Daily GK Practice is a Game Changer
Let me ask you a question.
If you study 200 GK questions in one day before an exam, how many will you remember after 30 days?
Maybe 20. Maybe less.
If you study 10 GK questions every day for 20 days, how many will you remember after 30 days?
Research shows: 80% or more.
Why? Because your brain is designed to learn through spaced repetition. Small, consistent daily practice creates stronger neural pathways than cramming.
General Knowledge is not a subject you “finish.” It is a habit you build. And every competitive exam rewards that habit.
In this blog, I have created 100 original, high-quality daily GK questions with answers – organized into 5 weeks of daily practice.
IMPORTANT: Each question is immediately followed by its answer below it. No separate answer key. No confusion. Perfect for your daily 15-minute practice.
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2. How to Use This Blog for Daily Practice
| Day | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Every morning | Read 5 questions + answers (slowly, with understanding) | 5 minutes |
| Every evening | Cover the answers, test yourself on the same 5 questions | 5 minutes |
| Every Sunday | Revise all 35 questions from the week | 20 minutes |
| End of each month | Revise all 100 questions | 30 minutes |
Pro Tip: Keep a notebook. Write down the questions you get wrong. Revise them every 3 days.
Let us begin.
Week 1 – Indian Constitution and Polity (Day 1 to 7)
DAY 1 – Questions 1 to 5
Question 1. Which part of the Indian Constitution is described as its “Conscience”?
Answer: Part III – Fundamental Rights (called the “Conscience of the Constitution” by some scholars).
Question 2. Who was the first woman to become the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Answer: Meira Kumar (2009-2014).
Question 3. Which Amendment Act is known as the “Mini Constitution” of India?
Answer: The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.
Question 4. What is the maximum time limit for the President to sign a bill passed by Parliament?
Answer: There is no time limit mentioned in the Constitution. The President can keep the bill pending indefinitely (Pocket Veto).
Question 5. Who decides the salary and allowances of the Chief Justice of India?
Answer: The Parliament of India (by passing laws).
DAY 2 – Questions 6 to 10
Question 6. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for the establishment of the Finance Commission?
Answer: Article 280.
Question 7. What is the term of the Finance Commission?
Answer: 5 years.
Question 8. Who appoints the Finance Commission?
Answer: The President of India.
Question 9. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for the establishment of the Election Commission of India?
Answer: Article 324.
Question 10. What is the term of the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Answer: 6 years or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
DAY 3 – Questions 11 to 15
Question 11. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Answer: Sukumar Sen (1950-1958).
Question 12. Under which Article can the President seek the opinion of the Supreme Court on a question of law?
Answer: Article 143 (Advisory Jurisdiction).
Question 13. What is the minimum number of Supreme Court judges required to hear a case involving the interpretation of the Constitution?
Answer: 5 judges (Constitutional Bench).
Question 14. Who was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India?
Answer: Justice M. Fathima Beevi (appointed in 1989).
Question 15. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India?
Answer: Justice Leila Seth (appointed Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court in 1991).
DAY 4 – Questions 16 to 20
Question 16. What is the literal meaning of the word “Habeas Corpus”?
Answer: “You shall have the body” (Latin).
Question 17. What is the literal meaning of the word “Mandamus”?
Answer: “We command” (Latin).
Question 18. What is the literal meaning of the word “Certiorari”?
Answer: “To be certified” or “to be informed” (Latin).
Question 19. What is the literal meaning of the word “Quo Warranto”?
Answer: “By what authority?” (Latin).
Question 20. What is the literal meaning of the word “Prohibition”?
Answer: “To forbid” (Latin).
DAY 5 – Questions 21 to 25
Question 21. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution contains the forms of oath and affirmation?
Answer: Third Schedule.
Question 22. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution contains the allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to different states?
Answer: Fourth Schedule.
Question 23. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes?
Answer: Fifth Schedule.
Question 24. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the administration of Tribal Areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram?
Answer: Sixth Schedule.
Question 25. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution contains the Union List, State List, and Concurrent List?
Answer: Seventh Schedule.
DAY 6 – Questions 26 to 30
Question 26. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution contains the 22 official languages of India?
Answer: Eighth Schedule.
Question 27. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with disqualification of members on grounds of defection (Anti-Defection Law)?
Answer: Tenth Schedule.
Question 28. Who is the current Speaker of the Lok Sabha (as of 2026)?
Answer: (This is dynamic. As of 2025, it is Om Birla. For 2026, check the latest official source. Your answer may vary based on elections.)
Question 29. Who is the current Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (as of 2026)?
Answer: The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman. As of 2026, the Vice President is Jagdeep Dhankhar (assuming the same).
Question 30. Who is the current Chief Justice of India (as of 2026)?
Answer: (This changes annually. As of May 2025, the CJI was Justice Sanjiv Khanna. Please verify the current CJI for 2026 from official sources.)
DAY 7 – Questions 31 to 35
Question 31. Which Union Territory of India has its own Legislative Assembly?
Answer: Delhi, Puducherry, and Jammu and Kashmir. (Ladakh does not have a Legislative Assembly.)
Question 32. Which Union Territory of India is the newest (formed in 2020)?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (merged in 2020). Also, Ladakh was separated from Jammu and Kashmir in 2019.
Question 33. How many Union Territories does India have (as of 2026)?
Answer: 8 Union Territories.
Question 34. Which Union Territory has the highest literacy rate?
Answer: Lakshadweep (approximately 92%).
Question 35. Which Union Territory has the lowest literacy rate?
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (varies; historically Jammu and Kashmir had low literacy before reorganization).
Week 2 – Indian History (Day 8 to 14)
DAY 8 – Ancient History (Questions 36 to 40)
Question 36. The famous book “Indica” was written by which Greek ambassador?
Answer: Megasthenes (who visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya).
Question 37. What is the name of the famous rock edict that contains the description of the Kalinga War?
Answer: Major Rock Edict No. 13 (Ashokan edict).
Question 38. The famous “Junagadh Rock Inscription” (150 CE) is associated with which Saka ruler?
Answer: Rudradaman I (of the Western Kshatrapas).
Question 39. The famous “Aihole Inscription” (634 CE) is associated with which Chalukya ruler?
Answer: Pulakeshin II. The inscription describes his victories and was composed by his court poet Ravikirti.
Question 40. The famous “Gwalior Inscription” (876 CE) is associated with which Pratihara ruler?
Answer: Mihira Bhoja (Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty).
DAY 9 – Ancient History (Questions 41 to 45)
Question 41. Which university of ancient India was the largest residential university in the world?
Answer: Nalanda University (established during the Gupta period, flourished until 1197 CE).
Question 42. Which university of ancient India was famous for medicine and was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khalji?
Answer: Both Nalanda and Vikramshila were destroyed. Vikramshila was also a major center for Buddhist learning.
Question 43. Who was the founder of the Pala dynasty in Bengal?
Answer: Gopala (750 CE).
Question 44. Who was the greatest ruler of the Pala dynasty?
Answer: Dharmapala (and later Devapala).
Question 45. Which Pala ruler founded the Vikramshila University?
Answer: Dharmapala.
DAY 10 – Medieval History (Questions 46 to 50)
Question 46. Who was the founder of the Khalji Dynasty?
Answer: Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1290-1296 CE).
Question 47. Who was the famous general of Alauddin Khalji who led campaigns in South India?
Answer: Malik Kafur (also known as Malik Kafur Khilji).
Question 48. Which Delhi Sultan died while playing polo (Chaugan)?
Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak (fell from a horse while playing polo in 1210 CE).
Question 49. Which Delhi Sultan was killed by his own nephew and successor, Alauddin Khalji?
Answer: Jalal-ud-din Khalji.
Question 50. Which Delhi Sultan was killed by his own son (Muhammad bin Tughlaq)?
Answer: Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq (died in 1325 CE when a pavilion collapsed, possibly an accident or assassination).
DAY 11 – Medieval History (Questions 51 to 55)
Question 51. Who was the famous Sufi saint of the Chishti order known as “Baba Farid”?
Answer: Farid-ud-din Ganjshakar (1173-1266 CE).
Question 52. Who was the famous Sufi saint whose dargah is at Ajmer, Rajasthan?
Answer: Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Question 53. Who was the famous Sufi saint whose dargah is at Delhi (Nizamuddin area)?
Answer: Nizamuddin Auliya.
Question 54. Which Sufi order was patronized by the Mughal emperor Akbar?
Answer: Akbar respected all orders but was particularly influenced by the Chishti order.
Question 55. Which Mughal emperor was a disciple of the Naqshbandi Sufi order?
Answer: Aurangzeb.
DAY 12 – Modern History (Questions 56 to 60)
Question 56. Who was the Governor-General of India when the Supreme Court was established in Calcutta (1774)?
Answer: Warren Hastings.
Question 57. Who was the Governor-General of India when the Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act (1856) was passed?
Answer: Lord Canning (though the act was passed under his tenure; Lord Dalhousie had recommended it).
Question 58. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was enacted in 1860?
Answer: Lord Canning.
Question 59. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Indian Councils Act (1909) – also called Morley-Minto Reforms – was passed?
Answer: Lord Minto (John Morley was the Secretary of State in London).
Question 60. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Government of India Act (1919) – also called Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms – was passed?
Answer: Lord Chelmsford.
DAY 13 – Modern History (Questions 61 to 65)
Question 61. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Simon Commission (1927) arrived in India?
Answer: Lord Irwin.
Question 62. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) was signed?
Answer: Lord Irwin.
Question 63. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Government of India Act (1935) was passed?
Answer: Lord Willingdon.
Question 64. Who was the Viceroy of India when World War II started (1939)?
Answer: Lord Linlithgow.
Question 65. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Movement (1942) was launched?
Answer: Lord Linlithgow.
DAY 14 – Modern History (Questions 66 to 70)
Question 66. Who was the British Prime Minister when India became independent (1947)?
Answer: Clement Attlee.
Question 67. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Answer: Lord Mountbatten.
Question 68. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari (Chakravarti Rajagopalachari).
Question 69. Who was the first Indian to become the President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953)?
Answer: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (sister of Jawaharlal Nehru).
Question 70. Who was the first Indian to become the Chief Justice of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
Answer: Justice Nagendra Singh (served as President of ICJ from 1985-1988).
Week 3 – Indian and World Geography (Day 15 to 21)
DAY 15 – Physical Geography (Questions 71 to 75)
Question 71. Which is the longest river in South India?
Answer: Godavari (also called the “Dakshina Ganga”).
Question 72. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?
Answer: Wular Lake (Jammu and Kashmir). Vembanad Lake (Kerala) is the largest lake overall but is brackish.
Question 73. Which is the highest lake in India?
Answer: Cholamu Lake (Sikkim) – also called Tso Lhamo.
Question 74. Which is the largest man-made lake in India?
Answer: Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam, Uttar Pradesh).
Question 75. Which is the highest waterfall in India?
Answer: Kunchikal Falls (Karnataka), with a height of 455 meters.
DAY 16 – Physical Geography (Questions 76 to 80)
Question 76. Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
Answer: Angel Falls (Venezuela, 979 meters).
Question 77. Which is the largest desert in Asia?
Answer: Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China).
Question 78. Which is the largest delta in the world?
Answer: Sundarbans Delta (India and Bangladesh).
Question 79. Which is the largest river island in the world?
Answer: Majuli Island (Assam, Brahmaputra River).
Question 80. Which is the largest river island in the world surrounded by a river (Majuli is surrounded by Brahmaputra)?
Answer: Majuli is the correct answer.
DAY 17 – World Geography (Questions 81 to 85)
Question 81. Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?
Answer: Japan.
Question 82. Which country is known as the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?
Answer: Norway.
Question 83. Which country is known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes”?
Answer: Finland (approximately 188,000 lakes).
Question 84. Which country is known as the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”?
Answer: Bhutan (Druk Yul).
Question 85. Which country is known as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean”?
Answer: Sri Lanka.
DAY 18 – World Geography (Questions 86 to 90)
Question 86. Which strait connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean?
Answer: Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
Question 87. Which strait connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: Strait of Gibraltar.
Question 88. Which strait connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara (and ultimately the Mediterranean)?
Answer: Bosporus Strait (Istanbul, Turkey).
Question 89. Which canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer: Suez Canal (Egypt).
Question 90. Which canal connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: Panama Canal (Panama).
DAY 19 – Indian Geography (Questions 91 to 95)
Question 91. Which Indian state has the highest number of national parks?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh (approximately 10-12 national parks, including Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench, etc.).
Question 92. Which Indian state has the highest number of tiger reserves?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh (6 tiger reserves – Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Panna, Satpura, Sanjay Dubri).
Question 93. Which is the oldest mountain range in India?
Answer: The Aravalli Range (Rajasthan and Gujarat, dating back to the Proterozoic era, over 1.5 billion years old).
Question 94. Which is the highest peak in South India?
Answer: Anamudi (2,695 meters) in Eravikulam National Park, Kerala.
Question 95. Which is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats?
Answer: Jindhagada Peak (1,690 meters) in Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh.
DAY 20 – Indian Geography (Questions 96 to 100)
Question 96. Which Indian state has the longest road network?
Answer: Maharashtra.
Question 97. Which Indian state has the highest density of roads (per 100 square kilometers)?
Answer: Kerala.
Question 98. Which Indian city is known as the “Pink City”?
Answer: Jaipur (Rajasthan).
Question 99. Which Indian city is known as the “City of Lakes”?
Answer: Udaipur (Rajasthan).
Question 100. Which Indian city is known as the “City of Joy”?
Answer: Kolkata (West Bengal).
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