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List of 100+ GK Questions for All Classes

Manavi Chauhan • 11 Jul, 2023 • 8 mins

Complete Guide: General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Classes 1-12

General knowledge is an invaluable part of a child’s development and curriculum. A well-informed, broad GK base helps children become more involved in conversations around them. GK also helps them build curiosity and further encourages children to ask and answer questions.

Reading up on general knowledge enriches a child’s understanding of historical events, natural phenomena, essential figures and inventors. The best way to brush up on GK is to read encyclopaedias and the news regularly!

Since kids are mostly interest-based learners, they will likely be interested in knowing more about their favourite subjects and topics. However, it is also essential for there to be a distinctive baseline of GK that children of a particular age group should be familiar with.

GK Questions for Class 1

Who ruled over India until it gained independence?
Answer: The British Empire
Which animal is called the ship of the desert?
Answer: Camels
Which animal did early man evolve from?
Answer: Apes or monkeys
Name the primary colours.
Answer: Red, yellow, and blue
What is the fastest animal on the planet?
Answer: Cheetah
How many colours are in the rainbow?
Answer: Seven colours
What do we call people who travel into outer space?
Answer: Astronauts
Homes made with blocks of ice are called?
Answer: Igloos
What is India’s national animal?
Answer: Royal Bengal Tiger
Which animal do we get wool from?
Answer: Sheep

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GK Questions for Class 2

How many continents are there on Earth?
Answer: Seven continents
Which country was known as Sone ki Chidiya?
Answer: India
Which ocean is the biggest in the world?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
What do you call a doctor for animals?
Answer: Veterinarian
How many bones are there in the human body?
Answer: 206
What is the National Flower of India?
Answer: Lotus
Which company makes iPads, iPhones and iPods?
Answer: Apple
Who is called the father of our nation?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
When did India gain independence?
Answer: 1947
How many years are there in one century?
Answer: Hundred

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GK Questions for Class 3

Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Who is the first woman prime minister of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi
Which was the earliest civilisation in India?
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization (Harappan Civilization)
Which is the longest river in the world?
Answer: Nile
In which country did Chess originate?
Answer: India
Which planet is known as the red planet in the solar system?
Answer: Mars
Who was the inventor of the Steam Engine?
Answer: James Watt
Which famous children's author wrote ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’?
Answer: Roald Dahl
What is the smallest bird in the world?
Answer: Bee Hummingbird
What is the name of a mountain that oozes hot lava?
Answer: Volcano

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GK Questions for Class 4

Which Mughal Emperor built the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Shahjahan
Which popular hill station is known as Queen of the Hills?
Answer: Mussoorie
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Answer: Gautam Buddha
How many states and union territories are in India?
Answer: 28 states and 8 UTs
When is world environment day celebrated?
Answer: 5th June
Who is known as the Nightingale of India?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
How many days are there in a leap year?
Answer: 366 days
Who invented penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming
Who is called the ‘Magician of Hockey’?
Answer: Major Dhyan Chand
Which is the largest island in the world?
Answer: Greenland

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GK Questions for Class 5

What are the grasslands of North America called?
Answer: The Prairies
Which is the largest river in the world?
Answer: Amazon
When is Children's Day celebrated?
Answer: 14th November
Which social reformer helped put an end to child marriage in India?
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Which is the largest plateau in the world?
Answer: Tibetan Plateau
Which is the tallest statue in India?
Answer: The Statue of Unity
Who invented the computer?
Answer: Charles Babbage
Where is Jim Corbett National Park located?
Answer: Uttarakhand
Which organ purifies the blood in our bodies?
Answer: Kidney
What is the blue wheel in the Indian national flag known as?
Answer: The Ashok Chakra

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GK Questions for Class 6

What is the full form of WWW?
Answer: World Wide Web
Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
Which city in India is called the City of Lakes?
Answer: Udaipur
How regularly do the Olympic Games occur?
Answer: Every four years
Which sport is Saina Nehwal associated with?
Answer: Badminton
Which dam is the highest ever built in India?
Answer: Tehri Dam
Which is the highest mountain peak in India?
Answer: Kanchenjunga
Which is the largest bone in the human body?
Answer: Femur
Which is the mineral found in teeth and limestones?
Answer: Calcium
Which is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: The Vatican City

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GK Questions for Class 7

What is the currency used in Japan?
Answer: Japanese Yen (JPY)
Where is the Ranthambore National Park situated?
Answer: Rajasthan
Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?
Answer: Bachendri Pal
What is the capital of Norway?
Answer: Oslo
What is the full form of the UN?
Answer: United Nations
Which is the world’s largest democracy?
Answer: India
Where is the Dead Sea located?
Answer: Between Israel and Jordan
Who wrote the play, Romeo and Juliet?
Answer: William Shakespeare.
Where did the Madhubani style of painting come from?
Answer: Bihar
What are the tiny pores present in plant leaves called?
Answer: Stomata

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GK Questions for Class 8

Ranji Trophy is awarded for which sport?
Answer: Cricket
How many players are on a basketball team?
Answer: 12 players
Where is the Sunderban Delta located?
Answer: West Bengal
What is the name of Ganga’s largest tributary?
Answer: Yamuna
Which terrorist’s name was connected to the deadly 9/11 attacks in New York, America?
Answer: Osama Bin Laden
Who invented Facebook?
Answer: Mark Zuckerburg
What currency is used in the UAE (United Arab Emirates)?
Answer: Dirham
When is Earth Day celebrated?
Answer: 22nd April
What is Jamshedpur famous for?
Answer: Steel
What is the full form of ISRO?
Answer: Indian Space Research Organisation

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GK Questions for Class 9

Name the component of blood that fights infection.
Answer: White Blood Cells
What is the full form of AIDS?
Answer: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Who wrote ‘My Experiments with Truth’?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
In which Indian state is Chauri Chaura village located?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
When is Women’s Day celebrated?
Answer: 8th March
Where does the prime meridian pass through?
Answer: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Who was responsible for the Holocaust?
Answer: Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party
Which scientist developed the theory of evolution?
Answer: Charles Darwin
Name the author of the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’?
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is the full form of UNICEF?
Answer: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

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GK Questions for Class 10

Who publishes the Human Development Index (HDI)?
Answer: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Which company owns Google?
Answer: Alphabet
What were the names of the atomic bombs dropped by the US on Japan?
Answer: ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’
Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Answer: Lord Louis Mountbatten
What is the name of Elon Musk’s space company?
Answer: SpaceX
Where is the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary situated?
Answer: Kerala
What is the first page of the Constitution known as?
Answer: Preamble
What was the name of the new capital that Akbar built?
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
Answer: 118
Which element is the least reactive?
Answer: Helium

GK Questions for Class 11

Who heads the UN?
Answer: The Secretary-General
Who made the statue of David?
Answer: Michelangelo
Who is the Greek God of the Sea?
Answer: Poseidon
Who painted ‘The Starry Night’?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
Who is the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission(1897)?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
Which newspaper was the first to be published in India?
Answer: The Bengal Gazette
Which is the longest-running Newspaper in India?
Answer: Mumbai Samachar
What does RSVP stand for?
Answer: Respondez sil-vous plait (please reply in French)
Which Athlete is nicknamed the Golden Girl?
Answer: PT Usha
Which famous psychologist is credited with the development of psychoanalysis?
Answer: Sigmund Freud

GK Questions for Class 12

What does UIDAI stand for?
Answer: Unique Identification Authority of India
Who discovered radium?
Answer: Marie Curie
Which prestigious award is awarded to playwrights and theatre artists?
Answer: Tony Awards
What is the full form of FIFA?
Answer: Federation Internationale de Football Association
Where is Mecca located?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Who first proposed the atomic theory of matter?
Answer: John Dalton
The Rohingyas are a minority of which state?
Answer: Myanmar
What is AFSPA?
Answer: Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
Who is the Pulitzer Prize named after?
Answer: Joseph Pulitzer
Who is known as the father of Modern Medicine?
Answer: Hippocrates