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ANGELS’KNOWLEDGE

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General Knowledge for Class 8th

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Bharati Samanta

Angels Academy

Sr. Sec School

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INDEX

Chapter Name Page No.

1.Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers 3-4

2.State,Capitals,Governors and C.M. of Indian States 5-6

3.All National awards of India 7-8

4.Sports Awards of 2018 9-10

5.Indian States International Boundaries 11

6.Important Crops India 12-13

7. National Highways 14

8.Rivers of India 15

9. Important Days 16-17

10. Books and Authors 18-19

11. Indian Constitution 20-22

12. General Science 23-24

13. Mind Boggler 25-27

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Chapter 1Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers

1. Rajnath Singh Minister of Defence.

2. Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs.

3.Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

4.D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

5.Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.

6.Shri Ramvilas Paswan

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

7.Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;

Minister of Rural Development; and

Minister of Panchayati Raj.

8.Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Minister of Law and Justice;

Minister of Communications; and

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.

9.Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Minister of Food Processing Industries.

10.Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

11.Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs.

12.Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

Minister of Human Resource Development.

13. Shri Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs.

14. Smt. Smriti Zubin IraniMinister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.

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15. Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Minister of Health and Family Welfare;

Minister of Science and Technology; and

Minister of Earth Sciences.

16.Shri Prakash Javadekar

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and

Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

17. Shri Piyush GoyalMinister of Railways; and

Minister of Commerce and Industry.

18.Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and

Minister of Steel.

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.Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs.

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.Shri Pralhad Joshi

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs;

Minister of Coal; and

Minister of Mines.

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.Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey

Minister of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship.

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.Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant

Minister of Heavy Industries and Public

Enterprise.

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.Shri Giriraj Singh

Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and

Fisheries.

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Shri Gajendra Singh

ShekhawatMinister of Jal Shakti.

Chapter - 2 STATE, CAPITAL, GOVERNORS, CHIEF MINISTERS OF INDIAN STATE

STATE CAPITAL GOVERNORS CHIEF MINISTERS1. Andhra Pradesh Amravati E.S.L. Narasimhan Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy

2. Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Brig.B.D.Mishra (Retd) Pema Khandu

3. Assam Dispur Jagdish Mukhi Sarbananda Sonowal

4. Bihar Patna Lalji Tandon Shri Nitish Kumar

5. Chhattisgarh New Raipur Anandiben Patel Bhupesh Baghel

6. Delhi New Delhi Lt.Gov. Anil Baijal Arvind Kejriwal

7. Goa Panaji Mridula Sinha Pramod Sawant

8. Gujarat Gandhinagar Om Prakash Kohli Vijaybhai R. Rupani

9. Haryana Chandigarh Satyadev Narayan Arya Manohar Lal Khattar

10. Himachal Pradesh Shimla Acharya Dev Vrat Jai Ram Thakur

11. Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar Satya Pal Malik Governor's rule

12. Jharkhand Ranchi Draupadi Marmu Shri Raghuvar Das

13. Karnataka Bengaluru Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala B.S. Yadurappa

14. Kerala Thiruvananthapuram P. Sathasivam Pinarayi Vijayan

15. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Anandiben Patel Kamal Nath

16. Maharashtra Mumbai C. Bidyasagar Rao Devendra Phadnavis

17. Manipur Imphal Najma Heptulla N. Biren Singh

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18. Meghalaya Shillong Tathagata Roy Conrad Kongal Sangma

19. Mizoram Aizawl Prof. Jagdish Mukhi Zoramthanga

20. Nagaland Kohima Padmanabha Acharya Neiphiu Rio

21. Orissa(Odisha) Bhubaneshwar Prof. Ganeshi Lal Mathur Naveen Patnaik

22. Puducherry Puducherry Kiran Bedi (Lt. Gov.) V. Narayanasamy

23. Punjab Chandigarh V P Singh Badnore Amarinder Singh

24. Rajasthan Jaipur Kalyan Singh Ashok Gehlot

25. Sikkim Gangtok Ganga Prasad Prem Singh Tamang

26. Tamil Nadu Chennai Banwarilal Purohit Edappadi K Palaniswami

27. Telangana Hyderabad E.S.L. Narasimhan K. Chandrasekhar Rao

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28. Tripura Agartala Kaptan Singh Solanki Biplab Kumar Deb

29. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Ram Naik Shri Yogi Adityanath

30. Uttarakhand Dehradun Baby Rani Maurya Trivendra Singh Rawat

31. West Bengal Kolkata Keshari Nath Tripathi Mamata Banerjee

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Chapter 3

All National awards of India

1. Civilian AwardsBharat Ratna: It is the highest civilian award given by the Republic of India for the good work in the field of science, Arts, literature, sports & Public Services etc.

Padma Vibhushan: It is second highest civilian award and is given for exceptional and distinguished service.

Padma Bhushan: This award comes second in under the list of Padma Awards and is the third highest civilian award of of India given for distinguished service of a high order.

Padma Shri: The last and fourth highest civilian award in India is Padma Shri which is awarded for distinguished service.

2. Military AwardsWartime gallantry awards

Param Vir Chakra: it is the highest military award given. Before independence Victoria Cross was given by British government but later on Param Vir Chakra replaced it.

Maha Vir Chakra: It is the Second highest Military decoration of India, presented to those who show conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy in all three areas that is on land, at sea or in the air.

Vir Chakra: The third award in the list Wartime gallantry awards is Vir Chakra.Peacetime gallantry awards:

Ashok Chakra Award- Equivalent to Param Vir Chakra, it is awarded for showing courageous action or self-sacrifice away from battle field.

Kirti Chakra- Second peacetime gallantry award after Ashok Chakra Award in terms of reputation.

Shaurya Chakra – Third in the list of peacetime gallantry awards.

3. Literature awards:

Jyanpith Award – Highest literary honour Award in Literature of India.Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Bhasha Samman

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4. National sports awards

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – Highest rank in sports awards category. Was started in 1991 in the memory of Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Dronacharya award – This award is given to coaches and sports teachers for producing great skilled teams and individual players in various sports. Dronacharya awards were initiated in 1985.

Arjuna award– One of the oldest national sports award which was started in 1961. This award is given to those sports persons who have continuously shown performed wellfor three years at international level.

Dhyan Chand Award – This sports award is given for lifetime achievement in sports in the memory of Hockey legend Dhyan Chand.

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Chapter 4

Sports Awards of 2018

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018

Name of the Sportsperson Discipline

1. Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting2. Virat Kohli Cricket

Dronacharya Awards 2018

Name of the Coach Discipline

1. Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa Boxing2. Vijay Sharma Weightlifting3. Srinivasa Rao Table Tennis4. Sukhdev Singh Pannu Athletics5. Clarence Lobo Hockey (Life Time)6. Tarak Sinha Cricket (Life Time)7. Jiwan Kumar Sharma Judo (Life Time)8. V.R. Beedu Athletics (Life Time)

Arjuna Awards 2018

Name of the Sportsperson Discipline

1. Neeraj Chopra Athletics2. Subedar Jinson Johnson Athletics3. Hima Das Athletics4. Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy Badminton5. Subedar Satish Kumar Boxing6. Smriti Mandhana Cricket7. Shubhankar Sharma Golf8. Manpreet Singh Hockey9. Savita Hockey10. Col. Ravi Rathore Polo11. Rahi Sarnobat Shooting12. Ankur Mittal Shooting13. Shreyasi Singh Shooting14. Manika Batra Table Tennis15. G. Sathiyan Table Tennis16. Rohan Bopanna Tennis

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17. Sumit Westling18. Pooja Kadian Wushu19. Ankur Dharma Para-Atheletics20. Major Sarkar Para-Badminton

Dhyan Chand Award 2018

Name of the Sportsperson Discipline

1. Satyadev Prasad Archery2. Bharat Kumar Chetri Hockey3. Bobby Aloysius Athletics4. Chougale Dadu Dattatray Wrestling

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Chapter 5Indian States International Boundaries

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1BorderingPakistan Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat.

2 Bordering China

Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim,

Arunachal Pradesh.3 Bordering Nepal Bihar, Uttaranchal, UP, Sikkim, West Bengal

4BorderingBangladesh West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Assam

5 Bordering Bhutan West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam

6BorderingMyanmar Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram

7BorderingAfghanistan Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan – occupied Kashmir)

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Chapter 6 Important Crops India

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1 Rice West Bengal, Punjab, UP2 Wheat UP, Punjab, Haryana3 Maize Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka4 Bajra Rajasthan, Gujarat, UP5 Jowar Maharashtra, Karnataka, MP, AP

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Maharashtra, Karnataka, UPCOARSECEREALS

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MP, UP, MaharashtraPULSES

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TOTAL FOOD

UP, Punjab, West BengalGRAINS

9 Groundnut Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh

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10 Rapeseed And Rajasthan, UP, HaryanaMustard

11 Soyabean Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan12 Sunflower Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra13 TOTAL OIL MP, Maharashtra, Rajasthan

SEEDS14 Sugarcane UP, Maharashtra, Karnataka15 Cotton Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh16 Jute and Mesta WB, Bihar, Assam17 Tea Assam, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh18 Coffee Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu19 Rubber Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

20 Silk

Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh. In Indiaall 4varieties of silk are available; Mulberry, tussar, eri andmuga. Mulberryis the main variety, while tussar is mainly found in Bihar.

21 Tobacco Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka

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Chapter 7 National Highways

SNoNationalHighways Connects

1 NH 1 New Delhi - Ambala - Jalandhar - Amritsar.

2 NH 2Delhi - Mathura - Agra - Kanpur - Allahabad -Varanasi - Kolkata

3 NH 3 Agra - Gwalior - Nasik – Mumbai4 NH 4 Thane and Chennai via Pune and Belgaun- Chennai.5 NH 5 Kolkata – Chennai6 NH 6 Kolkata – Dhule7 NH 7 Varanasi – Kanyakumari8 NH 8 Delhi - Mumbai (Via Jaipur, Baroda and Ahmedabad)9 NH 9 Mumbai – Vijaywada - Machilipatnam10 NH 10 Delhi – Fazilka – Indo Pak Border

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Chapter 8 Rivers Of India

Sr.No. Name Origin From Falls into Length

1 Ganges Gangotri glacier, Mt.Kailash Bay of Bengal 2525

2 Satluj Rakshastal, Tibet Arabian Sea 10503 Indus Tibetian Plateau Arabian Sea 28804 Ravi Himalayas(In Multan Tehsil

of Kangra District, H.P.)Arabian Sea 720

5 Beas Near Rohtang Pass Sutlej 4706 Jhelum Verinag in Kashmir Chenab 7257 Yamuna Yamunotri Ganga 13758 Chambal Janapav (Vindhya Ranges) Yamuna 10509 Ghagra Himalyas(Tibetian Plateau

Near Mansarovar)Ganga 1080

10 Kosi Bihar (Near Indo-Nepal Border)

Ganga 730

11 Betwa Vindhya Ranges Yamuna 48012 Son Amarkantak Ganga 78013 Brahmaputra Angri Glacier in Tibet Bay of Bengal 290014 Narmada Amarkantak Gulf of Khambat 1057

15 Tapti Satpura Range Gulf of Khambat 724

16 Mahanadi Sihawa Bay of Bengal 858

17 Luni Aravalli hills Rann of Kuchchh 450

18 Ghaggar Shivalik Hills Saraswati River 494

19 Sabarmati Aravalli Ranges Gulf of Khambat 416

20 Krishna Western Ghats Bay of Bengal 0

21 Godavari Nasik Distt. In Maharashtra Bay of Bengal 1465

22 Cauvery Tala Kaveri Bay of Bengal 805

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Chapter 9

Important Days

Important Days DaysNational Youth Day January 12Army Day January 15Desh Prem Diwas January 23 (Netaji’s Jayanti)International Customs Day January 26Republic Day January 26Martyrs' Day January 30National Science Day February 28International Women's Day March 8World Consumers Rights Day March 15World Disabled Day December 3World Forestry Day March 21World Day for Water March 22World Health Day April 7Jallianwala Day April 1

World Heritage Day April 18Earth Day April 22World Book Day April 23Manav Ekta Divas April 24May Day (Workers' Day; InternationalLabour Day) May 1World Red Cross Day May 8Mothers' Day May 9Anti-terrorism Day May 21Commonwealth Day May 24Everest Day May 29Mount Everest Day May 29No-Tobacco Day May 31World Environment Day June 15

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Doctors Day July 1World Population Day July 11Hiroshima Day August 6Nagasaki Day August 9Quit India Day August 9Independence Day August 15National Sports Day August 29Teachers' Day September 5World Literacy Day September 8

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Chapter 10

Books and Authors

S. No. Book Name Author1 A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking2 A Farewell to Arms V.S. Naipaul3 A House for Mr. Biswas V.S. Naipaul

4A Million MutiniesNow V.S. Naipul

5A Midsummer Night`sDream William Shakespeare

6 A Passage to England Nirad C. Choudhari7 A Passage to India E.M. Foster

8 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth9 Afternoon Raag Amit Chaudhari10 Agni Veena Kazi Nazrul Islam11 Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

12 All the President`s MenCarl Bernstein & BobWoodward

13All Things Bright and Beautiful James Herriot

14All`s Well that EndsWell William Shakspeare

15 Amar Kosh Amar Singh16 An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru17 An Equal Music Vikram Seth

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18 An Idealist View of Life Dr. S. Radhakrishnan19 Anandmath Bankin Chandra Chatterjee20 Animal Farm George Orwell21 Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy22 Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare23 Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne24 Arrowsmith Sinclair Lewis25 As You Like it William Shakespeare26 Asia and Western Dominace K.M. Panikkar27 Asian Drama Gunnar Myrdal28 Autobiography of an Unknown Indian Nirad C. Choudhari29 Beginning of the Beginning Bhagwan Sri. Rajneesh30 An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru31 An Equal Music Vikram Seth32 An Idealist View of Life Dr. S. Radhakrishnan33 Anandmath Bankin Chandra Chatterjee

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Chapter 11 Indian Constitution

Distribution of power between Union and state govt policy borrowed from which nation?Ans: - Canada

The idea of ‘Single Citizenship’ taken from which country? Ans: - Britain

By which legislation India and Pakistan were divided as two independent nations?Answer: Indian Independence Act 1947

Currently how many fundamental rights are recognized by the Indian constitution?Answer: There are six fundamental rights-1) Right to equality2) Right to freedom3) Right against exploitation4) Right to freedom of religion5) Cultural and educational rights6) Right to constitutional remedies

Indian constitutional rights were inspired by which historical documents?Answer: France’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and United States Bill of Rights

Who is empowered by the Indian Constitution to appoint the Attorney General of India?Answer: President of India

Who is the only person holding the right of appointment of Chief Justice of India?Answer: President of India

By which procedure the President of India may be removed before the expiry of the term?

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Answer: Impeachment

Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India? Answer: President of India

Who appoints Vice President of India? Answer: The Electoral College of India

Who is the inaugural Prime Minister of India? Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)

Who is the first Deputy Prime Minister of India? Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1947-1950)

Who is the first President of India? Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Who is the famous writer of ‘Introduction to the Constitution of India’?Answer: Durga Das Basu

Who said this famous quote that “Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.”?Answer: Dr. Bhima Rao Ambedkar

Who was the British Prime Minister during India’s Independence? Answer: Clement Atlee

Q18 Which most important feature made Indian Constitution unique to any constitution of the world?Answer: Indian constitution is the only longest written constitution in the world ever

When Hindi became the Official Language of India?Answer: The Indian Constitution declared Hindi as the official language in 1950

When English became the official language of India? Answer: According to Official Language Act 1963, English became official language of India in 1965 along with Hindi

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Who is the constitutional head of the Indian union? Answer: President of India

Constitutionally who is the second powerful person in India? Answer: Vice-President

One of the basic character of the Indian Constitution is – Answer: Judicial Review

What is the major basic feature of the Indian Constitution? Answer: Fundamental rights

When the Sarkaria Commission was set up? Answer: 1983

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Chapter 12 General Science

Which gas is most popular as laughing gas? Ans . Nitrous oxide

Electromagnetic Field concept was observed and discovered by whom?

Ans . James Hargreaves

The BrahMos Missile was developed by which country?

Ans . Developed with Joint venture of India and Russia

The ‘Concept of Inertia’ was developed by?Ans . Galileo

For the cultivation, name the crop required of water-logging?

Ans . Rice

Who achieved the discovery of ‘Vitamin C’?

Ans . Albert Szent

What is the purest form of Iron?

Ans . Wrought Iron

What is the name of NASA Mars Rover and when its landed onMARS?

Ans . Curiosity (Launched on November 26, 2011, Landed on MARS – 6th August 2012)

A historical victory achieved by a Spacecraft which got Mars on itsFirst try?

Ans . Mangalyaan (Developed by ISRO, launched on 5 November 2013, Reached – 24 September 2014)

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What is the best source of Protein?

Ans . Soybean

‘Energy of the Sun’ concept discovered by which scientist?

Ans . Hans Selye

Rate of growth of plant is measured by which instrument?

Ans . Auxanometer

One Horsepower (1 HP) is equivalent to approximately?Ans . 746 Watts

Which was the first satellite of India, go into the orbit? Ans . Aryabhata

In human body ‘Vitamin K’ is necessary for what? Ans . Formation of Prothrombin

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Chapter 13

Mind Boggler

(a)1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, (....)A. 64 B. 54C. 56 D. 81

(b)2, 7, 10, 22, 18, 37, 26,(….)A. 42 B. 52C. 46 D. 62

(c) 4, 12, 48, 240, 1440, (...)A. 7620 B. 10080C. 6200 D. 10020

(d) 2, 3, 6, 0, 10, -3, 14, (...)A. 6 B. 2C. -2 D. -6

(e) 5, 10, 13, 26, 29, 58, 61, (....)A. 128 B. 64C. 125 D. 122

(f) 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, (....)A. 354 B. 392C. 343 D. 245

(g) 4, 5, 7, 11, 19, (...)A. 22 B. 35C. 27 D. 32

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(h) 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, (...)A. 53 B. 47C. 48 D. 59

(i) 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, (....)A. 27 B. 68C. 108 D. 72

(j) 7, 26, 63, 124, 215, 342, (....)A. 481 B. 391C. 511 D. 421

(k)1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, (....)A. 64 B. 54C. 56 D. 81

(l)2, 7, 10, 22, 18, 37, 26,(….)A. 42 B. 52C. 46 D. 62

(m) 4, 12, 48, 240, 1440, (...)A. 7620 B. 10080C. 6200 D. 10020

(n) 2, 3, 6, 0, 10, -3, 14, (...)A. 6 B. 2C. -2 D. -6

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(o) 5, 10, 13, 26, 29, 58, 61, (....)A. 128 B. 64C. 125 D. 122

(p) 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, (....)A. 354 B. 392C. 343 D. 245

(q) 4, 5, 7, 11, 19, (...)

A. 22 B. 35C. 27 D. 32

(r) 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, (...)A. 53 B. 47C. 48 D. 59

(s) 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, (....)A. 27 B. 68C. 108 D. 72

(t) 7, 26, 63, 124, 215, 342, (....)A. 481 B. 391C. 511 D. 421

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