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General Knowledge Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

James Watt

2.

Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on which region of the Moon, making India the first country to do so?

a)

Lunar Equator

b)

North Pole

c)

South Pole

d)

Mare Tranquillitatis

3.

Who discovered Penicillin?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Joseph Lister

4.

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

a)

Ribosome

b)

Golgi Apparatus

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Nucleus

5.

The term "light year" is used to measure what?

a)

Time

b)

Speed

c)

Distance

d)

Brightness

6.

Who invented the World Wide Web?

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Tim Berners-Lee

c)

Steve Jobs

d)

Charles Babbage

7.

Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?

a)

Wind Energy

b)

Solar Energy

c)

Coal

d)

Hydroelectric Power

8.

What is the SI unit of force?

a)

Pascal

b)

Newton

c)

Joule

d)

Watt

9.

What is the capital of Canada?

a)

Toronto

b)

Vancouver

c)

Ottawa

d)

Montreal

10.

Which country is famous for inventing paper?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Egypt

d)

Greece

11.

How many bones are there in an adult human body?

a)

200

b)

206

c)

208

d)

216

12.

Which gas is used in fire extinguishers?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Helium

d)

Nitrogen

13.

What is the study of fossils called?

a)

Archaeology

b)

Paleontology

c)

Geology

d)

Anthropology

14.

Who wrote the theory of relativity?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Stephen Hawking

15.

What is the chemical formula of table salt?

a)

KCl

b)

HCl

c)

NaCl

d)

CaCO₃

16.

In which layer of the atmosphere do most weather phenomena occur?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

17.

Who was the first President of the United States?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Washington

d)

John Adams

18.

In which year did the Titanic sink?

a)

1910

b)

1912

c)

1915

d)

1920

19.

Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?

a)

William Wordsworth

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Mark Twain

20.

What is the hardest known metal?

a)

Iron

b)

Titanium

c)

Tungsten

d)

Platinum

21.

What is the smallest country in the world by land area?

a)

Monaco

b)

Vatican City

c)

Liechtenstein

d)

San Marino

22.

Who painted the famous artwork "Mona Lisa"?

a)

Vincent van Gogh

b)

Pablo Picasso

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Michelangelo

23.

What does DNA stand for?

a)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

b)

Deoxyribose Nitrogen Acid

c)

Dynamic Nuclear Atom

d)

Double Nucleotide Acid

24.

What is the longest mountain range in the world?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Andes

c)

Rockies

d)

Alps

25.

Who was the first man to step on the Moon?

a)

Buzz Aldrin

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Yuri Gagarin

d)

Michael Collins

26.

Who wrote "The Origin of Species"?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Galileo Galilei

27.

Which astronaut of Indian origin has spent a record time in space and participated in multiple space missions?

a)

Rakesh Sharma

b)

Kalpana Chawla

c)

Sunita Williams

d)

Neil Armstrong

28.

What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?

a)

Apollo 11

b)

Sputnik 1

c)

Voyager 1

d)

Hubble

29.

Why do our ears pop in an airplane?

a)

Our ears hear too many sounds

b)

The pressure changes

c)

The plane is too high

d)

The wind is too strong

30.
  1. What is the force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?

a)
  1. Magnetism

b)
  1. Gravity

c)
  1. Friction

d)
  1. Inertia