Top 50 GK Questions with Answers for Students

  1. What do you mean by Syntax? Study of constructing sentence
  2. What do you mean by Phonetics? Study of speech sounds
  3. Which is the national flower of Portugal? Lavender
  4. The Battle of Hattin was fought in _________ ? 1187
  5. Saladin took back Jerusalem after the Battle of ________ ? Hittin
  6. Which of the following countries has not been recognized by Pakistan? Armenia
  7. Who was the first Norman king of England? William
  8. Which is the national flower of Poland? Corn Poppy
  9. Which is the national flower of the Philippines? Sampaguita
  10. Which is the national flower of Peru? Cantuta
  11. Vientiane is the capital and largest city of _________? Laos
  12. India’s financial capital Mumbai is located in its which state? Maharashtra
  13. “Jiji Press” is the news agency of which country? Japan
  14. “RIA Novosti” was the news agency of which country? Russia
  15. First Pakistani who conquered Mount Aconcagua in Argentina? Samina Baig
  16. Battle of Hastings was fought in __________ ? 1066
  17. Arabs divested the provinces of _______ & _______ from Roman Empire? Syria & Egypt
  18. Who were the people known as Saracens? Muslims
  19. The world’s first nuclear power plant was built by __________? Russia
  20. Which of the following UN agencies has received Nobel Peace Prize? All of above
  21. United Nations Conference on Trade & Development is based in __________? Geneva
  22. Headquarters of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is located in __________? Beijing
  23. In the marathon race athletes have to cover a distance of how many miles? 26
  24. The code name for Abbottabad Operation (2011) was ___________? Operation Neptune Spear
  25. Which is the national flower of Myanmar (Burma)? Padauk
  26. Which is the national flower of Nepal? Red Rhododendron
  27. Which is the national flower of New Zealand? Kowhai
  28. First digital camera invented by __________? Steven Sasson
  29. Which company introduced first handheld digital camera? Kodak
  30. When was the first photograph taken? 1826
  31. Which is the national flower of Mexico? Dahlia
  32. Pir Ilahi Bux Tower (Literacy Tower) is located in which city of Sindh? Sukkur
  33. Separation of United Kingdom from European Union is called ________? Brexit
  34. When did Cambodia get its independence from France? 1953
  35. Cambodia was a former ________ Colony just before its independence? French
  36. Which country occupied Cambodia during World War II? Japan
  37. Who was the only laureate to refuse the Nobel Prize? Jean-Paul Sartre
  38. Which is the national flower of Maldives? Pink Rose
  39. Napoleon Bonaparte was a __________ military and political leader. French
  40. Which of the following is considered the first great work in world literature? Epic of Gilgamesh
  41. Belligerents of Battle of Salamis were ____________? Greeks and Persians
  42. Who abolished slavery in America? Abraham Lincoln
  43. Indus Valley Civilization was destroyed by _________? Aryans
  44. A.S. Hornsby is famous for ________? Writing dictionaries
  45. Of the following, who is the most translated author in the world? Agatha Christie
  46. Who is called the Master Builder? Shah Jehan
  47. Which is the national flower of Malaysia? Bunga Raya (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
  48. Which is the national flower of Macedonia? Opium Poppy
  49. Juba is the capital of ___________? South Sudan
  50. “All powers to the Soviets” is the slogan given by ___________? Vladimir Lenin
  51. Valentia Island is off the coast of which country? Ireland
  52. What do you call the offspring of an elephant, walrus and a whale? Calf
  53. Russia observes its independence day every year on __________? June 12
  54. Archery is a national game of __________? Bhutan
  55. Where is headquarters of European Union? Brussels
  56. Which is the national flower of Liberia? Pepper
  57. Who is the author of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’? Ernest Hemingway
  58. Who is the writer of ‘The End of History and The Last Man’? Francis Fukuyama

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