50+ GK Questions for Class 3

Complete Guide: General Knowledge Questions and Answers 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.

GK Questions for Class 3

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

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