100+ General Knowledge Questions for Class 3 with Answers

Introduction

Class 3 is the perfect age to spark a child’s curiosity about the world. Students at this stage are eager to ask, observe, and learn beyond their textbooks. General knowledge questions help them do exactly that by introducing them to interesting facts about India, science, animals, sports, history, and the world around them.

This carefully prepared list contains 130+ general knowledge questions for Class 3 with answers, written in simple English and grouped into easy-to-revise categories. Whether your child is preparing for a school quiz, the IGKO Olympiad, or just loves learning new things, this blog will be their go-to GK resource.

Why is General Knowledge Important for Class 3 Students?

General knowledge plays a big role in shaping young minds. Here is why every Class 3 student should practice GK regularly:

1. It builds curiosity and the habit of asking thoughtful questions.

    

2. It improves memory, focus, and logical thinking.

    

3. It helps in school subjects like EVS, science, social studies, and maths.

    

4. It boosts confidence in school quizzes, debates, and competitions.

    

5. It expands vocabulary and improves spoken English.

    

6. It prepares students for Olympiads such as the IGKO conducted by the Science Olympiad Foundation.

    

7. It encourages a lifelong love for reading and learning.

100+ GK Questions for Class 3 with Answers

1. GK Questions for Class 3 on India

Q1. What is the capital of India?

Answer: New Delhi.

Q2. Who is the current Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Narendra Modi.

Q3. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Q4. Who was the first President of India?

Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Q5. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Indira Gandhi.

Q6. Who was the first woman President of India?

Answer: Pratibha Patil.

Q7. Who is known as the Father of the Nation in India?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.

Q8. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?

Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Q9. Who is known as the Iron Man of India?

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Q10. Who is known as the Nightingale of India?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu.

Q11. In which year did India become independent?

Answer: 1947.

Q12. On which date is Independence Day celebrated in India?

Answer: 15th August.

Q13. On which date is Republic Day celebrated in India?

Answer: 26th January.

Q14. On which date is Gandhi Jayanti celebrated?

Answer: 2nd October.

Q15. How many states are there in India?

Answer: 28 states.

Q16. How many Union Territories are there in India?

Answer: 8 Union Territories.

Q17. What is the national animal of India?

Answer: Royal Bengal Tiger.

Q18. What is the national bird of India?

Answer: Peacock.

Q19. What is the national flower of India?

Answer: Lotus.

Q20. What is the national tree of India?

Answer: Banyan tree.

Q21. What is the national fruit of India?

Answer: Mango.

Q22. What is the currency of India?

Answer: Indian Rupee.

Q23. What is the national song of India?

Answer: Vande Mataram.

Q24. Who composed the national anthem of India?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore.

Q25. Who designed the Indian national flag?

Answer: Pingali Venkayya.

Q26. How many spokes are there in the Ashoka Chakra?

Answer: 24.

Q27. Which is the largest state in India by area?

Answer: Rajasthan.

Q28. Which is the smallest state in India by area?

Answer: Goa.

Q29. Which Indian state has the highest population?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh.

Q30. Which Indian state is called the Tiger State of India?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh.

Q31. Which Indian state is called the Fruit Bowl of India?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh.

Q32. Which Indian city is known as the Pink City?

Answer: Jaipur.

Q33. Which Indian city is known as the financial capital of India?

Answer: Mumbai.

Q34. Where is the Indian Parliament located?

Answer: New Delhi.

Q35. Which Indian monument is one of the Seven Wonders of the World?

Answer: Taj Mahal.

Q36. Where is the Taj Mahal located?

Answer: Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

2. GK Questions for Class 3 on Science

Q37. Which planet do we live on?

Answer: Earth.

Q38. How many planets are there in our solar system?

Answer: 8.

Q39. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?

Answer: Jupiter.

Q40. Which is the smallest planet in the solar system?

Answer: Mercury.

Q41. Which planet is closest to the Sun?

Answer: Mercury.

Q42. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Answer: Mars.

Q43. Which planet is known as the Blue Planet?

Answer: Earth.

Q44. Which planet is famous for its beautiful rings?

Answer: Saturn.

Q45. Which planet is the hottest in our solar system?

Answer: Venus.

Q46. Which planet takes the longest to revolve around the Sun?

Answer: Neptune.

Q47. What is the natural satellite of the Earth?

Answer: The Moon.

Q48. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

Answer: Neil Armstrong.

Q49. What is the largest moon of Saturn called?

Answer: Titan.

Q50. What is the largest moon in our solar system?

Answer: Ganymede (a moon of Jupiter).

Q51. What is the process by which plants make their food?

Answer: Photosynthesis.

Q52. Which gas do plants take in to make food?

Answer: Carbon dioxide.

Q53. Which gas do humans need to breathe?

Answer: Oxygen.

Q54. What is the chemical formula of water?

Answer: H2O.

Q55. What is the boiling point of water?

Answer: 100 degrees Celsius.

Q56. What is the freezing point of water?

Answer: 0 degrees Celsius.

Q57. What is the largest organ in the human body?

Answer: The skin.

Q58. How many bones are there in an adult human body?

Answer: 206.

Q59. How many bones does a newborn baby have?

Answer: About 300.

Q60. Which is the longest bone in the human body?

Answer: Femur (thigh bone).

Q61. Which is the smallest bone in the human body?

Answer: Stapes (in the middle ear).

Q62. Which is the hardest substance in the human body?

Answer: Tooth enamel.

Q63. What is the largest part of the brain called?

Answer: Cerebrum.

Q64. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Answer: Diamond.

Q65. What are all elements made up of?

Answer: Atoms.

Q66. What instrument is used to measure temperature?

Answer: Thermometer.

Q67. What instrument is used to measure the speed of wind?

Answer: Anemometer.

Q68. What instrument is used to see faraway objects in space?

Answer: Telescope.

Q69. Which part of the computer is called its brain?

Answer: CPU (Central Processing Unit).

Q70. Who is known as the Father of Computers?

Answer: Charles Babbage.

3. GK Questions for Class 3 on Animals and Birds

Q71. Which animal is called the King of the Jungle?

Answer: Lion.

Q72. Which is the tallest animal in the world?

Answer: Giraffe.

Q73. Which is the largest animal on land?

Answer: African elephant.

Q74. Which is the largest mammal in the world?

Answer: Blue whale.

Q75. Which is the fastest land animal?

Answer: Cheetah.

Q76. Which is the smallest bird in the world?

Answer: Bee Hummingbird.

Q77. Which bird is famous for copying human speech?

Answer: Parrot.

Q78. Which is the only mammal that can truly fly?

Answer: Bat.

Q79. Which animal is called the Ship of the Desert?

Answer: Camel.

Q80. How many hearts does an octopus have?

Answer: 3.

Q81. How many legs does a spider have?

Answer: 8.

Q82. How many legs does an insect have?

Answer: 6.

Q83. What do we call animals that sleep during the day and stay awake at night?

Answer: Nocturnal animals.

Q84. What do we call animals that eat only plants?

Answer: Herbivores.

Q85. What do we call animals that eat only meat?

Answer: Carnivores.

Q86. What do we call animals that eat both plants and meat?

Answer: Omnivores.

Q87. What is a baby kangaroo called?

Answer: Joey.

Q88. What do we call a group of lions?

Answer: A pride.

Q89. What do we call a group of fish?

Answer: A school.

Q90. The colour of a giraffe’s tongue is?

Answer: Bluish-purple (or black).

4. GK Questions for Class 3 on Geography

Q91. How many continents are there in the world?

Answer: 7.

Q92. Which is the largest continent in the world?

Answer: Asia.

Q93. Which is the smallest continent in the world?

Answer: Australia.

Q94. Which is the largest country in the world by area?

Answer: Russia.

Q95. Which is the smallest country in the world?

Answer: Vatican City.

Q96. Which is the largest ocean in the world?

Answer: Pacific Ocean.

Q97. How many oceans are there in the world?

Answer: 5.

Q98. Which is the longest river in the world?

Answer: River Nile.

Q99. Which is the longest river in India?

Answer: River Ganga.

Q100. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest.

Q101. Which is the highest mountain peak in India?

Answer: Kanchenjunga.

Q102. Which is the largest desert in the world?

Answer: Sahara Desert.

Q103. Which is the largest desert in India?

Answer: Thar Desert (in Rajasthan).

Q104. Which is the largest rainforest in the world?

Answer: Amazon Rainforest.

Q105. Which is the largest coral reef in the world?

Answer: Great Barrier Reef (in Australia).

Q106. Which is the coldest place on Earth?

Answer: Vostok Station, Antarctica.

Q107. Which country is called the Land of the Rising Sun?

Answer: Japan.

Q108. Which country is called the Land of White Elephants?

Answer: Thailand.

Q109. Which Indian state is called the Land of the Rising Sun?

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh.

Q110. Where is the Great Wall located?

Answer: China.

Q111. Where are the Pyramids of Giza located?

Answer: Egypt.

Q112. Where is the Statue of Liberty located?

Answer: New York, USA.

Q113. Which is the tallest building in the world?

Answer: Burj Khalifa (in Dubai).

Q114. Which is the tallest statue in the world?

Answer: Statue of Unity (in Gujarat, India).

5. GK Questions for Class 3 on Sports

Q115. Which sport is widely considered the national sport of India?

Answer: Hockey (India has not officially declared one).

Q116. How many players are there in a cricket team?

Answer: 11.

Q117. How many players are there in a football team?

Answer: 11.

Q118. How many players are there on a basketball team on the court at one time?

Answer: 5.

Q119. Which sport is called the Gentleman’s Game?

Answer: Cricket.

Q120. Which sport uses a shuttlecock?

Answer: Badminton.

Q121. Which sport is played at Wimbledon?

Answer: Tennis.

Q122. In which sport is the term “love” used for zero?

Answer: Tennis.

Q123. How many rings are there on the Olympic flag?

Answer: 5.

Q124. In which country did chess originate?

Answer: India.

Q125. Which country is famous for sumo wrestling?

Answer: Japan.

Q126. Who is known as the God of Cricket?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar.

Q127. Who is known as the Flying Sikh of India?

Answer: Milkha Singh.

Q128. Which Indian athlete won the Olympic gold in javelin throw?

Answer: Neeraj Chopra.

Q129. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in badminton at the Olympics?

Answer: Saina Nehwal.

Q130. Which Indian woman boxer is famous for winning medals at the World Championships?

Answer: Mary Kom.

6. GK Questions for Class 3 on Inventions and Famous People

Q131. Who invented the telephone?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell.

Q132. Who invented the electric bulb?

Answer: Thomas Edison.

Q133. Who invented the radio?

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi.

Q134. Who invented the printing press?

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg.

Q135. Who first calculated the value of Pi?

Answer: Archimedes.

Q136. Who founded Google?

Answer: Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Q137. Who is known as the Human Computer of India?

Answer: Shakuntala Devi.

Q138. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci.

Q139. Who wrote the Harry Potter series?

Answer: J.K. Rowling.

Q140. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?

Answer: William Shakespeare.

Q141. Who wrote The Jungle Book?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling.

7. GK Questions for Class 3 on Festivals and Culture

Q142. Which festival is known as the Festival of Lights?

Answer: Diwali.

Q143. Which festival is known as the Festival of Colours?

Answer: Holi.

Q144. On which date is Christmas celebrated?

Answer: 25th December.

Q145. Which festival celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna?

Answer: Janmashtami.

Q146. Which harvest festival is celebrated in Punjab?

Answer: Baisakhi.

Q147. Which festival is celebrated by Muslims after the holy month of Ramzan?

Answer: Eid-ul-Fitr.

Q148. Which classical dance form belongs to Tamil Nadu?

Answer: Bharatanatyam.

Q149. What is the art of folding paper into beautiful shapes called?

Answer: Origami.

8. GK Questions for Class 3 on Maths and Numbers

Q150. What is the sum of all angles in a triangle?

Answer: 180 degrees.

Q151. An angle less than 90 degrees is called?

Answer: Acute angle.

Q152. An angle greater than 90 degrees is called?

Answer: Obtuse angle.

Q153. An angle of exactly 90 degrees is called?

Answer: Right angle.

Q154. Which three consecutive numbers give the same answer when added and multiplied?

Answer: 1, 2, and 3 (1+2+3 = 6 and 1x2x3 = 6).

Q155. Which number does not have its own Roman numeral?

Answer: Zero (0).

Q156. How many seconds are there in a day?

Answer: 86,400.

Q157. How many minutes are there in an hour?

Answer: 60.

Q158. How many hours are there in a day?

Answer: 24.

Q159. How many days are there in a leap year?

Answer: 366.

Q160. How many months have 31 days?

Answer: 7.

Q161. What is the smallest two-digit number?

Answer: 10.

Q162. What is the largest two-digit number?

Answer: 99.

Q163. When any number is multiplied by zero, what is the answer?

Answer: 0.

9. GK Questions for Class 3 on the Human Body and Daily Life

Q164. What is the colour of milk?

Answer: White.

Q165. What is the colour of fresh grass?

Answer: Green.

Q166. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

Answer: 26.

Q167. How many vowels are there in the English alphabet?

Answer: 5 (a, e, i, o, u).

Q168. How many colours are there in a rainbow?

Answer: 7.

Q169. How many senses do humans have?

Answer: 5.

Q170. What do AM and PM stand for?

Answer: Ante Meridiem and Post Meridiem.

Q171. What do BC and AD stand for?

Answer: Before Christ and Anno Domini.

Q172. What is the metal filament inside a light bulb made of?

Answer: Tungsten.

Q173. What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?

Answer: Nectar.

10 Fun Facts for Class 3 Kids

1. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

    

2. Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.

    

3. Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins, sometimes up to 40 minutes.

    

4. Pineapples take about two years to grow into a full fruit.

    

5. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue because it is attached to the roof of its mouth.

    

6. The smell of fresh rain on dry soil has a special name called petrichor.

    

7. The Moon shakes too. These small shakes are called moonquakes.

    

8. Sunflowers turn their heads to follow the Sun across the sky.

    

9. The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat, which is about the size of a bumblebee.

    

10. The Great Wall of China is so long that it stretches more than halfway around the Earth if laid out straight.

     

Tips for Parents to Improve a Class 3 Child’s General Knowledge

1. Read with your child every day. Kid-friendly newspapers, magazines like Tinkle, and storybooks are wonderful tools.

    

2. Watch educational shows together. National Geographic Kids, Wild Kratts, and BrainPOP make learning fun.

    

3. Use a globe or world map at home and play games like “find the country” or “spot the river”.

    

4. Share one new GK fact at the dinner table every day, and ask your child to share one too.

    

5. Use flashcards, quiz apps, and trivia games like Brainvita and GK card sets.

    

6. Take your child on real-world trips to museums, planetariums, zoos, and historical sites.

    

7. Conduct simple at-home science experiments using everyday items.

    

8. Encourage your child to ask questions and never make fun of any question they ask.

    

9. Help your child join Olympiads such as the IGKO. Practice helps them stay confident.

    

10. Create a learning corner at home with a small bookshelf, a globe, and a map.

     

Conclusion

These 130+ general knowledge questions for Class 3 are a fun and effective way to help your child grow smarter every day. Regular practice will improve their memory, build confidence, and prepare them for school quizzes and the IGKO Olympiad. Bookmark this page, solve a few questions daily, and watch your child’s knowledge grow steadily over the year. Learning a little bit every day adds up to a lot of knowledge over time.

Also Read:

General Knowledge Questions for Class 1

General Knowledge Questions for Class 2

FAQs on GK Questions for Class 3

Q1. What are the most important GK topics for Class 3 students?

Answer: The most important GK topics for Class 3 include India and its national symbols, planets and the solar system, the human body, animals and birds, sports, famous personalities, festivals, geography, simple maths and important inventions.

Q2. How many GK questions should a Class 3 child practice daily?

Answer: 5 to 10 GK questions a day are more than enough for a Class 3 student. Short, regular practice works much better than long study sessions once a week.

Q3. Where can I download GK questions for Class 3 with answers in PDF?

Answer: You can save this blog as a PDF using your browser’s print or save option. Many education websites also offer free GK PDFs for Class 3 that can be printed and used as worksheets.

Q4. Are these GK questions useful for the IGKO Class 3 Olympiad?

Answer: Yes. The questions on this page cover the same topics that appear in the IGKO syllabus for Class 3, including general awareness, current affairs, science, sports and life skills.

Q5. How can I make GK fun for my Class 3 child?

Answer: Turn it into a game. Use flashcards, hold mini quizzes between siblings, give small rewards for correct answers, and connect questions to family trips, festivals and shows your child watches.

Q6. Is GK part of the Class 3 CBSE or ICSE syllabus?

Answer: GK is not always a graded subject in every school, but most CBSE, ICSE and state boards include GK as part of EVS, social studies or extra reading. Many schools also conduct weekly GK tests.

Q7. What are some easy GK questions for an 8 year old?

Answer: Easy GK questions for an 8 year old include questions on national symbols of India, planets, animals, body parts, days, months, festivals, simple maths and famous personalities like Mahatma Gandhi and Sachin Tendulkar.

Q8. How is GK for Class 3 different from GK for Class 2?

Answer: Class 3 GK includes deeper topics such as inventors, world geography, capitals, sports records and basic science concepts. Class 2 GK is mostly limited to colours, shapes, simple animals and basic facts about India.