The goal of Humming Bird Education Ltd. is to improve students’ factual, logical, and problem-solving abilities while also assessing their attitudes. The group holds numerous Olympiad tests on a national and worldwide level. The General Knowledge Olympiad is one of the most well-liked Olympiad tests offered by the Humming Bird.

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Exams for the General Knowledge Olympiad assist students in developing their confidence. The General Understanding Olympiad tests students’ knowledge of many cultural concepts, as well as other socially relevant subjects including society, culture, civilisation, community, and current events. The HGO Olympiad test contains material from a variety of subject areas, including the arts, science, gaming, politics, culture, cinema, medicine, and history. We will discuss the HGO syllabus details in this article.

Important Dates and Exam Highlights

HGO Syllabus

The HGO paper comprises 50 multiple-choice questions in which students must select the correct answer from four options. The exam is for 50 minutes. There are no penalties for incorrect responses. The HGO paper is divided into two parts: subject-based and reasoning-based. There will be 30 subject-based questions and 20 reasoning-based questions for students to answer.

The HGO 2022 syllabus is accessible in Humming Bird’s free book and app. Students will have access to the free e-book and online application after completing the registration process. Students can utilise mobile applications to access a huge number of audio and video tutorials. Here are the syllabus and class-wise details of HGO.

Class 1

• Our family and relations
• Our surroundings and helpers
• Our food, dresses, festivals, places of worship, and school
• Animals: domestic, wild, and water animals
• Vegetables, fruits, and flowers
• Body parts and sense organs
• Our country, leaders, personalities, and players
• Tourist places, buildings & monuments, and important days
• Indoor & outdoor games
• Means of transport and current affairs

Class 2

• Our surroundings
• Parts of plants and uses of plants
• Our body
• Home of animals and the sound of animals
• Sports and my country
• Insects and common birds
• Games
• People of the world
• Indian dresses, seasons, and personalities
• An important day, books, and authors
• The Universe
• Food of animals
• National, religious, and family festivals
• Abbreviations, film, sports, and layers
• People and their profession
• Current affairs

Class 3

• India states and union territories
• Our neighbouring countries
• Great moments, historical buildings, and monuments
• Religious places, music, and dances
• Features of the earth, continents, and oceans
• Everyday science and inventions
• Books and authors
• People and places of India
• Means of livelihood
• Personalities of India
• Great women of India
• Famous places in the world
• Solar system
• Abbreviations, and national symbols
• Flags of various countries
• Film and sports
• Current affairs

Class 4

• Country and its capital
• Continents and oceans
• Our neighbouring countries
• Great monuments, places & people of India, and states & capitals
• Types of dances
• Inside of our body and everyday science
• Famous authors and books
• Great personalities, inventions & inventors, and actors & actresses
• The animal family
• The famous site of the world
• Different types of professions, different types of sports, and major sporting events
• Sporting personalities
• Our universe
• Abbreviations
• Religions and current affairs

Class 5

• Climatic regions of the world
• Countries and their capitals
• Rivers & cities, major mountain chains of the world, flags of various countries, deserts & plateaus of the world, dams & waterways, famous institutions, sanctuaries & parks, religions of the world, and religious place & its importance
• Inventors, inventions, and discoveries
• General science
• Famous buildings of the world
• First in India and world
• Hill stations, airports, and airlines
• Famous personalities of the world
• Longest in India
• Women in cinema
• An abbreviation, famous authors & books, major sporting events, sports personalities, and current affairs

Class 6

• India & its history, freedom struggle, freedom fighters of India, features of India, and first in India
• Our constitution, national symbols, and Indian railways & airways
• Historical buildings and monuments in India
• Places of the world
• Major rivers of the world
• UNO & its agencies
• First in space
• Books & authors, art & artist, inventors & inventions, discoveries, nation, currency, and flags
• Highest honours of various countries
• Indian national awards
• General science, abbreviations, sports, film, and personalities
• Important dates and current affairs

Class 7

• Freedom struggle, dates & events, books & authors, and Indian politics
• Abbreviation
• First in India, nickname, my country, important books & authors, important places of India & world, and festival of India
• Indian personalities, first in India, important year, and dates in history
• Film, invention & discoveries, sports-terms & measurement, our universe, and general science
• Parliament & state assemblies, slogans, old & new names, our constitution, and current affairs

Class 8

• Solar system
• Important dates
• Abbreviations
• Inventions & discoveries
• UNO, NAM, and SAARC
• Major ports of India/hill station
• The foreign policy of India
• Books and authors
• National parks and game sanctuaries
• Major airports of India
• Cities and rivers
• Atomic research centres in India
• Indian constitution
• Dates and events
• Battles and wars: World War I & II
• Buddhism and Jainism
• National flag
• The national animal, bird, flower, and symbols
• India and its neighbouring countries
• Parliament
• General science
• Current affairs

Class 9

• Constitution
• Fundamental rights
• Democracy, parliament, the judiciary in India & world, and election in India
• French Revolution
• Russian Revolution
• Rise of Hitler
• The story of cricket
• UNO and its agencies
• Famous sites
• Major ports of India
• Towns & places, national parks, important rivers, names of parliament, currencies, and inventions & discoveries
• UNO and its agencies
• SAARC
• National & international awards
• Sectors of the Indian economy
• National freedom movement
• Multipurpose river-valley project
• Money and banking
• Major stock exchanges of the world
• General science
• Current affairs

Class 10

• Democracy
• Five-year planning and economic policy
• Globalisation
• Money and credit
• Consumer awareness and major stock exchanges of the world
• Constitution, president, vice president, parliament, and national freedom movement
• Human rights and public service commission
• UNO and its agencies
• Indian town associated with industries
• Important day and year
• Human diet, vitamins, and a balanced diet
• Awards & honours, sports, science, history & geography, India’s relation with its neighbouring countries, and medical equipment
• National highways
• First in India & world
• Railways and banking
• Current affairs

Instructions for the GK Olympiad Hummingbird

Before entering the examination room, every student should be familiar with the instructions listed below.

• At the time specified on the admission card, the exam will begin. 30 minutes before the start of the exam, all students are required to report at the designated exam sites.
• 15 minutes before the start of the exam, students will be permitted to enter the room to complete their OMR sheets with the necessary information.
• Ten minutes after the exam’s start, no students will be permitted to enter the examination room.
• Humming Bird doesn’t grant any more time to finish the test.
• Once the exam is over, students may exit the examination room.

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