1. What is the biggest planet in our solar system? 2. What is the chemical symbol for the element oxygen?

3. Another name for a tidal wave is a? 4. True or false? Dogs are herbivores. 5. What is the 7th element on the periodic table of elements? 6. What is the name of the long appendage that hangs from an elephants face? 7. True or false? DNA is the shortened form of the term Deoxyribonucleic acid? 8. The highest mountain on earth is? 9. What is the name of the closest star to the earth? 10. True or false? Frogs are cold blooded animals. 11. What is the name of the element with the chemical symbol He? 12. The fear of what animal is known as arachnophobia? 13. Pure water has a pH level of a around? 14. The molten rock that comes from a volcano after it has erupted is known as what? 15. True or false? Yogurt is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. 16. What is the name of the part of the human skeleton which protects our brain? 17. Is the compound HCl an acid or base? 18. True or false? The fastest land animal in the world is the zebra. 19. How many bones do sharks have in their bodies? 20. What famous scientist was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on theoretical physics?

General Science Quiz Answers

1. Jupiter 5. Nitrogen 9. The sun 13. 7 17. An acid (hydrochloric acid)

2. O 6. A trunk 10. True 14. Lava 18. False (it is the cheetah)

3. Tsunami 7. True 11. Helium 15. True 19. 0

4. False - They are omnivores 8. Mount Everest 12. Spiders 16. The skull 20. Albert Einstein

1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth? 2. What are the two main metals in the earths core? 3. Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun? 4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted? 5. What do you call it after it has erupted? 6. True or false? You can see the Great Wall of China from space. 7. What do you call a person who studies rocks? 8. Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs. 9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000 meters) deep. 10. What is the name of the deepest location in the worlds oceans? 11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into which precious mineral? 12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world? 13. The gemstone ruby is typically what color? 14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth? 15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves? 16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what? 17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?

18. What is the name of the layer of earths atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the su 19. The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements? 20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?

Earth Quiz Answers

1. The Pacific Ocean 5. Lava

2. Iron and nickel 6. True

3. The center of the earth 7. A geologist 11. Diamond 15. Hang from the ceiling

4. Magma 8. Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous

9. False - 5000 feet (1500 meters) 10. Mariana Trench 13. Red 17. Seismologist 14. Mount Everest 18. The ozone layer

12. The Sahara Desert in Africa 16. Waterfall

19. Iron (32%) and oxygen (30%) 20. Oxygen (21%)

1) What is the number of states in India? a) 14 b) 16 c) 25 d) 28 2) Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Bombay c) Madhya Bharat d) Meghalaya 3) When was Burma was separated from India? a) 1948 b) 1901 c) 1937 d) 1945 4) When did India become a republic? a) 1935 b) 1947 c) 1950 d) 1961 5) Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960? a) Bombay b) Madras c) Mysore d) Hyderabad 6) Who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India? a) R. Venkataraman b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam c) N. Sanjeeva Reddy d) K. R. Narayanan 7) What was the age of Morarji Desai when he became the Prime Minister? a) 45 b) 56 c) 81 d) 96 8) How was Tamil Nadu known? a) Mysore b) Madras c) Bombay d) Hyderabad 9) Which is the capital of Kerala? a) Calicut b) Cochin

c) Ooty d) Thiruvananthapuram 10) Nagaland was separated from which state? a) Orissa b) Punjab c) W. Bengal d) Assam 11) Which is the smallest state in terms of area? a) Punjab b) Sikkim c) Goa d) Tripura 12) Where is the tomb of Akbar? a) Delhi b) Sikandra. c) Lahore d) Fatehpur Sikri 13) Which is the national animal of India? a) Elephant b) Deer c) Cow d) Tiger 14) Which is the national flower of India? a) Lotus b) Rose c) Marigold d) Sunflower 15) Who founded Indian National Congress? a) W. C. Banerjee b) A. O. Hume c) Annie Besant d) Motilal Nehru 16) Which former Indian Prime Ministers birthday is on December 25? a) Rajiv Gandhi b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee c) Lal Bahadur Shastri d) P. V. Narasimha Rao 17) Which state was known as North East Frontier Agency? a) Mizoram b) Tripura c) Manipur d) Arunachal Pradesh

18) Which state or union territory has French as an official language? a) Goa b) Lakshadweep c) Pondicherry d) Diu and Daman 19) Which is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir? a) Kashmiri b) Dogri c) Pahari d) Urdu 20) Which state became part of India in 1975? a) Goa b) Manipur c) Tripura d) Sikkim 21) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule? a) Ooty b) Simla c) Pachmarhi d) Matheran 22) Who was the only Indian Governor General? a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Rajendra Prasad c) C. Rajagopalachari d) S. Radhakrishnan 23) Which Prime Minister could not prove his majority in Lok Sabha in May 1996? a) V. P. Singh b) P. V. Narasimha Rao c) Atal Behari Vajpayee d) Deve Gowda 24) Which of the following religions did not originate in India? a) Hinduism b) Jainism c) Buddhism d) Judaism 25) When did Rabindranath Tagore die? a) 1936 b) 1941 c) 1948 d) 1952

India Quiz Questions and Answers

1) What is the number of states in India? d)28 2) Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language? a) Andhra Pradesh 3) When was Burma was separated from India? c) 1937 4) When did India become a republic? c) 1950 5) Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960? a) Bombay 6) Who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India? c) N. Sanjeeva Reddy 7) What was the age of Morarji Desai when he became the Prime Minister? c) 81 8) How was Tamil Nadu known? b) Madras 9) Which is the capital of Kerala? d) Thiruvananthapuram 10) Nagaland was separated from which state? d) Assam 11) Which is the smallest state in terms of area? c) Goa 12) Where is the tomb of Akbar? b) Sikandra 13) Which is the national animal of India? d) Tiger 14) Which is the national flower of India? a) Lotus 15) Who founded Indian National Congress? b) A. O. Hume 16) Which former Indian Prime Ministers birthday is on December 25? b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 17) Which state was known as North East Frontier Agency? d) Arunachal Pradesh 18) Which state or union territory has French as an official language? c) Pondicherry 19) Which is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir? d) Urdu 20) Which state became part of India in 1975? d) Sikkim 21) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule? b) Simla

22) Who was the only Indian Governor General? c) C. Rajagopalachari 23) Which Prime Minister could not prove his majority in Lok Sabha in May 1996? c) Atal Behari Vajpayee 24) Which of the following religions did not originate in India? d) Judaism 25) When did Rabindranath Tagore die? b) 1941 No. State Capital Chief Minister 1 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Kiran Kumar Reddy 2 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Jarbom Gamlin 3 Assam Dispur Tarun Gogoi 4 Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar 5 Chhattisgarh Raipur Dr. Raman Singh 6 Goa Panaji Digambar Kamat 7 Gujarat Gandhinagar Narendra Modi 8 Haryana Chandigarh Bhupinder Singh Hooda 9 Himachal Pradesh Shimla Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal 10 Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar Omar Abdullah 11 Jharkhand Ranchi Arjun Munda 12 Karnataka Bengaluru B. S. Yeddyurappa 13 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Oommen Chandy 14 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shivraj Singh Chouhan 15 Maharashtra Mumbai Prithviraj Chavan 16 Manipur Imphal Okram Ibobi Singh 17 Meghalaya Shillong Dr. Mukul Sangma 18 Mizoram Aizawl Pu Lalthanhawla 19 Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio 20 Orissa Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik 21 Punjab Chandigarh Parkash Singh Badal 22 Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot 23 Sikkim Gangtok Pawan Chamling 24 Tamil Nadu Chennai Ms. J. Jayalalithaa 25 Tripura Agartala Manik Sarkar 26 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Ms. Mayawati 27 Uttarakhand Dehradun Ramesh Pokhriyal 28 West Bengal Kolkata Ms. Mamata Banerjee List of Chief Ministers of Indian Union Territories No. Union Territory Chief Minister 1 Delhi Mrs. Sheila Dikshit 2 Puducherry (Pondicherry) N. Rangasamy List of Lt. Governors & Administrators of Indian Union Territories No. Union Territory Lt. Governors & Administrators 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bhopinder Singh 2 Chandigarh Shivraj V. Patil 3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli Satya Gopal/td> 4 Daman and Diu Satya Gopal 5 Delhi Tejendra Khanna 6 Lakshadweep J. K. Dadoo 7 Puducherry Iqbal Singh