General knowledge questions and answers (GK) is the simplest way to improve a child’s personal and academic levels. So, teaching General Knowledge for kids is one of the best ways to enhance their knowledge. It is also a fun activity to help them learn general knowledge in the easiest way. Kids can partake in GK quizzes not only to improve their general knowledge but also to improve their confidence and self-esteem. You can take a quick look at some of the easy general knowledge (GK) questions for kids.

1. General Knowledge (GK) For Kids
(105 Questions and Answers)

2. Here are some interesting GK questions for kids to revise on the go.
It is always good to polish one’s IQ with GK questions.

3. 1. How many days do we have in a week?
Answer: Seven

4. 2. How many days are there in a year?
Answer: 365 (not a leap year)

5. 3. How many colours are there in a rainbow?
Answer: 7

6. 4. Which animal is known as the ‘Ship of the Desert?’
Answer: Camel

7. 5. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
Answer: 26

8. 6. How many consonants are there in the English alphabet?
Answer: 21

9. 7. How many sides are there in a triangle?
Answer: Three

10. 8. In which direction does the sun rise?
Answer: East

11. 9. What do you call a type of shape that has five sides?
Answer: Pentagon

12. 10. Which month of the year has the least number of days?
Answer: February

13. 11. Which is the largest flower in the world?
Answer: Rafflesia

14. 12. Which are the vowels in the English alphabet series?
Answer: A, E, I , O, U

15. 13. How many zeros are there in one hundred thousand?
Answer: Five

16. 14. How many hours are there in two days?
Answer: 48 hours (24+24)

17. 15. How many months of the year have 31 days?
Answer: 7 (January, March, May, July, August, October and December)

18. 16. How many weeks are there in one year?
Answer: 52

19. 17. Which are the colours in a rainbow?
Answer: Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red

20. 18. Which animal is called King of Jungle?
Answer: Lion

21. 19. How many bones does an adult human have?
Answer: 206

22. 20. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong

23. 21. How many primary colours are there?
Answer: Three (red, yellow, blue)

24. 22. Which way is anti-clockwise, left or right?
Answer: Left

25. 23. How many equal sides does an isosceles triangle have?
Answer: 2

26. 24. How many millimetres are there in 1cm?
Answer: 10

27. 25. How many days are there in the month of February in a leap
year?
Answer: 29 days

28. 26. Which is the nearest star to planet earth?
Answer: Sun

29. 27. What do you call a house made of ice?
Answer: Igloo

30. 28. Which is the longest river on the earth?
Answer: Nile

31. 29. Which is the principal source of energy for earth?
Answer: Sun

32. 30. Which is the coldest location in the earth?
Answer: East Antarctica

33. 31. How many lungs does the human body have?
Answer: Two

34. 32. What is the standard taste of the water?
Answer: Water is tasteless

35. 33. Which country is called the land of rising sun?
Answer: Japan

36. 34. Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest

37. 35. Which is the fastest animal on the land?
Answer: Cheetah

38. 36. Which continent is known as ‘Dark’ continent?
Answer: Africa

39. 37. Who is the inventor of electricity?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

40. 38. Which is the largest animal in the world?
Answer: Blue whale

41. 39. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars

42. 40. Which is the tallest animal on the earth?
Answer: Giraffe

43. 41. Which is the most sensitive organ in our body?
Answer: Skin

44. 42. Which is the most spoken language in the world?
Answer: Mandarin (Chinese)

45. 43. Which two parts of the body continue to grow for your entire life?
Answer: Nose and Ears

46. 44. The largest ‘Democracy’ in the world?
Answer: India

47. 45. Who is the inventor of Television?
Answer: John Logie Baird

48. 46. Which is the largest ocean in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean

49. 47. Which is the largest plateau in the world?
Answer: Tibetan Plateau

50. 48. Which is the instrument used to measure Blood pressure?
Answer: Sphygmomanometer

51. 49. Which day is observed as World Environment Day?
Answer: June 5

52. 50. How many years are there in a century?
Answer: One Hundred

53. 51. Which is the largest country in the world?
Answer: Russia (By area)

54. 52. Who invented the Computer?
Answer: Charles Babbage

55. 53. Which festival is known as the festival of colours?
Answer: Holi

56. 54. How many players are there in a cricket team?
Answer: 11

57. 55. Which day is observed as World Literacy Day?
Answer: September 8

58. 56. Who is the inventor of Radio?
Answer: Marconi

59. 57. What colour symbolises peace?
Answer: White

60. 58. Who is the founder of Microsoft?
Answer: Bill Gates

61. 59. During which year did World War I begin?
Answer: 1914

62. 60. Which festival is called the festival of light?
Answer: Diwali

63. 61. How many Cricket world cups does India have?
Answer: 2

64. 62. Which place is known as the roof of the world?
Answer: Tibet

65. 63. How many teeth does a healthy adult have including the wisdom
teeth?
Answer: 32

66. 64. Which gas is most abundant in the earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen

67. 65. How many people are there in the world?
Answer: Over 7 billion

68. 66. Which is the continent with the most number of countries?
Answer: Africa

69. 67. True or false: Chameleon’s have extremely long tongues, sometimes as
long as their bodies?
Answer: True

70. 68. Which is the most common non-contagious disease in the world?
Answer: Tooth Decay

71. 69. How many strings does a violin have?
Answer: Four

72. 70. Global warming is caused by the excess of which type of gas?
Answer: Carbon dioxide

73. 71. How many cards are there in a complete pack of cards?
Answer: 52

74. 72. What is the name of the biggest rain forest in the world?
Answer: The Amazon

75. 73. Which African nation is famous for chocolate?
Answer: Ghana

76. 74. What makes up (approx.) 80% of our brain’s volume?
Answer: Water

77. 75. Which instrument is used for measuring wind speed?
Answer: Anemometer

78. 76. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. True or False?
Answer: True

79. 77. How many planets are there in our solar system?
Answer: 8

80. 78. Which is the hottest continent on Earth?
Answer: Africa

81. 79. Which is the smallest continent in the world?
Answer: Australia

82. 80. What is the top colour in a rainbow?
Answer: Red

83. 81. How many years are there in a millennium?
Answer: 1000

84. 82. Which country is home to the kangaroo?
Answer: Australia

85. 83. ‘Stars and Stripes’ is the nickname of the flag of which country?
Answer: United States of America

86. 84. Which language is used by the computer to process data?
Answer: Binary language

87. 85. What type of bird lays the largest eggs?
Answer: Ostrich

88. 86. What covers approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface: Land or
water?
Answer: Water

89. 87. Which is the hardest substance available on earth?
Answer: Diamond

90. 88. Which is the biggest desert in the world?
Answer: Sahara desert

91. 89. Which country gifted The Statue of Liberty to the United States?
Answer: France

92. 90. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

93. 91. Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

94. 92. What is the name of the Greek God of music?
Answer: Apollo

95. 93. What does the “SIM” in the SIM card stand for?
Answer: Subscriber Identity Module

96. 94. Which is the first element on the periodic table of elements?
Answer: Hydrogen

97. 95. Which is the longest written Constitution in the world?
Answer: India

98. 96. What is the largest joint in the human body?
Answer: Knee

99. 97. What does the Internet prefix WWW stand for?
Answer: World Wide Web

100. 98. How much of Earth’s surface is covered by ocean?
Answer: 71%

101. 99. Which is the smallest bone in the human body?
Answer: Stapes (Ear bone)

102. 100. Who discovered Penicillin in 1928?
Answer: Alexander Fleming

103. 101. How many stars are there in the American flag?
Answer: 50

104. 102. Which instrument is used to measure Atmospheric
Pressure?
Answer: Barometer

105. 103. Which is the largest continent in the world?
Answer: Asia

106. 104. Who is the inventor of the electric Bulb?
Answer: Thomas Alva Edison

107. 105. On whose memory Nobel Prize is awarded?
Answer: Alfred Nobel

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