Academic GK: 50 General Knowledge Questions with Answers

By Soleman Ali

Here's a set of 50 academic general knowledge questions along with their answers:

1. **Question:** Who is the father of modern physics?

 **Answer:** Albert Einstein.

2. **Question:** What is the chemical symbol for gold?

 **Answer:** Au.

3. **Question:** Who wrote the famous play "Romeo and Juliet"?

 **Answer:** William Shakespeare.

4. **Question:** What is the capital of Canada?

 **Answer:** Ottawa.

5. **Question:** Who discovered penicillin?

 **Answer:** Alexander Fleming.

6. **Question:** What is the longest river in the world?

 **Answer:** The Nile River.

7. **Question:** Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

 **Answer:** Mars.

8. **Question:** Who painted the Mona Lisa?

 **Answer:** Leonardo da Vinci.

9. **Question:** What is the chemical formula for water?

 **Answer:** H2O.

10. **Question:** Who is known as the father of modern computer science?

 **Answer:** Alan Turing.

11. **Question:** Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?

 **Answer:** Nitrogen.

12. **Question:** What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?

 **Answer:** 100°C.

13. **Question:** Who wrote "The Wealth of Nations"?

 **Answer:** Adam Smith.

14. **Question:** What is the closest planet to the Sun?

 **Answer:** Mercury.

15. **Question:** Who is the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

 **Answer:** Harper Lee.

16. **Question:** What is the chemical formula for ozone?

 **Answer:** O3.

17. **Question:** Which scientist proposed the theory of relativity?

 **Answer:** Albert Einstein.

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

 **Answer:** Marie Curie.

19. **Question:** What is the capital of Japan?

 **Answer:** Tokyo.

20. **Question:** What is the study of fossils called?

 **Answer:** Paleontology.

21. **Question:** Who wrote "1984"?

 **Answer:** George Orwell.

22. **Question:** What is the chemical symbol for iron?

 **Answer:** Fe.

23. **Question:** Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

 **Answer:** Japan.

24. **Question:** Who discovered the theory of evolution?

 **Answer:** Charles Darwin.

25. **Question:** What is the chemical formula for carbon dioxide?

 **Answer:** CO2.

26. **Question:** Who invented the telephone?

 **Answer:** Alexander Graham Bell.

27. **Question:** What is the largest mammal in the world?

 **Answer:** The blue whale.

28. **Question:** Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?

 **Answer:** F. Scott Fitzgerald.

29. **Question:** What is the capital of Brazil?

 **Answer:** Brasília.

30. **Question:** Who is the author of "The Catcher in the Rye"?

 **Answer:** J.D. Salinger.

31. **Question:** What is the chemical symbol for silver?

 **Answer:** Ag.

32. **Question:** Who discovered gravity?

 **Answer:** Sir Isaac Newton.

33. **Question:** What is the study of the Earth's atmosphere called?

 **Answer:** Meteorology.

34. **Question:** Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice"?

 **Answer:** Jane Austen.

35. **Question:** What is the capital of Australia?

 **Answer:** Canberra.

36. **Question:** Who developed the theory of general relativity?

 **Answer:** Albert Einstein.

37. **Question:** What is the chemical formula for sodium chloride?

 **Answer:** NaCl.

38. **Question:** Who painted "Starry Night"?

 **Answer:** Vincent van Gogh.

39. **Question:** What is the largest organ in the human body?

 **Answer:** The skin.

40. **Question:** Who is considered the father of modern psychology?

 **Answer:** Sigmund Freud.

41. **Question:** What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

 **Answer:** Na.

42. **Question:** Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"?

 **Answer:** Geoffrey Chaucer.

43. **Question:** What is the capital of Italy?

 **Answer:** Rome.

44. **Question:** Who developed the theory of special relativity?

 **Answer:** Albert Einstein.

45. **Question:** What is the chemical formula for table sugar?

 **Answer:** C12H22O11.

46. **Question:** Who is the author of "War and Peace"?

 **Answer:** Leo Tolstoy.

47. **Question:** What is the capital of France?

 **Answer:** Paris.

48. **Question:** Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

 **Answer:** Alfred Wegener.

49. **Question:** What is the chemical symbol for potassium?

 **Answer:** K.

50. **Question:** Who is credited with discovering America?

 **Answer:** Christopher Columbus.