GK Quiz For Class 10 Students: Questions & Answers

Mahima Mishra2023-01-09

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Important GK Quiz questions for class 10th are provided below. We have covered all those topics from which questions are asked in school level entrance exams and general quizzes. All questions and answers shared here are in English only.
You can consider these questions as best questions for 15 years old children.

GK Quiz Questions and Answers for Class 10th Students

Question: You must have used the UPI facility. What does this mean?

Ans. Unified Payment Interface

Question: Who was said to be the last viceroy of India?

Ans. Lord Louis Mountbatten

Question: What is the currency of Iraq?

Ans. Iraqi Dinar

Question: Where is the Keshopur Ramsar Site situated?

Ans. Punjab

Question: When was the State Bank of India founded?

Ans. July 1, 1955

Question: How many schedules were there in the original Constitution of India?

Ans. Eight Schedules

Question: Where is City Birds Wildlife Sanctuary?

Ans. Chandigarh

Question: Where is Bandhavgarh & Panna National Park located?

Ans. Madhya Pradesh

Question: How many landlocked states are there in South America?

Ans. Two – Bolivia & Paraguay

Question: “Home and the World” is written by?

Ans. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Question: How many times the clock’s hands coincide in a day?

Ans. 22 Times

Question: Who was the founder of the MDH Spice company?

Ans. Dharampal Gulati

Question: When was the first meeting of the constituent assembly of India held?

Ans. December 9, 1946

Question: Which team won the first Indian Premier League in 2008?

Ans. Rajasthan Royals

Question: Krishna Parijatha Dance is a folk dance of which state?

Ans. Karnataka

Question: What does shortcut key Shift + Home do?

Ans. Highlighting the current position up to the beginning of the line

Question: What is the capital of El Salvador?

Ans. San Salvador

Question: Each year the ‘International Day of Peace’ is observed on which date?

Ans. September 21.

Question: ‘International Day of Yoga’ celebrated each year on June 21. In which year this day started?

Ans. 2015.

Question: In which book did Newton mention ‘rule of gravity’?

Ans. Principia.

Question: ‘Flagship rocket H3’ is belongs to which country?

Ans. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency- JAXA.

Question: When Ajmer State was merged into Rajasthan?

Ans. 1 November 1956.

Question: Which state is highest per capita income among 33 Indian states and union territories in India according to Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in 2021?

Ans. Goa.

Question: A landform which mainly surrounded by water from three sides and connected to mainland from one side is called as what?

Ans. Peninsula.

Question: Yarlung Tsangpo is the upper stream of which river?

Ans. Brahmaputra.

Question: Paytm provides which services?

Ans. Online recharge and E-Wallet Payment.

Question: World Wide Web (www) was invented in which year?

Ans. 1989.

Question: To build the public health capacity and skills, School of Public Health launched by which state in India?

Ans. Rajasthan.

Question: Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP (in India) was founded on which date?

Ans. 6 April 1980.

Question: What is the Chemical formula of baking soda?

Ans. NaHCO3.

Question: The Earth’s core likely consists mainly of what?

Ans. Iron

Question: How many players are on a netball team?

Ans. Seven

Question: What is money?

Ans. the currency that can be exchanged for goods and services

Question: What is the color, smell, and taste of Oxygen?

Ans. Oxygen gas is colorless, odorless, and tasteless

Question: Name a soft metal?

Ans. Gold

Question: Which planet to spins on its side, unlike the sun and other planets?

Ans. Uranus

Question: How many zeros are there in one thousand?

Ans. Three

Question: Around what percent of volcanic eruptions actually occur underwater?

Ans. 80%

Question: Who has the authority to declare a “Global Emergency”?

Ans. World Health Organisation (WHO)

Question: What is the color of the liquid and solid oxygen?

Ans. Pale blue

Question: What is the national flower in Seychelles?

Ans. Tropicbird Orchid

Question: What is the most abundant metal in the universe followed by magnesium?

Ans. Iron

Question: Who was the first king of Iceland?

Ans. Haakon IV

Question: If you pour a handful of salt into a full glass of water, what will happen?

Ans. The water level will actually go down rather than overflowing the glass.

Question: What is Citrus bergamia?

Ans. bergamot orange

Question: Name a liquid metal?

Ans. Mercury

Question: The only solid elements that assume liquid form at room temperature are what?

Ans. Bromine and Mercury

Question: Which river rises in the Himalayas in India and drains into the Bay of Bengal?

Ans. Ganges

Question: What is the process called when metals form positively charged ions through loss of electrons?

Ans. Cations

Question: What is the national flower in the Maldives?

Ans. Pink Rose (Rosa)

Question: Portuguese were the first European to come to India. When did the Portuguese leave India?

Ans. 1961

Question: Lake Tanganyika is the world’s longest freshwater lake located in?

Ans. Africa

Question: Name any two examples of cryptocurrency?

Ans. Bitcoin, Litecoin & Dash

Question: Which mountains serve as the boundary between Europe and Asia?

Ans. Ural Mountains

Question: Who is Raghuram Rajan?

Ans. Famous Indian Economist & Former RBI Governor?

Question: Where is Luxembourg?

Ans. Europe

Question: Which strait lies between the Andaman Sea and the South China Sea?

Ans. The Malacca Strait

Question: Which was the only session of Congress presided by M.K. Gandhi?

Ans. Belgaum Session, 1924

Question: “The Story of My Deportation” is authored by?

Ans. Lala Lajpat Rai

Question: Who developed the idea of the WWW to meet the demand for automated information-sharing?

Ans. Tim Berners-Lee.

Question: India’s first ‘Air taxi service’ was launched in which state?

Ans. Haryana state.

Question: Which is largest river basin in India?

Ans. Ganga basin.

Question: Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India and is located on which river?

Ans. Bhagirathi River.

Question: How many countries are in the world?

Ans. 195 countries.

Question: What was the previous name of the official home of the President of India ‘Rashtrapati Bhavan’?

Ans. “Viceroy’s House”.

Question: Alexandria, Egypt was founded by whom?

Ans. Alexander the Great

Question: What is the Dardanelles?

Ans. The Dardanelles is the narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara.

Question: The world gets its blue tint how?

Ans. Because of orange and red wavelengths from the sun

Question: What volume of salt (NaCl) is there in the average adult human body?

Ans. About 0.4 pounds or 200 grams

Question: He chose to walk _____ the subway?

Ans. through

Question: In which country would you be if you were visiting the Taj Mahal?

Ans. India

Question: Which lake is situated at the border of Peru – Bolivia?

Ans. Lake Titicaca

Question: In which continent is the world’s longest river, the Nile?

Ans. Africa

Question: What is Board track racing?

Ans. Car racing

Question: You can melt which metal in the palm of your hand?

Ans. Gallium

Question: Where is the headquarters of the World Economic Forum?

Ans. Switzerland

Question: What is the total number of members in BIMSTEC?

Ans. Seven

Question: If there was Monday on Jan 1, 1992, then which day was there on Jan 1, 1993?

Ans. Wednesday

Question: What are the official languages of Mizoram?

Ans. Mizo and English

Question: Angami Tribe found in?

Ans. Nagaland

Question: Who are said to be the founders of the World’s famous Video site ” YouTube?

Ans. Steve Chen, Jawed Karim & Chad Hurley

Question: Stanley Cup is related to which sport?

Ans. Hockey

Question: Samudra Shakti is a naval exercise between which two countries?

Ans. India and Indonesia

Question: Each year the ‘World Refugee Day’ observed on which date?

Ans. June 20.

Question: When the PSLV-C45/EMISAT MISSION was launched?

Ans. Apr 01, 2019.

Question: First time in India, ‘One School One IAS’ scheme was launched in which state?

Ans. Kerala.

Question: Where is world’s oldest (45,500 years old) known cave painting?

Ans. Indonesia.

Question: Where is the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) head office?

Ans. Meyrin, Switzerland.

Question: Nirmala Sitharaman became the Defence Minister of India on which date?

Ans. 3 September 2017.

Question: Barnehurst town is located in which country?

Ans. England

Question: Diamond and graphite both are forms of what?

Ans. Pure carbon

Question: Name the first metal used by Harappan Civilization?

Ans. Copper

Question: Your heart might race. You could have diarrhea. And you might lose weight without trying, because of which malfunction of Thyroid gland?