50+ GK Questions for Class 8

Complete Guide: General Knowledge Questions and Answers 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!

GK Questions for Class 8

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

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