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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
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    Indian Ocean It is the only ocean named after a country, and its surface water is the warmest of any.

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

    • Niger
    • Congo
    • Nile
    • Zambezi
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    Nile The Nile runs northwards into the Mediterranean, which is why Upper Egypt sits in the south.

  3. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?

    • Tamil Nadu
    • Gujarat
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Maharashtra
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    Gujarat Its coast folds around the Gulfs of Kutch and Khambhat, which is why it runs much longer than a straight line down the map.

  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
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    Ganga and Brahmaputra They join the Meghna near the coast, and their silt feeds the largest mangrove forest on Earth.

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

    • Great Pyramid
    • Hanging Gardens
    • Temple of Artemis
    • Colossus of Rhodes
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    Great Pyramid Greek writers listed seven wonders. Six were lost to earthquakes and war, and only this one survives.

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

    • 1918
    • 1939
    • 1945
    • 1949
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    1945 It ran from 1939 to 1945, six years in all, while the First World War had ended back in 1918.

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

    • C. Rajagopalachari
    • Louis Mountbatten
    • Jawaharlal Nehru
    • Rajendra Prasad
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    C. Rajagopalachari He took over from Louis Mountbatten in 1948, and the post itself vanished when India became a republic in 1950.

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

    • Humayun
    • Jahangir
    • Shah Jahan
    • Aurangzeb
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    Shah Jahan He raised it as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, and his son Aurangzeb later confined him in Agra Fort.

  9. Which blood cells carry oxygen around the body?

    • White blood cells
    • Red blood cells
    • Platelets
    • Plasma cells
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    Red blood cells Haemoglobin inside them picks up oxygen in the lungs and lets it go in the tissues.

  10. Which vitamin does human skin make from sunlight?

    • Vitamin A
    • Vitamin B12
    • Vitamin C
    • Vitamin D
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    Vitamin D Ultraviolet light starts the reaction, and the body needs the result to absorb calcium for bone.

  11. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

    • Go
    • Gd
    • Ag
    • Au
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    Au It comes from aurum, the Latin word for gold. Ag is silver, from argentum, by the same logic.

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

    • Mars
    • Jupiter
    • Saturn
    • Neptune
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    Jupiter The storm is wider than the whole Earth, and astronomers have watched it for well over a century.

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

    • Four
    • Five
    • Six
    • Seven
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    Five The five stand for five continents, counting the Americas as one, and the ring colours plus the white ground appear in every national flag.

  14. How many millilitres make one litre?

    • 10
    • 100
    • 1,000
    • 10,000
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    1,000 Milli always means one thousandth, which is why a millimetre is a thousandth of a metre too.

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

    • Sarojini Naidu
    • Muhammad Iqbal
    • Rabindranath Tagore
    • Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
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    Rabindranath Tagore Tagore wrote Jana Gana Mana. Bankim Chandra wrote Vande Mataram, which is the national song.

What your result means

Warming Up

0 to 4 of 15 correct

General knowledge is a collection, not a talent, and it grows every time you read one of these answers. Go back through the explanations, then run the quiz again and watch the score move.

Steady Scorer

5 to 8 of 15 correct

A solid middle score, right where most players land on their first run. The rivers, the dates and the symbols are the three areas that usually cost the points, so read those explanations twice.

Strong General Knowledge

9 to 12 of 15 correct

Well above the usual first attempt. You handled the geography and the history rounds, and only a couple of the science or sport rows slipped past. A second run should clear them.

Top of the Class

13 to 15 of 15 correct

An excellent score on a mixed pack that moves from Indian geography to ancient history to the periodic table in fifteen seconds a question. Try the brain age test next and see if the streak holds.