100+ Question of the Day with Answers: National and International GK Quiz for Students

Question of the Day (2025): A good “Question of the Day” can transform your morning school assembly into an engaging and enriching learning experience. It encourages students to think beyond textbooks, promotes curiosity, builds confidence, and enhances general knowledge across subjects. To help schools make their assemblies more interactive, we have compiled 100+ Question of the Day ideas with answers suitable for primary, middle, and senior classes. These questions cover important topics such as Indian history, geography, science, famous personalities, current affairs, and international GK, making them ideal for daily assemblies, quizzes, and classroom discussions. Bookmark this page to get fresh and interesting questions for your morning assembly every day.

Why Use a Question of the Day in School Assemblies?

• Boosts students' general knowledge and keeps them aware of important national and international facts.

• Encourages critical thinking by prompting students to recall, reason, and respond.

• Improves listening and participation as students look forward to answering the daily question.

• Enhances classroom discussions and can be used as warm-up activities by teachers.

• Builds confidence when students answer in front of peers during assemblies.

• Supports continuous learning by exposing students to new facts daily.

This curated list will help students and teachers easily pick meaningful questions for morning assemblies and make each school day more engaging and informative.

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Question of the Day: Top 100 GK Questions for School Assembly

National Quiz for Kids

1. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

2. When is Hindi Diwas celebrated in India?

Answer: On 14th September every year

3. What is the national animal of India?

Answer: Bengal Tiger

4. Who is known as the "Missile Man of India"?

Answer: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

5. What is the largest state in India by area?

Answer: Rajasthan

6. Who wrote the Indian national anthem "Jana Gana Mana"?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

7. Who wrote the National Song of India "Vande Mataram"?

Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee)

8. What is the national fruit of India?

Answer: Mango

9. Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?

Answer: Karnam Malleswari

10. Who was the first President of India?

Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

11. What is the capital of the state of Maharashtra?

Answer: Mumbai

12. Which Indian state is known as the "Land of Five Rivers"?

Answer: Punjab

13. What is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu?

Answer: Tamil

14. Who is the founder of the Maratha Empire?

Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

15. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore (in Literature, 1913)

16. What is the currency of India?

Answer: Indian Rupee (INR)

17. What is the largest dam in India?

Answer: Bhakra Nangal Dam

18. In which year did India gain independence from British rule?

Answer: 1947

19. Who is known as the "Father of the Nation" in India?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

20. Which river is known as the longest river in India?

Answer: Ganga

21. Who was the architect of the Indian Constitution?

Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

22. Which Indian state is known for the dance form Bharatnatyam?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

23. Who was the first Indian astronaut to travel to space?

Answer: Rakesh Sharma

24. What is the capital of the state of West Bengal?

Answer: Kolkata

25. Which is the oldest mountain range in India?

Answer: Aravalli Range

26. Who was the first Indian woman to go to space?

Answer: Kalpana Chawla

27. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

Answer: Lord Mountbatten

28. Which city is called the silicon valley of India?

Answer: Bangalore

29. Which river is called the Ganga of the South?

Answer: The Kaveri River

30. How Many Official Languages Are There In India?

Answer: 22

31. Which Indian scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the Raman Effect?
Answer: C.V. Raman

32. Which Indian state has the highest literacy rate according to recent data?
Answer: Kerala

33. Who was the first Indian woman to become the Chief Minister of a state?
Answer: Sucheta Kriplani (Uttar Pradesh)

34. Which Indian classical dance form originated in Andhra Pradesh?
Answer: Kuchipudi

35. Which Indian satellite was the first to be launched into space?
Answer: Aryabhata (launched in 1975)

36. What is the name of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier?
Answer: INS Vikrant (IAC-1)

37. Which Indian river is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
Answer: Kosi River

38. Which Indian monument was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for its unique architecture?
Answer: Sun Temple, Konark

39. Who was the first Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna Award?
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari (along with S. Radhakrishnan and C.V. Raman in 1954)

40. Which Indian organisation is responsible for conducting the National Census?
Answer: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (MHA)

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International Quiz for Kids

1. What is the capital of France?

Answer: Paris

2. Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?

Answer: William Shakespeare

3. What is the largest active volcano in the world?

Answer: Mauna Loa (located in Hawaii)

4. What is the largest freshwater lake by volume?

Answer: Lake Baikal (located in Russia)

5. Which country invented the printing press?

Answer: China

6. What is the smallest country in the world by area?

Answer: Vatican City

7. Who was the first President of the United States?

Answer: George Washington

8. How many continents are there in the world?

Answer: Seven

9. Who wrote the famous book "1984"?

Answer: George Orwell

10. What is the capital of Japan?

Answer: Tokyo

11. Who is known as the 'Bard of Avon'?

Answer: William Shakespeare

12. What is the longest river in the world?

Answer: The Nile River

13. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

14. What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest.

15. What is the largest ocean on Earth?

Answer: The Pacific Ocean.

16. What is the currency of Japan?

Answer: The Japanese Yen.

17. What is the smallest continent by land area?

Answer: Australia

18. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Answer: Marie Curie

19. What is the largest living organism on Earth?

Answer: The honey fungus (Armillaria ostoyae)

20. What is the largest desert in the world?

Answer: The Sahara Desert

21. What is the capital of Germany?

Answer: Berlin

22. What mountain range separates Europe and Asia?

Answer: The Ural Mountains

23. Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?

Answer: J.K. Rowling

24. What is the longest river in the United States?

Answer: The Missouri River

25. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Answer: Michelangelo

26. What is the largest continent by land area?

Answer: Asia

27. What is the national flower of Japan?

Answer: Cherry Blossom (Sakura)

28. What is the capital of Canada?

Answer: Ottawa

29. Who is known as the "Iron Man of India"?

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

30. What is the longest wall in the world?

Answer: The Great Wall of China

31. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Answer: Mars.

32. Who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: Amelia Earhart.

33. Who wrote the famous novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Answer: Harper Lee

34. What is the largest country in the world by land area?

Answer: Russia

35. Which continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest?

Answer: South America

36. What is the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest

37. Which country is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun"?

Answer: Japan

38. What is the longest river in the world?

Answer: Nile River

39. What is the capital of Australia?

Answer: Canberra

40. Which country is known as the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?

Answer: Norway

Space Quiz for Kids

1. What is the explosion of a massive star called?

Answer: Supernova

2. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

Answer: Mars

3. Who was the first human to travel into space?

Answer: Yuri Gagarin

4. What was the first successful mission to land humans on the Moon?

Answer: Apollo 11 

5. What is the name of the galaxy that contains our Solar System?

Answer: Milky Way

GK Questions on Everyday Science

1. Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

Answer: Jupiter

2. Who invented the light bulb?

Answer: Thomas Edison

3. What is the process by which plants make their food using sunlight?

Answer: Photosynthesis

4. What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

Answer: Na

5. What is the boiling point of water in degrees Celsius?

Answer: 100 degrees Celsius.

6. What is the primary gas found in the Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen

7. What is the largest bone in the human body?

Answer: The femur (thigh bone).

8. Who developed the theory of relativity?

Answer: Albert Einstein

9. What is the freezing point of water in degrees Celsius?

Answer: 0 degrees Celsius

10. What is the gestation period for an elephant?

Answer: Approximately 22 months

11. Who discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic?

Answer: Alexander Fleming

12. What is the largest mammal in the world?

Answer: The blue whale

13. What year did the first man land on the moon?

Answer: 1969

14. What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer: The mitochondrion

15. What is the chemical symbol for water?

Answer: H₂O

16. Who was the first person to land on the moon?

Answer:  Neil Armstrong

17. What is the formula for calculating the area of a circle?

Answer: πr²

18. What element does "O" represent on the periodic table?

Answer: Oxygen

19. What is the name of the longest bone in the human body?

Answer: Femur

20. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Answer: Diamond

21. What is the process called when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

Answer: Evaporation.

22. How many bones are there in the adult human body?

Answer:  206 bones

23. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Answer: Au

24. What is the scientific name for humans?

Answer: Homo sapiens

25. What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

Answer: Approximately 3 x 10⁸ meters per second

26. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?

Answer: Mars

27. What is the smallest prime number?

Answer: 2

28. Who discovered penicillin?

Answer: Alexander Fleming

29. Which planet is known as the “Blue Planet”?

Answer: Earth

30. What is the capital of South Korea?

Answer: Seoul

These questions are designed to be informative and engaging, covering a range of subjects to stimulate students' curiosity and learning. Keep visiting this page for a daily dose of intriguing questions to use for your school assembly. 

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