GK questions for kids aged 8 to 10

20 questions

1. Which Indian city is known as the “Pink City”?

   Choose from: Jaipur, Udaipur, Mysuru, Kochi

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   Jaipur. Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, is the Pink City because many of its old buildings are painted pink.

2. The sitar and the tabla are musical instruments from which country?

   Choose from: India, Egypt, Japan, China

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   India. The sitar (a string instrument) and the tabla (a pair of drums) come from India.

3. How many planets are there in our solar system?

   Choose from: 10, 7, 8, 9

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   8. There are 8 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

4. Which state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”?

   Choose from: Kerala, Bihar, Assam, Punjab

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   Punjab. “Punjab” comes from “panj” (five) and “ab” (waters).

5. Which Mughal emperor was known for his fairness and his court of nine gems (navratnas)?

   Choose from: Babur, Akbar, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb

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   Akbar. Akbar had nine talented courtiers called the navratnas, including Birbal and Tansen.

6. Which epic, said to be written by Ved Vyasa, contains the Bhagavad Gita?

   Choose from: Ramayana, Meghaduta, Jataka Tales, Mahabharata

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   Mahabharata. The Mahabharata contains the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna’s advice to Arjuna.

7. Who is called the “Father of the White Revolution”, which made India a top milk producer?

   Choose from: Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, M. S. Swaminathan, Verghese Kurien

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   Verghese Kurien. Verghese Kurien led Operation Flood and built India’s milk co-operatives.

8. What is the capital of the United Kingdom?

   Choose from: Edinburgh, Paris, Dublin, London

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   London. London is the capital of the UK. The river Thames flows through it.

9. Who discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic medicine?

   Choose from: Alexander Fleming, Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie

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   Alexander Fleming. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.

10. What is the capital of Australia?

    Choose from: Perth, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne

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    Canberra. Canberra is Australia’s capital. Sydney is its biggest city.

11. What do we call a rock from space that burns up as a streak of light?

    Choose from: A rainbow, A meteor (shooting star), A satellite, A planet

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    A meteor (shooting star). Meteors are space rocks that burn up in our atmosphere. People call them shooting stars.

12. Which vitamin does your skin make in sunlight?

    Choose from: Vitamin B12, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D

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    Vitamin D. Sunlight helps your skin make vitamin D, which keeps bones strong.

13. How many rings are there on the Olympic flag?

    Choose from: 4, 7, 5, 6

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    5. The five rings stand for the five inhabited continents joined together.

14. Which city in Karnataka is famous for its grand palace and Dasara celebrations?

    Choose from: Surat, Mysuru, Delhi, Kanpur

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    Mysuru. Mysuru (Mysore) is famous for its palace and grand Dasara celebrations.

15. Which animal is protected in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, a wild donkey?

    Choose from: Indian wild ass, Yak, Zebra, Camel

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    Indian wild ass. The Indian wild ass lives in the salty Little Rann of Kutch.

16. Which state of India has the most people?

    Choose from: Kerala, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Goa

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    Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh has the largest population of any Indian state.

17. Who gave the slogan “Jai Hind”, made popular by the Indian National Army?

    Choose from: Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel

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    Subhas Chandra Bose. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose made “Jai Hind” popular.

18. Which tribal art from Maharashtra uses simple white stick figures?

    Choose from: Pithora, Madhubani painting, Kalamkari, Warli painting

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    Warli painting. Warli paintings show daily life with circles, triangles and lines in white.

19. Which bird sanctuary in Rajasthan is famous for painted storks and winter migratory birds?

    Choose from: Periyar, Gir National Park, Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Kaziranga

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    Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. Keoladeo, at Bharatpur, is a famous wetland for birds.

20. Who invented the World Wide Web?

    Choose from: Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton, Tim Berners-Lee

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    Tim Berners-Lee. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989.