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General Knowledge Quiz - Grade 8

Total questions: 159

Worksheet time: 5hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What planet is known as the Red Planet?

a)
Mars
b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Sun

2.

What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?

(a)  

3.

What part of the plant conducts photosynthesis?

(a)  

4.

What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?

(a)  

5.

How many bones are in the human body?

(a)  

6.

What organ pumps blood through the body?

(a)  

7.

Which metal is liquid at room temperature?

(a)  

8.

What is the process of water changing from liquid to gas?

(a)  

9.

What force keeps us on the ground?

(a)  

10.

What gas do humans need to breathe to live?

(a)  

11.

Which planet is the largest in our solar system?

(a)  

12.

How many legs does an insect have?

(a)  

13.

What part of the eye controls how much light enters?

(a)  

14.

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

(a)  

15.

Which body system includes the brain and spinal cord?

(a)  

16.

What is the main gas found in the air we breathe?

(a)  

17.

Which natural disaster is measured with a Richter scale?

(a)  

18.

What is a habitat?

4 lines
19.

Which organ helps you digest food?

(a)  

20.

What is the closest star to Earth?

(a)  

21.

Which is the largest continent?

(a)  

22.

What is the capital city of France?

(a)  

23.

Which country has the most people?

(a)  

24.

In which continent is the Sahara Desert located?

(a)  

25.

What is the longest river in the world?

(a)  

26.

Which ocean is the largest?

(a)  

27.

Which country is shaped like a boot?

(a)  

28.

What is the smallest country in the world?

(a)  

29.

Which mountain is the highest in the world?

(a)  

30.

Which U.S. state is known as the "Sunshine State"?

(a)  

31.

What line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

(a)  

32.

Which continent is also a country?

(a)  

33.

What is the capital of Japan?

(a)  

34.

Which river flows through London?

(a)  

35.

Which is the coldest continent?

(a)  

36.

Which country has the city of Barcelona?

(a)  

37.

Which African country has pyramids?

(a)  

38.

Which sea lies between Europe and Africa?

4 lines
39.

What is the tallest waterfall in the world?

(a)  

40.

Which U.S. city is known as the "Big Apple"?

(a)  

41.

Who was the first President of the United States?

4 lines
42.

In which year did World War II end?

(a)  

43.

Who discovered America in 1492?

4 lines
44.

What wall was torn down in 1989 in Germany?

(a)  

45.

Who was the Egyptian queen famous for her beauty?

(a)  

46.

Which ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg?

(a)  

47.

Who was the leader of the civil rights movement in the U.S.?

4 lines
48.

Which country built the Great Wall?

(a)  

49.

What war was fought between the North and South in the U.S.?

(a)  

50.

Who was the first man on the moon?

(a)  

51.

What ancient city was buried by a volcano?

(a)  

52.

Which president was assassinated in 1963?

(a)  

53.

Who was the famous nurse during the Crimean War?

4 lines
54.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

(a)  

55.

What empire was ruled by Julius Caesar?

(a)  

56.

Which explorer first sailed around the world?

4 lines
57.

What U.S. document was signed in 1776?

4 lines
58.

Who invented the light bulb?

(a)  

59.

What was the name of the ancient writing in Egypt?

(a)  

60.

Which war ended with the Treaty of Versailles?

(a)  

61.

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

4 lines
62.

What do you call a word that is the opposite of another word?

(a)  

63.

What is the main idea of a story called?

(a)  

64.

Who wrote Harry Potter?

(a)  

65.

Which part of speech describes a noun?

(a)  

66.

What do we call a comparison using "like" or "as"?

(a)  

67.

Which Greek storyteller is known for his fables?

(a)  

68.

What do we call the time and place of a story?

(a)  

69.

Which novel features a monster created by Dr. Frankenstein?

4 lines
70.

What do you call a person who writes poems?

(a)  

71.

What's the plural of "child"?

(a)  

72.

Which punctuation mark ends a question?

(a)  

73.

What is the opposite of "happy"?

(a)  

74.

Which fairy tale features a girl with a glass slipper?

(a)  

75.

What do we call a story passed down orally?

(a)  

76.

Which novel is about a boy raised by wolves in the jungle?

4 lines
77.

What do we call an exaggerated statement for effect?

(a)  

78.

What is the basic structure of a sentence?

4 lines
79.

What do quotation marks show?

4 lines
80.

What is a synonym for "big"?

(a)  

81.

What sport uses a bat and a ball and has bases?

(a)  

82.

How many players are on a soccer team?

(a)  

83.

What colors make purple?

(a)  

84.

European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter capture the Sun's south pole?

4 lines
85.

Chinese scientists demonstrated a solitonbased optical computer chip capable of 100 simultaneous operations on which date?

4 lines
86.

Which observatory released "first light" images, including discovery of ~2,000 asteroids, on June 23, 2025?

4 lines
87.

Which country launched the Zhang Heng102 satellite for disaster monitoring?

4 lines
88.

What advanced technology upgrade did UIDAI deploy in Aadhaar mobile app in May 2025?

4 lines
89.

Where in India was the prototype hydrogenpowered train demonstrated?

4 lines
90.

Which state topped India's Ease of Living Index 2024, announced in May 2025?

4 lines
91.

Which country began shipping critical pandemicrelated medicines to India in May 2025?

4 lines
92.

Which film received the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize in May 2025?

4 lines
93.

Which wildlife sanctuary in India was notified as a Ramsar site in May 2025?

4 lines
94.

Which port in Delhi saw the inauguration of "Aarav Ecology Park"?

4 lines
95.

Which MSME incubator scheme was launched by India's Ministry of MSME?

4 lines
96.

Which Indian Premier League (IPL) team unveiled its first allwomen commentary panel in 2025?

4 lines
97.

Who received the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year 2024 award?

4 lines
98.

Who won the 2025 Australian Open men's singles title?

4 lines
99.

Which country won the 2025 World Test Championship for the first time?

4 lines
100.

Which sport celebrated a national games winner from Haryana in March 2025?

4 lines
101.

Who won the National Snooker Championship title in early 2025?

4 lines
102.

Which popular OTT series earned the most Emmy nominations in 2025?

4 lines
103.

Wildfires at which U.S. national park destroyed a historic lodge in July 2025?

4 lines
104.

Which state will offer free electricity up to 125 units starting August 1, 2025?

4 lines
105.

Which city was named India's cleanest for the eighth consecutive year?

4 lines
106.

Which Indian union budget year was presented on February 1, 2025?

4 lines
107.

What income limit was made eligible for full tax rebate in India's 202526 Union Budget?

4 lines
108.

Who launched the IndiaFrance AI roadmap during PM Modi's visit?

4 lines
109.

Which entertainer trended for eating pasta with strawberries & cream in tribute to Iga Świątek?

4 lines
110.

What is the capital city of Bhutan?

4 lines
111.

Who was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different fields?

4 lines
112.

What is the only country to have a flag that is not a rectangle or square?

4 lines
113.

Which country has the most official languages?

4 lines
114.

In which city is the headquarters of the International Criminal Court?

4 lines
115.

Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?

4 lines
116.

What is the smallest country by population in the world?

4 lines
117.

Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?

4 lines
118.

Which ocean is the largest and deepest on Earth?

4 lines
119.

What is the term for the study of earthquakes?

4 lines
120.

What is the heaviest naturally occurring element?

4 lines
121.

Who developed the first periodic table of elements?

4 lines
122.

What is the rarest blood type in the world?

4 lines
123.

Which is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

4 lines
124.

What is the phenomenon that causes the bending of light as it passes through different mediums?

4 lines
125.

Which element has the highest atomic number in the periodic table?

4 lines
126.

What is the name of the largest living organism on Earth?

4 lines
127.

What is the primary function of ribosomes in cells?

4 lines
128.

What is the law of inertia, as formulated by Sir Isaac Newton?

4 lines
129.

Which planet has the longest day?

4 lines
130.

Who was the first female pharaoh of Egypt?

4 lines
131.

Which battle in 1066 led to the Norman Conquest of England?

4 lines
132.

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

4 lines
133.

Which civilization is credited with creating the first known writing system?

4 lines
134.

Which was the first country to send a human into space?

4 lines
135.

Who was the last ruler of the Mughal Empire?

4 lines
136.

Which empire was the precursor to the modern Russian Federation?

4 lines
137.

In which year did the Titanic sink?

4 lines
138.

What was the primary cause of the fall of the Aztec Empire?

4 lines
139.

Which Roman emperor is known for his persecution of Christians?

4 lines
140.

In which year did the first modern Olympic Games take place?

4 lines
141.

Who holds the record for the most goals in a single FIFA World Cup?

4 lines
142.

What is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass courts?

4 lines
143.

Which country has won the most Cricket World Cup titles?

4 lines
144.

Which famous footballer was known as "The Hand of God" after a controversial goal in the 1986 FIFA World Cup?

4 lines
145.

In tennis, what does the term 'love' mean?

4 lines
146.

Which country was the host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup?

4 lines
147.

Which athlete won the most gold medals in a single Olympic Games?

4 lines
148.

Who is considered the greatest female tennis player of all time?

4 lines
149.

Which country won the first-ever Rugby World Cup?

4 lines
150.

Which country is the largest producer of solar energy in the world as of 2025?

4 lines
151.

In which year did the United Kingdom officially leave the European Union?

4 lines
152.

Who became the first woman to lead the European Central Bank in 2025?

4 lines
153.

Which country recently became the first to establish a colony on Mars in 2025?

4 lines
154.

Which Indian state became the first to pass the 'Uniform Civil Code' in 2025?

4 lines
155.

Who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for global climate change activism?

4 lines
156.

What was the name of the first artificial intelligence system to be granted citizenship in 2025?

4 lines
157.

Which company became the first to reach a $3 trillion market capitalization in 2025?

4 lines
158.

What is the name of the first AI-powered countrywide election system used in India in 2025?

4 lines
159.

Which nation was the first to offer a free Universal Basic Income (UBI) to its citizens in 2025?

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