Sure, here's a set of 70 GK MCQs with their answer key covering various subjects according to the
curriculum up to grade 12 in Nepal:
Science:
1. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
A) Au
B) Ag
C) Fe
D) Cu
Answer: A) Au
2. Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Hydrogen
Answer: B) Nitrogen
3. What is the smallest bone in the human body?
A) Femur
B) Stapes
C) Tibia
D) Radius
Answer: B) Stapes
4. Who developed the theory of relativity?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Albert Einstein
C) Nikola Tesla
D) Stephen Hawking
Answer: B) Albert Einstein
Mathematics:
5. What is the value of π (pi) to two decimal places?
A) 3.14
B) 3.16
C) 3.18
D) 3.12
Answer: A) 3.14
6. In a triangle, the sum of the angles is equal to:
A) 90 degrees
B) 180 degrees
C) 270 degrees
D) 360 degrees
Answer: B) 180 degrees
7. What is the value of √(16)?
A) 4
B) 8
C) 2
D) 6
Answer: C) 4
8. If a = 5 and b = 7, what is the value of a² + b²?
A) 24
B) 74
C) 54
D) 84
Answer: C) 54
English Grammar:
9. Which of the following is a pronoun?
A) Run
B) She
C) Quickly
D) Table
Answer: B) She
10. Identify the adverb in the following sentence: "He ran quickly to catch the bus."
A) He
B) Ran
C) Quickly
D) Bus
Answer: C) Quickly
11. What is the past tense of "go"?
A) Goed
B) Went
C) Gone
D) Going
Answer: B) Went
12. Which of the following is a conjunction?
A) And
B) Beautiful
C) Quickly
D) Under
Answer: A) And
History:
13. Who was the first President of the United States?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John Adams
Answer: B) George Washington
14. The French Revolution began in which year?
A) 1776
B) 1789
C) 1812
D) 1848
Answer: B) 1789
15. Who was the first emperor of Rome?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Augustus Caesar
C) Nero
D) Constantine
Answer: B) Augustus Caesar
16. The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, limited the power of which English monarch?
A) Henry VIII
B) Edward III
C) King John
D) Richard the Lionheart
Answer: C) King John
Literature:
17. Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Jane Austen
C) Charles Dickens
D) Emily Brontë
Answer: A) William Shakespeare
18. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a novel written by:
A) Mark Twain
B) Harper Lee
C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
D) J.D. Salinger
Answer: B) Harper Lee
19. Who wrote the epic poem "The Odyssey"?
A) Homer
B) Virgil
C) Dante
D) Ovid
Answer: A) Homer
20. Which character in "The Lord of the Rings" says, "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them"?
A) Gandalf
B) Frodo
C) Aragorn
D) Sauron
Answer: D) Sauron
Politics:
21. Who is the current Prime Minister of India (as of 2024)?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Rahul Gandhi
C) Arvind Kejriwal
D) Manmohan Singh
Answer: A) Narendra Modi
22. Who is the President of the United States (as of 2024)?
A) Joe Biden
B) Donald Trump
C) Barack Obama
D) Kamala Harris
Answer: A) Joe Biden
23. The European Union (EU) is headquartered in which city?
A) London
B) Paris
C) Brussels
D) Berlin
Answer: C) Brussels
24. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (as of 2024)?
A) Boris Johnson
B) Theresa May
C) David Cameron
D) Tony Blair
Answer: A) Boris Johnson
Geography:
25. Which is the longest river in the world?
A) Amazon
B) Nile
C) Yangtze
D) Mississippi
Answer: B) Nile
26. Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is located in which mountain range?
A) Andes
B) Alps
C) Himalayas
D) Rockies
Answer: C) Himalayas
27. What is the capital city of Australia?
A) Sydney
B) Melbourne
C) Canberra
D) Brisbane
Answer: C) Canberra
28. Which country is the largest by land area?
A) China
B) United States
C) Russia
D) Canada
Answer: C) Russia
Space and Universe:
29. What is the closest planet to the Sun?
A) Venus
B) Earth
C) Mercury
D) Mars
Answer: C) Mercury
30. Who was the first human to travel into space?
A) Yuri Gagarin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Buzz Aldrin
D) Alan Shepard
Answer: A) Yuri Gagarin
31. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
A) Jupiter
B) Saturn
C) Neptune
D) Uranus
Answer: A) Jupiter
32. What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?
A) Europa
B) Titan
C) Ganymede
D) Io
Answer: B)
