GK Questions
1. Who is the Father of our Nation?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
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2. Who was the first President of India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra prasad
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3. Who is known as Father of Indian Constitution?
Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
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4. Which is the most sensitive organ in our body?
Answer: Skin
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5. Giddha is the folk dance of?
Answer: Punjab
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6. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India.
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7. Which is the heavier metal of these two? Gold or Silver?
Answer: Gold
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8. Who invented Computer?
Answer: Charles Babbage
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9. 1024 Kilobytes is equal to?
Answer: 1 Megabyte (MB)
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10. Brain of computer is?
Answer: CPU
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11. India lies in which continent?
Answer: Asia
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12. Which country are the Giza Pyramids in?
Answer: The Giza Pyramids are in Egypt.
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13. What city is the statue of liberty in?
Answer: The statue of liberty is in New York City
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14. How many Cricket world cups does India have?
Answer: India has two cricket world cups.
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15. Martyrs’ Day is celebrated every year on?
Answer: 30th January
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16. Name the first 3 planets in our solar system?
Answer: The first 3 planets in our solar system are mercury, venus, and earth.
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17. Which is the longest river on the earth?
Answer: Nile
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18. Gir National Park in Gujarat is famous for?
Answer: Lion
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19. Which animal has hump on its back?
Answer: Camel
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20. Name 3 root vegetables?
Answer: Beets, carrots, and radish are root vegetables.
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21. Name the game which is played with bat, ball and wicket?
Answer: Cricket
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22. Smallest state of India is?
Answer: Goa
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23. Fastest animal on earth is?
Answer: Cheetah
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24. Which is the animal referred as the ship of the desert?
Answer: Camel
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25. Which plant grows in desert?
Answer: Cactus
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26. Highest dam of India is?
Answer: Tehri Dam
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27. The total distance around a figure is called its?
Answer: Perimeter
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28. A figure with 8 sides is called?
Answer: Octagon
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29. What colour symbolises peace?
Answer: The colour white symbolises peace.
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30. National Tree of India is?
Answer: Banyan tree
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31. Which flower is white in colour?
Answer: Jasmine
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32. Agra is situated on the bank of river?
Answer: Yamuna
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33. Baby of horse is called?
Answer: Colt
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34. National animal of India
Answer: Tiger
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35. Shape of Egg is?
Answer: Oval
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36. Most widely spoken language in the world is?
Answer: Mandarin (Chinese)
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37. Which insect has colourful wings?
Answer: Butterfly
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38. Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
Answer: William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
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39. Cry of lion is called?
Answer: Roar
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40. Name any reptile?
Answer: A lizard is a reptile.
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41. Cataract is the disease of?
Answer: Eyes
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42. Which organ purify our blood?
Answer: Kidney
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43. Who wrote the National Anthem – Jana Gana Mana?
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
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44. How many colours are there in India’s National Flag?
Answer: Three
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45. Gateway of India is located at?
Answer: Mumbai
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46. Who was Albert Einstein?
Answer: Albert Einstein was a famous scientist.
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47. What crop is famously grown in the region of Darjeeling?
Answer: The region of Darjeeling is known to grow Tea leaves.
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48. Capital of Uttarakhand is?
Answer: Dehradun
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49. When do we celebrate our Independence Day?
Answer: 15th August
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50. Sun is a?
Answer: Star
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51. Which planet is nearest to Earth?
Answer: Venus
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52. We get solar energy from?
Answer: Sun
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53. What islands are a part of the country of India?
Answer: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands belong to India.
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54. Where does a dog live?
Answer: Kennel
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55. Which animal is called the ship of the desert?
Answer: Camel
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56. Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of?
Answer: Iodine
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57. Who was George Washington?
Answer: George Washington was the first president of the United States of America.
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58. Longest river in the world is?
Answer: Nile
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59. How many players are there in a cricket team?
Answer: 11
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60. Largest island in the world is?
Answer: Green Land
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61. Which president of the USA is responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln is responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation.
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62. LBW is related to which sports?
Answer: Cricket
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63. Young one of a cat is called?
Answer: Kitten
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64. Which African nation is famous for chocolate?
Answer: The nation of Ghana is world famous for chocolate.
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65. Saina Nehwal is associated with which sports?
Answer: Badminton
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66. How many days are there in a Leap year?
Answer: 366
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67. Olylmpics games are held after every?
Answer: 4 years
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68. How many sides are there in a pentagon?
Answer: 5
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69. What is King Arthur’s sword called?
Answer: King Arthur’s sword was called Excalibur.
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70. A place where bees are kept is called?
Answer: Aviary
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71. Which is the biggest sea animal?
Answer: Dolphin
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72. Who is the founder of Microsoft?
Answer: Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft.
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73. Who discovered Penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Flemming
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74. Who was popularly known as Netaji?
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
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75. Which country does the company Sony come from?
Answer: Sony comes from the nation of Japan.
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76. Scientific study of birds is called?
Answer: Ornithology
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77. Who is the author of the book – Broken Wing?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
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78. Largest desert in the world is?
Answer: Sahara desert
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79. In which direction does the sun rise?
Answer: The sun rises from the east.
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80. Kuchipudi is the dance form of which state?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
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81. Who was Margaret Thatcher?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher was a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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82. United Nation (UN) day is celebrated on?
Answer: 24th October
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83. In which season we wear warm clothes?
Answer: Winter
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84. Which bird can not fly?
Answer: Ostrich
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85. We should cross the road when the traffic light is?
Answer: Green
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86. Place where animals and birds are kept?
Answer: Zoo
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87. In which festival we play with colours?
Answer: Holi
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88. Which fruit gives us oil?
Answer: Coconut
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89. Which jungle is the most dense in the world?
Answer: The Amazon is the densest jungle in the world.
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90. The national song
Answer: Vande Mataram
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91. The national bird is
Answer: Peacock
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92. The national fruit is
Answer: Mango
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93. National Education Day
Answer: 11 Nov.
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94. Children’s Day
Answer: 14 Nov.
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95. Teacher’s Day
Answer: 5 September
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96. Which place is known as tea garden of India
Answer: Assam
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97. Which is the smallest bird ?
Answer: Humming Bird
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98. Which is the largest ocean in the world ?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
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99. Which is India’s largest fresh water lake?
Answer: Wular Lake
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100. Which is the tallest waterfall in the world ?
Answer: Angel Falls
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101. What does UPS stand for?
Answer: Uninterrupted Power Supply
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102. Name the four metropolitan cities of India
Answer: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi
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103. Name the birthplace of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: Cuttack in Odisha
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104. What is the boiling point of water?
Answer: 100 degree is the boiling point of water.
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105. Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of which states?
Answer: Gujarat
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106. Which state has taken up Sanskrit as an official language?
Answer: Uttarakhand
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107. Name the first female Indian Astronaut
Answer: Kalpana Chawla
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108. Who was the first Indian to go to space?
Answer: Rakesh Sharma
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109. Who was India’s longest serving Prime Minister?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
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110. Which is the smallest continent?
Answer: Australia
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111. Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
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112. Which acid is found in lemon?
Answer: Citric Acid
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113. What is India’s form of Governance?
Answer: Democracy
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114. How many states does India have?
Answer: 29
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115. Who was the first Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest?
Answer: Bachendri Pal
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116. ‘Madhubani’, a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?
Answer: Bihar
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117. Australia lies between which two oceans?
Answer: The Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
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118. Name the 14th President of India
Answer: Ram Nath Kovind
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119. Which Indian woman was the first to win the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Mother Teresa
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120. Who was the inventor of the light bulb?
Answer: Thomas Edison
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121. Who is the Finance Minister of India?
Answer: Arun Jaitley
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122. What is the national game of USA?
Answer: Baseball
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123. What is the full form of NEWS?
Answer: North East West South
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124. What is the full form of AM and PM?
Answer: Ante Meridiem and After Midday
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125. Who is the Vice President of India?
Answer: Venkaiah Naidu
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126. Name the lightest gas
Answer: Hydrogen
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127. Who wrote Panchatantra?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
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128. Who was the first Indian to have won the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
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129. Name the region that has the oldest rocks
Answer: Aravalli
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130. Name the highest mountain peak of India
Answer: Mount Kanchenjunga
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131. Entomology is the science that studies
Answer: Insect
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132. How many layers are there in Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: 5
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133. Name the biggest planet in our solar system
Answer: Jupiter
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134. Which is the largest plateau in the world?
Answer: Tibetan Plateau
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135. What is the order of the planets in the Solar System?
Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
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136. Who invented the Television?
Answer: John Logie Baird
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137. Where is the Ajanta caves situated?
Answer: Maharashtra
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138. What is the name of India and Pakistan’s border?
Answer: Radcliffe Line
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139. What is the ratio of width to the length of National Flag of India?
Answer: 2:3
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140. Which gas commonly known as laughing gas
Answer: Nitrous oxide
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141. Gandhi Ji started the Dandi March in which year?
Answer: 1930
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142. What is the study of Universe known as?
Answer: Cosmology
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143. Why are the leaves of a plant so important?
Answer: They produce food for the plant through photosynthesis
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144. The famous Ganga Sagar Mela an annual fair is held in which state of India?
Answer: West Bengal
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145. Who is considered the founder of the Sikh religion?
Answer: Guru Nanak
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146. Who was known as the Indian Napoleon?
Answer: Samudragupta
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147. Who gave the slogan Do or Die?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
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148. What is the distance between Earth and Sun?
Answer: 149.6 Million km
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149. Which is the largest country in the world based on the area?
Answer: Russia
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150. What is the most spoken language in the world?
Answer: Mandarin or Chinese
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151. Which is the longest river in the world?
Answer: Nile
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152. Which is the largest bone in the human body?
Answer: Femur, also known as the thighbone
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153. Which is the first biosphere reserve in India?
Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
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154. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?
Answer: Wular Lake
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155. What is the full form of HTTP?
Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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156. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
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157. Place these shapes in order of how many sides they have—square, triangle, octagon, and hexagon?
Answer: Triangle, square, hexagon, octagon
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158. Who discovered the theory of relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein
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159. When is Hindi Diwas celebrated?
Answer: September 14th of every year
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160. What is the script for Hindi language?
Answer: Devanagari
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161. Who was the most sought-after social reformer after the end of Sati?
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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162. What is the name of our galaxy?
Answer: Milk Mekhela also known as the Milky Way
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163. What is the percentage of water on the floor of our planet?
Answer: 71 percent
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164. When is Earth Day celebrated?
Answer: April 22nd of each year
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165. Which is the longest and shortest river in India?
Answer: Brahmaputra and Tapi, respectively.
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166. Name the metals known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation?
Answer: Copper, bronze, silver and gold
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167. Who was the first female Governor of an Indian State?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
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168. Jhum cultivation is a method of cultivation which is used to be practised in which state?
Answer: Nagaland
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169. Which planet is the coldest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Neptune
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170. Who was the first Muslim lady to rule the Delhi Throne?
Answer: Razia Sultana
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171. Where will you find the largest museum of India?
Answer: Chennai
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