50 science gk questions for class 5

                              

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1) Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Ans:  Mars


2) Who is the famous scientist who discovered gravity

Ans:  Albert Einstein


3) What is Speed of light in vacuum?

Ans: 3,00,000 km/sec


4) Which gas  is used in balloons as it is lighter than air?

Ans: Helium


5) Can  Sound  travel through Vacuum?

Ans: yes


6) What is the second most abundant element found on earth’s crust?

Ans: Silicon


7)  Who is considered as father of Indian Space Program?

Ans: Vikram Sarabhai


8) Who was born on 15th September. This day is celebrated as Engineers Day

    in India?

Ans: Sir M Visvesvaraya



9) In our solar system the asteroid belt is found between  in which planets?

Ans: Mars and Jupiter



10) Who is the famous scientist from Sweden, known as the inventor of dynamite?

Ans: Alfred Nobel



11) Which is the Longest bone in human body?

Ans: Femur 



12) Who is made the first Refrigerator?

 Ans: William Cullen 



13) Who was invented Airplane?

Ans: Wright Brothers



14) Our Solar System  in which galaxy?

Ans: Milky Way



15) Which the most common element found in our universe?

Ans) Hydrogen



16) Which is the second most abundant element found on earth’s crust?

Ans: Silicon



17) What is control center of the human body?

Ana: Brain



18) What is the most important system in our body?

Ans: Nervous system



19)  Nervous system is made of special cells called......

Ans: Neurons



20) The weight of brain is .....

Ans: 1.5 Kilograms



21) What is a big brain called?

Ans: Cerebrum



22) Heartbeat is controlled by?

Ans: The Medulla



23) How many sense organ we have?

Ans: 5



24) What is the total number of bone in our body?

Ans: 206



25) Which type of bone in our backbone?

Ans: Irregular type



26) How many pairs of ribs in rib cage?

Ans: 12



27) How many girdles in our body?

Ans: 2



28) Backbone is made up of....

Ans: 33 bones



29) Which type of minerals bones have?

Ans: Calcium and Phosphorus



30) Which organ is protected by hip bones?

Ans: Brain


31) Long Bones are filled  with which soft material?

Ans: Bone Marrow



32) Muscles are attached to bone with the help of......

Ans Tendons



33) What are heart cells  called?

Ans: Cardiac



34) What is the smallest  Microorganisms?

Ans: Virus



35) which disease is caused due to deficiency of vitamin C?

Ans: Scurvy



36) Which animals have Streamlined bodies?

Ans: Aquatic



37) The natural home of an animal or plant is called.....

Ans: Habitat



38) Which insect uses its leg for landing and resting?

Ans: Butterfly



39) Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion?

Ans: Isaac Newton



40) Earth is surrounded by layers of gases collectively called the _____.

Ans: Atmosphere




41)  Similar body cells group together to form a ___.

Ans: Tissue




42)  What energy emerges from motion?

Ans: Kinetic energy




43) The standard unit of measurement for energy is ____.

Ans: Joule



44) What are animals, which eat both plants and animals, called?

Ans: Omnivores



45) Yeast is a type of ____.

Ans: Fungus 



46) Which is the closest planet to the sun?

Ans: Mercury



47) Which is the strongest sense in a dog?

Ans: Smell



48) Plants need which gas to perform photosynthesis?

Ans: Carbon dioxide



49) Which nutrient plays an essential role in muscle-building?

Ans: Protein



50) Which group of animals have scales?

Ans: Reptiles







50 science gk questions for class 5- General Science👆