GK questions and answers for kids can boost their all-around knowledge and broad understanding of all aspects of life. It may or may not be related to a child’s academic studies, but it has the potential to unwittingly mold their personality, boost confidence, and help them make interesting conversations. If you want your child to start learning about various topics and become wiser, then try this collection of general knowledge (GK) questions for kids.
GK Questions For Kindergarten And Class 1
Age group: 3-6 years
This section has specially curated basic general knowledge questions and answers for preschool kids. But before you begin with the questions, introduce them to the concept of quizzing with easy and simple GK games like the odd one out or pick the right color. And then, you can start quizzing them on this questions! So, shall we get started?
- How many months do we have in a year? Answer: 12 months
- How many days do we have in a week? Answer: 7 days
- How many days are there in a year? Answer: 365 days
- What is 2+2? Answer: 4 5.Which number comes after 6? Answer: 7
- How many colors are there in a rainbow? Answer: 7
- What are your ears for? Answer: Listening/hearing.
- Which day comes after Friday? Answer: Saturday
- We use our eyes to — see, hear, feel, eat? Answer: See
- What type of insect do you see in this picture— bee, ant, butterfly, spider? Answer: Butterfly
GK Questions For Class 2 & 3
Age group: 4 to 8 years
In this section, we have covered fun GK questions and answers about festivities, simple math, English, and logic, along with a photo quiz suitable for Classes Two and three kids. 11. What is a baby frog called? Answer: Tadpole 12. Where does a pig live? Answer: Sty 13. Which animal is known as the ‘Ship of the Desert?’ Answer: Camel 14. How many letters are there in the English alphabet? Answer: 26 15. What do you call the person who brings a letter to your home from post office? Answer: Postman 16. How do you relate to your maternal grandfather? Answer: Mother’s father 17. We smell with our _______ Answer: Nose 18. Baby of a dog is called__________ Answer: Puppy 19. How many flamingos do you see in the picture? Answer: 12 flamingos 20. What is this beautiful structure called? Answer: The Taj Mahal
GK Questions For Class 4, 5 & 6
Age group: 9-12 years
Children of this age group see and learn several things. We have listed down GK questions for kids from entertainment, simple math, English, basic science, movies, history, and geography for them. 21. Can you name the seven dwarfs of Snow White? Answer: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Bashful and Sneezy. 22. Trout, carp and barracuda are names of what? Answer: Fish 23. How many consonants are there in the English alphabet? Answer: 21 24. What grows quicker—hair or toenails? Answer: Hair 25. Which is the tallest mountain in the world? Answer: Mount Everest 26. Which Saint’s Day is celebrated on 14th February? Answer: Saint Valentine 27. Which famous children’s book has two characters named Tweedledum and Tweedledee? Answer: Alice, Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 28. Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Answer: Mars 29. Place these shapes in order of how many sides they have—square, triangle, octagon, and hexagon? Answer: Triangle, square, hexagon, octagon 30. Which of the following is not a metal: gold, resin, glass? Answer: Resin 31. Which is the largest plateau in the world? Answer: Tibetan Plateau 32. In which ocean did the famous Titanic sink in 1912— Pacific, North Atlantic, or the Mediterranean? Answer: North Atlantic Ocean 33. What is the next number in the following sequence– 7, 14, 21, 28? Answer: 35 34. Which two parts of the body continue to grow for your entire life? Answer: Nose and ears 35. What makes up (approx.) 80% of our brain’s volume? Answer: Water
GK Questions For Teens And Older Kids
Age group: 13-19 years
So far we have covered exciting and intriguing GK questions for teens. Now, we have GK questions and answers for teens and older kids. To make quizzing fun for teens, you could even let them be the quiz master every once in a while.
GK questions for Class 7 & 8
Here is a list of GK questions related to sports, famous or important personalities, history, geography, arts, and science. 36. Which country does volleyball originate from? Answer: The USA 37. What is Zumba? Answer: A dance workout 38. Is the temperature of the moon higher or lower during the day? Answer: Higher 39. Which planet is the smallest: Neptune, Mars, Mercury? Answer: Mercury 40. Your blood type is determined by the genes you inherit from your parents: True or False? Answer: True 41. What is the square root of 144? Answer: 12 42. What is three-fifths of 50? Answer: 30 43. During which year did World War I begin? Answer: 1914 44. Which famous explorer discovered Cuba? Answer: Christopher Columbus 45. Who hunts most – male or female lion? Answer: Female 46. What type of whale is the biggest animal in the world? Answer: Blue Whale 47. Who was nicknamed “Trey” (Three in card terminology), when he was young? Answer: Bill Gates 48. His tomb in France reads “He taught us how to become free” as his writings were instrumental in creating a spirit of freedom during the French Revolution. Who was he? Answer: Voltaire 49. The name ‘Teddy Bear’ is used to describe a soft, toy bear. The name comes from President Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt who once set a bear cub free: True or False Answer: True 50. Which first electrical item did Thomas Edison invent? Answer: Lightbulb
GK questions for class 9 & 10
Age group: 16-19 years
At this age, children need subject-specific, culture-specific and contemporary awareness. Here are a few questions to go through for that. 51. How many players are there in an ice hockey team? Answer: Six 52. LPG(Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is mainly a mixture of which gases? Answer: Propane and Butane 53.Which instrument is used for measuring wind speed? Answer: Anemometer 54. How many straight edges does a cube have? Answer: 12 55. Which layer of planet Earth is made up of tectonic plates: Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, or Crust? Answer: Crust 56. Convection, Frontal and Relief are the three main types of clouds, rainfall, or winds? Answer: Rainfall 57. Can you name the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne? Answer: Dom Perignon 58. Which actress has won the most Oscars? Answer: Katherine Hepburn (4 Oscars and 12 nominations) 59. Which kind of ‘bulbs’ were once exchanged as a form of currency? Answer: Tulips 60. What does the term ‘Piano’ mean? Answer: ‘To be played softly.’ 61. What does the term ‘birdie’ mean in a game of golf? Answer: One under par 62. Which naturalist sailed in the famous ship called Beagle and found the breakthrough island called the ‘Galapagos’? Answer: Charles Robert Darwin 63. Apart from cheese and tomato, what other two toppings are usually there on a Hawaiian Pizza? Answer: Pineapple and Ham 64. What kind of weapon is a falchion? Answer: Sword 65. What is another word for a ‘lexicon’? Answer: Dictionary 66. What color is a Himalayan poppy? Answer: Blue 67. In football (soccer), who was nicknamed ‘The Divine Ponytail’? Answer: Roberto Baggio
GK True or False Questions for Kids
The best part about True or False questions is that you only have two answer choices and you have a 50% chance of scoring a point even if you do not know the right answer. Here are a few primary GK questions and answers in this format. Remember, the answer can either be True or False. So, ready to begin? 68. Caterpillars turn into butterflies. Answer: True 69. Adults have a total of 34 teeth. Answer: False 70. There are 30 days in May. Answer: False 71. New York is the capital of America. Answer: False 72. Cinderella’s carriage turns into a potato. Answer: False 73. Half of 250 is 125. Answer: True 74. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. Answer: True 75. A jellyfish is 95% water. Answer: True 76. Plants give us oxygen. Answer: True 77. Bubble gum contains rubber. Answer: True 78. 8 o’clock in the evening is written as 8 am. Answer: False 79. Bacon was part of the first meal eaten on the Moon. Answer: True 80. Spinach originally comes from Iran. Answer: True 81. Watermelons are originally from Australia. Answer: False (originally from West Africa) 82. Black Forest cake has the same colors as the traditional dress of the inhabitants of the Black Forest in Germany. Answer: True 83. There are over 330 different dog breeds in the world. Answer: True 84. Thunderstorms have particular sound frequencies that can hurt a dog’s ears. Answer: True 85. Adult dogs and adult humans have the same number of teeth. Answer: False 86. The deadliest earthquake of 2017 took place in Iran and Iraq. Answer: True 87. Electrons are larger than molecules. Answer: False
GK Quiz Games For Kids
Quizzes are fun when they are played like games. Here is a fun GK quiz game for kids, you can try to help them learn about different topics. The game is called Odd One Out, and all you have to do is ask your kids to find out which one is not related to the others in the group. 88. Theater, Ticket, Movie, School Answer: School 89. Medicine, Injection, Ointment, Laptop Answer: Laptop 90. Brinjal, Potatoes, Cabbage, Chocolate Answer: Chocolate 91. Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Photograph Answer: Photograph 92. Knife, Poison, Gun, Books Answer: Books 93. Paper, Poster, Book, Rug Answer: Rug 94. Sarah, Rita, Fiona, Matthew Answer: Matthew 95. Earrings, Necklace, Wood, Bracelet Answer: Wood 96. Television, History, Science, Math Answer: Television 97. Flower, Tree, Sock, Grass Answer: Sock
Basic GK Quiz – Multiple Choice Questions
Multiple choice GK quiz question format is relatively easier than the basic question and answer format. Here are some general knowledge questions in that format. 98. How many cards are there in a complete pack of cards? A. 20 B. 32 C. 40 D. 52 Answer: 52 99. What is the hottest continent on Earth? A. Asia B. Europe C. Africa D. South America Answer: Africa 100. What is the most popular sport throughout the world? A. Soccer B. Cricket C. Volleyball D. Football Answer: Soccer 101. Where does Parmesan cheese come from? A. India B. China C. Italy D. France Answer: Italy 102. What type of tree do dates grow on? A. Coconut B. Pine C. Palm D. Birch Answer: Palm 103. What is the 15th letter of the English alphabet? A. F B. I C. M D. O Answer: O 104. How many planets are there in our solar system? A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 5 Answer: 8 105. Which was the occupation or job of the following famous people: Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh? A. Musician B. Painter C. Carpenter D. Dancers Answer: Painter
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