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GK Questions with Answers

GK questions with answers are the staple of school quizzes, morning assemblies and competitive exam practice, and this pack turns 15 of them into a timed round instead of a list to scroll. The mix is deliberate: world geography, Indian geography, world and Indian history, life and physical science, space, sport and the everyday measures people use without thinking. Nothing here goes stale, because a fact that shifts with an election or a transfer window is a fact you would only have to learn again. Every question carries four options and a one line explanation that adds something the question did not say, so a wrong answer still leaves you knowing why the Nile runs north, why gold is written Au, and which two rivers built the Sundarbans. You get fifteen seconds a question, and the answers stay on the page afterwards for anyone revising rather than racing.

All 15 questions

  1. Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?

    • Atlantic Ocean
    • Indian Ocean
    • Arctic Ocean
    • Southern Ocean

  2. Which river flows through Cairo, the capital of Egypt?

    • Niger
    • Congo
    • Nile
    • Zambezi

  3. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?

    • Tamil Nadu
    • Gujarat
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Maharashtra

  4. Which two rivers laid down the silt that built the Sundarbans delta?

    • Godavari and Krishna
    • Ganga and Brahmaputra
    • Narmada and Tapi
    • Indus and Sutlej

  5. Which of the seven ancient wonders still stands at Giza?

    • Great Pyramid
    • Hanging Gardens
    • Temple of Artemis
    • Colossus of Rhodes

  6. In which year did the Second World War end?

    • 1918
    • 1939
    • 1945
    • 1949

  7. Who was the only Indian to serve as Governor General of India?

    • C. Rajagopalachari
    • Louis Mountbatten
    • Jawaharlal Nehru
    • Rajendra Prasad

  8. Which Mughal emperor had the Taj Mahal built at Agra?

    • Humayun
    • Jahangir
    • Shah Jahan
    • Aurangzeb

  9. Which blood cells carry oxygen around the body?

    • White blood cells
    • Red blood cells
    • Platelets
    • Plasma cells

  10. Which vitamin does human skin make from sunlight?

    • Vitamin A
    • Vitamin B12
    • Vitamin C
    • Vitamin D

  11. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

    • Go
    • Gd
    • Ag
    • Au

  12. Which planet carries the storm called the Great Red Spot?

    • Mars
    • Jupiter
    • Saturn
    • Neptune

  13. How many interlocking rings appear on the Olympic flag?

    • Four
    • Five
    • Six
    • Seven

  14. How many millilitres make one litre?

    • 10
    • 100
    • 1,000
    • 10,000

  15. Who wrote the words of the Indian national anthem?

    • Sarojini Naidu
    • Muhammad Iqbal
    • Rabindranath Tagore
    • Bankim Chandra Chatterjee