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110 Important GK Questions for Class 10
1. Who is the President of India?
Answer: Droupadi Murmu
2. Who is the Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Narendra Modi
3. Which is the largest state in India in terms of area?
Answer: Rajasthan
4. Which is the smallest state in India in terms of area?
Answer: Goa
5. Which is the largest city in India in terms of population?
Answer: Mumbai
6. What is the capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi
7. Which is the highest mountain peak in India?
Answer: Mount Everest
8. Which is the longest river in India?
Answer: Ganga
9. Which is the largest desert in India?
Answer: Thar Desert
10. What is the national animal of India?
Answer: Tiger
11. What is the national bird of India?
Answer: Peacock
12. What is the national flower of India?
Answer: Lotus
13. What is the national tree of India?
Answer: Banyan
14. Which is the national emblem of India?
Answer: Lion Capital of Ashoka
15. Which is the national song of India?
Answer: Vande Mataram
16. Which is the national anthem of India?
Answer: Jana Gana Mana
17. Who wrote the national anthem of India?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
18. Who wrote the national song of India?
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
19. Which is the first state in India to be formed on linguistic basis?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
20. Who is known as the “Father of the Nation” in India?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
21. Which is the highest civilian award in India?
Answer: Bharat Ratna
22. Who was the first President of India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
23. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
24. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi
25. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
26. Who was the first Indian to win the Miss World title?
Answer: Reita Faria
27. Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic gold medal?
Answer: Abhinav Bindra
28. Who is the current Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Justice N.V. Ramana
29. Who is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Answer: Shaktikanta Das
30. Which is the oldest university in India?
Answer: Nalanda University
31. Which is the first satellite launched by India?
Answer: Aryabhata
32. Who is the founder of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)?
Answer: Vikram Sarabhai
33. Which is the first Indian state to achieve 100% electrification?
Answer: Kerala
34. Who is the founder of the Indian National Congress?
Answer: A.O. Hume (Allan Octavian Hume)
35. Which is the first Indian newspaper?
Answer: Bengal Gazette
36. Who is the author of “Discovery of India”?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
37. Which is the first Indian film to win an Oscar?
Answer: “Gandhi”
38. Who is the current Chief Minister of Delhi?
Answer: Arvind Kejriwal
39. Who is the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Yogi Adityanath
40. Who is the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: M.K. Stalin
41. Who is the current President of India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress?
Answer: Sonia Gandhi
42. Who is known as the “Iron Man of India”?
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
43. Who was India’s first President?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
44. Who is the current Vice President of India?
Answer: Venkaiah Naidu
45. Who is the current Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Justice N. V. Ramana
46. Which river is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
Answer: Kosi River
47. Which Indian city is known as the “City of Lakes”?
Answer: Udaipur
48. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”?
Answer: Punjab
49. Which Indian state is known as the “Spice Garden of India”?
Answer: Kerala
50. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
51. Which Indian state is known as the “Jewel of Western India”?
Answer: Gujarat
52. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Festivals”?
Answer: Nagaland
53. What is India’s national aquatic animal?
Answer: River Dolphin
54. What is India’s national bird?
Answer: Indian Peafowl (or Peacock)
55. What is India’s national animal?
Answer: Bengal Tiger
56. What is India’s national flower?
Answer: Lotus
57. Which Indian city is known as the “City of Joy”?
Answer: Kolkata
58. What is India’s national currency?
Answer: Indian Rupee
59. Which Indian city is known as the “Silicon Valley of India”?
Answer: Bangalore (or Bengaluru)
60. Who is the founder of the Tata Group?
Answer: Jamsetji Tata
61. Which Indian state has the highest population?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
62. Which Indian state has the lowest population density?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
63. Which Indian city is known as the “City of Joy”?
Answer: Kolkata
64. Which Indian city is known as the “Pink City”?
Answer: Jaipur
65. Which Indian city is known as the “City of Dreams”?
Answer: Mumbai
66. What is the name of the second highest mountain peak in India?
Answer: K2 (also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori)
67. What is the name of the highest plateau in India?
Answer: Deccan Plateau
68. Who is the first person to step on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
69. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
70. Who is the founder of Microsoft?
Answer: Bill Gates
71. What is the name of the world’s largest desert?
Answer: Sahara Desert
72. What is the name of the world’s largest ocean?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
73. Who is known as the ‘Iron Lady’ of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi.
74. Who invented the light bulb?
Answer: Thomas Edison
75. Who is known as the ‘King of Pop’?
Answer: Michael Jackson
76. What is the largest organ in the human body?
Answer: Skin
77. What is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City
78. What is the largest continent in the world?
Answer: Asia
79. Who invented the steam engine?
Answer: James Watt
80. Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
81. Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
82. Which is the largest animal in the world?
Answer: Blue whale
83. Which is the largest river in the world by volume?
Answer: Amazon River
84. Who is the founder of Facebook?
Answer: Mark Zuckerberg
85. Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
Answer: Angel Falls
86. Which is the largest bird in the world?
Answer: Ostrich
87. Which is the deepest ocean in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
88. Which is the largest country in the world by area?
Answer: Russia
89. Which is the largest island in the world?
Answer: Greenland
90. Which is the highest lake in the world?
Answer: Tilicho Lake
91. Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympic Games?
Answer: Karnam Malleswari
92. In which sport is the term “LBW” used?
Answer: Cricket
93. Which Indian athlete has won the maximum number of Olympic medals?
Answer: P.V. Sindhu
94. Which Indian cricketer has scored the highest number of runs in international cricket?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
95. Who is the first Indian female boxer to win an Olympic medal?
Answer: Mary Kom
96. Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the 400m race at the 2018 Asian Games?
Answer: Hima Das
97. Who is the captain of the Indian cricket team in all three formats of the game?
Answer: Virat Kohli
98. In which year did India win its first cricket World Cup?
Answer: 1983
99. Which Indian football club has won the most number of National Football League/I-League titles?
Answer: Dempo SC
100. Which Indian shooter has won the most number of medals in the history of the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Gagan Narang
101. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
102. Who was the first female ruler of Delhi Sultanate?
Answer: Razia Sultana
103. Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Constitution”?
Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
104. Who was the last ruler of the Mughal Empire?
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar II.
105. Who was the founder of the Khilji dynasty in India?
Answer: Jalaluddin Khilji
106. Who was the leader of the Indian National Congress during the Quit India Movement in 1942?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.
107. Who was the last Governor-General of India?
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
108. Which is the largest river in India by volume of water?
Answer: Brahmaputra River
109. Which is the largest saltwater lake in India?
Answer: Chilika Lake
110. Which is the southernmost point in India?
Answer: Indira Point, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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