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General Knowledge Quiz

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Money is made up of ?

a)

Paper

b)

Plastic

c)

Cotton

d)

Steel

2.

WHO INVENTED EXAMS ?

a)

Henry A Fishel

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Martin Cooper

d)

Donald Cox

3.

Alexandar Graham Bell is regarded as the father of:

a)

Telephone

b)

Electricity

c)

Gravity

d)

Geometry

4.

Second highest mountain peak in the world is?

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Fiji

c)

Kilimanjaro

d)

K2 (Godwin Austin)

5.

Study of heavenly bodies is called?

a)

Astronomy

b)

Geology

c)

Biology

d)

Zoology

6.

Indira Gandhi international airport is located at?

a)

Srinagar

b)

Bangalore

c)

Udupi

d)

New Delhi

7.

If day before yesterday was Sunday, what day will fall on day after tomorrow?

a)

Monday

b)

Tuesday

c)

Wednesday

d)

Thursday

8.
What comes next.... A B C D A B C D A B
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
Which of these animals is a big cat?
a)
Buffalo 
b)
Tiger
c)
Leopard
d)
Sea gull 
10.
Which one of these options is NOT a play by Shakespeare?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Macbeth
c)
Othello
d)
We Three Kings of Orient Are
11.

Which bird cannot fly?

a)

Ostrich

b)

Pigeon

c)

Sparrow

12.

I am taller when I am young, but become shorter as I grow older. Who am I?

a)

Bottle

b)

Candle

c)

Table

13.

Find the number that replaces the question mark?

a)

7

b)

4

c)

5

14.

Who was the first woman IPS of India?

a)

Kiran Bedi

b)

Annie Besant

c)

Arti Sa

d)

Preeti Sen Gupta

15.

Who is the first indian to be honoured with Nobel Prize ?

a)

C V Raman

b)

Hargobind Khurana

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

Mother Teresa

16.

Who is the first woman astronaut of India?

a)

Kalpana Chawla

b)

Santosh Yadav

c)

Lakshmi Sehgal

d)

Sunita Williams

17.

How many countries are there in the African Continent?

a)

52

b)

50

c)

54

d)

60

18.

The most widely spoken language in the world is -

a)

Hindi

b)

Urdu

c)

English

d)

Mandarin

19.

Snakes & ladders as a game originated in -

a)

China

b)

USA

c)

India

d)

Canada

20.

The only continent in the world which covers all four hemispheres is -

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

North America

21.

At which place in India is the highest cricket ground in the world located ?

a)

Ladakh

b)

Chail, Himachal Pradesh

c)

Dehradun, Uttarakhand

d)

Gangtok, SIkkim

22.

Where is the world's Highest rail bridge?

a)

High Level Bridge, England

b)

Chenab Bridge, Jammu

c)

Tay Rail Bridge, Scotland

d)

Pamban Bridge. Rameswaram

23.
nuclear power project in bangladesh will be helped by india and russia in
a)
dhaka
b)
roopur
c)
akhora
d)
both a and b
e)
none
24.
the 17th karmapa ogyen trinley dorje. Who lives in gyuto monastery dharamshala is allowed to visit which state
a)
sikkim
b)
aruanachal
c)
tamilnadu
d)
rajsthan
e)
manipur
25.

How many times has Roger Federer won the French Open?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

7

d)

9

26.

1. What is Usain Bolt’s 100m world record time?

a)

9.72 s

b)

9.64 s

c)

9.85 s

d)

9.58 s

27.

Who did England beat in the 2019 cricket World Cup final?

a)

India

b)

New Zealand

c)

South Africa

d)

Australia

28.

In what game is “love” a score?

a)

Golf

b)

Badminton

c)

Tennis

d)

Basketball

29.

What does NBA stand for?

a)

Natural Basketball Association

b)

National Boston Association

c)

National Bassketball Asocciation

d)

National Basketball Association

30.

What five colors make up the Olympic rings?

a)

Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, and Red

b)

Black, White, Indigo, Yellow, and Red

c)

Pink, Red, Purple, Orange, and Red

d)

Black, Blue, Yellow, Green, and Red

31.

Who is considered the "God of Cricket"

a)

Ms Dhoni

b)

Virat Kohli

c)

Sachin Tendulkar

d)

Yuvraj Singh

32.

What is the only country to play in every World Cup?

a)

Uruguay

b)

Brazil

c)

France

d)

Argentina

33.

You live in a 1-story birch house in a cabin district. You have a nice family with husband\wife and 3 kids. What color are the stairs?

a)

Red

b)

There are none

c)

Wood

d)

Black

34.

How far can a fox run into the woods?

a)

1/2

b)

1/4

c)

1/3

35.

What has hands but doesn’t clap?

a)

a clock

b)

a dog

c)

a cat

36.

What has to be broken before you can use it?

a)

a egg

b)

a window

c)

glass

37.

If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

a)

12

b)

3

c)

9

d)

5

38.

What goes up but never comes back down?

a)

something

b)

the air

c)

an airplane

d)

your age

39.

What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?

a)

A teapot

b)

A turtle

c)

Tunt

40.

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old, what am I?

a)

a dog

b)

a baby

c)

A candle

41.

What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?

a)

banana

b)

Wrong

c)

right

d)

dictionary

42.

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

a)

A map

b)

A phone

c)

A GPS

43.

What is always coming, but never arrives?

a)

Time

b)

Tomorrow

c)

Love

44.

What is it that lives if it is fed, and dies if you give it a drink?

(a)  

45.

What can one catch that is not thrown?

a)

Ball

b)

Cold

c)

Peas

46.

What is it that if you have, you want to share me, and if you share, you do not have?

(a)  

47.

If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?

(a)  

48.

How could a man go outside in the pouring rain without protection, and not have a hair on his head get wet?

a)

He was blind.

b)

He was lame.

c)

He was bald.

49.

If an electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10mph, which way does the smoke blow?

(a)  

50.

Some months have 31 days, others have 30 days, but how many have 28 days?

a)

February

b)

March

c)

All the months have 28 days.

51.

What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is all the time?

a)

A detective

b)

A policewoman

c)

A widow

52.

What goes up and down, but always remains in the same place?

(a)  

53.

Where is an ocean with no water?

a)

On a map

b)

In Africa

c)

In Australia

54.

What happens if you throw a white hat into the Black Sea?

a)

The hat gets dirty.

b)

The hat gets black.

c)

The hat gets wet.

55.

Which room has no walls?

(a)  

56.

How can a woman go eight days without sleep?

a)

She sleeps at night.

b)

She sleeps at work.

c)

She sleeps at midday.

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