GK Questions for Class 8 with Answers 2023

GK Questions for Class 8 with Answers

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GK Questions for Class 8 with Answers

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gk questions for class 8th with answers

Here are 1 to 67 GK questions for class 8 with their answers. Try to guess the answer yourself first. Even if your guess is incorrect, you will still get knowledge from it.

1. How many baseball players are on a team?

Answer: nine

2. Who founded the search engine “Google”?

Answer: Larry Page and Sergey Brin

3. How many sides does the Pentagon have?

Answer: five

4. What is the meaning of 4G?

Answer: Fourth generation

5. When was the camera invented?

Answer: In the year 1816

6. What is the height of Kangchenjunga?

Answer: 8,586 meters

7. What is the origin of Tapi river?

Answer: Satpura Range

8. What is the highest region of the earth called?

Ans: The answer is 14,370 feet above sea level in Tibet.

9. Which Indian public sector bank is the biggest?

Answer: State Bank of India

10. What was the reign of Razia Sultana?

Answer: 1236AD – 1240AD

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11. Where is Salim Ali National Park located?

Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

12. Name any other search engine other than Google.

Answer: Yahoo

13. Where is the World Health Organization located?

Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

14. When is National Science Day celebrated?

Answer: 28 February

15. Which nation’s capital is Kuala Lumpur?

Answer: Malaysia

16. What is the currency of Japan?

Answer: Japanese yen

17. Where is the pyramid of Khufu located?

Answer: Egypt

18. Bibi Ka Maqbara is associated with which Mughal ruler?

Answer: Aurangzeb

19. Where was the freedom fighter Udham Singh born?

Answer: Sangrur, Punjab

20. How many times can a US President be elected?

Answer: Eight years (twice)

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21. Who is called the father of Mathematics?

Answer: Archimedes

22. What is the capital of Mexico City?

Answer: Mexico City

23. How many MB are there in 1 GB?

Answer: 1024 MB

24. Give the name of a single nation that is present in both Asia and Europe.

Answer: Turkey

25. What is the meaning of Kovid-19?

Answer: Coronavirus disease 2019

26. Which probe launch was a major inspiration for the film “Mission Mangal”?

Answer: Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) / Mangalyaan

27. Which revolutionary gave the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”?

Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri

28. Who is the author of “The God of Small Things”?

Answer: Arundhati Roy

29. Which Indian state came first in terms of language?

Answer 29. Andhra Pradesh

30. Where is the Bhil tribe found?

Answer: Rajasthan

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31. What does “DC” stand for in Washington DC?

Answer: District of Columbia

32. What is Nagpur famous for?

Answer: Orange

33. What is the full form of ISRO?

Answer: Indian Space Research Organization

34. How many prime and prime numbers are there between 1 and 100?

Answer: 25 and 73

35. Which date is written in the Preamble of India?

Answer: November 26, 1949

36. What is formed when there is friction?

Answer: Heat

37. What is the motto of the International Committee?

Answer: faster, higher, stronger and together

38. How long does a test match last?

Answer: more than 5 days

39. When is Earth Day celebrated?

Answer: 22 April

40. ‘Taekwondo’ is from which country?

answer. North Korea

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41. Which state of India has its own constitution?

Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

42. Name the smallest continent of the world.

Answer: Australia

43. What is the meaning of LED?

Answer: Light Emitting Diode

44. From which language has the word Tsunami come?

Answer: Japanese

45. Which is the largest organ of the human body?

Answer: skin

46. The Story of My Experiments with Truth was written by who?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

47. Which state of India has the longest coastline?

Ans: Gujarat has the 1,596 km. longest coastline.

48. Which is the latest desert of the world?

Answer: Sahara

49. Which two oceans does the Panama Canal connect?

Answer: Atlantic and Pacific

50. In which year India celebrated its first Republic Day?

Answer: 1950

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51. Which continent is thought to be the hottest on Earth?

Answer: Africa

52. Which bank is known as “Banker’s Bank”?

Answer: Reserve Bank of India

53. Which animal never drinks water?

Answer: Kangaroo rat

54. Which element glows in the dark?

Answer: radioactive elements

55. Which planet has the longest revolution in the solar system?

Answer: Venus

56. Which metal is found in the core of the earth?

Answer: iron

57. Which metal is soft metal?

Answer: gold

58. Which metal is in liquid form?

Answer: Mercury

59. Which animal is the world’s largest on land?

Answer: African elephant

60. Which nation has the smallest land area in the world?

Answer: Vatican City

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61. Which animal is the quickest in the world?

Answer: Cheetah

62. Who invented electricity?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

63. Which continent is called the “dark continent”?

Answer: Africa

64. Which number is not a number?

Answer: Zero

65. How many stars are there in the flag of China?

Answer: five

66. Through which mediums is sound transmitted?

Answer: solid, liquid and gas

67. Which is the largest animal living in water?

Answer: Blue Whale

GK Questions for Class 8 2023

Here we have provided many general knowledge questions for class 8 to upgrade their general knowledge level. These questions are prepared by Vedantu experts from different fields like History, Science, Mathematics, Society, Geography, Maps, Sports etc. so that students can put their knowledge of several fields into practise. We hope you have practiced and learned all these questions. Practicing general knowledge questions helps in understanding general topics and helps in increasing general awareness. It makes a person more curious about his surroundings and various recent developments and issues. So, keep practicing and keep updating your knowledge.