100 General Knowledge Questions and Answers for competitive exams

GK Questions with Answers for Competitive Exams

This collection of 100 General Knowledge (GK) questions and answers is designed to help you prepare for competitive exams. Covering a wide range of topics such as Geography, History, Science, Economy, Current Affairs, Polity, Sports, Technology, Literature, and Miscellaneous, these questions provide a solid foundation for exam preparation

Geography

1. Q: Which is the largest desert in the world?
   A: The Sahara Desert.
2. Q: What is the longest river in the world?
   A: The Nile River.
3. Q: Which country has the most natural lakes?
   A: Canada.
4. Q: Which is the smallest country in the world?
   A: Vatican City.
5. Q: Which continent is known as the “Dark Continent”?
   A: Africa.
6. Q: What is the capital of Australia?
   A: Canberra.
7. Q: Which is the highest mountain in the world?
   A: Mount Everest.
8. Q: What is the capital of Japan?
   A: Tokyo.
9. Q: Which is the largest ocean in the world?
   A: The Pacific Ocean.
10. Q: What is the capital city of India?
    A: New Delhi.

History

11. Q: Who was the first President of India?
    A: Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
12. Q: In which year did India gain independence?
    A: 1947.
13. Q: Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
    A: Lord Mountbatten.
14. Q: Who was known as the “Father of the Nation” in India?
    A: Mahatma Gandhi.
15. Q: Who wrote the famous book “The Discovery of India”?
    A: Jawaharlal Nehru.
16. Q: In which year was the first battle of Panipat fought?
    A: 1526.
17. Q: Who was the founder of the Maurya dynasty?
    A: Chandragupta Maurya.
18. Q: Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?
    A: Bahadur Shah Zafar.
19. Q: Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
    A: Indira Gandhi.
20. Q: In which year was the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
    A: 1919.

Science

21. Q: What is the chemical formula for water?
    A: H₂O.
22. Q: Which element has the chemical symbol ‘O’?
    A: Oxygen.
23. Q: What is the speed of light?
    A: 299,792 km/s.
24. Q: Who developed the theory of relativity?
    A: Albert Einstein.
25. Q: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
    A: Au.
26. Q: Who invented the telephone?
    A: Alexander Graham Bell.
27. Q: What is the smallest unit of matter?
    A: An atom.
28. Q: What is the study of plants called?
    A: Botany.
29. Q: What is the most common gas in the Earth’s atmosphere?
    A: Nitrogen.
30. Q: Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
    A: Mars.

Economy

31. Q: What does GDP stand for?
    A: Gross Domestic Product.
32. Q: Which is the largest economy in the world?
    A: United States.
33. Q: What is the currency of the United Kingdom?
    A: Pound Sterling.
34. Q: Who is the current Chairman of the Reserve Bank of India?
    A: Shaktikanta Das.
35. Q: What does ‘inflation’ refer to?
    A: The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising.
36. Q: What is the full form of SEBI?
    A: Securities and Exchange Board of India.
37. Q: Which country is the largest producer of oil?
    A: The United States.
38. Q: In which year did India start its first Five-Year Plan?
    A: 1951.
39. Q: Who was the first woman to head the Reserve Bank of India?
    A: Arundhati Bhattacharya.
40. Q: What is the term used to refer to the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year?
    A: Gross National Product (GNP).

Current Affairs

41. Q: Who is the current President of the United States?
    A: Joe Biden.
42. Q: Which country hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
    A: Qatar.
43. Q: Which Indian city hosted the G20 Summit in 2023?
    A: New Delhi.
44. Q: Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
    A: António Guterres.
45. Q: What is the capital of Brazil?
    A: Brasília.
46. Q: Which country became the first to launch a mission to the Sun in 2024?
    A: India (Aditya-L1 mission).
47. Q: In 2024, which country won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup?
    A: (Check the latest updates for accuracy).
48. Q: Who was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize?
    A: (Check the latest updates for accuracy).
49. Q: Which country is planning to send its first crewed mission to the Moon in 2024?
    A: The United States (NASA’s Artemis program).
50. Q: Which nation is set to host the 2024 Summer Olympics?
    A: France (Paris).

Polity

51. Q: What is the total number of states in India?
    A: 28.
52. Q: How many members are there in the Rajya Sabha?
    A: 245.
53. Q: Which article of the Indian Constitution gives the right to equality?
    A: Article 14.
54. Q: What is the maximum age for a person to be elected as the President of India?
    A: There is no maximum age limit.
55. Q: Who was the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
    A: Meira Kumar.
56. Q: Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?
    A: Sucheta Kriplani (Uttar Pradesh).
57. Q: How many members are in the Lok Sabha?
    A: 545.
58. Q: What is the term of a Lok Sabha member?
    A: 5 years.
59. Q: Who appoints the Governor of a state in India?
    A: The President of India.
60. Q: Which amendment to the Indian Constitution is known as the “Mini Constitution”?
    A: The 42nd Amendment.

Miscellaneous

61. Q: What is the currency of Japan?
    A: Yen.
62. Q: Which Indian festival is known as the “Festival of Lights”?
    A: Diwali.
63. Q: Who is the founder of Microsoft?
    A: Bill Gates.
64. Q: Which is the largest animal on Earth?
    A: Blue Whale.
65. Q: What is the capital of France?
    A: Paris.
66. Q: In which city is the headquarters of the United Nations located?
    A: New York.
67. Q: Which country is famous for the Eiffel Tower?
    A: France.
68. Q: Which animal is known as the “King of the Jungle”?
    A: Lion.
69. Q: Which organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood?
    A: Heart.
70. Q: What is the national flower of India?
    A: Lotus.

Sports

71. Q: Who holds the record for the most number of goals in FIFA World Cup history?
    A: Miroslav Klose.
72. Q: Which country won the 2016 Rio Olympics gold medal in men’s football?
    A: Brazil.
73. Q: Who won the 2024 Australian Open Men’s Singles title?
    A: (Check the latest updates for accuracy).
74. Q: In which sport is the term ‘Bogie’ used?
    A: Golf.
75. Q: What is the full form of IPL?
    A: Indian Premier League.
76. Q: Who won the 2023 Cricket World Cup?
    A: (Check the latest updates for accuracy).
77. Q: Where were the 2020 Summer Olympics held?
    A: Tokyo, Japan.
78. Q: Which country won the 202

4 FIFA Women’s World Cup?
A: (Check the latest updates for accuracy).

79. Q: Who was the first Indian cricketer to score 300 runs in a Test match?
    A: Karun Nair.
80. Q: Which country is known for the sport of sumo wrestling?
    A: Japan.

Technology

81. Q: What does ‘URL’ stand for?
    A: Uniform Resource Locator.
82. Q: Which company developed the Android operating system?
    A: Google.
83. Q: What is the full form of ‘Wi-Fi’?
    A: Wireless Fidelity.
84. Q: What does HTML stand for?
    A: HyperText Markup Language.
85. Q: Who invented the World Wide Web?
    A: Tim Berners-Lee.
86. Q: What is the full form of CPU?
    A: Central Processing Unit.
87. Q: Which company developed the first computer mouse?
    A: Xerox.
88. Q: What does ‘RAM’ stand for?
    A: Random Access Memory.
89. Q: Which programming language is used to develop iOS applications?
    A: Swift.
90. Q: Which was the first search engine on the internet?
    A: Archie.

Literature

91. Q: Who wrote the book “1984”?
    A: George Orwell.
92. Q: Who is the author of the “Harry Potter” series?
    A: J.K. Rowling.
93. Q: Who wrote the epic “Mahabharata”?
    A: Vyasa.
94. Q: Who wrote “The God of Small Things”?
    A: Arundhati Roy.
95. Q: Who is the author of “Pride and Prejudice”?
    A: Jane Austen.
96. Q: Who wrote “The Catcher in the Rye”?
    A: J.D. Salinger.
97. Q: Who wrote “Don Quixote”?
    A: Miguel de Cervantes.
98. Q: Who wrote “The Great Gatsby”?
    A: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
99. Q: Who is the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
    A: Harper Lee.
100. Q: Who is known as the “Bard of Avon”?
     A: William Shakespeare.