Here are 100 easy general knowledge questions and answers in English that can help you expand your knowledge base. From history to science, geography to pop culture, these questions cover a variety of subjects and are perfect for testing your knowledge or challenging your friends in a trivia game.
1. What is the capital city of Japan?
Tokyo
2. How many continents are there on Earth?
Seven
3. What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue Whale
4. In which country is the Great Pyramid of Giza located?
Egypt
5. Who is known as the father of modern physics?
Albert Einstein
6. Which ocean is the largest?
Pacific Ocean
7. What is the boiling point of water?
100°C (212°F)
8. Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Japan
9. What year did World War II end?
World War II ended in 1945
10. Who painted the "Mona Lisa"?
Leonardo da Vinci
11. Who wrote the "Harry Potter" series?
J.K. Rowling
12. What is the most expensive metal in the world?
Rhodium
13. Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice"?
Jane Austen
14. What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
15. What currency is used in the European Union?
Euro
16. Which country has the most volcanoes?
Indonesia
17. Which planet is known as Earth's "sister planet"?
Venus
18. Who is the Greek god of the sea?
Poseidon
19. What is the smallest bird in the world?
Bee Hummingbird
20. Which planet is known for its rings?
Saturn
21. Who developed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
22. Which animal is known as the "Ship of the Desert"?
Camel
23. What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
24. Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
25. Which gas is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
26. Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
27. What is the primary language spoken in Brazil?
Portuguese
28. Which organization publishes the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report?
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
29. What is the brightest star called?
Sirius (Dog Star)
30. Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
31. Which author created the character Sherlock Holmes?
Arthur Conan Doyle
32. Which ancient civilization built the pyramids?
Egyptian
33. What empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?
Mongol Empire
34. What is the study of weather called?
Meteorology
35. Who developed the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
36. Which country is known as the "Land of Fire and Ice"?
Iceland
37. Which gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide
38. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
39. What force keeps objects grounded on Earth?
Gravity
40. What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?
Oxygen
41. Who discovered the nucleus of a cell?
Robert Brown
42. Which vitamin is produced when a person is exposed to sunlight?
Vitamin D
43. What is the smallest mammal by mass in the world?
Etruscan shrew
44. Which country has the most time zones?
France
45. Which is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
46. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
47. Which vitamin is known as ascorbic acid?
Vitamin C
48. Which animal can survive being frozen?
Wood Frog
49. Who invented the television?
John Logie Baird
50. What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions?
Brahmi
51. Which is the element found on the surface of the moon?
Titanium
52. Which was the first talkie film of India?
Alam Ara
53. Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India?
Feroze Shan Tughlaq
54. Which country is the largest producer of Bauxite?
Australia
55. ‘Gobar gas’ contains mainly which gas?
Methane
56. Where is the Sargasso sea located?
North Atlantic Ocean
57. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
Champaran
58. Which State shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India?
Assam
59. Which mountain range stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north?
Aravallis
60. What is considered as the easily digestable source of protein?
Soyabean
61. During which reign was Kalidasa lived?
Chandragupta II
62. What is the term as the drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rocks?
Trellis
63. Which language was used in the literature of Sangam period?
Tamil
64. Which are the earliest Buddhist literature that deal with the stories of the various birth of Buddha?
Jatakas
65. Which animal resembles most to human beings in terms of physical and mental capabilities?
Chimpanzee
66. Which instrument instrument used for recording earthquake waves?
Seismograph
67. Under the leadership of which Guru did the Sikh become a political and military force?
Guru Gobind Singh
68. Which decisive battle was fought during the Third Carnatic War between the English and the French?
Wandiwash
69. What is the situation with increasing unemployment and inflation termed?
Stagflation
70. In which country was Buddhism first propogated outside India?
Srilanka
71. Who was well-known patron of the Mahayana of Buddhism?
Kanishka
72. By whom was the Bhakti Movement first organised?
Ramananda
73. From the evolutionary point of view, which is the most primitive animal?
Turtle
74. Which cytoplasmic organelles are treated as prokaryotic cells within the eukaryotic cells?
Glyoxysomes
75. Who was the first General-Secretary of the Indian National Congress?
Dadabhai Naoroji
76. Who started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
77. Which Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?
Palk Strait
78. Which Land tenure systems was introduced by Lord Cornwallis?
Zamindari
79. Which are the glands of the body which pour their secretions directly into the blood stream?
Endocrine glands
80. Who discovered the laws of planetary orbits?
Johannes Kepler
81. Which God lost his importance as the first deity during the Later Vedic period?
Varuna
82. What do the surface of Earth that lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
Torrid Zone
83. Who was the famous Indo-Greek king who embraced Buddhism?
Menander
84. During which reign did both Vardhaman Mahavira and Gautama Buddha preach their doctrines?
Bimbisara
85. What is the name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions?
Priyadarsi
86. Where are Shevaroy Hills located?
Tamil Nadu
87. Which rays will deflect in electric field?
Cathode rays
88. Who led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905)?
Surendranath Banerjee
89. Who presided over the inaugural meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India?
Sachidananda Sinha
90. The filament of an electric bulb is made of which metal?
Tungsten
91. In India, where did the Dutch establish their earliest factory?
Masulipattanam
92. Who is the Father of local self government in India?
Lord Ripon
93. Who is considered to be the father of Ayurveda?
Charaka
94. Who commanded the Maratha army in the third battle of Panipat?
Sadashiv Rao Bhau
95. Which worm reach into intestine of human by eating leaf?
Tape worm
96. By whom was the practice of Sati was declared illegal?
Lord William Bentinck
97. By whom was Electron first identified?
J. J. Thomson
98. What is the transfer of pollengrain from pollensac to stigma called?
Pollination
99. During whose reign did the Mongols first invade India?
Iltutmish
100. Which Strait separates Asia from North America?
The Bering Strait
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