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50 GK Questions with Answers in English
1- Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
2- What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Vatican City (with a landmass of 0.49 square kilometres or 0.19 square miles)
3- Which element has the chemical symbol ‘O’?
Oxygen
4- Who is known as the Father of Physics?
Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein
5- What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
6- Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
7- Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Japan
8- Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
9- What is the longest bone in the human body?
The femur
10- Which organization is known for regulating international public health?
World Health Organization (WHO)
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11- Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
12- Which is the largest continent?
Asia (44.58 million km²)
13- What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
The Milky Way
14- What is the largest land animal on earth?
The African elephant
15- Which city is known as the financial capital of India?
Mumbai
16- Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
Indira Gandhi
17- What is the largest democracy in the world?
India
18- Which Indian scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930?
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (C.V. Raman)
19- Who is known as the father of the computer?
Charles Babbage
20. Who is the father of Indian nuclear program?
Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha (Dr. Homi J. Bhabha)
21- How many bones are there in the human body?
206
22- What is the smallest bone in the human body?
The stapes (located in the ear)
23- Which Indian state is famous for the Sun Temple?
Odisha
24- What type of animal is a frog?
Amphibians (Amphibians live both on land and in water)
25- What is the chemical formula for Sodium chloride also considered as salt, table salt, common salt or halite?
NaCl
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26- What is the most spoken language in the world as of 2024?
Mandarin Chinese (Read here)
27- Which gas do living creatures need to breathe in to survive?
Oxygen
28- What is the distance around a circle called?
Circumference
29- An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind” is often attributed to which famous leader?
Mahatma Gandhi
30- Which philosopher is known for his theory of forms or ideas?
Plato
31- What is the primary difference between RNA and DNA?
RNA is usually single-stranded contains ribose sugar and uracil, whereas DNA is double-stranded contains deoxyribose sugar and thymine
32- Which planet has the most moons?
Saturn
33- What organ filters blood?
Kidney
34- How many planets are in our solar system?
Eight
35- What is the tallest building in the world? (As of 2024)
Burj Khalifa (828-metre or 2,717 ft)
36- What is the longest wall in the world?
The Great Wall of China
37- Who invented the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
38- Who is the founder of Microsoft?
Bill Gates and Paul Allen are the founders of the Microsoft Corporation
39- What organ produces insulin in the body?
Pancreas
40- Who is known as the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
41- What is the currency of India?
Rupee
42- What is the smallest country in Asia?
Maldives
43- Who said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
44- How has technology enhanced modern education?
Through interactive digital tools and online resources.
45- Who is the current President of India as of 2024?
Smt Droupadi Murmu
46- What is the highest civilian award in India?
Bharat Ratna
47- What major achievement did the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) accomplish in November 2023?
Successful launch of Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission.
India become the first nation to land on the Moon’s south pole with Chandrayaan-3
48- Which Indian athlete won a gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships?
Neeraj Chopra
49- Who discovered gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
50- Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
Usain Bolt
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