50+ GK Questions for Class 3

In this article, we will be listing over 50 GK questions for students of class 3. These simple and straightforward GK questions and answers are written to boost the general knowledge of class 3 students. This article has been designed to create an age-appropriate awareness of GK in children.

1. What do you call a shape with five sides?
   Answer: Polygon

2. What is the name of India’s highest mountain peak?
   Answer: Kanchenjunga

3. In which country did the game of chess originate?
   Answer: India

4. How many spokes/chakras does the Indian flag have?
   Answer: 24

5. Which is the largest country in the world (in terms of area)?
   Answer: Russia

6. Which is the smallest planet in the solar system?
   Answer: Mercury

7. Which instrument is used to measure the speed and pressure of the wind?
   Answer: Anemometer

8. Which author is credited for writing the Harry Potter book series?
   Answer: J.K Rowling

9. Which Indian woman was known as the ‘Human Computer’?
   Answer: Shakuntala Devi

10. Who is the author of Alice in Wonderland?
    Answer: Lewis Carol

11. Who invented the Steam Engine?
    Answer: James Watt

12. Who was the second person to step foot on the moon?
    Answer: Buzz Aldrin

13. Who was the first female President of India?
    Answer: Pratibha Patil

14. Who was the first person to calculate the value of Pi?
    Answer: Archimedes

15. Which is the biggest coral reef in the world?
    Answer: Great Barrier Reef

16. Which is the largest part of the brain?
    Answer: Cerebrum

17. What do you call animals who eat meat?
    Answer: Carnivores

18. How many bones does a newborn baby have?
    Answer: 300

19. Which is the largest bone in the human body?
    Answer: Femur (Thigh bone)

20. What is the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
    Answer: Port Blair

21. Which is the largest organ in the human body?
    Answer: Skin

22. Which is the largest ocean in the world?
    Answer: Pacific Ocean

23. Which is the fastest animal on earth?
    Answer: Cheetah

24. Which oceans surround Australia?
    Answer: The Indian and Pacific Oceans

25. Which city in India is known as the ‘Orange City’?
    Answer: Nagpur

26. Which planet is known as the ‘Blue Planet’?
    Answer: Earth

27. How many hours does the earth take to complete one rotation?
    Answer: 24

28. Which is the tallest animal on earth?
    Answer: Giraffe

29. Which is the biggest bird in the world?
    Answer: Ostrich

30. Who wrote the famous book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’?
    Answer: Roald Dahl

31. Who invented the computer?
    Answer: Charles Babbage

32. What is a baby Kangaroo called?
    Answer: Joey(s)

33. Who invented the Printing Press?
    Answer: Johannes Gutenberg

34. Which is the largest continent in the world?
    Answer: Asia

35. Who was the first President of India?
    Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

36. Who was the first female Prime Minister of India?
    Answer: Indira Gandhi

37. Which city in Asia got the first electric street light in 1905?
    Answer: Bangalore

38. In which Indian state is the Sun Temple located?
    Answer: Odisha

39. Which Mughal ruler built the Taj Mahal?
    Answer: Shah Jahan

40. Which is the shortest river in the world?
    Answer: The Roe River

41. Which is the world’s highest railway bridge?
    Answer: The Chenab Bridge, India

42. Which is the smallest country in the world?
    Answer: The Vatican City

43. Where is the Statue of Liberty located?
    Answer: New York, USA

44. What is the metal filament in a light bulb made of?
    Answer: Tungsten

45. Who was the first Indian woman to go to space?
    Answer: Kalpana Chawla

46. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
    Answer: Dr B. R. Ambedkar

47. Who wrote the National Anthem of India?
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

48. What is the national animal of Australia?
    Answer: Kangaroo

49. Which is the deepest trench in the world?
    Answer: Mariana Trench

50. Which planet in our Solar System takes the longest time to complete its revolution around the Sun?
    Answer: Neptune

51. What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon?
    Answer: Titan

52. When is the Indian Independence Day celebrated?
    Answer: 15th August

53. Where is the Parliament of India located?
    Answer: Delhi

54. Who was the first female judge of the Supreme Court of India?
    Answer: M.Fathima Beevi

55. Which river is called the ‘Ganga of the South’?
    Answer: Godavari