General Knowledge Questions for Kids

Tips to improve General Knowledge of your Kids:-

Be Realistic in Approach: Controlling Children is a difficult one yet making them study is another tedious task. Firstly go with your Child’s topic of interest and get him into the comfort zone that learning is very easy and it will be amazing. Teach them in a playful way so that they won’t tired from learning new things.

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Buy Books and Materials:

Spending Money on Books is actually an Investment. Buy Useful yet preferable Books according to your Child’s Age and Mindset.

Improve General Knowledge on Games: Kids generally like to play games. As so teaching general knowledge related to sports is the bed of roses scenario. In today’s world Sports is yet an another formidable Career where you can earn huge compare to what education can give. You might get to know more about your Child’s Sporting talent while teaching him/her Sports related GK.

Play Audios and Videos: Children attract to videos or Audios rather than traditional way of teaching in the Board with Chalk. So display useful and knowledgable Videos to them and ask questions after the Visuals to test their Learning Skill.

Tell Stories or News: Tell them Stories related to Puzzles or

Here I will suggest a few ways to increase the kid’s general knowledge –

Keep small sticky notes in his/her pocket. (It could be headlines of a newspaper or facts or figures from a book, etc.)
Make him/her watch visuals, more interacting videos. If your kid is comfortable watching the news then that would be perfect.
Choose any field like – History, Geography, states, and cities, solar system, or any other based on his/her interest and make him/her learn new facts every day.
Try to increase the amount of learning facts every 2 – 3 weeks based on your Child’s capability.
Take him/her to places like National Parks, historical monuments or museums or science centers and tell the kid about the facts or figures related to that.
If possible make him/her watch movies or cartoons related to learning because videos increase their learning ability.
Try to surround the kid with kinds of stuff related to the increasing learning experience. As kids learn by watching and experiencing the atmosphere around them
Each kid is unique, so is their curiosity levels. Kids learn a lot from their environment. We parents should be able to answer their queries in simple, precise & easy to understand.

Easy General Knowledge Questions for Kids

How many days do we have in a Week?
Answer: Seven days
How many days are there in a year?
Answer: 365 days(366 days for leap year)
How many colours in the Rainbow?
Answer: 7 (seven)
Which animal is known of Ship of Desert?
Answer: Camel
How many letters are there in the Alphabet?
Answer: 26 (Twenty Six)
How many sides are there in a Square?
Answer: 4 sides
Who is the Father of our nation?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
How many vowels and Consonants are there in the Alphabet?
Answer: 5 Vowels(a,e,i,o,u), 21 Consonants
How many fingers do you have in your both hands?
Answer: 10 (Ten)
When is the Time to sleep?
Answer: Nighttime
Can you name a word that starts with ‘H’?
Answer: Horse
Which Festival is a festival of Colors
Answer: Holi
How many cards are there in a pack of Deck?
Answer: 52 Cards
Which planet is farthest from the Sun?
Answer: Neptune
How many Natural Satellite Our Earth have?
Answer: One – Moon
Which Galaxy Our Solar system is in?
Answer: Milkyway galaxy
Which is the biggest continent in the world?
Answer: Asia
Which is the biggest country in the world?
Answer: Russia
In which direction does the Sun rise and set?
Answer: It rises in the East and sets in the West
The Yamuna is the tributary of which river?
Answer: River Ganga
Name the colours of India’s National flag?
Answer: Saffron(at the top), White(in the middle), Green (at the bottom)
Which day comes after Monday?
Answer: Tuesday
The national currency of India?
Answer: Rupee (Symbol: ₹)
What is the chemical name of Water?
Answer: H2O
Which instrument is used to measure human body temperature
Answer: Thermometer
Who painted the famous Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
What is the study of weather
Answer: Meteorology
What is the study of Plants and Animals respectively?
Answer: Botany (Plants), Zoology (Animals)
Who is the Author of Tirukkural?
Answer: Tiruvalluvar
Which is the largest bone in our human body?
Answer: Femur (Knee bone)
Which country is home to Kangaroo?
Answer: Australia

General Knowledge Questions related to World Geography

What is the Highest Mountain in the World?
Answer: a. Mount Everest
Which Latitude runs through the Centre of the Earth?
Answer: Equator
What are the names of the 5 Oceans in the World?
Answer: Pacific Ocean, Antarctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean & Indian Ocean
What Country has the highest population in the World?
Answer: China
Which is the Longest River in the World?
Answer: The Nile from Egypt
Which is the Largest Waterfall in the World?
Answer: Victoria Falls
Which is the Largest Desert in the World?
Answer: Sahara Desert
What are Branches of the River called?
Answer: Tributaries
What is the Largest Island in the World?
Answer: Greenland
What is the World’s Smallest Country?
Answer: Vatican City
Which planet is closest to Planet Earth?
Answer: Venus
Which Planet is Called as Morning Star/Evening Star?
Answer: Venus
What is the instrument to measure the Speed of Wind?
Answer: Anemometer
Which day is the longest day in the World?
Answer: June 21
Which planet is the largest in our Solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Which is the only continent completely covered with Ice?
Answer: Antarctica
Which is the Island continent and the World’s 6th largest Country?
Answer: Australia
What country is also known as Persia?
Answer: Iran
What is the main island of Japan?
Answer: Honshu
What well-known mountain pass connects Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Answer: Khyber Pass
Ceylon is the former name of what country?
Answer: Srilanka
What city was once called New Amsterdam?
Answer: New York
What is Pakistan’s longest river?
Answer: Indus River
What canal connects the Red and Mediterranean Seas?
Answer: Suez Canal
Which country is the leading egg producer in the world?
Answer: China
Which river flows through the rainforest in brazil?
Answer: Amazon
What do you call land with water on 3 sides?
Answer: Peninsula
Where are the Andes mountains located?
Answer: South America
Which hemisphere does Australia lie on?
Answer: Southern hemisphere
Which is the largest rock in the world?
Answer: Mount Augustus
Which is the oldest city in the world?
Answer: Damascus, Syria
Which country is also known as the Netherlands?
Answer: Holland
In which American city is the Golden Gate Bridge located?
Answer: San Francisco
Which is the smallest country in Asia by population?
Answer: The Maldives
Which two continents does Russia belong to?
Answer: Europe & Asia
In what country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro?
Answer: Tanzania
What is the currency used in Britain?
Answer: Pound Sterling
Which country is the Taj Mahal in?
Answer: Taj Mahal
Which city is also known as ‘The Eternal City’?
Answer: Rome
In which country do you find the Yellow River, also known as Huang He?
Answer: China
How many countries are there in the world today?
Answer: 195 Countries
Which European country has a capital city called Bucharest?
Answer: Romania
Which is the largest volcano in the world?
Answer: Mount Lao, China
Which European country is closest to the continent of Africa?
Answer: Spain
What is the capital city of Germany?
Answer: Berlin
Mount Everest lies in which mountain range?
Answer: The Himalayas
Where is Mount Ararat located?
Answer: Turkey
Where is the Blue Nile river located?
Answer: Ethiopia
What is the largest city & Capital of Ireland?
Answer: Dublin
What is the national currency of Malaysia?
Answer: Malaysian Ringgit
Which is the longest river in Asia?
Answer: River Yangtze, China
Which is the longest river in Europe?
Answer: Volga
Which is the happiest place on Earth to live?
Answer: Finland(2020)
What do you call a study of weather?
Answer: Meteorology
Which place receives the world’s highest annual average rainfall?
Answer: Mawsynram, India
Which country produces the most rice?
Answer: China
Which lake is the largest in Africa?
Answer: Lake Victoria
When did Bangladesh get independence?
Answer: 1971
How many islands are there in the Philippines?
Answer: 7100+
Madagascar is surrounded by which ocean?
Answer: Indian Ocean
What is the capital city of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
Which country is the second biggest in the world?
Answer: Canada(Russia- 1st Biggest)
Which is the largest lake in the world?
Answer: Caspian sea
Which is the capital city of Afghanistan?
Answer: Kabul
On which Country is the Statue of Unity located?
Answer: India
What is the largest country in Scandinavia?
Answer: Sweden
What country calls itself Nippon?
Answer: Japan
What is Europe’s largest port?
Answer: Port of Rotterdam
What country was known as Rhodesia?
Answer: Zimbabwe
What is the main tributary of the Ganges River in India?
Answer: Yamuna
Which countries share the longest border in the world?
Answer: USA & Canada

General Knowledge Questions related to India

Who is the Current President of India?
Answer: Ram Nath Kovind
Where is ISRO’s Headquarters located?
Answer: Bangalore
What are the 2 houses of the Indian Parliament?
Answer: Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha
Which is India’s smallest state?
Answer: Goa
Which country shares the shortest border with India?
Answer: Afghanistan
Who was the author of Ramayana?
Answer: Valmiki
Which city is known as the Blue City of India?
Answer: Jodhpur
Which latitude line passes through India?
Answer: Tropic of Cancer
Which state is known as ‘Scotland of the East’ in India?
Answer: Meghalaya
Which is the biggest Indian state?
Answer: Rajasthan
Who is known as the Flying Sikh of India?
Answer: Milka Singh
What is India’s national flower?
Answer: Lotus
What is India’s national Animal?
Answer: Tiger
What is India’s national heritage Animal?
Answer: Elephant
What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: Itanagar
What is India’s India’s highest Sports honour award?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
What is the Name of India’s Central Bank which controls the issue and supply of Indian Rupee?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
How many official languages does the Indian Constitution recognize?
Answer: 22 languages
What is India’s Highest honour Award?
Answer: Bharat Ratna
What is the Name of the Award that is given to Outstanding Coaches in Sports & Games?
Answer: Dronacharya Award
Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel prize?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore for Literature work of Gitanjali
Who was known as Father of India?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the First Prime minister of Independent India?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Who was called as Architect of Indian Constitution?
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
Who was the First Woman Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Indra Gandhi
Who was the first Indian Scientist to receive Nobel Prize?
Answer: Sir C. V. Raman
What is the Highest Mountain in India?
Answer: Mount Godwin Austin(K2)
Which state in India has the highest Literacy rate?
Answer: Kerala (Bihar is the least literate state)
What is India’s Population as per the 2011 census?
Answer: 1.21 Billion (121 Crore)
Which State has the highest Population in India?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
On Which State Ajanta & Ellora Caves are situated?
Answer: Maharashtra( Aurangabad)
Who built the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Shah Jahan (Emperor of Mughal Dynasty)
Which Constitution is the longest written Constitution in the World?
Answer: Indian Constitution
What is India’s Longest River?
Answer: River Ganga (River Godavari is the second longest)
What is India’s Longest Railway station?
Answer: Gorakhpur Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh
Who was the first Indian to go to space?
Answer: Rakesh Sharma
Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
Answer: Karnam Malleswari
Who was the First Indian to win an Oscar?
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya
What is the National Bird of India?
Answer: Peacock