GK Questions For Class 5
This is a stage where kids have learned a lot of new things but will be unsure of many other things.
Let’s go with some of the interesting General Knowledge (gk) questions for class 5 Students to quench their thirst for knowledge.
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1. Which is the 4th planet of our solar system?
Ans: Mars
2. Which is the largest river in the world?
Ans: Amazon
3. Name a plant that grows in the desert?
Ans: Cactus
4. Which is the brightest planet in the solar system?
Ans: Venus
5. A football team consists of how many members?
Ans: 11
6. What is the young one of a cow called?
Ans: Calf
7. Which is the largest ocean in the world?
Ans: Pacific Ocean
8. The branch of science that deals with earthquakes is called ___________
Ans: Seismology
9. “Wings of Fire” is the autobiography of ______________
Ans: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
10. Which is the national bird of the USA?
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Ans: Bald Eagle
11. The smallest bone in the human body is __________
Ans: Stapes (located in the ear)
12. Which is the deepest oceanic trench in the world?
Ans: Mariana Trench
13. Name a country without an official capital?
Ans: Nauru
14. Name the capital of Romania?
Ans: Bucharest
15. Which is the largest plateau in the world?
Ans: Tibetan Plateau
16. Young one of a horse is called?
Ans: Foal
17. How many bones does an adult human body have?
Ans: 206
18. Who wrote the famous play, “Romeo and Juliet”?
Ans: William Shakespeare
19. Atacama Desert is located in which continent?
Ans: South America
20. Study of the universe is called?
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Ans: Cosmology
21. Mt. Vesuvius is located in which country?
Ans: Italy
22. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Space Program”?
Ans: Vikram Sarabhai
23. Mt. Abu is located in?
Ans: India
24. What is the capital of Armenia?
Ans: Yerevan
25. “B” in BRICS, an international organization, stands for?
Ans: Brazil
26. Where is Spratly Islands located?
Ans: South China Sea
27. Where is the headquarters of European Union located?
Ans: Brussels, Belgium
28. In which city is the world’s largest port located?
Ans: Shanghai
29. For which event did Neeraj Chopra win a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
Ans: Javelin throw
30. In which year did India win the first Cricket World Cup?
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Ans: 1983
31. In which year was South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) established?
Ans: 1985
32. Which country is known as the “land of the blue sky”?
Ans: Mongolia
33. Richter Scale is used to measure _________
Ans: Magnitude of earthquakes
34. Coco Islands are located in which sea?
Ans: Bay of Bengal
35. Who wrote the book “Midnight’s children”?
Ans: Salman Rushdie
36. Who was the first person to go to space?
Ans: Yuri Gagarin
37. Which is the deepest lake in the world?
Ans: Lake Baikal
38. Name the device that provides power to the connected devices of a computer during power outages?
Ans: Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)
39. What is the full form of URL?
Ans: Uniform Resource Locator
40. Who invented World Wide Web (www)?
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Ans: Tim Berners-Lee
41. When did the Internet come into existence?
Ans: January 1, 1983
42. Where is the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab, the popular cyber security and anti-virus provider, located?
Ans: Moscow
43. Name the planet in our solar system that is known as the “Red Planet”
Ans: Mars
44. Name the scientist who discovered gravity?
Ans: Sir Isaac Newton
45. Whose birthday is celebrated as “Engineer’s Day” in India?
Ans: Sir M Visvesaraya
46. Between which planets does the asteroid belt exist in our solar system?
Ans: Mars and Jupiter
47. Who invented dynamite?
Ans: Alfred Nobel
48. Name the country Alfred Nobel, the famous inventor, was born in?
Ans: Sweden
49. Which is the longest bone in the human body?
Ans: Femur (thigh bone)
50. Who invented airplanes?
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Ans: Wright brothers (Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright)
51. Which galaxy does solar system belong to?
Ans: Milky Way
52. What is the speed of light in vacuum?
Ans: 3,00,000 km/sec
53. Which gas is commonly found in our universe?
Ans: Hydrogen
54. When is World Heritage Day celebrated?
Ans: April 18
55. Which is the smallest continent in the world?
Ans: Australia
56. Telephone was invented by ___________
Ans: Alexander Graham Bell
57. Who invented light bulb?
Ans: Thomas Alva Edison
58. Which is the national game of the USA?
Ans: Baseball
59. Which is the lightest gas?
Ans: Hydrogen
60. Branch of science that deals with scientific study of insects is known as _________
Ans: Entomology
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61. Who invented the television?
Ans: John Logie Baird
62. Who was known as “Indian Napolean”?
Ans: Samudragupta
63. The total distance between the Sun and the Earth is ___________
Ans: 149.6 Million km
64. Who formulated the theory of relativity?
Ans: Albert Einstein
65. Which mathematician is known as the “Prince of Indian Mathematics”?
Ans: Srinivasa Ramanujan
66. Sound cannot travel through _________
Ans: Vacuum
67. What is the full form of ROM?
Ans: Read-Only Memory
68. Name the smallest ocean in the world?
Ans: Arctic Ocean
69. Goitre is caused by the deficiency of?
Ans: Arctic Ocean
70. The term “LBW” is related to which sport?
Ans: Cricket
71. In which year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
Ans: 1492
72. Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
Ans: Mount Everest
73. The famous novel, Alice in Wonderland, was written by?
Ans: Lewis Carroll
74. Name the ocean in which the famous ship, Titanic, had sunk?
Ans: North Atlantic Ocean
75. What is the scientific name of tomato?
Ans: Solanum lycopersicum
76. 1024 kilobytes is equal to _.
Ans: 1 Megabyte(MB)
77. Who is Paulo Coelho?
Ans: Brazilian Novelist
78. A figure with 6 sides is known as ________.
Ans: Hexagon
79. What do UPS stand for?
Ans: Uninterrupted Power Supply
80. At which temperature does water boil?
Ans: 100◦C
81. Name the acid in lemon.
Ans: Citric acid
82. Which is the first animal to land on the moon?
Ans: Laika, The dog
83. Name the two Oceans in which Australia is sandwiched between?
Ans: The Indian Ocean and The Pacific Ocean
84. What do AM and PM stand for?
Ans: AM stands for Ante Meridiem and PM stands for Post Meridiem
85. Statue of Liberty is in _.
Ans- New York City
86. Name the five layers of Earth’s atmosphere.
Ans: Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere
87. Name the border of India and Pakistan.
Ans: Radcliffe Line
88. What is Ablutophobia?
Ans: It is the Fear of Bathing
89. What is the full form of HTTP?
Ans: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
90. Identify the Tennis Player.
Ans: Roger Federer
91. Which is the coldest planet in our solar system?
Ans: Neptune
92. Which gas is known as “Laughing gas”?
Ans: Nitrous Oxide
93. Name the largest temple in the World.
Ans: Angkor Wat
94. Which of the following is not a component of chlorophyll?
a) Magnesium
b) Carbon
c) Calcium
d) None of These
Ans: C. Calcium
95. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
Ans: Lake Baikal
96. What is the full form of MBBS?
Ans: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
97. Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Ans: Siddhartha Gautama
98. What is the capital of Italy?
Ans: Rome
99. When is UN day celebrated?
Ans: October 24
100. What is the scientific name of Mango?
Ans: Mangifera Indica