No, it is not always compulsory to use google query questions for account recovery. While recovery there many other options are also available such as using a phone number or recovery email, an old password and a personal id.
But also recovery questions will help you easily and it will help you in forgetting your password or email. It is suitable for everyone to remember while resetting the password.
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