GK Quiz

Ultimate General Knowledge Quiz for All Ages

(Questions 1–50)

1. What is the capital of France?
a) London b) Berlin c) Paris d) Rome
Answer: Paris
2. Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
a) Charles Dickens b) William Shakespeare c) Mark Twain d) Jane Austen
Answer: William Shakespeare
3. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
a) Earth b) Jupiter c) Saturn d) Mars
Answer: Jupiter
4. Who discovered electricity?
a) Isaac Newton b) Albert Einstein c) Benjamin Franklin d) Thomas Edison
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
5. What is the chemical symbol for water?
a) CO2 b) H2O c) NaCl d) O2
Answer: H2O
6. Which organ pumps blood in the human body?
a) Brain b) Lungs c) Heart d) Kidney
Answer: Heart
7. Who was the first President of the United States?
a) George Washington b) Abraham Lincoln c) Thomas Jefferson d) John Adams
Answer: George Washington
8. How many continents are there?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
Answer: 7
9. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
a) Gold b) Iron c) Diamond d) Silver
Answer: Diamond
10. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a) Pablo Picasso b) Leonardo da Vinci c) Vincent van Gogh d) Michelangelo
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
11. What is the smallest prime number?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
Answer: 2
12. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
a) G b) Au c) Ag d) Go
Answer: Au
13. What is the speed of light?
a) 300,000 km/s b) 150,000 km/s c) 500,000 km/s d) 100,000 km/s
Answer: 300,000 km/s
14. Which gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
a) Oxygen b) Carbon dioxide c) Nitrogen d) Hydrogen
Answer: Carbon dioxide
15. Who wrote the Harry Potter series?
a) J.K. Rowling b) Suzanne Collins c) Roald Dahl d) Rick Riordan
Answer: J.K. Rowling
16. Which is the largest mammal on land?
a) Elephant b) Hippopotamus c) Rhino d) Giraffe
Answer: Elephant
17. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
a) Venus b) Mars c) Mercury d) Jupiter
Answer: Mars
18. What is the largest organ in the human body?
a) Liver b) Heart c) Skin d) Lungs
Answer: Skin
19. Who invented the telephone?
a) Nikola Tesla b) Alexander Graham Bell c) Thomas Edison d) Guglielmo Marconi
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
20. What is the tallest mountain in the world?
a) K2 b) Kangchenjunga c) Mount Everest d) Lhotse
Answer: Mount Everest
21. Which element has the chemical symbol ‘O’?
a) Gold b) Oxygen c) Osmium d) Zinc
Answer: Oxygen
22. Who is known as the Father of Computers?
a) Charles Babbage b) Alan Turing c) Bill Gates d) Steve Jobs
Answer: Charles Babbage
23. Which ocean is the largest?
a) Atlantic b) Indian c) Pacific d) Arctic
Answer: Pacific
24. How many states are there in the USA?
a) 48 b) 50 c) 52 d) 49
Answer: 50
25. What is the freezing point of water?
a) 0°C b) 100°C c) -10°C d) 32°C
Answer: 0°C
26. Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
a) China b) Japan c) Thailand d) Korea
Answer: Japan
27. How many players are there in a football team?
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12
Answer: 11
28. What is the main ingredient in bread?
a) Rice b) Flour c) Corn d) Sugar
Answer: Flour
29. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
a) Venus b) Mercury c) Earth d) Mars
Answer: Mercury
30. What is the largest desert in the world?
a) Sahara b) Gobi c) Arabian d) Kalahari
Answer: Sahara
31. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
a) Michelangelo b) Leonardo da Vinci c) Raphael d) Donatello
Answer: Michelangelo
32. Which gas is essential for breathing?
a) Carbon dioxide b) Oxygen c) Nitrogen d) Hydrogen
Answer: Oxygen
33. Who discovered penicillin?
a) Marie Curie b) Alexander Fleming c) Louis Pasteur d) Gregor Mendel
Answer: Alexander Fleming
34. What is the currency of the USA?
a) Dollar b) Pound c) Euro d) Yen
Answer: Dollar
35. What is the largest country by area?
a) China b) Canada c) Russia d) USA
Answer: Russia
36. Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?
a) Emily Bronte b) Jane Austen c) Charlotte Bronte d) Mary Shelley
Answer: Jane Austen
37. How many bones are there in the human body?
a) 206 b) 205 c) 210 d) 201
Answer: 206
38. Which is the longest river in the world?
a) Nile b) Amazon c) Yangtze d) Mississippi
Answer: Nile
39. What is the chemical symbol for iron?
a) Fe b) Ir c) In d) I
Answer: Fe
40. Who is known as the “Father of Physics”?
a) Galileo b) Isaac Newton c) Albert Einstein d) Niels Bohr
Answer: Isaac Newton
41. Which planet is famous for its rings?
a) Saturn b) Jupiter c) Uranus d) Neptune
Answer: Saturn
42. Who wrote “The Odyssey”?
a) Plato b) Homer c) Aristotle d) Socrates
Answer: Homer
43. How many teeth does an adult human have?
a) 28 b) 30 c) 32 d) 34
Answer: 32
44. What is the smallest country in the world?
a) Monaco b) Vatican City c) San Marino d) Liechtenstein
Answer: Vatican City
45. Who developed the theory of relativity?
a) Isaac Newton b) Albert Einstein c) Galileo d) Nikola Tesla
Answer: Albert Einstein
46. Which country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?
a) China b) Brazil c) UK d) Russia
Answer: Brazil
47. What is the largest species of shark?
a) Great White b) Whale Shark c) Tiger Shark d) Hammerhead
Answer: Whale Shark
48. Which vitamin is produced when sunlight hits the skin?
a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin B c) Vitamin C d) Vitamin D
Answer: Vitamin D
49. What is the tallest building in the world (as of 2025)?
a) Burj Khalifa b) Shanghai Tower c) Abraj Al-Bait d) One World Trade Center
Answer: Burj Khalifa
50. Who is known as the “Father of Modern Chemistry”?
a) Antoine Lavoisier b) Dmitri Mendeleev c) Robert Boyle d) John Dalton
Answer: Antoine Lavoisier
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