Basic General Knowledge Questions

  1. Which planet is closest to the sun? Answer: Mercury.
  2. Who is the current Prime Minister of India? Answer: Narendra Modi.
  3. Who painted the famous painting called “The Mona Lisa”? Answer: Leonardo da Vinci.
  4. What is the largest country in the world by land area? Answer: Russia.
  5. What is the currency of Japan? Answer: Japanese yen.
  6. Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”? Answer: Japan.
  7. What is the name of the world’s largest ocean? Answer: Pacific Ocean.
  8. Who wrote the famous novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”? Answer: Harper Lee.
  9. What is the capital city of Australia? Answer: Canberra.
  10. What is the capital city of Egypt? Answer: Cairo.
  11. Which is the largest mammal in the world? Answer: Blue Whale.
  12. What is the largest organ in the human body? Answer: Skin.
  13. Who discovered the law of gravity? Answer: Sir Isaac Newton.
  14. Who was the first man to step on the moon? Answer: Neil Armstrong.
  15. Which country has the largest population in the world? Answer: China.
  16. Who is the creator of the comic book character, Spider-Man? Answer: Stan Lee.
  17. Which is the largest desert in the world? Answer: Sahara Desert.
  18. Which is the highest mountain in Africa? Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro.
  19. Who is the founder of Microsoft? Answer: Bill Gates.
  20. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world? Answer: Lake Superior.
  21. Who invented the telephone? Answer: Alexander Graham Bell.
  22. Which is the longest river in the world? Answer: Nile River.
  23. Who wrote the famous play, Romeo and Juliet? Answer: William Shakespeare.
  24. What is the currency of the United States? Answer: US Dollar.
  25. What is the name of the world’s largest waterfall? Answer: Victoria Falls.
  26. Which country is home to the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa? Answer: United Arab Emirates.
  27. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? Answer: Margaret Thatcher.
  28. What is the capital city of Brazil? Answer: Brasilia.
  29. Who painted the famous painting called “Starry Night”? Answer: Vincent van Gogh.
  30. Which is the smallest continent in the world? Answer: Australia.
  31. Who is the current President of the United States? Answer: Joe Biden.
  32. What is the largest island in the world? Answer: Greenland.
  33. Who discovered penicillin? Answer: Alexander Fleming.
  34. Which country is known as the “Land of Smiles”? Answer: Thailand.
  35. Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest? Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
  36. What is the capital city of Canada? Answer: Ottawa.
  37. Which is the only continent that is also a country? Answer: Australia.
  38. Who wrote the famous novel “War and Peace”? Answer: Leo Tolstoy.
  39. Which is the largest city in the world by population? Answer: Tokyo, Japan.
  40. Who was the first person to sail around the world? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan.
  41. Which is the largest island country in the world? Answer: Indonesia.
  42. Who wrote the famous novel “1984”? Answer: George Orwell.
  43. What is the capital city of Argentina? Answer: Buenos Aires.
  44. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany? Answer: Angela Merkel.
  45. What is the name of the world’s largest reef system? Answer: Great Barrier Reef.
  46. Which country is known as the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”? Answer: Bhutan.
  47. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations? Answer: António Guterres.
  48. Which is the largest stadium in the world by capacity? Answer: Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea

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