GK questions for kids

GK for school Updated 11 Oct 2026

These GK questions for kids are written for school children who love to learn new facts. The 60 quiz questions cover our country, science around us, animals and plants, space, the human body and sports, and each one comes with the correct answer and a short explanation.

The last two sections are graded by age: one set suits class 1 to 5 and the other suits class 6 to 8. Parents and teachers can use them for a quick classroom quiz, a home revision game or practice before a school GK test.

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GK questions for kids about our country India

Q1. Which striped big cat was chosen as India's national animal in 1973?
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Answer: A. Tiger
The tiger was chosen as India's national animal in 1973 because it stands for strength and grace.
Q2. Which bird with a fan-shaped, colourful tail is India's national bird?
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Answer: C. Peacock
The Indian peafowl, or peacock, is India's national bird and is known for its colourful tail feathers.
Q3. Which flower that grows in ponds is the national flower of India?
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Answer: B. Lotus
The lotus is India's national flower; it grows in muddy water yet stays clean and beautiful.
Q4. In our tricolour, which colour is the uppermost band?
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Answer: D. Saffron
The tricolour has saffron at the top, white in the middle and green at the bottom.
Q5. Count the spokes of the blue wheel in the middle of our flag. How many are there?
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Answer: D. 24
The navy blue Ashoka Chakra in the white band of the flag has 24 spokes.
Q6. Which poet wrote the words of our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana?
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Answer: B. Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore wrote Jana Gana Mana; he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
Q7. On which day of the year do we hoist the flag to celebrate India's Independence Day?
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Answer: A. 15 August
India became free from British rule on 15 August 1947, so Independence Day is celebrated every year on that date.
Q8. Which sweet fruit, often called the king of fruits, is India's national fruit?
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Answer: C. Mango
The mango is India's national fruit and has been grown in India for thousands of years.

Science around us

Q9. Pure water kept in a freezer turns into ice at what temperature?
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Answer: A. 0 °C
Pure water turns into ice at 0 °C, which is called its freezing point.
Q10. What is the name of the process in which green leaves use sunlight to make food?
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Answer: C. Photosynthesis
In photosynthesis, green leaves use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make food.
Q11. Which gas in the air do our lungs need every time we breathe in?
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Answer: B. Oxygen
Our body uses oxygen from the air to get energy from food.
Q12. Which gas do leaves take in from the air while making food?
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Answer: D. Carbon dioxide
Plants take in carbon dioxide through tiny pores in their leaves and give out oxygen.
Q13. How many colours can we see in a rainbow, from violet to red?
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Answer: D. 7
A rainbow has seven colours: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
Q14. When you have a fever, which instrument does the doctor use to check your temperature?
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Answer: B. Thermometer
A clinical thermometer measures how hot or cold the body is.
Q15. Which of these things will stick to a magnet?
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Answer: A. Iron nail
Magnets attract objects made of iron, nickel and cobalt, but not wood, plastic or glass.
Q16. At sea level, water in a kettle boils at what temperature?
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Answer: C. 100 °C
At sea level water boils at 100 °C and turns into steam.

Animals and plants

Q17. Which desert animal that can go many days without water is called the 'Ship of the Desert'?
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Answer: A. Camel
The camel can walk for days in hot sand without water, so it is called the ship of the desert.
Q18. What do we call a baby cat?
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Answer: C. Kitten
A baby cat is a kitten, while a baby dog is a puppy and a baby cow is a calf.
Q19. A spider that spins a web has how many legs?
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Answer: B. 8
Spiders have eight legs, which is why they are not insects but arachnids.
Q20. Ants, bees and butterflies are insects. How many legs does each insect have?
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Answer: D. 6
All insects, such as ants, bees and butterflies, have six legs.
Q21. A baby frog that swims in water with a tail is called a:
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Answer: D. Tadpole
A frog's egg hatches into a tadpole, which lives in water and breathes through gills.
Q22. Which part of a plant grows under the ground and soaks up water?
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Answer: B. Root
Roots grow under the ground and absorb water and minerals for the plant.
Q23. Birds lay their eggs in a home made of twigs. What is it called?
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Answer: A. Nest
Birds build nests from twigs, grass and leaves to lay their eggs.
Q24. Cows and goats eat only grass and leaves. Such animals are called:
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Answer: C. Herbivore
Herbivores such as cows, goats and deer eat only plants.

World and space

Q25. Which planet is the first planet from the Sun?
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Answer: A. Mercury
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and takes only about 88 days to go round it.
Q26. Which planet looks reddish in the sky because of rusty soil?
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Answer: C. Mars
Mars looks red because its soil has a lot of iron oxide, which is rust.
Q27. Our Sun and all its planets belong to which galaxy?
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Answer: B. Milky Way
Our Sun and its planets are part of the Milky Way galaxy.
Q28. Counting from Mercury to Neptune, how many planets circle our Sun?
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Answer: D. 8
The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Q29. Asia, Africa and Europe are all continents. Which continent is the largest of all in size?
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Answer: D. Asia
Asia is the largest continent on Earth by area, and it is also home to the most people.
Q30. Which ocean is the biggest and deepest of all the oceans on Earth?
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Answer: B. Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is bigger than all the land on Earth put together.
Q31. Which astronaut was the first human to step on the Moon, in 1969?
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Answer: A. Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon on 20 July 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission.
Q32. Which planet is easy to spot in pictures because of its wide, bright rings?
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Answer: C. Saturn
Saturn's rings are made of countless pieces of ice and rock.

Our body

Q33. A grown-up person's skeleton has how many bones?
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Answer: A. 206
A newborn baby has about 300 bones, but many join together, leaving 206 in an adult.
Q34. Which organ in our chest keeps beating to pump blood around the body?
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Answer: C. Heart
The heart is a muscular organ that beats about 70 times a minute to pump blood.
Q35. Which pair of organs fills with air when we breathe in?
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Answer: B. Lungs
The lungs take in oxygen from the air and give out carbon dioxide.
Q36. Which part of our body is even harder than bone?
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Answer: D. Tooth enamel
Enamel is the hard white outer layer of our teeth and is harder than bone.
Q37. Which bony case in the head keeps the brain safe?
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Answer: D. Skull
The skull is a strong bony case that covers and protects the brain.
Q38. Which sense organ tells us that a flower smells sweet?
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Answer: B. Nose
The nose has special cells that sense smells and send messages to the brain.

Sports and games

Q39. In a cricket match, how many players from the fielding team are on the ground?
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Answer: A. 11
The fielding side keeps all 11 of its players on the field, while the batting side has only two batters out at a time.
Q40. In which racket game do players hit a feathered shuttlecock over a net?
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Answer: C. Badminton
Badminton is played by hitting a feathered shuttlecock over a net with a racket.
Q41. The Olympic flag shows how many coloured rings joined together?
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Answer: A. 5
The five interlinked Olympic rings stand for the five inhabited continents joined by sport.
Q42. How many black and white squares are there on a chess board altogether?
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Answer: C. 64
A chess board has 8 rows and 8 columns, giving 8 x 8 = 64 squares.
Q43. Which board game ends when a player says 'checkmate'?
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Answer: B. Chess
Checkmate in chess means the king is attacked and cannot escape, which ends the game.
Q44. In a game of kabaddi, how many players does each team have on the court?
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Answer: D. 7
In kabaddi each side has seven players on the court at a time.

GK questions for class 1 to 5

Q45. Monday to Sunday makes one week. How many days is that?
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Answer: D. 7
A week has seven days, from Monday to Sunday.
Q46. A leap year, which has 29 days in February, has how many days in all?
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Answer: B. 366
A leap year has 366 days because February gets an extra day, the 29th.
Q47. One full day and night together last for how many hours?
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Answer: A. 24
One full day and night together make 24 hours.
Q48. Which shape has exactly three straight sides and three corners?
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Answer: C. Triangle
A triangle has three sides and three corners.
Q49. If you mix blue paint with yellow paint, which colour do you get?
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Answer: A. Green
When blue and yellow paint are mixed, they make green.
Q50. With which month does a new calendar year begin?
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Answer: C. January
The year begins with January and ends with December.
Q51. Each cell of a honeycomb is a hexagon. How many sides does a hexagon have?
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Answer: B. 6
A hexagon has six sides; the cells of a honeycomb are hexagons.
Q52. Which freedom fighter is lovingly called the Father of the Nation in India?
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Answer: D. Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi led India's freedom struggle through truth and non-violence.

GK questions for class 6 to 8 with answers

Q53. Who became the first Prime Minister of independent India in 1947?
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Answer: D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first Prime Minister in 1947.
Q54. Republic Day marks the day our Constitution came into force. Which date was it?
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Answer: B. 26 January 1950
The Constitution came into force on 26 January 1950, which is why we celebrate Republic Day on that date.
Q55. Which chemical symbol stands for the metal gold?
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Answer: A. Au
The symbol Au comes from 'aurum', the Latin word for gold.
Q56. In which unit is the flow of electricity through a wire measured?
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Answer: C. Ampere
The flow of electricity is measured in amperes, a unit named after the scientist Andre-Marie Ampere.
Q57. Which scientist discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic, in 1928?
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Answer: A. Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928; it was the first widely used antibiotic.
Q58. The famous Great Bath of the Harappan civilisation was found at which site?
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Answer: C. Mohenjo-daro
The Great Bath is a large brick-lined tank found at Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan.
Q59. Which cells in our blood act like soldiers and fight germs?
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Answer: B. White blood cells
White blood cells attack germs and protect the body from infection.
Q60. Which Mughal emperor got the Taj Mahal built in Agra?
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Answer: D. Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in Agra in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

How to prepare

Use these general knowledge questions for kids in short sessions of 10 to 15 questions. Let the child read the question and all four options before answering, then read the explanation together, because the explanation adds one more fact to remember. Mark the questions they got wrong and repeat them after two or three days.

Younger children in class 1 to 5 can start with the sections on our country, animals and the class 1 to 5 set. Older students in class 6 to 8 can try every section and then move on to the class-wise GK pages and the science and history quizzes for deeper practice.

Study tips

Practise a few questions every day instead of many questions once a week.
Turn the quiz into a game by giving points for each correct answer and a bonus for explaining why.
Keep a small notebook of new facts learnt from the explanations and revise it before tests.

Questions people ask

What are good GK questions for kids?

Good GK questions for kids are short, clear and about things children see around them, such as national symbols, animals, plants, the planets and the human body. Each question on this page has four options and an explanation so that children learn the fact behind the answer.

Which GK questions are suitable for class 1 to 5?

Children in class 1 to 5 do well with questions on days and months, colours, shapes, animals and their young ones, and India's national symbols. The class 1 to 5 section and the first few sections of this page are written for that age.

Are there GK questions for class 6 to 8 with answers in English?

Yes. The class 6 to 8 section has harder questions on Indian history, the Constitution, chemistry, physics and biology, all in English with answers and explanations.

How can kids improve their general knowledge?

Kids improve their general knowledge by reading a little every day, asking questions and taking short quizzes. Talking about the explanation after each answer helps them remember the fact for a long time.

Every question on this page is written and fact-checked by the GK Quizzes team. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it. How we make our questions.