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General_Knowledge_Quiz_100

The document contains a list of 100 general knowledge questions along with their answers covering various topics such as geography, science, history, and literature. It includes questions about capitals, famous personalities, significant discoveries, and notable facts. This resource serves as a quiz or educational tool for testing general knowledge.

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100 General Knowledge Questions & Answers

1. What is the capital of Australia?


Answer: Canberra

2. Who discovered penicillin?


Answer: Alexander Fleming

3. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?


Answer: Mars

4. What is the chemical symbol for gold?


Answer: Au

5. Who wrote 'Hamlet'?


Answer: William Shakespeare

6. Which is the longest river in the world?


Answer: Nile River

7. What is the national currency of Japan?


Answer: Yen

8. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?


Answer: Neil Armstrong

9. What is the largest mammal on Earth?


Answer: Blue Whale

10. Which is the largest continent by area?


Answer: Asia

11. What is the capital of Canada?


Answer: Ottawa

12. Which scientist developed the theory of relativity?


Answer: Albert Einstein

13. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?


Answer: Diamond

14. Who painted the Mona Lisa?


Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
15. Which gas do plants use for photosynthesis?
Answer: Carbon dioxide (CO2)

16. How many players are there in a standard football (soccer) team?
Answer: 11

17. Which is the smallest country in the world?


Answer: Vatican City

18. Who was the first President of the United States?


Answer: George Washington

19. What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?


Answer: 100°C

20. What is the longest bone in the human body?


Answer: Femur

21. Which ocean is the largest?


Answer: Pacific Ocean

22. What is the national flower of India?


Answer: Lotus

23. Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?


Answer: Jane Austen

24. Which element has the atomic number 1?


Answer: Hydrogen

25. How many colors are in a rainbow?


Answer: 7

26. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the USA?


Answer: France

27. What is the largest desert in the world?


Answer: Antarctica

28. Who invented the telephone?


Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

29. What is the capital of Brazil?


Answer: Brasilia
30. Which bird is known for its ability to mimic sounds?
Answer: Parrot

31. What is the tallest mountain in the world?


Answer: Mount Everest

32. Which is the longest-running TV series?


Answer: The Simpsons

33. What is the smallest unit of life?


Answer: Cell

34. Which gas is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?


Answer: Nitrogen

35. What is the square root of 64?


Answer: 8

36. Which country has the most FIFA World Cup wins?
Answer: Brazil

37. Which planet has the most moons?


Answer: Saturn

38. Who discovered gravity?


Answer: Isaac Newton

39. What does DNA stand for?


Answer: Deoxyribonucleic Acid

40. Which is the deepest ocean trench?


Answer: Mariana Trench

41. Who developed the polio vaccine?


Answer: Jonas Salk

42. What is the largest organ in the human body?


Answer: Skin

43. Which is the fastest land animal?


Answer: Cheetah

44. How many sides does a hexagon have?


Answer: 6
45. Which is the longest wall in the world?
Answer: Great Wall of China

46. What does HTTP stand for?


Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol

47. Who wrote 'The Theory of Everything'?


Answer: Stephen Hawking

48. Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?


Answer: Japan

49. What is the national animal of China?


Answer: Giant Panda

50. Which sport is played at Wimbledon?


Answer: Tennis

51. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?


Answer: Marie Curie

52. What is the currency of the United Kingdom?


Answer: Pound Sterling

53. Which is the only mammal capable of true flight?


Answer: Bat

54. What is the capital of South Korea?


Answer: Seoul

55. Which chemical element is represented by 'O'?


Answer: Oxygen

56. Who is known as the 'Father of Computers'?


Answer: Charles Babbage

57. Which country has the highest population?


Answer: China

58. What is the coldest planet in the solar system?


Answer: Neptune

59. How many bones are in the adult human body?


Answer: 206
60. Which famous ship sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912?
Answer: Titanic

61. What is the most widely spoken language in the world?


Answer: English

62. Which is the strongest muscle in the human body?


Answer: Masseter (jaw muscle)

63. Which vitamin is produced by the human body when exposed to sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D

64. What is the capital of Russia?


Answer: Moscow

65. What is the name of the closest star to Earth?


Answer: The Sun

66. Who was the first human to travel into space?


Answer: Yuri Gagarin

67. What is the largest island in the world?


Answer: Greenland

68. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?


Answer: Mercury

69. Which sea creature has three hearts?


Answer: Octopus

70. What is the fastest bird in the world?


Answer: Peregrine Falcon

71. Which is the only continent without a desert?


Answer: Europe

72. Who is known as the 'Iron Man of India'?


Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

73. How many time zones does India have?


Answer: One

74. Which part of the cell contains genetic material?


Answer: Nucleus
75. Which country is famous for the Great Pyramids?
Answer: Egypt

76. Which planet is closest to the Sun?


Answer: Mercury

77. What does 'www' stand for in a website browser?


Answer: World Wide Web

78. Which gas is used in balloons to make them float?


Answer: Helium

79. What is the capital of Italy?


Answer: Rome

80. Which festival is known as the festival of lights?


Answer: Diwali

81. What is the capital of the United States?


Answer: Washington, D.C.

82. Who is the author of 'Harry Potter'?


Answer: J.K. Rowling

83. Which part of the plant conducts photosynthesis?


Answer: Leaves

84. What is the main language spoken in Spain?


Answer: Spanish

85. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?


Answer: Canada

86. Who was the first Indian woman in space?


Answer: Kalpana Chawla

87. Which is the largest democracy in the world?


Answer: India

88. What is the largest freshwater lake in the world?


Answer: Lake Superior

89. What is the full form of ATM?


Answer: Automated Teller Machine
90. What is the deepest lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal

91. Which year did India gain independence?


Answer: 1947

92. What is the largest reptile in the world?


Answer: Saltwater Crocodile

93. Which is the smallest planet in the solar system?


Answer: Mercury

94. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?


Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

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