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General Knowledge Quiz 1
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1.
Egypt is situated close to which of the following river?
A.
Congo
B.
Niger
C.
Nile
Reveal Answer
Nile
2.
Which is the tallest building in the world?
A.
Paris Sumjo
B.
Burj Khalifa
C.
Tower of Babel
Reveal Answer
Burj Khalifa
3.
What is the result of mixing Red and Blue colours together?
A.
Purple
B.
Green
C.
Orange
Reveal Answer
Purple
4.
How many straight edges does a cube have?
A.
Twelve
B.
Eight
C.
Sixteen
Reveal Answer
Twelve
5.
Which is the most sensitive organ in our body?
A.
Ear
B.
Skin
C.
Eye
Reveal Answer
Skin
6.
What colour symbolises peace?
A.
Blue
B.
Yellow
C.
white
Reveal Answer
white
7.
Paris is the capital of which country?
A.
France
B.
Niger
C.
Ghana
Reveal Answer
France
8.
What makes up (approx.) 80% of our brain’s volume?
A.
Tissue
B.
Water
C.
Oxygen
Reveal Answer
Water
9.
How many players are there in Baseball?
A.
What is the full form of NEWS?
B.
9 players
C.
North East West South
Reveal Answer
9 players
10.
Which of the following is not a primary colour?
A.
Orange
B.
Red
C.
Blue
Reveal Answer
Orange
11.
What type of tree do dates grow on?
A.
Palm
B.
Cashau
C.
Fig
Reveal Answer
Palm
12.
Which of the following planets is closer to the sun?
A.
Mercury
B.
Earth
C.
Venus
Reveal Answer
Mercury
13.
What is the filament in a light bulb made of
A.
Shadow
B.
Lightning fluid
C.
Tungsten
Reveal Answer
Tungsten
14.
Which is biggest a lake, river or an ocean?
A.
Ocean
B.
River
C.
Lake
Reveal Answer
Ocean
15.
What is the hottest continent on Earth?
A.
Asia
B.
Africa
C.
Australia
Reveal Answer
Africa
16.
Which is the largest plateau in the world ?
A.
Kangarina Plateau
B.
Jos Plateau
C.
Tibetan Plateau
Reveal Answer
Tibetan Plateau
17.
Rearing of hens, ducks and geese for their eggs and meat is called?
A.
Agro-forestry
B.
Fishery
C.
Poultry farming
Reveal Answer
Poultry farming
18.
Which is largest freshwater lake in the world?
A.
Lake Superior
B.
Lake chad
C.
Lake Merigold
Reveal Answer
Lake Superior
19.
Which animal has hump on its back?
A.
Elephant
B.
Cangaroo
C.
Cattle
Reveal Answer
Cattle
20.
Which is the largest fish in the world ?
A.
Dolphin
B.
Shark
C.
Whale
Reveal Answer
Whale
21.
How many zeros are there in a one thousand naira note?
A.
Four
B.
Three
C.
Two
Reveal Answer
Three
22.
Who is the inventor of Television?
A.
John Logie Baird
B.
Thomas Edison
C.
Michael Faraday
Reveal Answer
John Logie Baird
23.
Which is the hardest substance available on earth?
A.
Diamond
B.
Iron
C.
Radium
Reveal Answer
Diamond
24.
Which day comes after Friday?
A.
Saturday
B.
Thursday
C.
Friday
Reveal Answer
Saturday
25.
Which of the following is not an insect?
A.
Waps
B.
Bat
C.
Cockroach
Reveal Answer
Bat
26.
Which mineral elements is required for muscle contraction?
A.
Potassium
B.
Calcium
C.
Zinc
Reveal Answer
Calcium
27.
What is the shape of a cricket ball?
A.
Spherical
B.
Oval
C.
Triangular
Reveal Answer
Spherical
28.
A figure with 8 sides is called?
A.
Pentagon
B.
Octagon
C.
Nonagon
Reveal Answer
Octagon
29.
Which insect has colourful wings?
A.
Butterfly
B.
Bee
C.
Ant
Reveal Answer
Butterfly
30.
Who is the inventor of Radio?
A.
Babbage
B.
Marconi
C.
Steve
Reveal Answer
Marconi
31.
Which of the following is the first colour in a rainbow?
A.
Green
B.
Red
C.
Orange
Reveal Answer
Red
32.
Name the gas found in the most abundance in our planet’s atmosphere?
A.
Nitrogen
B.
Oxygen
C.
Carbon
Reveal Answer
Nitrogen
33.
How many colours are there in Nigeria’s National Flag?
A.
Two
B.
Three
C.
Four
Reveal Answer
Two
34.
In which direction does the sun rise?
A.
East
B.
West
C.
North
Reveal Answer
East
35.
Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
A.
Mount Idanre
B.
Mount Kilimanjaro
C.
Mount Everest
Reveal Answer
Mount Everest
36.
How many layers are there in Earth’s atmosphere
A.
Eight
B.
Five
C.
Ten
Reveal Answer
Five
37.
Which is the largest flower in the world
A.
Lili
B.
Hisbiscus
C.
Rafflesia
Reveal Answer
Rafflesia
38.
Which is the fastest land animal in the world?
A.
Cheetah
B.
Lion
C.
Elephant
Reveal Answer
Cheetah
39.
Which bird can not fly?
A.
Chicken
B.
Eagle
C.
Ostrich
Reveal Answer
Ostrich
40.
The institution that is made up of a father, mother and their children is called ________.
A.
Tradition
B.
Family
C.
Culture
Reveal Answer
Family
41.
How many colors are there in a rainbow?
A.
Ten
B.
Seven
C.
Eleven
Reveal Answer
Seven
42.
How many days are there in a Leap year?
A.
366
B.
365
C.
360
Reveal Answer
366
43.
Mahatma Gandhi is regarded as the father of which country?
A.
India
B.
Mexico
C.
China
Reveal Answer
India
44.
Which electrical item did Thomas Edison invent first?
A.
Speaker
B.
Lightbulb
C.
Microwave
Reveal Answer
Lightbulb
45.
Which of the following is not a sense organ?
A.
Skin
B.
Eye
C.
Brain
Reveal Answer
Brain
46.
Who invented Computer?
A.
Thomas Edison
B.
Charles Babbage
C.
John Nappier
Reveal Answer
Charles Babbage
47.
Which of the following is a cash crop?
A.
Cocoa
B.
Tomato
C.
Pineapple
Reveal Answer
Cocoa
48.
Which planet is nearest to Earth?
A.
Venus
B.
Mercury
C.
Pluto
Reveal Answer
Venus
49.
Which of the following stars is the nearest to the earth
A.
Diagon
B.
Sun
C.
Sophocles
Reveal Answer
Sun
50.
Who invented the diesel engine?
A.
James Carbrige
B.
Rudolf Diesel
C.
Nappier Bond
Reveal Answer
Rudolf Diesel
51.
Insects have how many legs?
A.
Six
B.
Eight
C.
Two
Reveal Answer
Six
52.
Which continent is known as the Dark continent?
A.
South America
B.
Africa
C.
Asia
Reveal Answer
Africa
53.
Which the fastest vehicle
A.
Train
B.
Aeroplane
C.
Car
Reveal Answer
Aeroplane
54.
Which is the longest river in the world ?
A.
Niger
B.
Congo
C.
Nile
Reveal Answer
Nile
55.
Which organ purify our blood?
A.
Lungs
B.
Liver
C.
Kidney
Reveal Answer
Kidney
56.
How do you relate to your maternal grandfather?
A.
Mother’s father
B.
Father\'s father
C.
Father\'s mother
Reveal Answer
Mother’s father
57.
The national currency of the United States of America (USA) is
A.
Dollar
B.
Naira
C.
Pounds
Reveal Answer
Dollar
58.
How many bones are there in a human body?
A.
199
B.
206
C.
999
Reveal Answer
206
59.
How many days are there in a year?
A.
360 days
B.
365 days
C.
368 days
Reveal Answer
365 days
60.
Energy given foods are called __________?
A.
Vitamin
B.
Carbohydrate
C.
Minerals
Reveal Answer
Carbohydrate
61.
Which is the most important part of a tree?
A.
Branch
B.
Leaves
C.
Root
Reveal Answer
Root
62.
Which is the largest land animal?
A.
Lion
B.
Dolphin
C.
Elephant
Reveal Answer
Elephant
63.
What is the sound made by a pig?
A.
Mew
B.
Bark
C.
Grunt
Reveal Answer
Grunt
64.
What do you call the person who brings a letter to your home from post office?
A.
Fire fighter
B.
Gentleman
C.
Postman
Reveal Answer
Postman
65.
Which country is known as the Land of The Rising Sun?
A.
England
B.
Nigeria
C.
Japan
Reveal Answer
Japan
66.
Which is the smallest bird ?
A.
Eagle
B.
Humming Bird
C.
Parrot
Reveal Answer
Humming Bird
67.
How many hours are there in a day?
A.
30 Hours
B.
12 Hours
C.
24 Hours
Reveal Answer
24 Hours
68.
Animals that has six legs and three segment of their body are called ________.
A.
Mammals
B.
Insects
C.
Reptiles
Reveal Answer
Insects
69.
What is the sound made by a horse?
A.
Bleat
B.
Bark
C.
Neigh
Reveal Answer
Neigh
70.
How many months do we have in a year?
A.
12 months
B.
15 months
C.
13 months
Reveal Answer
12 months
71.
Which is the biggest continent in the world ?
A.
Africa
B.
Asia
C.
North America
Reveal Answer
Asia
72.
Animals that has feather, beaks and lays eggs are called_______.
A.
Birds
B.
Mammals
C.
Insects
Reveal Answer
Birds
73.
Which is the largest country in the world based on the area?
A.
Russia
B.
England
C.
Nigeria
Reveal Answer
Russia
74.
Australia lies between which two oceans?
A.
Indian and Pacific Ocean
B.
Antlantic and Pacific Ocean
C.
Pacific and China Ocean
Reveal Answer
Indian and Pacific Ocean
75.
Which animal is known as the ‘Ship of the Desert?’
A.
Camel
B.
Pig
C.
Elephant
Reveal Answer
Camel
76.
Which food items is rich in iron?
A.
Yam
B.
Plantain
C.
Pulses
Reveal Answer
Pulses
77.
Tsunami is a word in which language?
A.
French
B.
Japanese
C.
Chinese
Reveal Answer
Japanese
78.
Computer is a/an _____________ machine.
A.
Physical
B.
Electronic
C.
Radio
Reveal Answer
Electronic
79.
How many legs does a spider have?
A.
8
B.
9
C.
6
Reveal Answer
8
80.
What is a baby frog called?
A.
Migget
B.
Puppy
C.
Tadpole
Reveal Answer
Tadpole
81.
Who is known as Father of Telephone
A.
Charlie Chaplin
B.
Alexander Graham Bell
C.
Charles Babbage
Reveal Answer
Alexander Graham Bell
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