GK MCQs:Inventions, Discoveries, Books, Authors and Awards.:General Knowledge MCQs
Inventions, Discoveries, Books, Authors & Awards
1. Who is credited with the invention of the telephone?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Isaac Newton
**Answer: b) Alexander Graham Bell**
2. **What did Louis Pasteur invent?**
a) Penicillin
b) X-rays
c) Pasteurization
d) Television
**Answer: c) Pasteurization**
3. **Which of the following is a book written by William Shakespeare?**
a) The Great Gatsby
b) To Kill a Mockingbird
c) Romeo and Juliet
d) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
**Answer: c) Romeo and Juliet**
4. **Who wrote the famous novel “1984”?**
a) George Orwell
b) J.K. Rowling
c) Ernest Hemingway
d) Mark Twain
**Answer: a) George Orwell**
5. **The theory of relativity is associated with which scientist?**
a) Albert Einstein
b) Isaac Newton
c) Galileo Galilei
d) Marie Curie
**Answer: a) Albert Einstein**
6. **What is the name of the prestigious film awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)?**
a) Grammy Awards
b) Emmy Awards
c) Academy Awards (Oscars)
d) Tony Awards
**Answer: c) Academy Awards (Oscars)**
7. **Who discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic?**
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Marie Curie
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Thomas Edison
**Answer: a) Alexander Fleming**
8. **Which famous scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?**
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Charles Darwin
d) Johannes Kepler
**Answer: a) Isaac Newton**
9. **The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” was written by:**
a) Harper Lee
b) J.R.R. Tolkien
c) Jane Austen
d) Charles Dickens
**Answer: a) Harper Lee**
10. **Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of radioactivity?**
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
**Answer: a) Marie Curie**
11. **Which famous scientist is known for his theory of evolution by natural selection?**
a) Charles Darwin
b) Isaac Newton
c) Albert Einstein
d) Galileo Galilei
**Answer: a) Charles Darwin**
12. **Who is the author of the “Harry Potter” book series?**
a) J.R.R. Tolkien
b) J.K. Rowling
c) George R.R. Martin
d) Stephen King
**Answer: b) J.K. Rowling**
13. **What is the name of the famous ship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912?**
a) Titanic
b) Mayflower
c) Santa Maria
d) Endeavour
**Answer: a) Titanic**
14. **Who is credited with the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA?**
a) James Watson and Francis Crick
b) Rosalind Franklin
c) Gregor Mendel
d) Thomas Edison
**Answer: a) James Watson and Francis Crick**
15. **Which prestigious literary award is presented annually for the best original novel written in the English language?**
a) Booker Prize
b) Pulitzer Prize
c) Nobel Prize in Literature
d) Man Booker International Prize
**Answer: a) Booker Prize**
16. **The painting “Mona Lisa” was created by which famous artist?**
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Pablo Picasso
c) Leonardo da Vinci
d) Michelangelo
**Answer: c) Leonardo da Vinci**
17. **Who is known as the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)?**
a) Bill Gates
b) Tim Berners-Lee
c) Steve Jobs
d) Mark Zuckerberg
**Answer: b) Tim Berners-Lee**
18. **Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion, which are fundamental to classical physics?**
a) Galileo Galilei
b) Nicolaus Copernicus
c) Johannes Kepler
d) Isaac Newton
**Answer: d) Isaac Newton**
19. **Who wrote the classic novel “Pride and Prejudice”?**
a) Emily Brontë
b) Charlotte Brontë
c) Jane Austen
d) Virginia Woolf
**Answer: c) Jane Austen**
20. **The prestigious Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which city?**
a) Stockholm, Sweden
b) Oslo, Norway
c) Geneva, Switzerland
d) New York City, USA
**Answer: b) Oslo, Norway**
21. **Who invented the light bulb?**
a) Thomas Edison
b) Nikola Tesla
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Benjamin Franklin
**Answer: a) Thomas Edison**
22. **Which famous physicist developed the theory of quantum mechanics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1932?**
a) Max Planck
b) Werner Heisenberg
c) Niels Bohr
d) Albert Einstein
**Answer: b) Werner Heisenberg**
23. **Which author wrote the epic fantasy series “The Lord of the Rings”?**
a) J.K. Rowling
b) George R.R. Martin
c) J.R.R. Tolkien
d) C.S. Lewis
**Answer: c) J.R.R. Tolkien**
24. **What is the name of the large desert that covers much of Northern Africa?**
a) Sahara Desert
b) Gobi Desert
c) Atacama Desert
d) Kalahari Desert
**Answer: a) Sahara Desert**
25. **Who discovered the law of gravity by observing an apple fall from a tree?**
a) Isaac Newton
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Johannes Kepler
d) Albert Einstein
**Answer: a) Isaac Newton**
26. **Which famous artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City?**
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Michelangelo
d) Pablo Picasso
**Answer: c) Michelangelo**
27. **Which iconic rock ‘n’ roll musician is known for hits like “Johnny B. Goode” and “Roll Over Beethoven”?**
a) Elvis Presley
b) Chuck Berry
c) Buddy Holly
d) Little Richard
**Answer: b) Chuck Berry**
28. **The novel “The Catcher in the Rye” was written by:**
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) J.D. Salinger
d) Harper Lee
**Answer: c) J.D. Salinger**
29. **Who is the founder of the modern Olympic Games?**
a) Pierre de Coubertin
b) Adolf Dassler
c) Jesse Owens
d) Usain Bolt
**Answer: a) Pierre de Coubertin**
30. **Which famous scientist and mathematician discovered the law of gravitation after seeing an apple fall from a tree?**
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Galileo Galilei
d) Johannes Kepler
**Answer: a) Isaac Newton**
31. **What is the name of the scientist known for formulating the theory of general relativity?**
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Marie Curie
**Answer: b) Albert Einstein**
32. **Who is the author of the famous novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”?**
a) Harper Lee
b) Jane Austen
c) Charles Dickens
d) Mark Twain
**Answer: a) Harper Lee**
33. **Which revolutionary scientist discovered the law of conservation of energy and the photoelectric effect, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921?**
a) Max Planck
b) Niels Bohr
c) Marie Curie
d) Albert Einstein
**Answer: d) Albert Einstein**
34. **What is the title of the first book in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series?**
a) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
b) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
c) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
d) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
**Answer: a) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone**
35. **Who is the author of the science fiction novel “Dune”?**
a) Isaac Asimov
b) Arthur C. Clarke
c) Frank Herbert
d) Ray Bradbury
**Answer: c) Frank Herbert**
36. **The prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually in which city?**
a) Paris, France
b) Stockholm, Sweden
c) Berlin, Germany
d) Vienna, Austria
**Answer: b) Stockholm, Sweden**
37. **Which famous Italian polymath and inventor is often credited with conceptualizing flying machines and submarines?**
a) Leonardo da Vinci
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Johannes Gutenberg
d) Michelangelo
**Answer: a) Leonardo da Vinci**
38. **What is the name of the famous river that runs through Egypt?**
a) Nile River
b) Amazon River
c) Mississippi River
d) Ganges River
**Answer: a) Nile River**
39. **Who wrote the classic novel “Moby-Dick”?**
a) Nathaniel Hawthorne
b) Herman Melville
c) Mark Twain
d) Emily Dickinson
**Answer: b) Herman Melville**
40. **Which prestigious award is given annually for outstanding achievements in film and television, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA)?**
a) Academy Awards (Oscars)
b) Grammy Awards
c) Tony Awards
d) Golden Globe Awards
**Answer: d) Golden Globe Awards**
41. **Who is known for the discovery of the laws of planetary motion, which laid the foundation for modern astronomy?**
a) Johannes Kepler
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Nicolaus Copernicus
d) Isaac Newton
**Answer: a) Johannes Kepler**
42. **Which famous scientist developed the theory of special relativity and is best known for the equation “E=mc²”?**
a) Max Planck
b) Albert Einstein
c) Niels Bohr
d) Marie Curie
**Answer: b) Albert Einstein**
43. **The novel “The Great Gatsby” was written by:**
a) Ernest Hemingway
b) F. Scott Fitzgerald
c) Mark Twain
d) Edgar Allan Poe
**Answer: b) F. Scott Fitzgerald**
44. **What is the name of the world’s largest ocean?**
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Arctic Ocean
d) Pacific Ocean
**Answer: d) Pacific Ocean**
45. **Who invented the printing press around 1440, revolutionizing the spread of knowledge in Europe?**
a) Johannes Gutenberg
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Isaac Newton
d) Thomas Edison
**Answer: a) Johannes Gutenberg**
46. **The Booker Prize for Fiction was formerly known by what name?**
a) Man Booker Prize
b) Pulitzer Prize
c) Nobel Prize in Literature
d) Orange Prize for Fiction
**Answer: a) Man Booker Prize**
47. **Which inventor is credited with creating the first practical telephone?**
a) Thomas Edison
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) Nikola Tesla
d) Guglielmo Marconi
**Answer: b) Alexander Graham Bell**
48. **Who wrote the novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” a landmark work of magic realism?**
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Isabel Allende
c) Julio Cortázar
d) Pablo Neruda
**Answer: a) Gabriel García Márquez**
49. **What is the chemical symbol for water?**
a) H2O
b) CO2
c) O2
d) NaCl
**Answer: a) H2O**
50. **Which famous playwright wrote tragedies such as “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” and “Romeo and Juliet”?**
a) William Wordsworth
b) William Faulkner
c) William Shakespeare
d) William Blake
**Answer: c) William Shakespeare**
51. **Who is the author of the novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”?**
a) Mark Twain
b) Charles Dickens
c) Jules Verne
d) Jane Austen
**Answer: a) Mark Twain**
52. **Which scientist is known as the “Father of Modern Physics” and formulated the theory of relativity?**
a) Max Planck
b) Isaac Newton
c) Albert Einstein
d) Galileo Galilei
**Answer: c) Albert Einstein**
53. **What is the name of the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy, producing oxygen as a byproduct?**
a) Photosynthesis
b) Respiration
c) Oxidation
d) Fermentation
**Answer: a) Photosynthesis**
54. **Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020 for her “unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”?**
a) Kazuo Ishiguro
b) Olga Tokarczuk
c) Louise Glück
d) Alice Munro
**Answer: c) Louise Glück**
55. **Which famous inventor and futurist is known for his work on electric cars, space exploration, and sustainable energy solutions?**
a) Jeff Bezos
b) Elon Musk
c) Richard Branson
d) Bill Gates
**Answer: b) Elon Musk**
56. **The first successful airplane flight was achieved by the Wright brothers on December 17, 1903, in which U.S. state?**
a) North Carolina
b) Ohio
c) South Carolina
d) Virginia
**Answer: a) North Carolina**
57. **What is the title of the first book in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R.R. Martin, which inspired the TV series “Game of Thrones”?**
a) A Clash of Kings
b) A Storm of Swords
c) A Game of Thrones
d) A Feast for Crows
**Answer: c) A Game of Thrones**
58. **Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, honored for her pioneering research on radioactivity?**
a) Marie Curie
b) Rosalind Franklin
c) Barbara McClintock
d) Rachel Carson
**Answer: a) Marie Curie**
59. **Which ancient wonder, a colossal statue, was located on the island of Rhodes in Greece?**
a) Colossus of Rhodes
b) Lighthouse of Alexandria
c) Hanging Gardens of Babylon
d) Great Pyramid of Giza
**Answer: a) Colossus of Rhodes**
60. **Who wrote the novel “Brave New World,” a dystopian vision of a future society where human reproduction is tightly controlled?**
a) George Orwell
b) Aldous Huxley
c) Ray Bradbury
d) H.G. Wells
**Answer: b) Aldous Huxley**
