<section><h2>Grade 5: Global Jigyasa Weekly Quizzes: 18th October '24</h2><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 5, 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. Keeping abreast with current affairs is very important - we must all have Global Jigyasa! </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></p><p><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"> </p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Did you know that in a combustion experiment, when a is candle is placed in water and covered with an inverted glass and as the flame consumes oxygen inside the glass and goes out, water rises inside the glass!! </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Now, based on your understanding of the experiment, w</span><span style="font-size:18px;">hat do you think is the essential element for burning? </span></p><p dir="ltr"> </p></h2><p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12px;">Hint: it is the gas plants breathe in at night </span></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Using the three given clues, identify the location of Mount Denali. </span><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">1. It is the highest peak in North America. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">2. It is located in a U.S. state known for its cold climate and vast wilderness. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">3. This state is separated from the contiguous U.S. and shares a border with Canada.</span><br /></p></h3><p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12px;">Hint: Capital - Juneau</span></p></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Fun fact to know: Animals like amphibians (e.g., frogs) and most reptiles (except crocodiles) have three-chambered hearts. </span><br /><span style="font-size:18px;">Now, what about the human heart? </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Look at the picture of the human heart and choose the correct option: How many chambers does a human heart have?</span></p><p dir="ltr"> </p></h3><p><span style="font-size:12px;">Hint: ___ x 2 = 8</span></p></section><section><h3><span style="font-size:18px;"></span><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Madagascar, an island country off the southeastern coast of Africa, is the fourth largest island in the world, following Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo. </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">If Alex, Gloria, Marty and Melman want to reach Madagascar from India, which ocean do they need to cross?</span><br /></p></h3><p> </p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">The world’s largest coral reef system, visible from space, is located in the Pacific Ocean.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">It lies off the coast of Australia.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">It is called The ______________ ____________ Reef.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Look at the options given below and try to identify the name of the reef. </span></p><br /></h3><p></p></section><section><h3><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the 'Iron Lady,' became the first female Prime Minister of this nation and its longest-serving leader in over 150 years. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Name the country using the clues given. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">1. This country is home to the world's oldest parliamentary democracy and the monarchy at Buckingham Palace. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">2. Its flag, known as the Union Jack, combines elements of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.</span></p></h3><p><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p></section><section><h3><p></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">This spacecraft, launched by NASA in 1977 to explore the outer planets of our solar system, carries the Golden Record—a phonograph record featuring sounds and images intended to showcase the diversity of life and culture on Earth.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:18px;">Can you guess the spacecraft by filling in the vowels for the following letters?</span><br /><span style="font-size:18px;">V_Y_G_R</span></p><p></p></h3><p><span style="font-size:12px;">Hint: don't use the vowels I and U</span></p></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Oktoberfest, the world's largest Volksfest featuring a beer festival and a traveling carnival, takes place annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late September to the first Sunday in October. This grand event attracts over seven million visitors from around the world at its peak.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Name the visa needed for Indians to attend this festival. </span></p><div><br /></div></h3><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Hint: Munich is a city in Germany </span></p></section><section><h3><p><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">The North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming is the world's largest coal mine by reserves. It's located in the Powder River Basin and is operated by Peabody Energy. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">If you were to identify coal from a group of elements, which color would you search for?</span> </p><p><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p></h3><p></p></section><section><h3><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Petra, originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu, is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, Petra is also called the <strong>_______________________</strong> because of the color of the sandstone from which it is carved. The city is one of the New 7 Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</span><span style="font-size:18px;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Fill in the blank. </span></p></h3><p><span style="font-size:12px;">Hint: it is a shade of red</span></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>