General Knowledge for Class 6 with Answers

Here is a challenging set of General Knowledge questions for Class 6 students:

 General Knowledge for Class 6 with Answers

1.  Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?  

   Answer: Mars.

2.  Who was the first Indian woman to go into space?  

   Answer: Kalpana Chawla.

3.  What is the chemical formula for water?  

   Answer: H₂O.

4.  What is the largest continent in the world?  

   Answer: Asia.

5.  In which year did India become a republic?  

   Answer: 1950.

6.  Who wrote the famous book "Wings of Fire"?  

   Answer: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

7.  Which is the largest desert in the world?  

   Answer: Sahara Desert.

8.  How many bones are there in the adult human body?  

   Answer: 206 bones.

9.  What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?  

   Answer: Diamond.

10.  Who is known as the 'Father of the Nation' in India?  

    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.

11.  What is the speed of light?  

    Answer: Approximately 299,792 kilometers per second.

12.  Which country is called the Land of the Rising Sun?  

    Answer: Japan.

13.  What is the main source of energy for the Earth?  

    Answer: The Sun.

14.  Who discovered gravity?  

    Answer: Sir Isaac Newton.

15.  Which Indian state is the largest by area?  

    Answer: Rajasthan.

16.  Which element is known as the "King of Chemicals"?  

   Answer: Sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄).

17.  Who was the first President of India?  

   Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

18.  What is the largest ocean in the world?  

   Answer: Pacific Ocean.

19.  Who is the author of the book "The Discovery of India"?  

   Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru.

20.  Which is the smallest country in the world by area?  

   Answer: Vatican City.

21.  What is the national tree of India?  

   Answer: Banyan tree.

22.  What is the SI unit of force?  

   Answer: Newton (N).

23.  Who discovered penicillin?  

   Answer: Alexander Fleming.

24.  What is the distance between the Earth and the Sun?  

   Answer: Approximately 150 million kilometers (93 million miles).

25.  Which Indian state is known as the "Spice Garden of India"?  

    Answer: Kerala.

26.  Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?  

    Answer: Indira Gandhi.

27.  In which year did the First World War begin?  

    Answer: 1914.

28.  Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?  

    Answer: Nitrogen (about 78%).

29.  What is the main component of the Sun?  

    Answer: Hydrogen.

30.  Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW)?  

    Answer: Tim Berners-Lee.

31.  Which organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood?  

    Answer: Heart.

32.  Who was the first man to step on the Moon?  

    Answer: Neil Armstrong.

33.  What is the capital of Australia?  

    Answer: Canberra.

34.  Which river is known as the longest river in India?  

    Answer: The Ganges (Ganga).

35.  What is the smallest bone in the human body?  

    Answer: Stapes (located in the ear).

36.  Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?  

   Answer: Mount Everest.

37.  What is the full form of DNA?  

   Answer: Deoxyribonucleic Acid.

38.  Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?  

   Answer: Rabindranath Tagore (in Literature, 1913).

39.  Which planet is known as the 'Morning Star' or 'Evening Star'?  

   Answer: Venus.

40.  What is the study of fossils called?  

   Answer: Paleontology.

This set of questions is more appropriate for Class 6, with a mix of topics from science, history, and geography.