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1. Q: What is the capital of France?

A: Paris.
2. Q: Which country has the largest population in the world?
A: India.
3. Q: What is the smallest country in the world?
A: Vatican City.
4. Q: Which river is the longest in the world?
A: The Nile.
5. Q: What is the highest mountain in the world?
A: Mount Everest.
6. Q: Which desert is the largest in the world?
A: The Sahara Desert.
7. Q: What is the capital of Australia?
A: Canberra.
8. Q: Which continent has the most countries?
A: Africa.
9. Q: What is the largest ocean on Earth?
A: The Pacific Ocean.
10. Q: Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
A: Japan.
11. Q: Which river is the longest in India?
A: Ganga.
12. Q: Who was the first President of India?
A: Rajendra Prasad.
13. Q: In which year did Kargil War took place?
A: 3 May 1999.
14. Q: Who was the first Indian space walker?
A: Indian Air force Pilot Rakesh Sharma in 1984.
15. Q: What was the name of the largest ship?
A: The Seawise Giant. Operated between 1979 to 2010 as oil tanker
16. Q: Who discovered America?
A: Christopher Columbus.
17. Q: When was the Great Wall of China built?
A: During the 7th century BC.
18. Q: What is the ancient city of India?
A: Varanasi (Kasi).
19. Q: Who was the first female ruler of India?
A: Razia Sultana (1236-1240).
20. Q: What is the name of the first human civilization?
A: Mesopotamia. 10,000 – 3000 BCE Now its Iraq
21. Q: Which year did India gain independence from Britain?
A: 1947.
22. Q: What is the chemical symbol for water?
A: H₂O.
23. Q: How many planets are there in our solar system?
A: Eight. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
24. Q: What gas do plants absorb during photosynthesis?
A: Carbon dioxide.
25. Q: What is the world’s first residential University?
A: Nalanda University. 427 CE by Emperor Kumaragupta I of the Gupta Empire
26. Q: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
A: Diamond.
27. Q: What is the speed of light?
A: 2,99,792 kilometers per second.
28. Q: Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
A: Mars.
29. Q: What is the powerhouse of the cell?
A: The mitochondria.
30. Q: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
A: Au.
31. Q: What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?
A: 100°C.
32. Q: The book arthasastra author Chanakya studied in which university?
A: Takshasila University. Established by Maurya Empire in 5th Century.
33. Q: How many players are there in a soccer team?
A: Eleven.
34. Q: Who has won the most Olympic gold medals in history?
A: Michael Phelps. (Swimmer)
35. Q: Which sport is known as the "King of Sports"?
A: Soccer (Football).
36. Q: In which year were the first modern Olympic Games held?
A: 1896.
37. Q: How many Grand Slam titles are there in tennis?
A: Four.
38. Q: What is the national sport of Canada?
A: Ice Hockey.
39. Q: Where is the Wimbledon Tennis Championship held?
A: London, England.
40. Q: How many rings are there on the Olympic flag?
A: Five.
41. Q: What is the length of a marathon?
A: 42.195 kilometers.
42. Q: Who is considered the greatest basketball player of all time?
A: Michael Jordan.
43. Q: Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet"?
A: William Shakespeare.
44. Q: Who is the author of "Harry Potter"?
A: J.K. Rowling.
45. Q: Who wrote Mahabaratha?
A: Lord Ganesha. (Maharshi Vyasa narrated)
46. Q: Who wrote " Abhijnanashakuntala "?
A: Kalidasa. Great Indian Poet between 4th to 5th Century
47. Q: What is the title of the oldest surviving epic poem?
A: The Epic of Gilgamesh.
48. Q: A great Indian philosopher and economist who wrote Arthasastra?
A: Chanakya.
49. Q: What is the pen name of Abul Kalam Azad?
A: Azad.
50. Q: who were called the ashtadiggajas?
A: Eight Telugu poets and scholars who served in the court of the Vijayanagara
Empire's Emperor Krishnadevaraya.
51. Q: Who is called as first poet in Telugu?
A: Nannayya
52. Q: Who wrote “Vandemataram”?
A: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
53. Q: Who is known as the father of the computer?
A: Charles Babbage.
54. Q: What does "HTTP" stand for?
A: Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
55. Q: Who founded Microsoft?
A: Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
56. Q: What is the most widely used programming language in the world?
A: Python (as of recent trends).
57. Q: What does "CPU" stand for in computing?
A: Central Processing Unit.
58. Q: Who invented the World Wide Web?
A: Tim Berners-Lee.
59. Q: What is the name of Apple's virtual assistant?
A: Siri.
60. Q: Which company developed the Android operating system?
A: Google.
61. Q: What is the function of a router?
A: To connect multiple devices to a network and manage data traffic.
62. Q: What does "AI" stand for?
A: Artificial Intelligence.
63. Q: What does "Wi-Fi" stand for?
A: Wireless Fidelity.
64. Q: Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
A: António Guterres.
65. Q: What is the name of the lower house of the Indian Parliament?
A: Lok Sabha.
66. Q: Which country hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics?
A: France (Paris).
67. Q: Who is the President of India?
A: Droupadi Murmu.
68. Q: What is the name of the legislative assembly in India?
A: The Parliament of India.
69. Q: Which political party is represented by an elephant in India?
A: BSP (Bahujana Samaj Party).
70. Q: What is Brexit?
A: The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
71. Q: Who is the longest-serving monarch in British history?
A: Queen Elizabeth II.
72. Q: What is NATO?
A: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
73. Q: Which country is known as the "Land of the diversity"?
A: India.
74. Q: What is the largest rainforest in the world?
A: The Amazon Rainforest.
75. Q: What is the process by which plants make their food?
A: Photosynthesis.
76. Q: Which animal is the largest on Earth?
A: The blue whale.
77. Q: What is the fastest land animal?
A: The cheetah.
78. Q: What type of animal is a Komodo dragon?
A: A lizard.
79. Q: How many legs does a spider have?
A: Eight.
80. Q: What is the term for animals that eat both plants and meat?
A: Omnivores.
81. Q: What is the tallest tree species in the world?
A: The redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).
82. Q: Which bird is known for its ability to mimic sounds?
A: The lyrebird.
83. Q: What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
A: Nitrogen.
84. Q: The only country which is having red sandalwood?
A: India.

85. Q: What is the most spoken language in the world?


A: English.
86. Q: What is the currency of Japan?
A: Yen.
87. Q: What does "DIY" stand for?
A: Do It Yourself.
88. Q: What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?
A: Sputnik 1.
89. Q: Which board game is known as "the game of kings"?
A: Chess.
90. Q: How many seconds are there in a minute?
A: Sixty.
91. Q: What is the most common blood type?
A: O-positive.
92. Q: What is the study of flags called?
A: Vexillology.
93. Q: What does UNESCO stand for?
A: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
94. Q: What is the official currency of the European Union?
A: Euro.
95. Q: What is the tallest building in the world as of 2024?
A: Burj Khalifa, Dubai.
96. Q: What is the chemical symbol for salt?
A: NaCl (Sodium Chloride).
97. Q: Which continent is the driest in the world?
A: Antarctica.
98. Q: Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A: Leonardo da Vinci.
99. Q: What is the term for a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward?
A: Palindrome.

100. Q: What is the largest planet in our solar system?


A: Jupiter.
101. Q: What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
A: Avocado.
102. Q: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A: Marie Curie.
103. Q: What is the smallest bone in the human body?
A: The stapes (in the ear).
104. Q: What is the capital city of Canada?
A: Ottawa.
105.

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