Current Affairs for Kids - 100+ Questions for All Classes (September 2024)

Romsha Vats • 24 Jun, 2023 • 15 mins

A comprehensive list of current affairs questions for all classes and age groups.

The ever-increasing sources of current affairs for kids are doing more harm than good. It's only causing more confusion in the minds of young students. How do parents and teachers tackle the problem of choosing the best source of current affairs for kids? What should they keep in mind while doing so?

First, the most important criterion is the objectivity and trustworthiness of the news portal that fleshes out current affairs for kids. Second, the news portal must write current affairs for kids in a more accessible and easily understandable manner. Third, only the most relevant themes of current affairs for kids should be published by them.

Which current affairs for kids' source ticks all these boxes? Newsahoot, a news for kids website!

Newsahoot has built the ultimate news for kids platform - using one child-friendly article every day; we inform children of current events worldwide in a safe and fact-checked environment. Alongside our vast library of articles, we have also written this easy-to-use article to give teachers and parents some of the most important current affairs for kids - use the list of questions below and ensure that your kids know what’s happening in the world!

Current Affairs for Kids in Class 1

What is the capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi
Which continent does the Amazon River flow in?
Answer: South America
What do we call the gases that cause global warming?
Answer: Greenhouse gases
Which planet in our solar system has rings?
Answer: Saturn
What is the complete form of ISRO?
Answer: Indian Space Research Organisation
What is the complete form of WPL?
Answer: Women’s Premier League
How are plastic wastes harmful to the environment?
Answer: It releases chemicals into soil and water, harming humans and animals.
What is the one liquid that is very important to human lives?
Answer: Water
Who became the Prime Minister of India in 2024?
Answer: Narendra Modi
A cavity is formed in which organ of the body?
Answer: Teeth
What is the full form of NASA?
Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What is the name of The Paris 2024 mascot?
Answer: Olympic Phryge
What are doctors of animals called?
Answer: Veterinarians
Sweden is a country in which continent?
Answer: Europe
Which age group is at high risk of contracting polio?
Answer: Children under the age of 5

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 2

Which famous singer’s fans are called ‘Swifties’?
Answer: Taylor Swift
Which is the tallest mammal on Earth?
Answer: Giraffe
What is Santa Claus's original name?
Answer: Saint Nicholas
Which European city is called ‘the city of canals’?
Answer: Venice
What is the full form of AI?
Answer: Artificial Intelligence
Who is the captain of the Indian Cricket Team?
Answer: Rohit Sharma
What type of chocolate reduces stress and improves heart health?
Answer: Dark Chocolate
How often does a total solar eclipse occur?
Answer: Once every 18 months
Who won the T20 World Cup 2024?
Answer: India
Who got re-elected as Prime Minister of India for his third consecutive term in 2024?
Answer: Narendra Modi
What are the animals kept on a farm, such as hens, sheep, and cows, called?
Answer: Livestock
What is the other name for bhut jolokia?
Answer: Ghost pepper
What is the term lunar related to?
Answer: Moon
Recently, which country decided to cull wild animals?
Answer: Namibia
What is the complete form of WHO?
Answer: World Health Organization

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 3

Who is the founder of Apple Inc?
Answer: Steve Jobs
Which Indian leader’s birthday is celebrated as Teacher’s Day?
Answer: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
What is the complete form of AI?
Answer: Artificial intelligence
What is the complete form of BSF?
Answer: Border Security Force
Who won the WPL 2024?
Answer: RCB (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
What is the full form of AI?
Answer: Artificial Intelligence
How many overs can one bowler bowl?
Answer: 4 overs
Which state in India started the concept of water break?
Answer: Kerala
What is the name of India’s longest sea bridge?
Answer: The Atal Setu
What is the capital of Telangana?
Answer: Hyderabad
Which tree-related action can help prevent landslides?
Answer: Planting
Who is the 46th president of the USA?
Answer: Joe Biden
Where is Itanagar Biological Park?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
Which paralympic sport is Manish Narwal associated with?
Answer: Shooting
What is the complete form of AQLI?
Answer: Air Quality Life Index

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 4

Which team has won the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup six times?
Answer: Australia
Which organisation developed the NavIC system?
Answer: ISRO
How many UNESCO Heritage Sites are there in India?
Answer: 42
When do we celebrate Air Force Day in India?
Answer: 8th October
Who is the captain of RCB WPL?
Answer: Smriti Mandhana
Where is India’s first underwater metro located?
Answer: Kolkata, West Bengal
What is the full form of NASA?
Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What is Ramadan?
Answer: The 9th month of the Muslim year, during which fasting is observed from dawn to sunset.
Who is the Emeritus Chairman of Tata Sons?
Answer: Mr. Ratan Tata
Who is the Home Minister of India?
Answer: Amit Shah
Name the Bangladesh PM who recently fled.
Answer: Sheikh Hasina
Which tech company had an outage recently?
Answer: Microsoft
What was the previous name of the company X?
Answer: Twitter
Who is the first Indian woman to win two gold medals in Paralympic history?
Answer: Avani Lekhara
Name the tallest mountain in Africa.
Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 5

What is Virgin Galactic?
Answer: It is the world’s first commercial spaceline.
Where was India’s first all-girls Sainik School inaugurated?
Answer: Vrindavan
What is the name of the navigation system developed by Russia?
Answer: GLONASS
Which country has the Iron Dome air defence system?
Answer: Israel
What is the full form of UNSC?
Answer: United Nations Security Council
Where did Holi first originate from?
Answer: Indian subcontinent of India and Nepal
Who built the Archimedes Death Ray?
Answer: Archimedes, an ancient Greek inventor
Which country’s air force conducted the dog fight between AI and humans?
Answer: United States
What is the full form of UN SDG?
Answer: United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
Which sport does Kylian Mbappé play?
Answer: Football
Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting?
Answer: Manu Bhaker
Name the largest rover ever to land on another planet.
Answer: Curiosity
What type of bird is the vulture, known for feeding on dead animals?
Answer: Scavenger
Who was the first African American president of the USA?
Answer: Barack Obama
Which cities will be connected by India's first bullet train project?
Answer: Mumbai and Ahmedabad

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 6

Which countries are members of the QUAD grouping?
Answer: USA, India, Australia, and Japan
Who is the current Prime Minister of France?
Answer: Gabriel Attal
What is the name of the buffalo sport race event that is held in coastal Karnataka?
Answer: Kambala
Where is the country of Morroco located?
Answer: North Africa
Which is the world’s largest operating system?
Answer: Android
What is the name of the female humanoid robot that ISRO will send into space in 2024?
Answer: Vyomitra
What was the Titanic?
Answer: It's a famous ship from over a hundred years ago which sank after hitting an iceberg during its first trip in 1912.
What is the full form of GSI?
Answer: Geological Survey of India
Which country passed a rule to promote body sensitivity?
Answer: Norway
Which country has recently approved same-sex marriage?
Answer: Thailand
Name the world's hottest chilli.
Answer: Pepper X
Where in the body are gut bacteria found?
Answer: Intestines
What is the capital of Tripura?
Answer: Agartala
Which disease has resurfaced in Gaza in 25 years?
Answer: Polio
Where is NASA’s Johnson Space Center?
Answer: Houston, USA

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 7

What is the name of the rocket that launched Chandrayaan 3?
Answer: LVM 3 (aka Bahubali)
Where is India’s longest sea bridge located?
Answer: Mumbai (Atal Setu)
What is the name of the tiny robots made from human cells?
Answer: Anthrobots
How many organisations come under the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)?
Answer: Seven
What is Methane pollution?
Answer: Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas causing air pollution.
Where is social media banned for kids below the age of 14?
Answer: Florida
What is jet fuel made of?
Answer: Crude oil (a type of fossil fuel)
Which Indian city came up with the concept of exchanging plastic waste for food vouchers?
Answer: Delhi
What is the full form of IMD?
Answer: Indian Meteorological Department
Which state government introduced gender-neutral images in school textbooks?
Answer: Kerala
In which ocean deep-sea oxygen is discovered?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Which former US President was attacked at a rally in July 2024?
Answer: Donald Trump
What large company recently switched entirely to renewable energy?
Answer: Amazon
Who is the CEO of Neuralink?
Answer: Elon Musk
Which NASA mission provided data that helped scientists discover a reservoir of liquid water on Mars?
Answer: NASA's Mars InSight Lander

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 8

Which international organisation published the Global Risks Report?
Answer: World Economic Forum
Which is the oldest national sports award in India?
Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy
In which two countries was UPI launched recently?
Answer: Sri Lanka and Mauritius
Where is the ‘Swahili’ language spoken?
Answer: East Africa
Who is the first female archer without arms to compete internationally?
Answer: Sheetal Devi
Who started the company, Neuralink?
Answer: Elon Musk
What is a liver transplant?
Answer: A liver transplant is a surgery where doctors replace a damaged liver with a healthy one from another person.
Which high court became the first court to hear arguments about a case from a speech and hearing-impaired lawyer?
Answer: Karnataka High Court
What are the three main steps (C-A-B) to give CPR?
Answer: Compressions, Airway, Breathing
Which company trained 4,300 delivery partners in lifesaving skills?
Answer: Zomato
Which metal can be used to make an artificial heart?
Answer: Titanium
Who is the founder of Amazon?
Answer: Jeff Bezos
What type of cells does HIV target and destroy?
Answer: WBCs
Which device is used to record the details of an earthquake?
Answer: Seismometer
Who is the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology?
Answer: Dr. Jitendra Singh

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 9

In which year was ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ first telecasted?
Answer: 2000
Who is the upcoming president of G20?
Answer: Brazil
What is the name of the space station built by China?
Answer: Tiangong Space Station
Which company developed a flying car?
Answer: Klein Vision
What does DRDO stand for?
Answer: Defence Research and Development Organization
Why are Lok Sabha/ general elections held?
Answer: To appoint the Members of the Parliament (MP)
What are the 2 important parts AI is made of?
Answer: Data and algorithms
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) functions under which ministry?
Answer: Ministry of Home Affairs
Where did scientists monitor chimpanzees to observe their healing behaviours?
Answer: Budongo Central Forest Reserve
Which type of company is CrowdStrike?
Answer: Cybersecurity
What is the legal protection that prevents others from copying an invention?
Answer: Patent
David Beckham plays which sport?
Answer: Football
What disease can HIV lead to if left untreated?
Answer: AIDS
Who is selected as the primary astronaut for the upcoming India-US mission to the ISS?
Answer: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla
Name four companies of which Elon Musk is the CEO.
Answer: SpaceX, Neuralink, X, OpenAI

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Current Affairs for Kids in Class 10

Which is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom?
Answer: Birmingham
Which Indian music group won the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album in 2024?
Answer: Shakti
Which two disputed areas of West Asia do Palestinians reside in?
Answer: West Bank and Gaza
What does the Neuralink do?
Answer: It is a device that allows users to control computers using their thoughts.
What is the world’s first AI Software Engineer called?
Answer: Devin
Which company created the flamethrower-equipped robot dog named Thermonator?
Answer: Throwflame
Who is responsible for administering Union and State election processes in India?
Answer: The Election Commission of India
Who is the minister of education?
Answer: Dharmendra Pradhan
Who is the founder of Hinduja Group?
Answer: Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja
Who is the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha?
Answer: Rahul Gandhi
Which animation studio created the Shrek movie series?
Answer: DreamWorks
What virus attacks the body’s immune system and can lead to AIDS?
Answer: HIV
What type of business is the Trump Organization involved in?
Answer: Real estate
What is the last step in the US Presidential elections?
Answer: Electoral College
Name the water body between the southeastern coast of India and the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka.
Answer: Palk Strait

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Last updated on 6 September 2024.

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