110 Important GK Questions for Class 10 with Answer

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These GK Questions cover a wide range of subjects such as history, geography, science, economics, politics, sports, and current affairs.

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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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