<section><h2><span style="font-size:18px;">Grade 6: Global Jigyasa Weekly Quizzes: 26th July '24</span></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 10 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><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">3.6 million years ago in Laetoli, three early humans walked through wet volcanic ash. When the nearby volcano erupted again, subsequent layers of ash covered and preserved the oldest known footprints of early humans. To which country does Laetoli belong?</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;">Hint: Capital: </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=389d15e1880b4bc1&rlz=1C1RXQR_enIN990IN990&q=Dodoma&si=ACC90nyvvWro6QmnyY1IfSdgk5wwjB1r8BGd_IWRjXqmKPQqm2Qxy0OulxLOR2xaiE3Au8bMYZPcOzfR7EdVmQ7dswe9ZCjE_OyOlCJqbsJF5uSj9j7SW4AcxEt3hL-4g0JXnhbFPQHKiSlKZDCeR_HQ_xMmAESV0ISpHDp0HwLxxU5ntDZKhhcDzaJIZaDxICY5M-nuqjNv&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwi36qGDyLyHAxVK9zgGHdSBEyIQmxMoAHoECBwQAg"><span style="font-size:16px;">Dodoma</span></a></p><br /><br /></h2><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><em><strong></strong></em></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">What does OAL stand for, given its role in ensuring that agency regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public?</span></p><br /></h3><p><span style="font-size:16px;"></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"> Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of ___________________________, an idea developed during the first decades of the 20th century. Fill in the blank.</span></p><br /><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></h3><p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"> Which country did Pythagoras of Samos, the ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath, and founder of Pythagoreanism, belong to?</span></p><p dir="ltr"><br /></p></h3><p><p><span style="font-size:16px;"></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"> The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit and remains in operation. While it was not the first space telescope, it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. In which year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched?</span></p><br /></h3><p><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"> During World War II, American bombing raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) marked the first use of atomic weapons in war. Which country was significantly impacted by these bombings?</span><br /></p><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></h3><p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;"><em> </em></span></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Which of the following countries were formerly encompassed by the Indo-Burma hotspot, the largest of the world’s 36 recognized hotspots, covering a total area of 2,373,000 km²?</span></p><p dir="ltr"><br /></p></h3><p><p dir="ltr"> </p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:16px;"><em></em></span></strong><em><span style="font-size:16px;"></span></em><em><span style="font-size:16px;"></span></em></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"> The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It commemorates Qu Yuan, who was the beloved prime minister of the southern Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period, about 600 B.C. to 200 B.C. The festival is celebrated by holding dragon boat races and eating sticky rice dumplings called zongzi, which were southern Chinese traditions. Where is the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated?</span></p></h3><p><p dir="ltr"><em><span style="font-size:16px;"> </span></em></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"> What is one benefit of using solar energy?</span><br /></p></h3><p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;"> </span></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Which term describes the condition of a region that severely lacks available water, hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life?</span></p><br /></h3><p></p></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>