50+ GK Questions for Class 8

This article compiles over 55 GK questions for class 8 students. These questions aim to broaden the worldly awareness of class 8 students. A thorough reading of the article will significantly contribute to strengthening their general knowledge. It will hopefully encourage them to diversify their reading resources outside of the school curriculum!

1. Which dwarf planet is found in the Kuiper belt?
   Answer: Pluto

2. Which is the largest desert in Asia?
   Answer: Gobi Desert

3. Which country is the largest natural gas producer in the world?
   Answer: USA

4. Which city is called the ‘Garden City of India’?
   Answer: Bengaluru

5. Which two planets does the asteroid belt lie between which two planets?
   Answer: Mars and Jupiter

6. How many Vedas are there in total?
   Answer: Four

7. Which mosquito carries the dengue virus?
   Answer: Aedes aegypti

8. Which is the highest lake in the world?
   Answer: Lake Titicaca

9. Where is the Salim Ali National Park located?
   Answer: Jammu & Kashmir

10. What is the capital of Malaysia?
    Answer: Kuala Lumpur

11. Which was the first Indian state formed on the basis of language?
    Answer: Andhra Pradesh

12. What is the full form of LED?
    Answer: Light-emitting diode

13. When do we celebrate Earth Day?
    Answer: April 22

14. Which is the largest flower in the world?
    Answer: Rafflesia arnoldii

15. What kind of elements glow in the dark?
    Answer: Radioactive elements

16. What is the name of the process that converts sugar into alcohol with the help of yeast?
    Answer: Fermentation

17. What is the time span of a cricket test match?
    Answer: Five days

18. How many players are there in a hockey team?
    Answer: Six

19. What is the farthest point from any land on Earth, located in the Pacific Ocean?
    Answer: Point Nemo

20. Which is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust?
    Answer: Aluminium

21. Which is the largest city in the world?
    Answer: Chongqing, China

22. ‘Golf’ is the national game of which country?
    Answer: Scotland

23. Which is India’s first supercomputer?
    Answer: Param800

24. ‘Taekwondo’ originated from which country?
    Answer: Korea

25. Which is the world’s oldest university?
    Answer: Nalanda University, India

26. Kumbh Mela is held after the gap of how many years?
    Answer: Twelve

27. What is the common term for solid CO2?
    Answer: Dry Ice

28. What disease is caused by iron deficiency?
    Answer: Anaemia

29. Which is the largest moon in our solar system?
    Answer: Ganymede, Jupiter’s moon.

30. Which was the first artificial satellite in the world?
    Answer: Sputnik I

31. Which is the main substance used to make crayons?
    Answer: Wax

32. What’s the hardest substance in the human body?
    Answer: Tooth enamel

33. How many edges does a cube have?
    Answer: Twelve

34. What do we call people who can use both hands equally well?
    Answer: Ambidextrous

35. Which is the warmest sea on Earth?
    Answer: The Red Sea

36. What is a community of ants called?
    Answer: A colony

37. What is the currency of Japan?
    Answer: Japanese Yen

38. Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
    Answer: Barometer

39. Which animal never drinks water?
    Answer: Kangaroo rat

40. Who is known as the ‘Father of Social Science’?
    Answer: Aristotle

41. Who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree?
    Answer: Hellen Keller

42. Who was the first woman in space?
    Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

43. Which bird can fly backwards?
    Answer: Hummingbird

44. Which is the fastest snake on Earth?
    Answer: Black Mamba

45. Which blood cells do not have a nucleus?
    Answer: Blood platelets

46. Which famous artists painted the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel?
    Answer: Michelangelo

47. Which is the fastest muscle in the human body?
    Answer: The eyes

48. Who is the Father of Modern Economics?
    Answer: Adam Smith

49. How many elements are there in the periodic table?
    Answer: 118

50. Which river flows through the city of London?
    Answer: Thames

51. Which vitamin helps in healing wounds?
    Answer: Vitamin C

52. Where does the Narmada River originate?
    Answer: Amarkantak Plateau

53. Which scientists proposed the 'Theory of Relativity'?
    Answer: Albert Einstein

54. Which is the oldest sport in the world?
    Answer: Archery

55. When do we celebrate National Science Day?
    Answer: February 28