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Wayground General Knowledge Quiz – Set 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known as the 'Missile Man of India'?

a)

Homi Bhabha

b)

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

c)

C.V. Raman

d)

Vikram Sarabhai

2.

What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh?

a)

Indore

b)

Gwalior

c)

Bhopal

d)

Ujjain

3.

Which river is called the 'Sorrow of Bengal'?

a)

Ganga

b)

Yamuna

c)

Damodar

d)

Godavari

4.

Who wrote the National Anthem of India?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

5.

Which metal is liquid at room temperature?

a)

Mercury

b)

Iron

c)

Aluminium

d)

Copper

6.

In which year did India get independence?

a)

1945

b)

1947

c)

1950

d)

1952

7.

Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Pratibha Patil

d)

Sushma Swaraj

8.

The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?

a)

1757

b)

1857

c)

1764

d)

1799

9.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

James Watt

d)

Guglielmo Marconi

10.

Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

11.

Who is the current Chief Justice of India (2025)?

a)

D.Y. Chandrachud

b)

U.U. Lalit

c)

N.V. Ramana

d)

Ranjan Gogoi

12.

Which state is famous for the Konark Sun Temple?

a)

Odisha

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

Rajasthan

d)

Kerala

13.

What is the chemical formula of water?

a)

H₂O

b)

CO₂

c)

O₂

d)

NaCl

14.

Where is the Gateway of India located?

a)

Delhi

b)

Mumbai

c)

Chennai

d)

Kolkata

15.

Who discovered the Law of Gravitation?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Michael Faraday