GK Questions for Kids with Answers

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General Knowledge (GK) For Kids (105 Questions
and Answers)
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Here are some interesting GK questions for kids
to revise on the go. It is always good to polish
ones IQ with GK questions.
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1. How many days do we have in a week? Answer
Seven
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2. How many days are there in a year? Answer 365
(not a leap year)
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3. How many colours are there in a
rainbow? Answer 7
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4. Which animal is known as the Ship of the
Desert? Answer Camel
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5. How many letters are there in the English
alphabet? Answer 26
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6. How many consonants are there in the English
alphabet? Answer 21
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7. How many sides are there in a
triangle? Answer Three
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8. In which direction does the sun rise? Answer
East
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9. What do you call a type of shape that has five
sides? Answer Pentagon
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10. Which month of the year has the least number
of days? Answer February
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11. Which is the largest flower in the
world? Answer Rafflesia
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12. Which are the vowels in the English alphabet
series? Answer A, E, I , O, U
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13. How many zeros are there in one hundred
thousand? Answer Five
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14. How many hours are there in two days? Answer
48 hours (2424)
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15. How many months of the year have 31
days? Answer 7 (January, March, May, July,
August, October and December)
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16. How many weeks are there in one year? Answer
52
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17. Which are the colours in a rainbow? Answer
Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
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18. Which animal is called King of
Jungle? Answer Lion
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19. How many bones does an adult human
have? Answer 206
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20. Who was the first man to walk on the
moon? Answer Neil Armstrong
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21. How many primary colours are there? Answer
Three (red, yellow, blue)
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22. Which way is anti-clockwise, left or
right? Answer Left
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23. How many equal sides does an isosceles
triangle have? Answer 2
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24. How many millimetres are there in
1cm? Answer 10
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25. How many days are there in the month of
February in a leap year? Answer 29 days
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26. Which is the nearest star to planet
earth? Answer Sun
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27. What do you call a house made of ice? Answer
Igloo
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28. Which is the longest river on the
earth? Answer Nile
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29. Which is the principal source of energy for
earth? Answer Sun
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30. Which is the coldest location in the
earth? Answer East Antarctica
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31. How many lungs does the human body
have? Answer Two
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32. What is the standard taste of the
water? Answer Water is tasteless

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33. Which country is called the land of rising
sun? Answer Japan
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34. Which is the tallest mountain in the
world? Answer Mount Everest
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35. Which is the fastest animal on the
land? Answer Cheetah
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36. Which continent is known as Dark
continent? Answer Africa
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37. Who is the inventor of electricity? Answer
Benjamin Franklin
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38. Which is the largest animal in the
world? Answer Blue whale
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39. Which planet is known as the Red
Planet? Answer Mars
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40. Which is the tallest animal on the
earth? Answer Giraffe
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41. Which is the most sensitive organ in our
body? Answer Skin
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42. Which is the most spoken language in the
world? Answer Mandarin (Chinese)
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43. Which two parts of the body continue to grow
for your entire life? Answer Nose and Ears
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44. The largest Democracy in the world? Answer
India
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45. Who is the inventor of Television? Answer
John Logie Baird
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46. Which is the largest ocean in the
world? Answer Pacific Ocean
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47. Which is the largest plateau in the
world? Answer Tibetan Plateau
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48. Which is the instrument used to measure Blood
pressure? Answer Sphygmomanometer
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49. Which day is observed as World Environment
Day? Answer June 5
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50. How many years are there in a
century? Answer One Hundred
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51. Which is the largest country in the
world? Answer Russia (By area)
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52. Who invented the Computer? Answer Charles
Babbage
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53. Which festival is known as the festival of
colours? Answer Holi
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54. How many players are there in a cricket
team? Answer 11
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55. Which day is observed as World Literacy
Day? Answer September 8
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56. Who is the inventor of Radio? Answer Marconi
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57. What colour symbolises peace? Answer White
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58. Who is the founder of Microsoft? Answer Bill
Gates
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59. During which year did World War I
begin? Answer 1914
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60. Which festival is called the festival of
light? Answer Diwali
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61. How many Cricket world cups does India
have? Answer 2
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62. Which place is known as the roof of the
world? Answer Tibet
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63. How many teeth does a healthy adult have
including the wisdom teeth? Answer 32
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64. Which gas is most abundant in the earths
atmosphere? Answer Nitrogen
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65. How many people are there in the
world? Answer Over 7 billion
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66. Which is the continent with the most number
of countries? Answer Africa
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67. True or false Chameleons have extremely
long tongues, sometimes as long as their
bodies? Answer True
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68. Which is the most common non-contagious
disease in the world? Answer Tooth Decay
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69. How many strings does a violin have? Answer
Four
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70. Global warming is caused by the excess of
which type of gas? Answer Carbon dioxide
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71. How many cards are there in a complete pack
of cards? Answer 52
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72. What is the name of the biggest rain forest
in the world? Answer The Amazon
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73. Which African nation is famous for
chocolate? Answer Ghana
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74. What makes up (approx.) 80 of our brains
volume? Answer Water
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75. Which instrument is used for measuring wind
speed? Answer Anemometer
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76. An ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain.
True or False? Answer True
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77. How many planets are there in our solar
system? Answer 8
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78. Which is the hottest continent on
Earth? Answer Africa
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79. Which is the smallest continent in the
world? Answer Australia
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80. What is the top colour in a rainbow? Answer
Red
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81. How many years are there in a
millennium? Answer 1000
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82. Which country is home to the
kangaroo? Answer Australia
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83. Stars and Stripes is the nickname of the
flag of which country? Answer United States of
America
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84. Which language is used by the computer to
process data? Answer Binary language
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85. What type of bird lays the largest
eggs? Answer Ostrich
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86. What covers approximately 71 of the Earths
surface Land or water? Answer Water
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87. Which is the hardest substance available on
earth? Answer Diamond
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88. Which is the biggest desert in the
world? Answer Sahara desert
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89. Which country gifted The Statue of Liberty to
the United States? Answer France
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90. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Answer Leonardo
da Vinci
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91. Who invented the telephone? Answer Alexander
Graham Bell
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92. What is the name of the Greek God of
music? Answer Apollo
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93. What does the SIM in the SIM card stand
for? Answer Subscriber Identity Module
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94. Which is the first element on the periodic
table of elements? Answer Hydrogen
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95. Which is the longest written Constitution in
the world? Answer India
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96. What is the largest joint in the human
body? Answer Knee
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97. What does the Internet prefix WWW stand
for? Answer World Wide Web
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98. How much of Earths surface is covered by
ocean? Answer 71
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99. Which is the smallest bone in the human
body? Answer Stapes (Ear bone)
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100. Who discovered Penicillin in 1928? Answer
Alexander Fleming
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101. How many stars are there in the American
flag? Answer 50
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102. Which instrument is used to measure
Atmospheric Pressure? Answer Barometer
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103. Which is the largest continent in the
world? Answer Asia
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104. Who is the inventor of the electric
Bulb? Answer Thomas Alva Edison
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105. On whose memory Nobel Prize is
awarded? Answer Alfred Nobel
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questions for kids