<section><h2>Grade 6: Global Jigyasa Weekly Quizzes: 27th August '23</h2><p><p><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Happy Quizzing! ❓🌍</span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Students of Grade 6, we hope you enjoy attempting this GK quiz with 5 questions. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Each question❓has 4 options 🔠 of which 1 is correct✅ ! These questions are related to the happenings of the world🌍 in the past week. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:18px;">Stay updated! 🧠 Stay enlightened! ✨</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><strong></strong><strong></strong></p></p></section><section><h2><span style="font-size:18px;"></span><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">At 6.03 pm IST on August 23, the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the moon's surface, in the south polar region. Which space organisation was responsible for the launch of Chandrayaan-3? </span></p></h2><p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Scientists have discovered a very large star called HD 45166 that's far away. It's way bigger than our Sun and has a lot of helium inside. This star is unique because it has an incredibly powerful magnetic force, like a super strong magnet. What kind of magnets are known for being the strongest on Earth?</span></p></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">As scientists in India and the UAE are finding solutions to prevent small electronic devices from overheating, let's talk about the UAE. Which of the following countries is not included in the UAE?</span><br /></p></h3><p><p><strong><span style="font-size:16px;"></span></strong><span style="font-size:16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><em></em></span> </p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">During a special meeting in South Africa, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, spoke about how India's economy is doing great and will soon have a lot of money, like five trillion dollars. Now, let's think about Indian people who know a lot about money and economies. Who among these people is a famous Indian economist?</span></p></h3><p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>Hint: </em></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>This person has studied and knows a lot about how money and economies work.</em></span></p><span style="font-size:14px;"><em></em></span> </p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">People who understand how money works and how a country's economy gets bigger have been discussing India's economy. They believe that from April to June, India's economy got bigger by around 7.8% to 8.5%. This happened because the government and companies used more money, and more people used services like buying things and getting help.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Now, let's think about what the letters GDP stand for and what they mean. What is GDP?</span><br /></p></h3><p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Leaders from five big countries are having a meeting to discuss how they can cooperate. One of these leaders is India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. They are thinking about adding more countries to their group. During the meeting, Prime Minister Modi said that India agrees with this plan to make the group larger. Russia and China also like this idea. Now, let's think about what the letters BRICS stand for. What do they mean?</span></p></h3><p><p dir="ltr"><em><span style="font-size:16px;">Hint: </span></em></p><p dir="ltr"><em><span style="font-size:16px;">The letters represent the names of five countries that are working together</span></em></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Calyampudi Radhakrishnan Rao, a well-known statistician, recently passed away at the age of 102. He did a lot of important work in the field of statistics, and most of his career was in India. He taught and did research at a place called the Indian Statistical Institute in which city? Can you figure out the city with the riddle given below?</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">In the east I stand with pride, </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Sweets and culture by my side. </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Where the Ganges flows so wide, </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Guess my name where I reside.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">What am I?</span></p></h3><p><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><em><strong>Hint:</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>This city is famous for its sweets and is located in the eastern part of India.</em></span></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">The organisation in India that takes care of cricket, known as BCCI, announced that BookMyShow will be the official place to buy tickets for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Now, let's find another app that you can use to book tickets for movies and shows.</span> </p></h3><p><p dir="ltr"><em><span style="font-size:16px;">Hint: </span></em></p><p dir="ltr"><em><span style="font-size:16px;">This app is commonly used to book tickets for movies, plays, and events.</span></em></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">On the 77th Independence Day of India, an Israeli city opened an Indian-Jewish Cultural Square. Now, let's find out the main city of Israel, where its government is located. Which city is the capital of Israel?</span><br /></p></h3><p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">During a 4-day meeting in Varanasi, a cultural group from the G20 countries started a campaign called "Cultures Unite All." This campaign aims to show how India strongly believes in different cultures and communities peacefully living together. Among these options, which one is **not** a practice accepted as a part of Indian culture?</span></p></h3></section><section><h2><h2><strong> </strong></h2><h2>Thank you so much for attempting the quiz.<a href="https://rzp.io/l/qd-aigjq"></a></h2></h2><p><strong></strong>Stay updated😎! Stay enlightened😇!</p></section><section><h3><h2> </h2></h3></section>