GK Quiz

100 GK Questions for Competitive Exams

1. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) B. R. Ambedkar c) Nehru d) Patel
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
2. What is the capital of Japan?
a) Osaka b) Kyoto c) Tokyo d) Nagoya
Answer: Tokyo
3. Which gas is most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere?
a) Oxygen b) Nitrogen c) Carbon Dioxide d) Argon
Answer: Nitrogen
4. Who invented the telephone?
a) Thomas Edison b) Alexander Graham Bell c) Tesla d) Marconi
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
5. What is the largest planet in the solar system?
a) Earth b) Jupiter c) Saturn d) Neptune
Answer: Jupiter
6. Who wrote “Discovery of India”?
a) Gandhi b) Rabindranath Tagore c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Patel
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
7. Which continent is known as the Dark Continent?
a) Africa b) Asia c) Europe d) South America
Answer: Africa
8. What is the currency of China?
a) Yen b) Yuan c) Won d) Dollar
Answer: Yuan
9. Which organ purifies blood?
a) Heart b) Lungs c) Kidney d) Liver
Answer: Kidney
10. Chemical symbol for Gold is?
a) Ag b) Au c) Gd d) Go
Answer: Au
11. Who discovered penicillin?
a) Fleming b) Pasteur c) Jenner d) Darwin
Answer: Alexander Fleming
12. Which is the smallest continent?
a) Europe b) Antarctica c) Australia d) South America
Answer: Australia
13. Who is known as the Missile Man of India?
a) Vikram Sarabhai b) Abdul Kalam c) Homi Bhabha d) Satish Dhawan
Answer: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
14. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
a) Venus b) Mercury c) Earth d) Mars
Answer: Mercury
15. Which is the largest island in the world?
a) Borneo b) Greenland c) Madagascar d) New Guinea
Answer: Greenland
16. Who wrote “A Tale of Two Cities”?
a) Charles Dickens b) Shakespeare c) Milton d) Austen
Answer: Charles Dickens
17. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
a) Mercury b) Copper c) Iron d) Silver
Answer: Mercury
18. The study of earthquakes is called?
a) Seismology b) Ecology c) Geology d) Zoology
Answer: Seismology
19. How many players are there in a cricket team?
a) 10 b) 11 c) 12 d) 9
Answer: 11
20. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
a) Venus b) Mars c) Jupiter d) Uranus
Answer: Mars
21. What is H2O?
a) Hydrogen b) Helium c) Water d) Oxygen
Answer: Water
22. Which is the longest river in the world?
a) Amazon b) Nile c) Yangtze d) Mississippi
Answer: Nile
23. Who discovered gravity?
a) Newton b) Einstein c) Galileo d) Kepler
Answer: Isaac Newton
24. Which planet has rings?
a) Venus b) Earth c) Saturn d) Jupiter
Answer: Saturn
25. Largest desert in the world?
a) Sahara b) Gobi c) Arctic d) Antarctic
Answer: Antarctic Desert
26. Who was the first President of India?
a) R. Prasad b) S. Radhakrishnan c) Nehru d) Gandhi
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
27. Which is the fastest land animal?
a) Lion b) Cheetah c) Tiger d) Deer
Answer: Cheetah
28. Capital of Canada?
a) Toronto b) Ottawa c) Montreal d) Vancouver
Answer: Ottawa
29. Largest mammal?
a) Elephant b) Blue Whale c) Hippo d) Giraffe
Answer: Blue Whale
30. Who wrote Hamlet?
a) Shakespeare b) Dickens c) Shelley d) Byron
Answer: William Shakespeare
31. National animal of India?
a) Lion b) Tiger c) Elephant d) Peacock
Answer: Tiger
32. Which vitamin is produced in sunlight?
a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin B c) Vitamin C d) Vitamin D
Answer: Vitamin D
33. Who painted Mona Lisa?
a) Picasso b) Da Vinci c) Michelangelo d) Raphael
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
34. Largest ocean?
a) Indian b) Atlantic c) Pacific d) Arctic
Answer: Pacific Ocean
35. What is the boiling point of water?
a) 50°C b) 90°C c) 100°C d) 120°C
Answer: 100°C
36. National flower of India?
a) Rose b) Lily c) Lotus d) Jasmine
Answer: Lotus
37. Who discovered electricity?
a) Edison b) Franklin c) Newton d) Darwin
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
38. Highest mountain peak?
a) K2 b) Kanchenjunga c) Everest d) Lhotse
Answer: Mount Everest
39. Capital of Russia?
a) Moscow b) Kiev c) St. Petersburg d) Sochi
Answer: Moscow
40. Largest rainforest?
a) Congo b) Amazon c) Sundarbans d) Taiga
Answer: Amazon Rainforest
41. Hardest natural substance?
a) Quartz b) Diamond c) Graphite d) Iron
Answer: Diamond
42. Who founded Facebook?
a) Bill Gates b) Mark Zuckerberg c) Steve Jobs d) Larry Page
Answer: Mark Zuckerberg
43. Which blood group is universal donor?
a) A b) B c) O- d) AB+
Answer: O-
44. Tallest animal?
a) Elephant b) Giraffe c) Camel d) Zebra
Answer: Giraffe
45. First man to walk on the moon?
a) Neil Armstrong b) Buzz Aldrin c) Yuri Gagarin d) Collins
Answer: Neil Armstrong
46. Largest bone in human body?
a) Skull b) Spine c) Femur d) Tibia
Answer: Femur
47. Capital of Italy?
a) Milan b) Venice c) Rome d) Florence
Answer: Rome
48. Which is a primary color?
a) Green b) Red c) Orange d) Pink
Answer: Red
49. Longest bone in the body?
a) Humerus b) Ulna c) Femur d) Radius
Answer: Femur
50. Capital of Australia?
a) Sydney b) Melbourne c) Canberra d) Perth
Answer: Canberra
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