100+ GK Questions and Answers for Class 8


World Geography

Q1: What is the capital of Australia?

Answer: Canberra

Q2: Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia?

Answer: Ural Mountains

Q3: Which is the largest ocean on Earth?

Answer: Pacific

Q4: In which country is the Great Barrier Reef located?

Answer: Australia

Q5: Which is the longest river in India?

Answer: Ganges

Q6: Which is the largest desert in Asia?

Answer: Gobi Desert

Q7: What is the capital of Egypt?

Answer: Cairo

Q8: Which country has the most natural lakes?

Answer: Canada

Q9: Which is the smallest country in the world?

Answer: Vatican City

Q10: Which continent is called the “frozen continent”?

Answer: Antarctica

Common knowledge about important dates

Q1: When is International Women’s Day celebrated?

Answer: March 8th.

Q2: When is World Hindi Day celebrated?

Answer: January 10

Q3: When is India’s Republic Day celebrated?

Answer: January 26

Q4: When is India’s Independence Day?

Answer: August 15

Q5: When is Earth Day celebrated?

Answer: April 22

Q6: What is the significance of November 14 in India?

Answer: Children’s Day (Jawaharlal Nehru’s birth anniversary)

Q7: When is World Health Day?

Answer: April 7

Q8: What is celebrated on June 21st?

Answer: International Yoga Day

Q9: When is Teachers’ Day celebrated in India?

Answer: September 5

Q10: What is the significance of January 1st?

Answer: New Year’s Day

history

Q1: Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?

Answer: Neil Armstrong

Q2: In which year did India gain independence?

Answer: 1947

Q3: Who was the first female Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Q4: Which ancient civilization built the pyramids?

Answer: Egyptian

Q5: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Question 6: What was the name of the ship that sank in 1912?

Answer: Titanic.

Q7: Who is known as the “Iron Man of India”?

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q8: Which war took place between the American North and South?

Answer: Civil War

Q9: What was the main cause of World War I?

Answer: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Q10: Who discovered America in 1492?

Answer: Christopher Columbus

Latest GK Questions (2024)

Question 1: Who wins the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup?

Answer: Colombia

Q2: What important new features did Apple announce at WWDC in June 2024?

Answer: Quantum computing chip

Q3: Who won the 2024 MTV Music Award for Best Album?

Answer: Olivia Rodrigo

Q4: Which city will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2024?

Answer: Stockholm

Q5: Who wins the 2024 US Open Women’s Singles Championship?

Answer: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

Q6: Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar?

Answer: Bhanu Athiya

Question 7: What are the main gases in the Earth’s atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen

Q8: Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Q9: Which is the largest ocean in the world?

Answer: Pacific

Q10: Which is the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest

Grade 8 GK Test: Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among the following translated Babu Nama from Chagatai into Persian? A. Humayun B. Akbar C. Abul Fazl D. Abdul Rahim Khan Ans. D

2. Which of the following microorganisms carries malaria? A. Butterflies B. Female Anopheles mosquitoes C. Protists D. None of the above.

3. Vilnius is the capital of which country? A. Libya B. Lithuania C. Luxembourg D. Lebanon Answer: B

4. Jaldapara National Park is located in which of the following Indian states? A. Tamil Nadu B. Chhattisgarh C. West Bengal D. Ladakh Answer: C

5. Who invented Facebook? A. Mark Zuckerberg B. Benjamin Franklin C. Robert Fulton D. None of the above Answer: A

6. What does forestry mean? A. It is the science of raising silkworms. B. It is the science of raising sheep. C. It is the science of forest cultivation. D. It is the science of beekeeping. Answer: C

7. Which of the following is Japan’s national sport? A. Cricket B. Sumo C. Basketball D. Football Answer: B

8. Which of the following substances is called wood alcohol? A. Ethyl B. Butanol C. Methanol D. Propyl Answer: C

9. Which country invented the compass first? A. China B. Japan C. Egypt D. Belarus Answer: A

10. Which of the following is known as the “Frontier Gandhi”? A. Bhagat Singh B. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan C. Khudiram Bose D. Ram Prasad Bismil Ans. B

11. Who is called the “Saint of the Slums”? A. Mother Teresa B. Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini C. Saint Cyprian D. Saint Margaret Clitheroe Ans. A

12. Which of the following Mughal emperors was called Zinda Pir? A. Akbar B. Humayun C. Aurangzeb D. Shah Jahan Ans. C

13. What is the full name of AIDS? A. Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeB. Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeC. Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeD. None of the above is the answer. B

14. Which of the following is called the suicide bag of the cell? A. Golgi apparatus B. Lysosome C. Ribosome D. Mitochondria Answer: B

15. Which of the following are visual impairments? A. Myopia B. Hyperopia C. Presbyopia D. All of the above are the answers.

  1. Which of the following is not part of the cell nucleus?

A. Ribosome

B. Nucleolus

C. Chromosome

D.Gene

Answer: A. Ribosome

  1. Which of the following is a single-celled organism?

Amoeba and Paramecium

B. Human

C. Mouse

D. Fish

Answer: Amoeba and Paramecium

  1. The green color of leaves is due to the presence of the pigment _______.

A. Chlorophyll

B. Ribosome

C. Mitochondria

D.Chloroplast

Answer: A. Chlorophyll

  1. Who among the following discovered cells?

Robert Hooke

B. Matthias Schleiden

C. Theodore Schwann

D. Rudolf Virchow

Answer: Robert Hooke

  1. All multicellular organisms begin life as ___________.

A. Single cell

B. Double Cell

C. Three cells

D. No cells

Answer: A. Single cell

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8th Grade GK Test: Fill in the Blanks

1. Bisnupur is famous for its terracotta temples and is located in the state of …….., India.

West Bengal

2. …………. is called the powerhouse of the cell.

Answer: Mitochondria

3. ……… is the first Indian woman astronaut.

Answer: Kalpana Chawla

4. The Durand Cup is associated with the ………………… sport.

Answer: Football

5. …….. is the unit of pressure.

Answer: Pascal

6. ………This mineral is called horn silver.

Answer: Silver chloride

7. …….. is called the nightingale of India.

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

8…………… The canal draws water from the Sutlej and Beas rivers in India. Answer: Indira Gandhi Canal

9. …….. is the only number that cannot be used as a divisor.

Answer 0 (zero)

10……………..Abolition of “Sati Pratha” in India.

Governor General Lord William Bentinck

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11. The World Health Organization is located in …………………………..

Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

12. ……..is the smallest bird. Answer: Hummingbird

13. ………. is the highest dam in India. Answer: Tehri Dam

14. ………. was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. Ans. Vallabhbhai Patel

15. ………. is a common preservative in pickles and jams. Answer: Sodium benzoate

16. The Battle of Buxar took place in …….. Ans. 1764

17. …….. took the first step on the moon. Neil Armstrong

18. …is called the father of mathematics. Archimedes

19. ………. was the first president of India. Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

20. ……..metal is the lightest metal in the world. The answer is lithium.

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