Here are 50 General Knowledge (GK) questions suitable for Class 10 students, focusing on a higher level of difficulty across various subjects like science, history, geography, politics, and current affairs.
GK Questions for Class 10th with Answers
History & Politics:
1. Who is known as the 'Father of the Indian Constitution'?
Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
2. In which year was the Battle of Plassey fought?
Answer: 1757
3. Who was the Viceroy of India during the partition in 1947?
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
4. Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Shah Jahan
5. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore (1913, Literature)
6. Which Act led to the formation of the Supreme Court of India?
Answer: The Regulating Act of 1773
7. What was the real name of Bhagat Singh?
Answer: Bhagat Singh
8. Which historical movement is associated with Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March?
Answer: The Salt Satyagraha (1930)
9. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu (Governor of Uttar Pradesh)
10. Which treaty ended the First World War?
Answer: Treaty of Versailles (1919)
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Geography:
11. Which is the largest active volcano in the world?
Answer: Mauna Loa (Hawaii)
12. What is the deepest point in the Earth's oceans?
Answer: Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep)
13. Which Indian state is known as the 'Land of Rising Sun'?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
14. What is the longest river in India?
Answer: Ganga River
15. Which ocean is the smallest in the world?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
16. In which state is the Kanchenjunga mountain located?
Answer: Sikkim
17. Which city is known as the 'Silicon Valley of India'?
Answer: Bengaluru
18. What is the capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
19. Which country shares the longest border with India?
Answer: Bangladesh
20. What is the name of the boundary line between India and Pakistan?
Answer: Radcliffe Line
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Science & Technology:
21. What is the chemical symbol for Potassium?
Answer: K
22. Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Answer: James Watson and Francis Crick
23. Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen (about 78%)
24. Who developed the theory of relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein
25. Which planet has the most moons in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
26. What is the SI unit of electric current?
Answer: Ampere
27. Which is the hardest naturally occurring substance on Earth?
Answer: Diamond
28. Which element is necessary for photosynthesis to occur?
Answer: Chlorophyll
29. Who is regarded as the father of modern chemistry?
Answer: Antoine Lavoisier
30. What is the full form of DNA?
Answer: Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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Economics & Current Affairs:
31. Who is the current President of India (as of 2024)?
Answer: Droupadi Murmu
32. Which country has the highest GDP in the world?
Answer: United States of America
33. What is the name of the first Indian satellite?
Answer: Aryabhata (launched in 1975)
34. Which Indian city is known as the 'Financial Capital of India'?
Answer: Mumbai
35. What is the full form of GST in the Indian taxation system?
Answer: Goods and Services Tax
36. Which country launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission?
Answer: India (ISRO)
37. Which global organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020?
Answer: World Health Organization (WHO)
38. What is the official currency of the European Union?
Answer: Euro
39. Which Indian scientist played a key role in the development of India’s nuclear program?
Answer: Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
40. Which Indian city hosted the G20 Summit in 2023?
Answer: New Delhi
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Sports:
41. Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
Answer: Abhinav Bindra (Shooting, 2008)
42. Who holds the record for the most runs in Test cricket?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
43. What is the national sport of Canada?
Answer: Ice Hockey
44. Which country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles?
Answer: Brazil (5 titles)
45. Who became the first Indian woman to win a medal in wrestling at the Olympics?
Answer: Sakshi Malik (Bronze, 2016)
46. What is the full form of IPL in cricket?
Answer: Indian Premier League
47. In which year did India win its first ICC Cricket World Cup?
Answer: 1983
48. Which is the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament?
Answer: Wimbledon
49. Who is the only cricketer to score 100 international centuries?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
50. Which Indian female athlete won a silver medal in Badminton at the 2016 Rio Olympics?
Answer: P.V. Sindhu
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These questions cover a wide range of topics and are well-suited for Class 10th students to expand their general knowledge.
