GK questions for class 7

GK for school Updated 11 Oct 2026

These GK questions for class 7 are written to match what students study in class 7 science, social science and general awareness. All 50 plus questions have four options, the correct answer and a short explanation so you learn the fact, not just the letter.

The page is divided into our country, science around us, animals and plants, medieval Indian history, world and space, sports and games, and our body. Use it for class tests, GK olympiads, inter-school quizzes or a quick quiz during the school assembly.

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Our country

Q1. Which Indian state gets its name from the Persian words for "five waters"?
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Answer: C. Punjab
Punjab means "land of five rivers", after the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej.
Q2. The Lakshadweep islands lie in which sea?
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Answer: B. Arabian Sea
Lakshadweep is a group of coral islands in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Kerala.
Q3. The Hirakud Dam, one of the longest earthen dams in the world, is built on which river?
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Answer: A. Mahanadi
Hirakud Dam stands on the Mahanadi near Sambalpur in Odisha.
Q4. Its old city walls and buildings were painted pink in 1876. Which city is this?
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Answer: D. Jaipur
Jaipur's old city buildings were painted pink in 1876 to welcome the Prince of Wales, giving it the name Pink City.
Q5. The Charminar, built in 1591, stands in which city?
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Answer: B. Hyderabad
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah built the Charminar in Hyderabad; its name means "four minarets".
Q6. The Gateway of India overlooks the sea in which city?
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Answer: A. Mumbai
The Gateway of India in Mumbai was built to mark the 1911 visit of King George V and Queen Mary.
Q7. Which hill station in Meghalaya is famous for receiving very heavy rainfall?
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Answer: C. Mawsynram
Mawsynram and nearby Cherrapunji (Sohra) in Meghalaya are among the wettest places on Earth.
Q8. Majuli, one of the largest river islands in the world, lies in the Brahmaputra in which state?
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Answer: D. Assam
Majuli is a large island formed by the Brahmaputra in Assam and is known for its Vaishnavite monasteries called satras.

Science around us

Q9. What is the pH value of pure water at room temperature?
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Answer: C. 7
Pure water is neutral, and a neutral solution has a pH of 7; acids are below 7 and bases above 7.
Q10. Blue litmus paper turns red when it is dipped in which kind of solution?
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Answer: B. An acid
Acids turn blue litmus red, while bases turn red litmus blue.
Q11. Turmeric paper turns what colour when it is put in a basic solution like soap water?
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Answer: A. Red
Turmeric is a natural indicator: it stays yellow in acids and turns red in bases.
Q12. Which acid gives vinegar its sour taste?
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Answer: D. Acetic acid
Vinegar is a dilute solution of acetic acid, which gives it its sour taste.
Q13. Which type of mirror is used as the rear-view mirror in vehicles?
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Answer: B. Convex mirror
A convex mirror always gives an erect, smaller image and shows a wider area behind the vehicle.
Q14. What is the normal range of a clinical thermometer?
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Answer: C. 35 to 42 degrees Celsius
A clinical thermometer measures human body temperature, which normally stays well within 35 to 42 degrees Celsius.
Q15. Which vitamin deficiency causes scurvy?
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Answer: A. Vitamin C
Lack of vitamin C causes scurvy, with bleeding gums; citrus fruits and amla are rich sources.
Q16. The change of water vapour into liquid water is called what?
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Answer: D. Condensation
When water vapour cools it condenses into droplets, which is how dew and clouds form.
Q17. What is the SI unit of speed?
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Answer: C. Metre per second
Speed is distance divided by time, so its SI unit is metre per second (m/s).
Q18. Which mode of heat transfer lets the Sun's heat reach the Earth through empty space?
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Answer: A. Radiation
Radiation needs no medium, so the Sun's heat can cross the vacuum of space to reach us.

Animals and plants

Q19. Which of these is an insect-eating (insectivorous) plant?
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Answer: B. Pitcher plant
The pitcher plant traps insects in its jug-shaped leaf and digests them to get nitrogen.
Q20. Cuscuta (amarbel) gets its food from another plant. What type of plant is it?
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Answer: D. Parasite
Cuscuta has no chlorophyll and takes ready-made food from its host plant, so it is a parasite.
Q21. A lichen is formed by a partnership between a fungus and which other organism?
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Answer: B. An alga
In a lichen the alga makes food by photosynthesis and the fungus gives shelter and water, a relationship called symbiosis.
Q22. Through which part of its body does an earthworm breathe?
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Answer: A. Moist skin
Earthworms have no lungs; oxygen passes into the blood through their moist skin.
Q23. Through which tiny openings do insects such as cockroaches take in air?
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Answer: D. Spiracles
Insects have small holes called spiracles on the sides of their body, leading to air tubes called tracheae.
Q24. Which tissue carries water from the roots to the leaves of a plant?
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Answer: C. Xylem
Xylem carries water and minerals upward, while phloem carries food made in the leaves to other parts.
Q25. From which animal do we get silk?
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Answer: B. Silkworm
Silk fibre comes from the cocoon spun by the caterpillar (larva) of the silk moth, called the silkworm.
Q26. Why is the camel called the "ship of the desert"?
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Answer: D. It can travel long distances in sand with little water
Camels have broad padded feet for sand and can go many days without drinking water.

Medieval Indian history

Q27. Who was the first and only woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
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Answer: C. Razia Sultan
Razia Sultan, daughter of Iltutmish, ruled Delhi from 1236 to 1240.
Q28. Who wrote the Ain-i-Akbari, a record of Akbar's empire?
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Answer: A. Abul Fazl
Abul Fazl, a courtier of Akbar, wrote the Akbarnama, of which the Ain-i-Akbari forms the third volume.
Q29. The Battle of Haldighati in 1576 was fought between Akbar's army and which ruler?
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Answer: A. Maharana Pratap
Maharana Pratap of Mewar fought the Mughal army led by Raja Man Singh at Haldighati in 1576.
Q30. Shivaji was crowned Chhatrapati in 1674 at which fort?
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Answer: D. Raigad
Shivaji's coronation took place at Raigad Fort, which became the capital of the Maratha kingdom.
Q31. The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta came to India during the reign of which sultan?
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Answer: B. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Ibn Battuta reached India in 1333 and served as a judge (qazi) in Delhi under Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
Q32. Hampi was the capital of which empire?
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Answer: C. Vijayanagara Empire
Hampi, on the banks of the Tungabhadra in Karnataka, was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire.
Q33. Which Chola king built the Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur?
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Answer: D. Rajaraja Chola I
Rajaraja Chola I completed the Brihadeeswara Temple around 1010 CE.
Q34. Who was Akbar's famous finance minister known for land revenue reforms?
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Answer: A. Raja Todar Mal
Raja Todar Mal measured land and fixed revenue on the average produce, a system called zabti.

World and space

Q35. Which planet is the closest to the Sun?
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Answer: C. Mercury
Mercury is the innermost planet of the solar system and goes round the Sun in just 88 days.
Q36. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
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Answer: B. Venus
Venus is hotter than Mercury because its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere traps heat.
Q37. Roughly how much time does light leaving the Sun need to reach our planet?
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Answer: B. About 8 minutes
Light travels about 3 lakh km per second, so it covers the 15 crore km to Earth in roughly 8 minutes 20 seconds.
Q38. Through which place does the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) pass?
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Answer: A. Greenwich
The Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich in London, and world time zones are counted from it.
Q39. Which line of 0 degree latitude splits the globe into a northern half and a southern half?
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Answer: C. Equator
The Equator is the 0 degree latitude, halfway between the North and South Poles.
Q40. Which ocean covers about one third of the surface of the Earth?
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Answer: D. Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean covers about a third of Earth's surface, more than all the land put together.
Q41. Which is the smallest continent?
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Answer: B. Australia
Australia is the smallest continent and is also the only continent that is a single country.

Sports and games

Q42. How many players does each team have on the court in volleyball?
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Answer: C. 6
A volleyball team has 6 players on court, who rotate positions when they win back the serve.
Q43. How many players from each side are on the court in a game of kabaddi?
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Answer: D. 7
Each kabaddi team has 7 players on the court, with a few substitutes on the bench.
Q44. In which game is the word "checkmate" used?
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Answer: A. Chess
Checkmate means the king is attacked and cannot escape, which ends a game of chess.
Q45. In cricket, how long is the pitch from one set of stumps to the other?
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Answer: A. 22 yards
A cricket pitch is 22 yards (about 20.12 m) long between the stumps.
Q46. How many interlocking rings make up the flag symbol of the Olympic Games?
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Answer: D. 5
The five interlocking rings stand for the coming together of the five inhabited continents.
Q47. The Thomas Cup is an international team championship in which sport?
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Answer: C. Badminton
The Thomas Cup is the men's world team badminton championship; the Uber Cup is the women's event.

Our body

Q48. Counting both inside and outside the body, which is the largest organ we have?
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Answer: B. Skin
The skin covers the whole body and is its largest organ; the liver is the largest internal organ.
Q49. Which tiny bone of the middle ear is the smallest bone in our body?
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Answer: C. Stapes
The stapes, about 3 mm long and smaller than the malleus and incus beside it, helps carry sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Q50. Counting atria and ventricles together, how many chambers make up the human heart?
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Answer: A. 4
The human heart has two upper chambers (atria) and two lower chambers (ventricles).
Q51. Insulin, which controls blood sugar, is made by which organ?
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Answer: D. Pancreas
Insulin is made by the pancreas and controls the level of sugar in the blood.
Q52. Which pigment in red blood cells carries oxygen?
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Answer: B. Haemoglobin
Haemoglobin contains iron and binds oxygen in the lungs, carrying it to every part of the body.

How to prepare

Try each section as a short quiz. Read the question, pick your answer and then check the explanation. Mark the ones you got wrong and revise them again after two or three days. Many of these questions come straight from class 7 topics such as acids, bases and salts, nutrition in plants, respiration, heat, and the Delhi Sultans and Mughals, so they also help with school exams.

If you are preparing for an inter-school quiz, practise with a friend: one person reads the question aloud and the other answers within ten seconds. Teachers can pick five questions each day for the morning assembly.

Study tips

Revise one section each day instead of trying all the questions at once.
Connect GK facts with your class 7 science and history chapters so you remember both better.
Write down every question you get wrong and test yourself on that list at the end of the week.

Questions people ask

What GK questions are asked for class 7?

Class 7 GK usually covers India's geography and monuments, basic science like acids and bases, plants and animals, medieval Indian history, the solar system, sports and the human body.

How many GK questions should a class 7 student practise daily?

Ten to fifteen questions a day is enough if you read the explanations and revise the ones you miss. Regular short practice works better than a long session once a week.

Can these class 7 GK questions be used in the school assembly?

Yes. The questions are short and clear, so a student can read a few aloud each morning along with the answer and the one-line explanation.

Are these GK questions useful for GK olympiads?

Yes. They cover the static general knowledge and science topics that GK olympiads and inter-school quizzes for class 7 commonly test.

How can I improve my general knowledge in class 7?

Read a children's newspaper or magazine, link GK facts to your school chapters, and practise quiz questions every day. Keeping a small notebook of new facts also helps.

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