General Knowledge MCQs with Answers 2026

1. The largest ocean is:

a) Atlantic    b) Pacific ✅    c) Indian    d) Arctic

2. The smallest continent is:

a) Europe    b) South America    c) Australia ✅    d) Antarctica

3. The largest country by area is:

a) China    b) USA    c) Russia ✅    d) Canada

4. The most populated country is:

a) USA    b) China (or India as of 2023+) ✅    c) Russia    d) Brazil

5. The largest desert is:

a) Gobi    b) Thar    c) Sahara ✅    d) Arabian

6. The longest river in the world is:

a) Amazon    b) Nile ✅    c) Mississippi    d) Yangtze

7. The highest mountain in the world is:

a) K2    b) Kangchenjunga    c) Mount Everest ✅    d) Makalu

8. The deepest ocean trench is:

a) Tonga Trench    b) Mariana Trench ✅    c) Java Trench    d) Philippine Trench

9. The largest island in the world is:

a) Madagascar    b) Borneo    c) Greenland ✅    d) Sumatra

10. The smallest country by area is:

a) Monaco    b) Vatican City ✅    c) San Marino    d) Liechtenstein

11. The Amazon Rainforest is mostly in:

a) Peru    b) Colombia    c) Brazil ✅    d) Bolivia

12. The Great Wall is in:

a) Japan    b) India    c) China ✅    d) Mongolia

13. The Sahara Desert is in:

a) Asia    b) Africa ✅    c) Australia    d) South America

14. UNO was established in:

a) 1940    b) 1945 ✅    c) 1950    d) 1960

15. UNO headquarters is in:

a) Geneva    b) London    c) New York ✅    d) Paris

16. How many member states does the UN have?

a) 190    b) 193 ✅    c) 195    d) 200

17. WHO headquarters is in:

a) New York    b) Paris    c) London    d) Geneva ✅

18. UNESCO stands for:

a) UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ✅    b) UN Economic Social Cultural Organization    c) United National Education Science Organization    d) Universal Nations Education Society

19. SAARC headquarters is in:

a) Islamabad    b) New Delhi    c) Kathmandu ✅    d) Dhaka

20. OIC has how many member states?

a) 50    b) 57 ✅    c) 60    d) 65

21. The World Bank headquarters is in:

a) New York    b) Geneva    c) Washington D.C. ✅    d) London

22. IMF stands for:

a) International Money Fund    b) International Monetary Fund ✅    c) International Market Fund    d) International Management Fund

23. NATO stands for:

a) North Atlantic Treaty Organization ✅    b) National Allied Trade Organization    c) North American Treaty Organization    d) National Atlantic Treaty Organization

24. UNICEF works for:

a) Adults    b) Children ✅    c) Animals    d) Environment

25. The Red Cross was founded by:

a) Florence Nightingale    b) Henry Dunant ✅    c) Albert Einstein    d) Marie Curie

26. The inventor of telephone is:

a) Thomas Edison    b) Alexander Graham Bell ✅    c) Nikola Tesla    d) Guglielmo Marconi

27. The inventor of light bulb is:

a) Thomas Edison ✅    b) Alexander Bell    c) Nikola Tesla    d) Michael Faraday

28. The theory of relativity was given by:

a) Newton    b) Albert Einstein ✅    c) Galileo    d) Hawking

29. The first man on the moon was:

a) Buzz Aldrin    b) Neil Armstrong ✅    c) Yuri Gagarin    d) Michael Collins

30. The first person in space was:

a) Neil Armstrong    b) Yuri Gagarin ✅    c) John Glenn    d) Buzz Aldrin

31. Microsoft was founded by:

a) Steve Jobs    b) Bill Gates ✅    c) Mark Zuckerberg    d) Elon Musk

32. Facebook was founded by:

a) Bill Gates    b) Steve Jobs    c) Mark Zuckerberg ✅    d) Jeff Bezos

33. The printing press was invented by:

a) Thomas Edison    b) Johannes Gutenberg ✅    c) Benjamin Franklin    d) Alexander Bell

34. Penicillin was discovered by:

a) Louis Pasteur    b) Alexander Fleming ✅    c) Edward Jenner    d) Robert Koch

35. The law of gravity was discovered by:

a) Einstein    b) Galileo    c) Isaac Newton ✅    d) Kepler

36. Amazon was founded by:

a) Bill Gates    b) Jeff Bezos ✅    c) Elon Musk    d) Mark Zuckerberg

37. The first computer programmer was:

a) Charles Babbage    b) Alan Turing    c) Ada Lovelace ✅    d) Bill Gates

38. World War II ended in:

a) 1940    b) 1945 ✅    c) 1950    d) 1944

39. The currency of Japan is:

a) Yuan    b) Won    c) Yen ✅    d) Ringgit

40. The capital of Turkey is:

a) Istanbul    b) Ankara ✅    c) Izmir    d) Bursa

41. The capital of Saudi Arabia is:

a) Jeddah    b) Makkah    c) Riyadh ✅    d) Medina

42. The capital of Australia is:

a) Sydney    b) Melbourne    c) Canberra ✅    d) Perth

43. The capital of Canada is:

a) Toronto    b) Vancouver    c) Ottawa ✅    d) Montreal

44. The currency of UK is:

a) Dollar    b) Euro    c) Pound Sterling ✅    d) Franc

45. The currency of China is:

a) Yen    b) Yuan (Renminbi) ✅    c) Won    d) Ringgit

46. The capital of Germany is:

a) Munich    b) Frankfurt    c) Berlin ✅    d) Hamburg

47. The capital of Russia is:

a) St. Petersburg    b) Moscow ✅    c) Kiev    d) Minsk

48. The capital of Iran is:

a) Isfahan    b) Tabriz    c) Tehran ✅    d) Shiraz

49. The capital of Egypt is:

a) Alexandria    b) Cairo ✅    c) Luxor    d) Giza

50. Olympics are held every _____ years:

a) 2    b) 3    c) 4 ✅    d) 5