50+ GK Questions for Class 7

This article compiles over 55 GK questions for class 7 students. The aim is to make class 7 students familiar with questions pertaining to general knowledge. These GK questions will introduce class 7 students to a world of information and steer their curiosities in the right direction!

1. What is the full form of ‘GPS’?
   Answer: Global Positioning System

2. The Americas was discovered by which famous explorer?
   Answer: Christopher Columbus

3. Who has the authority to issue currency in India?
   Answer: Reserve Bank of India

4. What is the state of high blood pressure called?
   Answer: Hypertension

5. Which planet spins the fastest, thus giving it the shortest day?
   Answer: Jupiter

6. Which channel divides the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
   Answer: Ten Degree Channel

7. Which countries are part of Great Britain?
   Answer: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

8. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics?
   Answer: Saina Nehwal

9. What is the scientific study of birds called?
   Answer: Ornithology

10. Who is the author of the book ‘the Origin of Species’?
    Answer: Charles Darwin

11. What are the colours of the rings on the Olympic flag?
    Answer: Black, Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow

12. Which river crosses the equator twice?
    Answer: Congo

13. In which year did the Indian Premier League (IPL) begin?
    Answer: 2008

14. What is the capital of Austria?
    Answer: Vienna

15. Which river is called the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’?
    Answer: Damodar

16. Which scientist discovered the law of gravity?
    Answer: Issac Newton

17. What is the currency of Russia?
    Answer: Russian Ruble

18. Which bird can turn its head around almost 360 degrees?
    Answer: Great Horned Owl

19. Which city is known as the ‘Cathedral City of India’?
    Answer: Bhubaneshwar

20. The Sistine Chapel is located in which country?
    Answer: The Vatican City

21. The ‘Mohiniyattam’ dance form belongs to which Indian state?
    Answer: Kerala

22. Who was the founder of the Mughal dynasty?
    Answer: Babur

23. What do we call animals that eat both plants and animals?
    Answer: Omnivores

24. Which are the southernmost hills of India?
    Answer: Cardamom hills

25. When is the National Sports Day celebrated?
    Answer: August 29

26. Who discovered the atomic bomb?
    Answer: Robert Oppenheimer

27. Which is the largest landlocked country in the world?
    Answer: Kazakhstan

28. Which country has the largest coastline?
    Answer: Canada

29. Which acid is found in lemons?
    Answer: Citric acid

30. What per cent of oxygen is found in our atmosphere?
    Answer: 21%

31. Sunlight is made up of how many colours?
    Answer: Seven

32. Which blood group is known as ‘Universal Blood Donor’?
    Answer: O-

33. Who is the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
    Answer: John McCarthy

34. How many Megabytes (MBs) make one Gigabyte (GB)?
    Answer: 1000

35. Who was the first woman Chief Minister in India?
    Answer: Sucheta Kriplani

36. Which is the deepest lake in the world?
    Answer: Lake Baikal

37. Which was the first European nation to establish colonial rule in India?
    Answer: Portugal

38. What does a person with diabetes need?
    Answer: Insulin

39. Which two gases are present in the Sun?
    Answer: Hydrogen and Helium

40. What is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake?
    Answer: Richter Scale

41. Which is the loudest animal on Earth?
    Answer: Sperm Whale

42. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
    Answer: Marie Curie

43. What kind of mosquito carries the malaria virus?
    Answer: Anopheles

44. Which Pakistani city is known for producing the maximum number of footballs in the world?
    Answer: Sialkot

45. Which vitamin is obtained from the sunlight?
    Answer: Vitamin D

46. Who is called the Shakespeare of India?
    Answer: Kalidas

47. What is the script of the Hindi language?
    Answer: Devanagari

48. What is the SI unit of power?
    Answer: Watts/Joules per second

49. In which country did the game of cricket originate?
    Answer: England

50. What is the life span of Red Blood Cells (RBCs)?
    Answer: 120 days

51. In which organs does the process of digestion take place majorly?
    Answer: Small intestine

52. What was the name of the first satellite launched by India?
    Answer: Aryabhata

53. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
    Answer: Razia Sultan

54. Who invented electricity?
    Answer: Benjamin Franklin

55. Which is the saltiest ocean in the world?
    Answer: Dead Sea