Unicus General Knowledge Olympiad Class 6 Syllabus

Comprehensive awareness spans Indian heritage, world civilizations, environmental issues, technology, sports achievements, and global events. Learners engage with contemporary topics while understanding their historical and cultural contexts. The General Knowledge Olympiad syllabus for Class 6 cultivates informed global citizenship. This summer Olympiad evaluates breadth of knowledge, and the detailed syllabus below offers complete guidance for systematic and effective preparation.

Class 6

1. The World of Sports

1. Terms in football, basketball, tennis, chess, etc,
2. National games of countries
3. Sports equipment
4. Emerging sports e.g., e-sports

2. Canvas of Cultures

1. Art and culture e.g. global cuisines like French baguettes, Japanese sushi, and Indian biryani, festivals such as Rio Carnival (Brazil), Diwali (India), and Chinese New Year.
2. Dance forms like Flamenco (Spain), and Ballet (France), and music styles such as Jazz (USA) and Reggae (Jamaica)

3. World's Pinnacles

1. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the tallest waterfall
2. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake
3. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral system
4. Greenland is the largest island
5. The Amazon River holds the title of the largest river system by discharge

4. Minds Behind Marvels

1. Inventions like rubber bands, xerography, velcro, and bubble wrap

5. The Past Unfolds

1. Ancient Civilizations
2. Impact of World War I (1914-1918), World War II (1939-1945), The Cold War (1947-1991), The Civil Rights Movement (1950s-1960s), The Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)

6. Pens of Power

1. Famous books that impacted the world
2. International literary awards (e.g., Nobel Awards, Booker, etc.)
3. Pulitzer prize
4. Biographies of famous authors

7. Code Crackers

1. Abbreviations like OMR, GSM, APIs, PIN, VPN, B2B, B2C, PDF, JPEG, KPIs, ROI, IPO, ETF, Rx, BMI, ECG, QR, OEM, SaaS, BPM, PSI, MVP

8. A Journey of Firsts

1. First person in space (Yuri Gagarin)
2. First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova)
3. The first person to climb Mount Everest (Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay)
4. First satellite in space (Sputnik 1)
5. First computer (ENIAC)
6. First man-made object on the moon (Luna 2) etc.

9. Shaped by Earth

1. Physical features of earth e.g Longitudes and latitudes
2. World time zones
3. GMT
4. Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
5. Daylight Saving Time (DST)
6. ITCZ
7. Equatorial rainfall
8. Auroras

10. Map of Marvels

1. Important places in the world like Natural wonders e.g Great Barrier Reef, Amazon rainforest, Machu Picchu, Stonehenge
2. UNESCO World Heritage Sites