lettuce
(i) mango, litchi, cactus, marigold (j) summer, winter, autumn, spring
(k) radio, television, computer, mobile phone
(l) Dhiki, Janto, Tuin, Pani Ghatta (m) measles, mumps, common cold,
rabies
(n) cancer, heart disease, obesity, cataracts
(o) dowry system, untouchability, gambling, deuki prath
(p) soil, water, forest, minerals
(q) Gangalal Shrestha, Dharmabhakta Mathema, Sukraraj Shastri,
Dasarath Chand
(r) Dashain, Eid, Lhosar, Christmas
(s) Sagarmatha, Kanchanjunga, Lhotse, Makalu
(t) Docha, Daura suruwal, Dhoti, Haku Patasi

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Lesson 11.1 Section K: IQ Tests
(1) (a) try IQ Test 1
(2) (a) planet (b) short (c) results (d) far (e) imitation (f) soldier
(b) temperature (c) Gurudwara (d) bleat (e) leather (f) coffee

Lesson 11.2 IQ Test 2
(1) (a) school (b) Ayurveda (c) geography (d) diabetes

(e) emu (f) kidney
(2) (a) letter, word, sentence, paragraph

(b) member, family, community, country
(c) infant, child, adult, old (d) never, sometime, generally, always
(e) rivulet, river, sea, ocean (f) cat, tiger, elephant, whale

Lesson 11.3 IQ Test 3 (c) J (d) 16 (e) 18
(1) (a) 625 (b) 60 (c) 90 (d) 40
(2) (a) 4 (b) 14 (g) 6 pens (h) Monday
(f) 72
(e) 7

Lesson 11.4 IQ Test 4 (c) plate
(1) (a) bottle (b) short (d) chess player (e) stamp
(f) sponge (g) map (h) brain (i) table (j) c
(2) (a) kennel (b) London (c) basketball (d) camera (e) port
(3) arguement should be argument and fourty should be forty

Lesson 11.5 IQ Test 5 (c) 9
(1) (a) 8, 12, 15(b) 9

Lesson 11.6 Current Affairs
(The following information is as of 15th May, 2020. Please make sure that the
information is valid till now before discussing with students.)
(1) (a) Bidhya Devi Bhandari (b) Khadga Prasad Oli
(c) Giriraj Mani Pokhrel (d) Agni Sapkota
(e) Asmi Shrestha (f) Qatar
(2) Do yourself.

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Section A: Our Country: Our Pride
Lesson 1.1 Our Country
(1) (a) landlocked (b) rectangular (c) Nepalese rupee (d) secular
(e) president (f) prime minister (g) Nepali
(2) (a) True (b) True (c) False (8 are there in Nepal) (d) False (Pokhara)
(e) True (f) False (Bangladesh) (g) True (h) False (Kanchanjunga)
(i) True (j) False (10 are there)

Lesson 1.2 Our National Heroes
(1) (a) Araniko (b) Amar Singh Thapa (c) King Janak (d) King Amshuverma
(e) King Tribhuwan (f) Sankhadhar Sakhwa (g) Mahaguru Falgunanda
(h) Sita (i) Gautam Buddha (j) Motiram Bhatta

Lesson 1.3 Our National Heritage
(1) (a) Chitwan National Park (b) Sagarmatha National Park (c) Lumbini

(d) Pashupatinath (e) Patan Durbar Square (f) Swoyambhunath Stupa
(g) Changunarayan Temple (h) Biuddhanath Stupa

Lesson 1.4 Superlatives in Nepal (b) Siddha Gufa
(1) (a) Shey Phoksundo National Park
(c) Janaki Temple (d) Indra Sarobar
(e) Rara National Park (f) Pachal Waterfall
(g) Nyatapole (h) Muktinath
(i) Budhanilakantha (j) Dasarath Stadium

Lesson 1.5 Places Famous for Products
(1) (a) Tikani Bode (b) Bhaktapur (c) Barhabishe (d) Tokha
(e) Biratnagar (f) Dailekh (g) Khokana (h) Dhankuta
(i) Kaski (j) Pharping (k) Chitlang (l) Kaligandaki

Lesson 1.6 Tourist Destinations of Nepal
(1) (a) Mustang (b) Dhankuta (c) Kaski (d) Palpa
(e) Nuwakot (f) Solukhumbu (g) Sindupalchowk
(h) Tanahun (i) Rasuwa

Lesson 1.7 Famous Females in Nepal
(1) (a) Bidhya Devi Bhandari (b) Parijat (c) Lamu Amatya
(d) Angur Baba Joshi (e) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (f) Rakshya Rana
(g) Sushila Karki (h) Onsari Gharti Magar (i) Bhuwan Chand

Section B: Plants and Animals
Lesson 2.1 Useful Parts of Plants
(1) (a) fruits (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) root (e) fruit (f) seeds
(h) root (i) seeds (j) leaves (k) stem (l) fruit
(g) seeds

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Lesson 2.2 Useful Things from Different Plants (e) chocolate
(1) (a) gum (b) ointment (c) paper (d) spice (j) soap
(f) beverage (g) fibre (h) hair dye (i) perfume (o) oil
(k) sack (l) medicine (m) resin (n) wood

Lesson 2.3 Plants Quiz (c) rafflesia (d) baseball (e) lithops
(1) (a) banana (b) titan aarum (g) peepal (h) jackfruit

(f) bloodwood tree

Lesson 2.4 Amazing Facts on Birds (c) ostrich (d) peregrine falcon
(1) (a) spiny babbler (b) cuckoo
(e) weaverbird (f) crane (g) arctic tarn
(h) crow (i) ostrich (j) gentoo penguin
(k) kiwi (l) dove (m) owl (n) hummingbird

Lesson 2.5 Amazing Animal Facts
(1) (a) snail (b) camel (c) giraffe (d) frog (e) slug (f) kangaroo
(g) lobster (h) giraffe (i) tiger (j) goat (k) komodo dragon
(l) praying mantis (m) sailfish (n) starfish (o) crocodile

Lesson 2.6 True or False (d) True (e) True
(1) (a) True (b) True (c) False (lioness do) (i) False (j) True
(g) True (h) False (shrimp has)
(f) False

Section C: Art, Culture, and Literature
Lesson 3.1 Nepalese Art
(1) (a) Painting (b) book painting (c) cloth (d) Paubhachitra
(e) Malla (f) Pagoda (g) Shikhar (h) Hanuman Dhoka

Lesson 3.2 Folk Dances of Nepal
(1) (a) Syabro (b) Balan (c) Maruni
(d) Sakela Sili (e) Sangini (f) Deuda

Lesson 3.3 Religious Places in Nepal (d) Dhanusha
(1) (a) Sunsari (b) Rasuwa (c) Khotang (h) Pyuthan (i) Kaski
(e) Surkhet (f) Kathmandu (g) Nawalparasi

Lesson 3.4 Religions in Nepal
(1) (a) Hinduism (b) Bodh Gaya (c) Christianity (d) Muhammad
(e) Jina Vadrdhamana Mahavira (f) Mundhum (g) five
(h) philanthropy (i) Ved Vyasa
(j) Allah

Lesson 3.5 Our Festivals (c) Chasok Tangnam (d) Maghe Sankranti
(1) (a) Maha Shivaratri (b) Judshital
(e) Ram Nawami (f) Eid (g) Christmas (h) Pendiya

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Lesson 3.6 Nepali Culture (d) the Vedas (e) Sherpa
(1) (a) Ihi (b) Sumnima (c) Gurung
(f) Pangden (g) Dolpo (h) Nepal Bhasa (i) Praja (j) Tajpuriya

Lesson 3.7 Nepali Literary Persons and their Titles
(1) (a) Rastra Kabi (b) Kabi Keshari (c) Itihas Siromani (d) Aadikabi

(e) Lok Kabi (f) Sringarik Kabi (g) Mahakabi of Newari Language
(h) Asu Kabi (i) Mahakabi

Lesson 3.8 Famous Writers of Nepal
(1) 4, 6, 5, 7, 2, 9, 8, 3, and 1

Lesson 3.9 World Famous Literary Persons
(1) William Shakespeare (2) Charles Dickens (3) Leo Tolstoy
(4) Anton Chekhov (5) Mark Twain (6) Oscar Wilde
(7) Roald Dahl (8) JK Rowling (9) Rabindranath Tagore

Lesson 3.10 Story Time
(1) (a) Jack and the Beanstalk (b) Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
(c) Goldilocks and the Three Bears (d) Rip Van Winkle
(e) Beauty and the Beast (f) Puss in Boots
(g) Rumpelstiltskin (h) Peter Pan

Section D: History and Geography
Lesson 4.1 First in Nepal
(1) Nepal Bank Limited (2) Sudhasagar (3)Aawaj (4) Everest Bank
(5) King Mandev (6) Gehendra Shumsher Rana
(7) Manamohan Adhikari (8) Om Mani Tamang (9) Dr Ram Baran Yadav
(10) Parmananda Jha (11) Junga Bahadur Rana (12) Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Lesson 4.2 Nicknames of Hisorical Personalities
(1) Padma Shumsher (2) Chandra Shumsher (3) Prithvi Narayan Shah
(4) Bhrikuti (5) Ganeshman Singh (6) Araniko
(7) Tanka Prasad Acharya (8) Gehendra Shumsher Rana
(9) Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh (10) Shivasingh Malla

Lesson 4.3 First and Last Kings of Different Dynasties
(1) (a) Gopal (b) Mahispal (c) Kirant (d) Lichchhavi (e) Shah

Lesson 4.4 History Quiz (d) Amshuverma
(1) (a) Bhuktaman (b) Sthunko (c) Yala (g) Gunakam Dev
(e) Mandev (f) King Narendra Dev (j) Jawa
(h) Jayaprakash Malla (i) Pratap Malla

Lesson 4.5 Important Dates (d) 1972 AD (e) 2020 BS
(i) 2042 BS (j) 2063 BS
(1) (a) 2007 BS (b) 2009 BS (c) 2016 BS
(f) 2050 BS (g) 1958 BS (h) 2007 BS

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Lesson 4.6 Rivers and Lakes in Nepal
(1) (a) Koshi (b) Sano Bheri (c) Rigma (d) Shilutirtha (e) Khumbu
(f) Phoksundo (g) Kaligandaki (h) Dolakha (i) Narayani (j) Manang

Lesson 4.7 National Parks of Nepal
(1) (a) Shey Phoksundo (b) Langtang (c) Makalu-Barun
(d) Sagarmatha (e) Bardiya (f) Chitwan (g) Parsa
(h) Banke (i) Shuklaphant (j) Khaptad (k) Shivapuri Nagarjuna
(l) Rara
(2) (a) Chitwan(b) Shey Phoksundo (c) Rara (d) Dhorpatan (e) Sagarmatha

Lesson 4.8 Waterfalls in Nepal
(1) (a) Myagdi (b) Palpa (c) Mugu (d) Doti (e) Udaypur
(f) Taplejung (g) Nuwakot (h) Okhaldhunga (i) Arghakhanchi (j) Ilam

Lesson 4.9 Places Lying on Banks of Rivers
(1) (a) Gulariya (b) Baglung (c) Sindhuligadi (d) Chame (e) Kakadbhitta
(f) Hetauda (g) Bharatpur (h) Dipayal (i) Mnthali (j) Gaighat

Lesson 4.10 Soils and Minerals in Nepal
(1) (a) five (b) alluvial (c) loamy (d) about 400 years
(e) Talc (f) limestone (g) Bandipur (h) Phulchoki

Lesson 4.11 Geographical Features of Nepal
(1) (a) 20 (b) 36 (c) 7 (d) 21 (e) 3
(2) (a) Terai (b) Dang (c) Jugal (d) Dobhanchaur (e) Junar
(f) Kaski (g) Solukhumbu (h) Jumla (i) Kathmandu
(j) Arun Valley (k) cotton (l) coffee (m) Khukuri (n) Mustang (o) Parsa

Section E: Science and Technology
Lesson 5.1 Computers

(1) (a) hardware (b) software
(c) peripherals (scanner and modem are its examples)
(d) laptop (e) palmtop (f) hard disk (g) operating system (h) motherboard

(2) (a) Compact Disc (b) Digital Versatile Disc (c) facsimile (d) Giga Byte
(e) Mega Byte (f) Permanent Account Number (g) Personal Computer
(h) Random Access Memory (i) Read Only Memory (j) Wireless Fidelity
(k) World Wide Web (l) Wide Area Network (m) Local Area Network
(n) Metropolitan Area Network. (o) Universal Serial Bus

Lesson 5.2 Famous Discoveries and Inventions
(1) (a) John Baird (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Robert Hooke (e) George Eastman (f) Sir Issac Newton
(g) Eli Whitney (h) Matthias Scheiden (i) Tim Berners-Lee
(j) Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

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Lesson 5.3 Branches of Science (c) meteorology
(1) (a) pomology (b) geology (g) horticulture (d) genetics
(e) biochemistry (f) entomology (h) hydrology
(i) optics (j) ornithology

Lesson 5.4 Scientific Instruments (d) endoscope
(1) (a) altimeter (b) anemometer (c) barometer (h) glucometer

(e) breathalyzer (f) chronometer (g) fathometer
(i) speedometer

Lesson 5.5 The Solar System
(1) (a) eclipse (b) planet (c) satellite (d) constellation (e) universe
(f) comet (g) asteroid (h) meteor
(2) (a) 8 (b) 88 (c) 1 (d) 67 (e) 2
(3) (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
(e) Earth (f) Saturn (g) Uranus (h) Mercury

Lesson 5.6 Our Earth (d) core
(1) (a) blue planet (b) crust (c) mantle (d) True (e) earth
(2) (a) True (b) False (c) True (e) False

Lesson 5.7 System of the Human Body
(1) (a) skeletal (b) muscular (c) respiratory (d) digestive
(e) nervous (f) circulatory (g) excretory (h) reproductive
(2) (a) circulatory (b) digestive (c) excretory (d) muscular
(e) nervous (f) reproductive (g) respiratory (h) skeletal
(3) liver, stomach, kidney, lungs, heart, brain

Lesson 5.8 Our Everyday Science
(1) (a) cell (b) mitochondria (c) environment (d) melting (e) freezing

(f) energy (g) sun (h) weather (i) climate (j) humidity

Lesson 5.9 Our Local Technologies
(1) Janto, Kol, Aaran, Charkha, Pani ghatta, Tuin, Okhal, Taan, Dhiki

Lesson 5.10 Social Media
(1) Twitter, Viber, Instagram, WeChat, Facebook, Tik Tok, YouTube, Snapchat,

WhatsApp

Lesson 6.1 Section F: Sports and Entertainment
(1) (a) 9 Games and Number of Players
(b) 5 (c) 11 (d) 11 (e) 11 (f) 7
(g) 9 (h) 4 (i) 6 (j) 7

Lesson 6.2 National Games of Different Countries
(1) (a) Pato (b) Football (c) cricket (d) Water polo (e) Hockey

(f) Field hockey (g) Bandy (h) Bull Fighting (i) Volleyball (j) Muay Thai

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Lesson 6.3 South Asian Games (SAG)
(1) (a) 1981 AD (b) Nepal (c) 1984 Ad (d) Baikuntha Manandhar
(e) marathon (f) Deepak Bista (g) Taekwondo
(h) three (in 1984, 1999 and 2019 AD)

Lesson 6.4 Olympics
(1) (a) 776 BC (b) Greece (c) five (d) white

(e) 1896 AD (f) 1896 AD (g) 1964 AD

Lesson 6.5 The World Cup
(1) (a) Federation Internationale de Football (b) May 21, 1904(c) 1930 AD
(d) Uruguay (e) Brazil (f) Qatar (g) France (h) 1972 AD

Lesson 6.6 Nepali Actors and Actresses
(1) (a) Chhakka Panja 3 (b) Shatru Gate (c) Kohinoor (d) A Mero Hajur 2

(e) Kabaddi Kabaddi (f) Pashupati Prasad (g) Nai Nabhannu La (h) Jerry

Lesson 6.7 Nepali Cinema (b) Shanti Thatal for Paralko Aago
(1) (a)Suchitra Shrestha (Prem Yudha) (e) Jun Tara (f) Badalpari
(h) Bhuwan Chand
(c) Gopi Krishna (d) Maute Dai
(g) Shivashankar Manandhar

Lesson 6.8 Famous Nepali Media Personalities
(1) Vijay Kumar Pandey, Tikaram Yatri, Reema Biswokarma, Rishi Dhamala,

Bhuwan Chand, Dil Bhusan Pathak, Malvika Subba, Rabi Lamichhane,
Sushil Nepal

Lesson 6.9 Miss Nepal Title Holders
Anushka Shrestha, Shrinkhala Khatiwada, Nikita Chandak, Asmi Shrestha,
Evana Manandhar, Subin Limbu, Ishani Shrestha, Shristi Shrestha

Section G: The Wonderful World
Lesson 7.1 SAARC
(1) (a) 8 (b) Kathmandu (c) 7 (d) Afghanistan (e) 1985 AD
(f) Ziaur Rahman (Bangladesh) (g) Shailendra Kumar Maharjan

Lesson 7.2 Seven Wonders of the World
3, 5, 4, 7, 2, 1, 6
Lesson 7.3 International Days
(1) (a) 4 February (b) 20 February (c) 21 February (d) 1 March
(e) 8 March (f) 22 March (g) 24 March (h) 7 April
(i) 31 May (j) 5 June (k) 12 June (l) 11 July

Lesson 7.4 Superlatives in the World
(1) (a) Russia (b) China (c) Pacific (d) Arctic (e) Sahara

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(f) Nile (g) Amazon (h) Baikal
(i) Caspian Sea (j) Greenland (k) Andes
(l) Angel Falls (it lies in Venezuela and falls from the height of 979m)

Lesson 7.5 Famous Sobriquets (d) Egypt (e) Greenland
(1) (a) Korea (b) Baghdad (c) Canada
(f) Lhasa (g) Myanmar (h) Paris (i) Rome (j) Scotland
(k) Venezuela (l) Turkey (m) Cuba (n) Switzerland

Lesson 7.6 First Persons in the World
(1) (a) Neil Armstrong (b) Erik Weihenmayer (c) Yuri Gagarin
(d) Junko Tabei (e) Isabel Peron (f) Anaximander
(g) Ferdinand Magellan (h) Sirimavo Bandaranaike (i) Marco Polo

Lesson 7.7 Inspirational Personalities
(1) (a) Hellen Keller (b) Malala Yousafzai (c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Nelson Mandela (e) Mahatma Gandhi (f) Alfred Nobel

Section H: Mixed Bag
Lesson 8.1 Members of the Family
(1) (a) cousin (b) niece (c) nephew (d) brother in law
(e) son in law (f) sister in law (g) daughter in law
(h) sibling (i) twin (j) surrogate mother

Lesson 8.2 Traffic Symbols
(1) (a) Zebra crossing (b) Cycle route (c) Do not enter (d) Stop
(e) No left turn (f) No parking (g) No right turn (h) No U-turn
(i) Falling rocks (warning for falling rocks)

Lesson 8.3 One Word Substitution (d) pessimist (e) optimist
(1) (a) secular (b) citizen (c) election (i) sanitation (j) origami

(f) heritage (g) excretion (h) disaster

Lesson 8.4 Miscellaneous
(1) (a) Bhanubhakta Acharya (b) Lake Baikal (c) diamond (d) Antarctica
(e) Go (f) sea otters (g) parrot (h) mice (i) e (j)sea otter
(k) Mohammad (l) honey (m) owl (n) dreamt (o) set

Lesson 8.5 Re-arranging Jumbled Words
(1) (a) COBRA (b) CHESS (c) ITALY (d) LEBANON
(e) MADHESH (f) NORTH (g) OSTRICH (h) RHINO
(i) ROSE (j) SOYABEAN (k) SHIWALIK (h) WHEAT

Lesson 8.6 Pictorial Quiz
(1) Anuradha Koirala, Donald Trump, Florence Nightingale, Jhamak Kumari
Ghimire, Mahabir Pun, Maria Montessori, Pushpa Basnet, Dr Sanduk Ruit,
and Stephan Hawking

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Section I: Health and Hygiene
Lesson 9.1 Healthy and Junk Food
(1) J, H, H, J, J, J, H, H, J, H, J, H

Lesson 9.2 Health Professionals
(1) (a) doctor (b) nurse (c) pharmacist (d) intern (e) surgeon (f) pediatrician
(g) consultant (h) health assistant (i) caregiver (j) midwife

Lesson 9.3 Health Education
(1) (a) cholera (b) typhoid (c) tuberculosis (d) night blindness
(e) anaemia(f) marasmus (g) carbohydrates, protein
(h) fats and vitamins (i) scurvy (j) rickets

Section J: Read and Lead
Lesson 10.1 English Vocabulary
(1) (a) frightened (b) help (c) perform (d) gather (e) corrupt
(f) weak (g) discover (h) annoy (i) unusual (j) enough
(k) trouble (l) intelligent
(2) (a) refuse (b) dead (c) narrow (d) dawn (e) unknown
(f) barren (g) disperse (h) export (i) public (j) expand
(k) failure (l) foolish
(3) (a) tale (b) wear (c) night (d) pail (e) blew
(4) (a) scientists (b) continents (c) metals (d) diseases
(e) religions (f) oceans
(5) (a) colony (b) swarm (c) brood (d) board (e) panel (f) range
(g) team (h) litter (i) crew (j) fleet (k) galaxy (l) pod
(6) deadline, backbone, grassland, keypad, daylight, raincoat, vineyard,
friendship, headlight, skydiving
(7) Masculine words: actor, emperor, hero, master, prince, waiter
Feminine words: vixen, goose, lady, niece, madam, aunt
(8) (a) loaf (b) stick (c) bar (d) item (e) blade (f) sheet
(9) (a) busy (b) deep (c) cool (d) warm (e) sharp (f) wise
(g) heavy (h) brave (i) free (j) solid

Lesson 10.2 English Language
(1) (a) Many (b) few (c) fly (d) an (e) The
(g) ourselves (h) yours (i) richest (j) highest
(f) She (l) is reading (m) Whose (n) will you? (o) at (p) are
(k) met

Lesson 10.3 Social Studies
(1) (a) True (b) False (c) True (d) False (e) True (f) False

(g) True (h) True (i) True (j) False (k) False (l) True (m) False

Lesson 10.4 Science (d) eclipse (e) matter
(1) (a) autotroph (b) amoeba (c) universe
(f) deforestation (g) pollution (h) energy (i) gynoecium (j) sublimation
(k) environment (l) condensation

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Revision Time
(1) (a) Dashain, Tihar, Eid, Christmas
( b) Tamang, Sherpa, Thakali, Lepcha

(c) Yadav, Chaudhary, Tharu, Mushar
(d) flood, landslide, volcano, earthquake
(e) Uttis, Salla, rhododendron, orange
(f) cancer, diabetes, cataracts, heart disease
(g) doctor, teacher, mason, nurse
(h) temple, palace, museum, mountains
(i) Bhanubhakta Acharya, Sita, King Janak, Prithvi Narayan Shah
(j) India, China, Bangladesh, Bhutan
(k) solar, wind, water, biomass
(l) book, coin, copper inscription, legends
(m) noodles, soap, biscuit, pencil
(n) air, water, land, noise
(o) sandy, loamy, alluvial, glacial
(p) egg, larva, pupa, butterfly
(q) petals, sepals, stamen, carpel
(r) cumulus, cirrus, stratus, nimbus
(s) free city, boatman, be in number
(t) television, refrigerator, rice cooker, mixer

Lesson 10.5 Mathematics

(1) (a) compass (b) equilateral (c) isosceles (d) scalene

(e) 180 (f) 360 (g) 10000000 (h) 18,11,05,050
(i) 107,293, 590 (j) 7 (k) 216

(l) area of rectangle = l × b, area of square = l2,
perimeter of rectangle = 2 (l+b),

perimeter of square = 4 l and simple interest = PTR/100

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Section K: IQ Tests
Lesson 11.1 IQ Test 1
(1) (a) astronomy (b) bacteria (c) stable (d) litre (e) solid (f) eight
(2) (a) flute (b) Japan (c) Ganeshman Singh (d) snake (e) helmet (f) cauliflower
(3) (a) cat: kitten (b) husband: wife (c) tomato: potato(d) UAE: Dubai

Lesson 11.2 IQ Test 2
(1) (a) hundred, thousand, lakh, crore (b) birth, education, marriage, death
(c) seed, plant, wood, table (d) infanthood, childhood, adulthood, aging
(e) egg, larva, pupa, adult
(2) (a) 32 (b) 66 (c) 41 (d) 25 (e) 10 (f) 39
(2) (a) JN (b) RA (c) QPO (d) RSTU

Lesson 11.3 IQ Test 3
(1) (a) empty (b) start (c) purpose (d) salute (e) old
(2) (a) blunt (b) temperature (c) Thimpu (d) Mustang (e) hiss
(g) fins
(f) sand

Lesson 11.4 IQ Test 4
(1) (a) barber (b) river bank (c) a tennis ball (d) one (after that it isn’t empty)
(e) time (f) breathe (g) March (h)swims
(i) rhinoceros (j) when there are two of them

(2) (a) 11.66 gm (b) 1.60 km (c) 453.592 kg
(d) 16 (e) 1,2 and 3

Lesson 11.5 IQ Test 5
(1) First and second figure: 12, Third figure : 10, Fourth and fifth figure: 15

Lesson 11.6 Current Affairs
(Answers may vary, the following answer is as of May 11, 2020 AD)
(a) Bidhya Devi Bhandari (b) KP Sharma Oli
(c) Giriraj Mani Pokhrel (d) Agni Prasad Sapkota
(e) Anushka Shrestha (f) Qatar (g) Yogesh Raj

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Vedanta General Knowledge Class Six
Section A: Our Country: Our Pride
Lesson 1.1 Our Country
(1) (a) 2018 BS (b) 2037 BS (c) 2064 BS (d) seven (e) seventy-seven
(2) (a) Karnali Pradesh (b) Province No 2 (c) 15 Jestha
(d) 93rd (e) 22 times
(f) 885 km (g) 193 km (h) Terai Region
(3) (a) 20 (b) 29 (c) 18 (d) 7 (e) 3
(4) (a) Province No 1: 14 (b) Province No 2: 8 (c) Bagmati Pradesh: 1
(d) Gandaki Pradesh: 11 (e) Province No 5: 12 (f) Karnali Pradesh: 10
(g) Sudur Paschim Pradesh: 9 Total: 77 districts

Lesson 1.2 Our National Figures
(1) (a) King Ram Shah (b) Gautam Buddha (c) Sita (d) King PN Shah
(e) King Janak (f) Araniko (g) King Amshuverma (h) Amar Singh Thapa
(2) (a) Motiram Bhatta (b) Mahaguru Falgunanda (c) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
(d) Bhimsen Thapa (e) Sankhadhar Sakhwa (f) King Tribhuwan
(g) Bhanubhakta Acharya (h) Balbhadra Kunwar

Lesson 1.3 Places Famous for Products
(1) (a) ginger (b) cotton (c) banana (d) apple (e) black Dhaka topi
(f) Gund (Sakhar) (g) Wooden Theki (h) Sugarcane (i) Khoa
(j) cooking pan (k) fish (l) jute

Lesson 1.4 Superlatives in Nepal
(1) (a) Pokhara (b) Siddhababa (c) Budhanilakantha
(d) Shey Phoksundo (e) United World Trade Centre
(f) Bishworup (g) Kalbhairab (h) Muktinath (i) Syangboche
(j) Bouddhanath

Lesson 1.5 Prime Ministers of Nepal
(1) (a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) (b) Madhav Kumar Nepal
(c) Jhala Nath Khanal (d) Baburam Bhattarai (e) Khila Raj Regmi
(f) Sushil Koirala (g) KP Sharma Oli (h) Sher Bahadur Deuba
(i) Do yourself

Lesson 1.6 World Records of Nepal
(1) (a) Sagarmatha (b) Arun Valley (c) Kaligandaki (d) Tilicho
(e) Ilam (f) Kande Bhyakur (g) Jawa coin issued by Jaya Prakash Malla
(h) Sagarmatha National Park (i) Hotel Everest View in Solukhumbu
(j) Dho Tarap

Quick Quiz
(1) (a) Bhedetar (b) Baglung (c) Arun (d) Kaligandaki (e) Bangladesh

(f) Kaski (g) Parsa (h) Hotel Everest View (i) Dolpa (j) Birgunj

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Lesson 1.7
(1) Amarsingh Thapa, King Amshuverma, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Bhimsen
Thapa, Motiram Bhatta, King Tribhuwan, King Janak, Mahaguru Falgunanda,
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, King PN Shah, King Ram Shah, Shankhadhar Sakhwa,
Araniko (picture needs to be replaced), Gautam Buddha, Balabhadra Kunwar,
Sita

Section B: Map Work
Lesson 2.1 Symbols on a Map
(1) national park, school, capital city, bridge, airport, mountain peak, lake,
temple, hospital, river, railway, forest

Lesson 2.2 Famous Places in Nepal (d) Rupandehi (e) Kailali
(1) (a) Morang (b) Surkhet (c) Parsa (h) Makwanpur (i) Mustang
(f) Kavre (g) Sindupalchowk (l) Kapilbastu
(j) Kaski (k) Bara
(2) Do yourself

Lesson 2.3 Lakes and Ponds in Nepal
(1) (a) Kaski (b) Surkhet (c) Kaski (d) Rupandehi
(e) Dhanusha (f) Ghodaghodi (g) Rasuwa (h) Makwanpur
(i) Ilam (j) Mugu (k) Dolpa (l) Manang
(2) Do yourself

Lesson 2.4 Rivers in Nepal
(1) (a) Bheri – Surkhet (b) Bhotekoshi – Sindupalchowk (c) Chepe – Gorkha
(d) Karnali – Jumla (e) Koshi –Saptari (f) Mahakali – Kanchanpur
(g) Narayani – Chitwan (h) Rapti – Dang (i) Saptakoshi –Saptari
(j) Tila – Jumla

Lesson 2.5 Religious Places in Nepal
(1) Assumption Church – Kathmandu, Lumbini – Rupandehi, Budhasubba
Temple – Sunsari, Manakamana Temple – Gorkha, Chandannath Temple – Jumla,
Muktinath Temple – Mustang, Chandragiri Bhaleshwor Temple – Kathmandu,
Namo Buddha – Kavrepalanchowk, Changunarayan Temple – Bhaktapur,
Nyatapole Temple – Bhaktapur, Deutibajai Temple – Surkhet, Pashupatinath
Temple – Kathmandu, Gadhimai Temple – Bara, Pathibhara Temple – Taplejung,
Gosainkunda – Rasuwa, Rama Roshan – Achham, Haleshi Mahadev Temple –
Khotang, Shaileshwori Temple – Doti, Jame Masjid – Kathmandu, Siddhababa
Temple – Palpa, Janaki Temple – Dhanusha, Swargadwari Temple – Pyuthan,
Resunga – Gulmi, Larumba – Illam

Lesson 2.6 Mountains of Nepal
Kaski, Taplejung, Darchula, Dolpa, Solukhumbu, Rasuwa, Myagdi, Kaski,
Solukhumbu, Sankhuwasabha, Gorkha, Gorkha, Dolakha, Bajhang,
Solukhumbu
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Lesson 2.7 Highways in Nepal
(1) (a) Kathmandu – Kodari (b) Dhangadhi – Dadeldhura
(c) Mahottari – Kavre (d) Jhapa – Kanchanpur
(e) Surkhet – Jumla (f) Panchthar – Baitadi
(g) Dhading – Kaski (h) Banke – Surkhet

Lesson 2.8 Production Areas of Nepal
(1) (a) Jumla, Kailkot, Mustang (b) Gulmi, Syangja, Kavrepalanchowk

(c) Ilam, Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung
(d) Sunsari, Morang, Saptari
(e)Sunsari, Morang, Saptari
(f) Chitawan, Dang, Banke
(g) Rautahat, Sarlahi, Mahottari
(h) Ilam, Jhapa

Lesson 2.9 National Parks
(1) (a) She-Phoksundo (b) Langtang (c) Makalu Barun
(d) Sagarmatha (e) Baridya (f) Chitwan (g) Parsa
(h) Banke (i) Shuklaphant (j) Khaptad
(k) Shivapuri Nagarjuna (l) Rara

Section C: Plants and Animals
Lesson 3.1 Endangered Animals in Nepal
(1) blackbuck, snow leopard, one-horned rhinoceros, Bengal tiger, giant pied
hornbill, Asiatic rock python, clouded leopard, Asiatic elephant, Himalayan
musk deer
Lesson 3.2 Rare Plants in Nepal
(1) yarshagumba, jatamasi, panchaule, lauth salla, champ, sarpaganda

Lesson 3.3 Animals Quiz (c) bumblebee bat (d) giant squid
(1) (a) whale shark (b) starfish (g) chameleon (d) amoeba
(e) dolphin (f) shark (c) squirrel (h) octopus
(2) (a) hydra (b) sea horse (g) snail
(e) sponge (f) earthworm
(i) paramecium (j) starfish

Lesson 3.4 Plants Quiz
(1) (a) what (b) water hyacinth (c) Amazon Lily (d) orchid
(e) avocado (f) tomato (g) raffia palm (h) tulip
(2) (a) fern (b) coconut (c) moss (d) mango
(e) mustard (f) litchi (g) rice (h) deciduous (i) oak (j) stamen

Lesson 3.5 Birds Quiz
(1) (a) kiwi (b) Australian pelican (c) kiwi (d) condor (e) whistling swan
(f) bee hummingbird (g) Arctic tarn (h) Emperor penguin

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Section D: Art, Culture and Literature
Lesson 4.1 Nepali Architecture
(1) (a) Pagoda style (b) Stupa style (c) Shikhar style (d) Mughal style

Lesson 4.2 Religions in Nepal

(1) (a) Hinduism (b) Buddhism (c) Islam (d) Kirant (e) Christianity (f) Sikhism
(2) (a) Hinduism (b) Hinduism (c) Islam (d) Christianity (e) Kirant

Lesson 4.3 Our Social Traditions
(1) (a) Guthi (b)Thakali (c) Guthiyaar (d) Bheja (e) Mukhiya
(f) Badghar (g) Rodi (h) Parma (i) Paincho (j) Dhikuti

Lesson 4.4 Our Culture and Traditions
(1) (a) Janku (b) Ved (c) Madrasa (d) Tharu (e) Rajbanshi
(f) Gandarbha (g) Pandes (h) Sherpa (i) Thakali (j) Jerusalem

Lesson 4.5 Nepali Literature
(1) (a) Hemnag Dixit (b) Siddidas Amatya (c) Balkrishna Sama
(d) Motiram Bhatta (e) Kamalmani Dixit (f) Satyamohan Joshi
(g) Durga Baral (h) Tirthanath Aryal (i) Parijat (j) Munamadan

Lesson 4.6 Famous Writers and their Popular Works
(1) (a) Bhanubhakta Acharya (b) Motiram Bhatta (c) Lekhnath Poudel
(d) Balkrishna Sama (e) Laxmi Prasad Devkota (f) Bhawani Bhikshu
(g) Siddicharan Shrestha (h) Gopal Prasad Rimal (i) Diamond S. Rana
(j) Madhav Prasad Ghimire (k) Bhupi Sherchan (l) Bhairab Aryal
m) Parijat (n) BP Koirala (o) Jhamak Kumari Ghimire

Lesson 4.7 Prominent Poets and Writers of Different Languages
(1) (a) Bengali (b) Chinese (c) English (d) Farsi (Persian)
(e) French (f) German (g) Greek (h) Hindi (i) Italian
(j) Latin (k) Punjabi (l) Russian (m) Sanskrit (n) Urdu

Lesson 4.8 World Famous Writers and their Works (c) E B White
(1) (a) George Orwell (b) Lewis Carroll
(d) Jonathan Swift (e) William Shakespeare (f) JK Rowling
(g) Roald Dahl (h) Charles Dickens (i) Jane Austen
(j) Arthur Conan Doyle (k) Mark Twain (l) Rudyard Kipling
(m) L. Frank Baum (n) Robert Louis Stevenson (o) Leo Tolstoy

Section E: History and Geography
Lesson 5.1 History of Ancient Nepal
(1) (a) Bhuktaman (b) 8 kings (c) Padmakanthagiri (d) 3 kings
(e) Yalambar (f) Baishali (g) Lichchhavi (h) Mandev
(i) Sinja (j) Harittara

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Lesson 5.2 History of Medieval Nepal
(1) (a) 936 BS (b) Kushinagar (c) Pratap Malla
(d) Siddhi Narsingh Malla (e) Jagatjyoti Malla
(f) Laxmi Narsingh Malla (g) Pratap Malla (h) Jayaprakash Malla

Lesson 5.3 History of Modern Nepal
(1) (a) 1825 BS (b) Kulmandan Shah (c) Ram Shah
(d) Narbhupal Shah (e) 1822 BS (f) Trailokya (g) 13 (h) Gyanendra Shah

Lesson 5.4 Other Names of Historical Personalities
(1) (a) Prince Trailokya (b) Dev Shumsher (c) Padma Shumsher
(d) Chadra Shumsher (e) Bhrikuti (f) Ganeshman Singh
(g) Ram Shah (h) Baburam Acharya (i) Tankaprasad Acharya
(j) Madan Bhandari (k) Rajendra Laxmi (l) Gehendra Shumsher
(m) Jay Prithvi B. Singh (n) Jayasthithi Malla (o) Jayprakash Malla

Lesson 5.5 First in Nepal (c) Aawaj
(1) (a) Subash Chandra Nemwang (b) Dormani Poudel
(d) Sushila Karki (e) Onsari Gharti Magar (f) Himalayan Shumsher JBR
(g) King Tribhuwan (h) Padma Sundar Malla (i) Padma Sundar Malla
(j) Bhupi Sherchan (k) Kulbir Thapa (l) Bir Shumsher

Lesson 5.6 World History (c) The Civilization of Pyramid
(1) (a) Herodotus (b) Nile Valley
(d) Yunan (e) Pakistan (f) Italy (g) Pharaoh
(h) Tiber (i) Latin (j) Augustus (k) Egypt (l) Yellow

Lesson 5.7 Famous Dictators
(1) Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Kim II-Yung, Adolf
Hitler, Colonel Gaddafi

Lesson 5.8 Origin Places of Rivers in Nepal
(1) (a) Tibet (b) Bagdwar (c) Sapantirtha (d) Ganesh Himal
(e) Dudhkunda (f) Jugal Himal (g) Mustang Lek (h) Sindhuligadi
(i) Mahabharat (j) Rolwaling (k) Annapurna (l) Api
(m) Damodar (n) Chure (o) Gosainkunda

Lesson 5.9 Ancient Names of Rivers in Nepal
(1) (a) Mahaprabha (b) Yasodhara (c) Champawati (d) Rudramati
(e) Bhadrawati (f) Satyabahini (g) Hariganga (h) Pancheshwori
(i) Hemganga (j) Shitprabha (k) Kumari Nadi (l) Karmadhara

Lesson 5.10 Soils and Minerals in Nepal
(1) (a) around 400 years (b) lacustrine soil (c) alluvial soil (d) sandy-stony
(e) black (f) glass (g) Godawari (h) limestone (i) Thakkhola (Mustang)
(j) Gold
Lesson 5.11 Major Caves in Nepal
(1) (a) Parbat (b) Jajarkot (c) Gulmi (d) Parbat (e) Terhathum
(f) Khotang (g) Dailekh (h) Surkhet (i) Morang (j) Kaski

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(k) Dang (l) Tanahun (m) Bhojpur (n) Kalikot

Lesson 5.12 Geographical Features of Nepal
(1) (a) Padmakanthagiri (b) Mustang (c) Syangboche (d) Solukhumbu
(e) 32 (f) Kanchanjunga (g) Gaurishankar (h) Dhading
(i) Birgunj (j) Dang (k) 5 (l) Manaslu

Lesson 5.13 Major Islands of the World
(1) (a) Denmark (b) Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
(c) Indonesia and Malaysia (d) Africa (e) Indonesia (f) United Kingdom
(g) Japan (h) Canada (i) United States of America

Lesson 5.14 World Geography (d) Europe
(1) (a)Asia (b) North America (c) Africa (h) Ethiopia
(e) Antarctica (f) Australia (g) Nile (l) Angel Falls
(i) Lake Superior (j) Amazon (k) Lake Titicaca

Lesson 5.15 Deserts of the World
(1) (a) Sahara (b) Arabian (c) Mustang
(2) (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) Australia (e) Asia (f) North America

Section F: Science and Technology
Lesson 6.1 Science Quiz
(1) (a) diamond (b) mercury (c) dry ice (d) Albert Einstein
(e) ammonia (f) Michael Faraday (g) nitrogen
(h) thiamine (i) night blindness (j) copper

Lesson 6.2 The Human Body
(1) (a) heart (b) summer (c) teeth (d) pituitary (e) skin (f) brain
(h) liver (i) femur (j) tongue (k) pupil
(g) hair

Lesson 6.3 Science in Our Daily Life
(1) (a) metre (b) kilogram (c) second (d) Newton (e) sun (f) pitch

(g) mixture (h) heat (i) light (j) magnet (k) electricity (l) machine

Lesson 6.4 Computers
(1) (a) Charles Babbage (b) projector (c) Ada Lovelace
(d) microprocessor (e) 101 (f) Vint Cerf (g) Tim Berners-Lee
(h) Norton (i) Ctrl + Z (j) PowerPoint (k) hardware (l) Photoshop
(2) (a) Basic Input Output System (b) Compact Disc
(c) Central Processing Unit (d) Digital Versatile Disc
(f) Internet Service Providers
(e) Giga Byte
(g) Information Technology (h) Kilo Byte (i) Local Area Network
(j) Mega Byte (k) Operating System
(l) Random Access Memory (m) Read-only Memory
(n) Subscriber Identification Module (o) Uniform Resource Locater
(p) Video Graphics Array (q) World Wide Web

Lesson 6.5 Communication and Technology in Nepal
(1) (a) 1970 BS (b) 2007 BS (c) 2042 BS (d) 1958 BS (e) 2056 BS

(f) Banepa, Kavre (g) Five (h) Radio Sagarmatha (i) Kantipur (j) 1993 AD
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