50 GK Questions And Answers That Can Improve Your Child's General Knowledge Quotient
Originally Published by https://www.parentcircle.com/ Because of increased academic pressure, children often limit their learning to what is given in their textbooks. While this may help them secure good marks in school exams, it leaves them unaware of what's happening in the world they live in. And current affairs is an important aspect of civic and community living. Engaging children in activities like a quiz, for instance, is one great way to improve a child's general knowledge quotient.
What can parents do in this situation? To begin, parents can assemble a list of general knowledge questions and answers for their kids. To help you in this endeavor, we have come up with a classwise list of 50 questions related to various subjects.
GK questions for class 1
1. Who was the first law minister of independent India?
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
2. Who opened the first school for girls in India?
Savitribai Phule
3. Who was the first Indian woman to become a pilot?
Captain Prem Mathur
4. Who was the first Indian to become the president of the UN General Assembly?
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
5. Which language was thought to be spoken by Buddha?
Pali
6. Who is known as the missile woman of India?
Tessy Thomas
7. In which century did the use of the Charkha (spinning wheel) become common in India?
8. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Ashoka Chakra?
Neerja Bhanot
9. In which year did the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh occur?
1919
10. How many years did it take to build the Taj Mahal?
20 years
GK questions for classes 2 and 3
11. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics?
Karnam Malleswari
12. Who is the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
Rabindranath Tagore
13. What is the name of the oldest known civilization found in the Indian subcontinent?
Indus Valley Civilisation
14. Who is the first Indian woman to become a botanist? This person also made sugarcanes taste sweeter.
Janaki Ammal
Biology
15. How many bones does a human adult have?
16. In which country is the Global Seed Vault located?
Norway
17. Apart from Homo Sapiens, which are the other two species under the genus 'Homo'?
Homo habilis and Homo erectus
18. Why does the Red Sea's water sometimes turn red?
The sea is sometimes filled with the blooms of the algae Trichodesmium Erythraeum. When they die, the water becomes reddish-brown. It is also known as 'sea sawdust'.
19. Which are the easily available sources of Vitamin B12?
Milk, eggs, fish, nuts, legumes, red meat, etc.
Chemistry
20. Which gases are responsible for global warming?
Carbon dioxide, methane, fluorinated gases (F-gases), and nitrous oxide
GK questions for class 4, 5, and 6
21. Who designed the periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev
22. What is used for artificially ripening fruit?
Calcium Carbide
23. Which element is a diamond made of?
Carbon
24. Which gas is also known as laughing gas?
Nitrous Oxide
25. What is the highest temperature that mercury thermometers can measure?
360-degree celsius
26. Which metal is used to make the filament of the electric bulb?
Tungsten
27. How many kilometers are there in a light-year?
94,60,73,00,00,000 km
28. At what temperature is the density of water at its maximum?
4-degree celsius
29. What does the ozone layer protect us from?
UV rays
30. In which Indian state is the world's longest sandstone cave located?
Krem Puri in Meghalaya
GK questions for classes 7 and 8
31. Which Indian airport uses only solar power to run its operations?
Cochin International Airport
32. When is National Farmer's Day celebrated in India?
23 December
33. Who is the youngest person to climb Mount Everest?
Malavath Purna
34. Which Indian cities are the cleanest according to Swachh Survekshan 2018?
Indore, Bhopal, and Chandigarh
35. Who is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Shaktikanta Das
36. According to the Air Quality Index report released by Central Pollution Control Board in 2018, which is the most polluted city in India?
Patna
37. When is the National Girl Child Day celebrated in India?
24 January
38. Who is the current chairman of the Central Board Of Secondary Education?
Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi
39. What day is celebrated as International Day of Charity?
5 September Sports
40. Which country is hosting the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019?
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