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General Knowledge Quiz: 50 GK Questions And Answers For Students Upto Class 8

GK Quiz: Here, we are summarising general knowledge questions and answers for students upto class 8.

General Knowledge Questions And Answers: General knowledge is important for students as it broadens their horizons, keeps them updated on worldwide events and nurtures critical thinking abilities. To facilitate this, we've compiled a set of general knowledge questions and answers tailored for students upto class 8. These questions aim to offer students a comprehensive knowledge base, covering diverse subjects like science, history, civics, geography and intelligence.

GK Quiz: 50 General Knowledge Questions And Answers For Students Upto Class 8

Here are 50 general knowledge questions and answers for students upto class 8:

1. Who is known as the Father of the Nation in India?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

2. What is the capital city of France?

Answer: Paris

3. Who wrote the famous play "Romeo and Juliet"?

Answer: William Shakespeare

4. What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Answer: Jupiter

5. What is the chemical symbol for water?

Answer: H2O

6. Which ocean is the largest and deepest on Earth?

Answer:
Pacific Ocean

7. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Answer:
Leonardo da Vinci

8. What is the capital of Spain?

Answer: Madrid

9. What is the process by which plants make their food called?

Answer: Photosynthesis

10. What is the longest river in the world?

Answer:
The Nile River

11. Who was the first President of the United States?

Answer:
George Washington

12. What is the chemical symbol for oxygen?

Answer:
 O

13. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Answer: Mars

14. What is the currency of Japan?

Answer:
Japanese Yen

15. Who invented the telephone?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

16. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Answer:
Diamond

17. Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

Answer: Japan

18. Who wrote the famous novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?

Answer:
Lewis Carroll

19. What is the capital city of Australia?

Answer:
Canberra

20. What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer: Mitochondria

21. Who painted the famous artwork "The Starry Night"?

Answer:
Vincent van Gogh

22. What is the largest continent by land area?

Answer:
Asia

23. What is the capital of India?

Answer:
New Delhi

24. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Answer: Au

25. Who wrote the Harry Potter book series?

Answer: J.K. Rowling

26. What is the main gas found in the Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen

27. What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest

28. Which country is famous for the Pyramids of Giza?

Answer:
Egypt

29. Who discovered penicillin?

Answer:
Alexander Fleming

30. What is the chemical symbol for iron?

Answer:
Fe

31. What is the largest mammal in the world?

Answer:
Blue Whale

32. Who was the first man to step on the moon?

Answer: Neil Armstrong

33. What is the national flower of India?

Answer: Lotus

34. What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

Answer: Around 299,792 kilometers per second

35. Which planet is known as the "Morning Star"?

Answer: Venus

36. Who composed the famous piece "Fur Elise"?

Answer:
Ludwig van Beethoven

37. What is the capital of China?

Answer:
Beijing

38. What is the chemical symbol for silver?

Answer: Ag

39. Who wrote the famous novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Answer: Harper Lee

40. What is the largest desert in the world?

Answer: The Sahara Desert

41. What is the smallest bone in the human body?

Answer:
Stapes (in the ear)

42. What is the currency of China?

Answer:
Chinese Yuan (Renminbi)

43. Who painted the famous artwork "The Last Supper"?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

44. What is the tallest tree in the world?

Answer:
Hyperion (a coast redwood tree)

45. Which gas is used for photosynthesis by plants?

Answer:
Carbon dioxide (CO2)

46. Who discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head?

Answer:
Sir Isaac Newton

47. What is the capital city of Brazil?

Answer: Brasília

48. What is the chemical symbol for carbon?

Answer:
C

49. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Indira Gandhi

50. What is the study of fossils called?

Answer: Paleontology

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