Welcome to the General Knowledge Quiz, designed for students of all age groups. This paper is divided into four levels:
- Level 1 (Easy): For younger learners to test basic knowledge.
- Level 2 (Moderate): For growing students to check understanding of common facts.
- Level 3 (Hard): For higher classes to challenge deeper awareness.
- Advance Level: For senior students to test national and international awareness.
The quiz covers topics from history, geography, science, current affairs, and general awareness. Each question carries 1 mark. Attempt all questions carefully and choose the correct option.
Time Allowed: 2 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions:
- All questions are compulsory.
- Each question has four options, only one is correct.
- Write the correct option clearly.
- No negative marking.
Good luck! 🍀 Give your best and test your knowledge.
Level 1 (Easy – Class 1 to 3) – 25 Questions
Q1. What is the national animal of India?
a) Tiger
b) Lion
c) Elephant
d) Peacock
Answer: a
Q2. How many days are there in a week?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
Answer: c
Q3. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Jupiter
Answer: b
Q4. Who is called the Father of the Nation in India?
a) Subhash Chandra Bose
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Bhagat Singh
Answer: c
Q5. Which is the largest animal in the world?
a) Elephant
b) Whale
c) Shark
d) Giraffe
Answer: b
Q6. What is the national bird of India?
a) Crow
b) Parrot
c) Peacock
d) Pigeon
Answer: c
Q7. How many continents are there in the world?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
Answer: c
Q8. Which is the capital of India?
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Delhi
d) Chennai
Answer: c
Q9. Which is the national fruit of India?
a) Mango
b) Apple
c) Banana
d) Orange
Answer: a
Q10. Which is the fastest bird in the world?
a) Crow
b) Parrot
c) Falcon
d) Pigeon
Answer: c
Q11. Which is the national flower of India?
a) Rose
b) Sunflower
c) Lotus
d) Lily
Answer: c
Q12. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
a) 25
b) 26
c) 27
d) 28
Answer: b
Q13. Who was the first President of India?
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: a
Q14. Which organ pumps blood in our body?
a) Brain
b) Heart
c) Lungs
d) Kidney
Answer: b
Q15. Which is the smallest month of the year?
a) February
b) March
c) April
d) May
Answer: a
Q16. Which gas do we breathe in?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Oxygen
c) Hydrogen
d) Nitrogen
Answer: b
Q17. How many colors are there in a rainbow?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
Answer: c
Q18. Which is the tallest animal?
a) Elephant
b) Camel
c) Giraffe
d) Horse
Answer: c
Q19. Which is the smallest bird?
a) Crow
b) Hummingbird
c) Sparrow
d) Parrot
Answer: b
Q20. Which is the national game of India?
a) Cricket
b) Football
c) Hockey
d) Kabaddi
Answer: c
Q21. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
a) Sardar Patel
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Indira Gandhi
Answer: c
Q22. How many states are there in India (2025)?
a) 27
b) 28
c) 29
d) 30
Answer: b
Q23. Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
Answer: c
Q24. Which animal is known as the Ship of the Desert?
a) Camel
b) Horse
c) Donkey
d) Mule
Answer: a
Q25. Which is the national currency of India?
a) Dollar
b) Pound
c) Rupee
d) Yen
Answer: c
Level 2 (Moderate – Class 4 to 6) – 25 Questions
Q26. Which gas do plants use for photosynthesis?
a) Oxygen
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Nitrogen
d) Hydrogen
Answer: b
Q27. Which city is called the Pink City of India?
a) Delhi
b) Jaipur
c) Udaipur
d) Jodhpur
Answer: b
Q28. Who wrote the Indian National Anthem?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: a
Q29. Which is the fastest land animal?
a) Leopard
b) Tiger
c) Cheetah
d) Horse
Answer: c
Q30. Which planet is known as Earth’s twin?
a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Saturn
d) Neptune
Answer: a
Q31. Which is the national river of India?
a) Yamuna
b) Narmada
c) Ganga
d) Godavari
Answer: c
Q32. Which festival is called the Festival of Lights?
a) Diwali
b) Holi
c) Eid
d) Christmas
Answer: a
Q33. Who invented the light bulb?
a) Newton
b) Thomas Edison
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Einstein
Answer: b
Q34. Which is the smallest planet in the solar system?
a) Earth
b) Pluto (dwarf)
c) Mercury
d) Venus
Answer: c
Q35. Who is the author of “Ramayana”?
a) Tulsidas
b) Valmiki
c) Ved Vyas
d) Kalidas
Answer: b
Q36. Which is the largest desert in the world?
a) Sahara
b) Thar
c) Gobi
d) Kalahari
Answer: a
Q37. Which animal is the King of the Jungle?
a) Elephant
b) Lion
c) Tiger
d) Leopard
Answer: b
Q38. Which is the national tree of India?
a) Mango tree
b) Neem tree
c) Banyan tree
d) Peepal tree
Answer: c
Q39. Who invented the telephone?
a) Alexander Graham Bell
b) Thomas Edison
c) Newton
d) Marconi
Answer: a
Q40. Which festival is called the Festival of Colors?
a) Diwali
b) Holi
c) Raksha Bandhan
d) Eid
Answer: b
Q41. Which is the largest ocean in the world?
a) Atlantic
b) Indian
c) Arctic
d) Pacific
Answer: d
Q42. How many players are there in a cricket team?
a) 10
b) 11
c) 12
d) 9
Answer: b
Q43. Who discovered electricity?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) Thomas Edison
c) Michael Faraday
d) Newton
Answer: a
Q44. Which city is called the City of Joy?
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) Chennai
Answer: c
Q45. Which is the largest continent?
a) Africa
b) Asia
c) Europe
d) North America
Answer: b
Q46. Who is called the Nightingale of India?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Mother Teresa
d) Annie Besant
Answer: b
Q47. Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
a) Mount Everest
b) K2
c) Kanchenjunga
d) Nanda Devi
Answer: a
Q48. What is the national song of India?
a) Jana Gana Mana
b) Vande Mataram
c) Saare Jahan Se Accha
d) Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon
Answer: b
Q49. Which is the largest island in the world?
a) Greenland
b) Andaman
c) Sri Lanka
d) Madagascar
Answer: a
Q50. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
a) Sonia Gandhi
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Pratibha Patil
Answer: c
Level 3 (Hard – Class 7 to 9) – 25 Questions
Q51. Which is the smallest bone in the human body?
a) Femur
b) Stapes
c) Ulna
d) Tibia
Answer: b
Q52. Who discovered gravity?
a) Einstein
b) Newton
c) Galileo
d) Darwin
Answer: b
Q53. Which country is called the Land of the Rising Sun?
a) China
b) Japan
c) Korea
d) Thailand
Answer: b
Q54. Which is the chemical formula of water?
a) CO₂
b) O₂
c) H₂O
d) HCl
Answer: c
Q55. Who was the first Indian woman to go to space?
a) Kalpana Chawla
b) Sunita Williams
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: a
Q56. Which is the largest bone in the human body?
a) Femur
b) Tibia
c) Skull
d) Humerus
Answer: a
Q57. Who is known as the Iron Man of India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Sardar Patel
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: c
Q58. Which gas is used by divers in cylinders?
a) Oxygen
b) Helium
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Hydrogen
Answer: b
Q59. Which organ purifies blood in our body?
a) Liver
b) Heart
c) Kidneys
d) Lungs
Answer: c
Q60. Which is the longest river in India?
a) Ganga
b) Brahmaputra
c) Yamuna
d) Godavari
Answer: a
Q61. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
a) Mother Teresa
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) C.V. Raman
d) Amartya Sen
Answer: b
Q62. Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
Answer: c
Q63. In which year did India get Independence?
a) 1945
b) 1947
c) 1950
d) 1952
Answer: b
Q64. Which organ is known as the “Brain of the computer”?
a) CPU
b) Monitor
c) Mouse
d) Keyboard
Answer: a
Q65. Who is known as the Missile Man of India?
a) C.V. Raman
b) Homi Bhabha
c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
d) Vikram Sarabhai
Answer: c
Q66. Which is the largest state of India (area-wise)?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Rajasthan
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
Answer: b
Q67. Which is the smallest state of India (area-wise)?
a) Goa
b) Sikkim
c) Tripura
d) Nagaland
Answer: a
Q68. Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?
a) Akbar
b) Shah Jahan
c) Jahangir
d) Humayun
Answer: b
Q69. Who was the first President of the USA?
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) George Washington
c) John Adams
d) Thomas Jefferson
Answer: b
Q70. Which vitamin is produced in the body with sunlight?
a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin B
c) Vitamin C
d) Vitamin D
Answer: d
Q71. Who is the author of “Geetanjali”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Swami Vivekananda
Answer: b
Q72. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the USA?
a) UK
b) France
c) Germany
d) Spain
Answer: b
Q73. Which city is known as the Silicon Valley of India?
a) Hyderabad
b) Pune
c) Bangalore
d) Chennai
Answer: c
Q74. Which is the national sport of Japan?
a) Judo
b) Karate
c) Sumo Wrestling
d) Kendo
Answer: c
Q75. Which is the currency of Japan?
a) Yuan
b) Yen
c) Won
d) Dollar
Answer: b
Advance Level (Very Hard – Class 10 & Above) – 25 Questions
Q76. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations (2025)?
a) António Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Kofi Annan
d) Javier Pérez
Answer: a
Q77. Which is the longest river in the world?
a) Amazon
b) Nile
c) Yangtze
d) Mississippi
Answer: b
Q78. Which country is known as the Land of White Elephants?
a) India
b) Thailand
c) Sri Lanka
d) Myanmar
Answer: b
Q79. Who discovered the X-ray?
a) Wilhelm Roentgen
b) Marie Curie
c) Newton
d) Rutherford
Answer: a
Q80. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO?
a) London
b) Paris
c) New York
d) Geneva
Answer: b
Q81. Which is the world’s largest volcano?
a) Mauna Loa
b) Krakatoa
c) Vesuvius
d) Etna
Answer: a
Q82. Who is the founder of Microsoft?
a) Steve Jobs
b) Bill Gates
c) Elon Musk
d) Jeff Bezos
Answer: b
Q83. Which is the currency of Russia?
a) Dollar
b) Ruble
c) Euro
d) Yen
Answer: b
Q84. Which Indian scientist won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930?
a) C.V. Raman
b) Homi Bhabha
c) Jagdish Chandra Bose
d) S. Chandrasekhar
Answer: a
Q85. What is the national sport of Canada?
a) Ice Hockey
b) Basketball
c) Baseball
d) Rugby
Answer: a
Q86. Which planet has the maximum number of moons?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Uranus
d) Neptune
Answer: b
Q87. Which is the smallest country in the world?
a) Monaco
b) Vatican City
c) Malta
d) Liechtenstein
Answer: b
Q88. Who is known as the “Light of Asia”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Gautam Buddha
c) Swami Vivekananda
d) Lord Krishna
Answer: b
Q89. Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW)?
a) Tim Berners-Lee
b) Steve Jobs
c) Bill Gates
d) Larry Page
Answer: a
Q90. Which is the largest dam in India?
a) Bhakra Nangal
b) Hirakud
c) Sardar Sarovar
d) Tehri Dam
Answer: b
Q91. Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
a) Mary Kom
b) Karnam Malleswari
c) P.V. Sindhu
d) Saina Nehwal
Answer: b
Q92. Which Indian city is known as the City of Lakes?
a) Jaipur
b) Udaipur
c) Hyderabad
d) Bhopal
Answer: b
Q93. Which is the deepest ocean in the world?
a) Atlantic
b) Indian
c) Pacific
d) Arctic
Answer: c
Q94. Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: a
Q95. Which is the first satellite of India?
a) INSAT-1A
b) Aryabhata
c) Bhaskara I
d) Rohini
Answer: b
Q96. Which is the world’s largest desert?
a) Sahara
b) Kalahari
c) Antarctica
d) Gobi
Answer: c
Q97. Who was the first Indian to go into space?
a) Rakesh Sharma
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Sunita Williams
d) Vikram Sarabhai
Answer: a
Q98. Which is the capital of Australia?
a) Sydney
b) Melbourne
c) Canberra
d) Brisbane
Answer: c
Q99. Which Mughal emperor is called Akbar the Great?
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Shah Jahan
d) Jahangir
Answer: b
Q100. Which country won the FIFA World Cup 2022?
a) France
b) Argentina
c) Brazil
d) Germany
Answer: b
🎯 Result Evaluation (Scoring Guide)
- Below 30 Marks → Beginner: You need to read newspapers, books, and GK facts regularly. Lots of practice is needed.
- 30 – 60 Marks → Average: You know the basics but must strengthen your GK for quizzes and exams.
- 61 – 90 Marks → Good: You have strong general knowledge. Keep practicing to reach excellence.
- Above 90 Marks → Excellent: Outstanding performance! You are quiz-ready and sharp.
